"Required file cannot be found" when syncing photos

Well, it did not work for me.

Worked for me! I was having the same issue....thank you!

Hey, I tried this process to fix the "required file cannot be found on my iPad" while trying to sync my photos and it worked. I noticed that iPhoto rebuilt the iPod Photo Cache Folder but my only question is, what do I now do with the old iPod Photo Cache folder that I dragged on to my desktop?

Delete it. It rebuilds itself. Really, you don't even have to drag it to the desktop. You can just delete it from the folder. And yes, this fix works perfectly. Thank you!

Follow the procedure... it works

1. go to home folder in finder
2. open pictures folder
3. right click on iphoto library and click on show package contents
4. Find "ipod photo cache" file and drag to desktop
5. Close finder
6. Reopen itunes and sync ipad
7. The ipod photo cache rebuilds itself

this resolved my issue as well.

thank you.

just to clarify what one of the above posters was saying. i use aperture so i deleted the cache from the aperture package contents.

obviously if you are not using iPhoto then you don't delete that cache.

this worked perfectly thank you.

fixed it, thanks

Make sure Aperture, iTunes and iPhoto are closed. Use cmd-Q to terminate them if they’re still open.
Open Finder
Navigate to your Home -> Pictures folder
Right-click the “Aperture/or photo Library.aplibrary” folder and select “Show Package Contents”
You should see a folder named “iPod Photo Cache”
Delete this folder
Start iTunes
Re-enable photo synchronisation in the photo sync tab
Click “Sync Photos” in the dialog that pops up
Choose Aperture to sync sync photos from
iTunes will say that your iPhone is synced to another photo library. Click yes to overwrite the old settings in iPhone.
That’s it! Your iPhone should be syncing without errors now!

Yeah it worked like a charm for me =) But you just have to delete it... the instructions doesn't mention to delete it. It will only rebuild if the file isn't there =)