iTunes keeps re-optimizing photos for iPhone and iPad

Same problem.

Iphone 3GS on iOS4. Optimizing photos upon sync. Took longish to optimize 7000 ish photos.

Now, all of them are completely BAD, low resolution on the Iphone. this is a bug, has to be because who wants to see low low res photos?

I plug in for a Sync, now there are 406 photos left to optimize. Uhh, why?

Better question, why not ASK ME to optimize or down res my files to begin with.


This is a bug, please please please fix.

matt

same problem, but with the music library. iTunes optimizes it for "uninterupted playback" every time I load iTunes. (and I have over hundreds of Titles in my library...)

what a complete surprise today... Optimizing 403 photos on my daily SYNC... AGAIN.

why?

Help?

Stop Optimizing

must stop, please... I like actually seeing detail in my photos...

At least for me, the problem is definitely related to the video in iPhoto. Once I turned off syncing videos in the photo part of syncing the iPhone, the re-optimization stopped. I'll keep it that way until Apple fixes the problem.

"Include videos" in my photo section is not checked, so bummer for me. Again this morning, optimizing 400 photos 😟

Just bought myself an iPad now. I have an Apple TV, an iPod Touch, an iPhone and an iPad (plus, of course the computer to sync them on).

The iPad also does a re-optimization.

I'm really think it has to do with multiple peripherals that require different resolution.

BUT (and I think this is the issue) iTunes doesn't have multiple cache folders sets - one set for each device. It creates one set only. So each time it syncs with the same device it's fine until it syncs with a different device that demands a different resolution. After all the iPad wants MUCH bigger photos than an iPod touch, no?

In which case, when a different resolution device is plugged in it re-optimizes the photos for that new device. Plug the alternate device with a non-compatible resolution back in and it feels the need to purge all that and start again!

That's my theory, anyway. And it makes sense given my Apple TV is always syncing and I think keeps knocking my cache out in favour of itself. Thus, when I occasionally sync my iPhone it's optimize time.

For now I simply turn off sync photos on my portable devices unless I change the contents of my picture folder. (Remembering to tell iTunes to LEAVE the photos on the device, of course). Not a perfect workaround but at least it skips the step for daily backups.

If I'm right I think Apple is reluctant to have multiple cache folder sets for each peripheral because of bloated drive space requirements (which is a bit silly in 2010 - the cache folder is pretty samll) or perhaps to a programmer it appears inelegant.

Either way the result is highly annoying --I think we can all agree.

I've just upgraded from an iPhone 3 to an iPhone 4. Now using iTunes 9.2, and IOS4. It seems (so far) that the re-optimising issue has gone.

Let's hope this a permanent fix!

applefish - If your theory were true, then wouldn't there be no optimization for the same device after the initial sync? I just unplugged my iPhone and synced my iPad 3 times. It optimized the photos each time.

Richard - I'm running iTunes 9.2 and iOS4 on an iPhone 4, and unfortunately the problem persists. I don't think this was fixed yet.

Okay..you got me there. Hey, it was a theory. I just noticed that when I didn't sync my Apple TV my iPhone didn't want to optimize the photos. So I made a connection.

Why hasn't Apple fixed this yet? Does anyone at Apple read this? Syncing my iPad with this problem is a huge time suck.

Why hasn't Apple fixed this yet? Does anyone at Apple read this? Syncing my iPad with this problem is a huge time suck.

Is Apple even reading this list? Do they think its an isolated problem and couldn't be bothered?

First open iTunes and connect all devices with iPhoto photos on and remove them via itunes. Close itunes.
Check and download latest version of iPhoto
Then rebuild iPhoto as follows:
1.Quit iPhoto if it is open.
2.Hold down the Command and Option keys on the keyboard.
3.Open iPhoto.

Keep the keys held down until you are prompted to rebuild the library.
A dialog will appear with rebuild options. Select all the options.
Click Rebuild to begin the rebuild process. This may take a few minutes to complete. Close iPhoto

Reopen iTune and connect first device and pick options for loading photos.
This will reoptimise photos creating another cache and then you can reload onto all devices.

Ummm...I don't use iPhoto. So how does that apply to me. Should I open it anyway and do as you request? FYI: it will be the 1st time I run the app.

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