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The iPad “Pete’s Pad” cannot be synced. The required file cannot be found.

I have been getting this all day. I have tried reducing the number of folders that I want synced from iPhoto, I have done a restore, I have switched USB cables, I have switched both my MacPro and iPad off and on. All to no avail. All software is up to date, double checked. The same error message keeps coming up. Anyone any ideas before I throw both out the window?

MacBookPro5,2, Mac OS X (10.6.3), iPad Model MB294B Version 3.2 There are 65 apps with 4+Gb spare space and I only want 1 Gg of photos

Posted on Jun 13, 2010 9:21 AM

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Mar 19, 2011 8:06 AM in response to Allan Sampson

I found the folder, but now I cant get the the "Show content" option. I see the "show view options".

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isten23

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Apr 12, 2011 11:14 PM in response to Allan Sampson

do you have a idea how this could be done for pc?

Apr 14, 2011 4:44 AM in response to Brian Harvey1

i was having the same problem...

the ipod photo cache did not work.

hard reboot of the ipad did not work.

the solution for me was to go into General > Reset > Reset all settings of the ipad...
(It deletes things like your background picture and trivial stuff like that, but will keep all your photos, music, apps)

now it is syncing fine to my mac.

iBang

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Apr 22, 2011 11:44 PM in response to Allan Sampson

After 3 hours of searching for a solution, this worked wonderfully for me. Thanks!

May 9, 2011 6:06 PM in response to Allan Sampson

Hi Allan - glad to finally finding your post after trying different ways to get rid of the message.

Deleting Cache worked!

Thanks!

May 17, 2011 9:34 AM in response to PlantPete

I purchased new iPad 2 and had the "cannot sync" error. Same as the others I searched spotlight for "iPod Photo Cache Folder" and deleted the 3 that I had. One of them contained no file. Synced again and no problems anymore.

""Note"" make sure you search for iPod Photo Cache Folder, and not iPad.

Thanks,

rpucillo

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Jun 7, 2011 4:09 AM in response to PlantPete

Try this. It worked for me after trying the other suggestions.

Open iTunes

If you are syncing Movies and Photos untick them one at a time.

Then click Apply after each one.

If you want to sync them then re-select each one.

I found that once I disabled syncing for both and re-enabled them the error stopped and I was then able to sync the iPad as normal.

CSD

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Jul 29, 2011 8:06 AM in response to PlantPete

just a fyi that I'm an Aperture user, and got a similar error. Opening the Aperture library (show package contents) and deleting the "iPod photo cache" folder fixed it for me. And I have an iPad! Now the sync completes.

Jul 30, 2011 10:38 AM in response to PlantPete

My iPad 2 synced fine with iTunes before I updated the software today. Now I also get this crap of not being able to sync as some kind of file cannot be found. I've deleted the cache, restarted iTunes, hard-restarted the iPad, unclicked the photos to be synced, reclicked again and again and no go!

***?! I bought a Mac to get AWAY from this PC kind of problem! How the **** do I sort this out?

Aug 2, 2011 6:03 PM in response to Allan Sampson

It worked fo me too. Thanks a lot!

Bezerk-O

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Aug 2, 2011 7:43 PM in response to PlantPete

Nothing has worked for me so far.

Sep 4, 2011 10:00 AM in response to PlantPete

Worked for me as well. Thanks!

Sep 5, 2011 2:14 PM in response to PlantPete

This worked for me with an iPad 2 as well after the sync was interrupted. Thanks for posting the fix!

Sep 27, 2011 1:46 PM in response to Allan Sampson

Delete the iPod Photo Cache on the computer side?!?! Of course! It's so obvious, I don't know why I didn't think of it in the first place! 😀

Seriously, I just want to say thanks to you (and folks like you) for taking the time to help solve the often baffling issues that come up.

Thanks!

Oct 11, 2011 7:57 AM in response to Allan Sampson

I was having the same problem with a new iPad when I was syncing a backup of a previous one to it from new. Followed your advice above and it is now syncing without issue - Good advice - Thanks 😁

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