Changing Facebook password in iPhoto

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Changing Facebook password in iPhoto

OS X 10.5.8, iPhoto 8.1

Since creating and uploading albums to Facebook I have changed my Facebook password. Now, whenever I tell iPhoto to Check Now any of my albums I get an error about not being able to authenticate with the server and to check my login and password details.

OK, fair enough, I know I need to do this - but how????

The only place can find to enter/edit my Facebook account details is when I publish, but I don't want to publish any new photos. Surely there must be another way to do this?

Any ideas anyone?

MacBook Pro 2.4GHz, 4GB, 160GB. iPod Touch 2G 8GB, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Sep 1, 2009 4:39 AM

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Answer 1

LarryHN

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Sep 1, 2009 9:08 AM in response to parish_chap

Select a facebook gallery in the source pane and click on the settings icon in the toolbar at the bottom of the screen

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Answer 2

parish_chap Author

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Sep 1, 2009 9:56 AM in response to LarryHN

Tried that already, all that happens is the server authentication error pops up and when I click the OK button, nothing.

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parish_chap Author

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Sep 1, 2009 12:11 PM in response to parish_chap

I've now u/g to Snow Leopard and when I click OK to dismiss the Server Auth error the Facebook Settings dialogue appears asking if I want to change the settings for the album. the only problem is that the Change Settings button is disabled, only the Remove Account from iPhoto and Cancel buttons are enabled.

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Answer 4

parish_chap Author

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Sep 3, 2009 12:22 AM in response to parish_chap

Well, I've found a workround.

Select a photo - any photo - in your iPhoto Library, then click the Facebook button at the bottom of the window. This brings up a Facebook login dialogue. Enter your username (mine was already filled in) and password and click Login.

When the Publish dialogue appears, click Cancel.

Now when you right-click an existing Facebook album and select Check Now it works. On one of them I still got the Server Auth error, but when I dismissed that it worked correctly.

Whether this survives across exiting/restarting iPhoto - or a reboot - remains to be seen.

I'm sure this is a bug as the workround is so kludgy and un-Apple-like.

One thing, I maintain albums for two Facebook accounts (mine and my gf) so maybe that has something to do with it?

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