Can not sync video (movies) from iPhoto to iPad

In case anyone missed it, I purchased the newest version of iPhoto and it works fine. I forget the version number now, but I just thought I would repost since I've been getting emails about this again.

iPhoto 9, of iLife '11, is the current version.

@Abstractart:

Thanks for the pseudo-workaround!

I still think we shouldn't be required to buy a $4.99 app and a $29 camera connection kit to sort of get it to kind of work. The videos that are in a fully supported format should sync to a supported device with enough capacity.

@Durf Diggler:

People have been having issues with iPhoto '11 too. I'm glad to hear it fixed the issues for you, but the issue is far from resolved for many of us. Do new videos sync fine for you now or is it just the old ones that sync now?

I'm sorry to hear that. So far, old and new videos from different devices have all been working. From iPhone, Panasonic p&s, and a nikon d3000(I think, I borrowed it). I Har other issues unrelated to this discussion, like iTunes doesn't even show up as an app that play m4v, etc. but upgrading to the new iPhoto (on the desktop, not the ipad's new iPhoto) worked for me, as soon as I installed it, was good to go. Sorry I don't know why.

Has anyone talked to an apple employee? Did you get anything besides, "do a fresh install of OSX, and restore your iPad. And don't restore from Time Machine."? I f'ing hate that. I already have everything how I want it, except the things that aren't working correctly. "start from scratch" is not a fix.

Good luck all.

I haven't heard anything from Apple that would even come close to helping us resolve this. It's been years and I'm afraid there is no solution in sight.

I agree, it is nonsense to have to buy additional equipment in order to do this. I recently found that movies I have in iPhoto 11 (9.2.1) are not being transferred to my iPad. Rather than using the external card solution, I did the transfer using a free app called Photo Transfer. See http://www.phototransferapp.com

@David Neale1:

Does using that app allow you to import the movies into the correct album in the native Photos app or does it import the movies into its own app?

I was just trying to edit my post to point out that the app is no longer free (I got it many months back and at the time it was free). Sorry about that.

(I was unable to edit the post, receiving instead, when I hit the Edit button,

Strange.

Anyway, mrbofus, you can place the transferred movies in any album you wish of the native Photos app. It is an ideal solution (well, other than the fact that you now have to pay!).

Just had a thought and so connected the iPad to the iMac and took a look at the Photos settings. Indeed, a checkbox is found there to "Include videos" which was not checked in my case. Needless to say, it is now.

I am still having the same issue.

The "include videos" is checked yet I don't get the MOV videos onto my iPad.

Any other suggestions?

Unfortunately, until Apple releases a fix, I think we're stuck. But I wouldn't hold my breath. It's been years and they haven't even acknowledged that there is a problem, much less indicated they're working on a fix...😐

Lexar - create a copy of the MOV video on your desktop, or somewhere outside of iPhoto. Open it with Quicktime Player, and click the Share tab. Select iTunes, and then the appropriate choice (iPad, iPhone 4, Apple TV). It will then convert and place in the Movies Library in iTunes. Next time you sync, you'll be able to find it in the Videos part of the iPad. Good luck.

@JLG - HK:

That's not quite what we are after here; the whole point is to have the videos that we want in our iPhoto/Aperture libraries (home movies, test shots, edits, etc...) to be synced to the correct album/event in the Photos app on our iOS devices.

Totally agree with you, and was my expectation - that a video taken with my iPhone, placed in iPhoto, will sync with my iPad. What I offered was a way to get that video onto your iPad....