iPad cannot be synced. An unknown error occurred (1140).

brand new iPad
Powerbook G4
Leopard 10.5.8
iPhoto 6.0.6

I am getting this error message:
"The iPad "Robert's iPad" cannot be synced. An unknown error occurred (1140)."

The problem seems to be my iPhoto library, which contains 2611 photos. When I go under Devices in iTunes, click on the Photos tab and uncheck "Sync Photos from iPhoto", then the iPad will sync. When this box is checked I get the error.

I tried restarting the Apps, computer, and iPad - still get the same error.

I tried changing "sync from iPhoto" (the App) to "sync from iPhoto Library" (the folder). That copied the photos to the iPad, but it did not preserve the 40+ Albums that I had set up in iPhoto to organize everything.

How can I sync with iPhoto without getting this error? Do I need to refresh my photo library in some way before syncing?

Powerbook G4, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Dec 12, 2010 5:12 PM

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Dec 13, 2010 3:05 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

Thank you for the suggestion.

There was a iPod Photo Cache in the Pictures folder, and another one in the iPhoto Library folder. I deleted them both.

When I started up ITunes, it asks me if I want to Replace the synced photos on the iPad "Robert's iPad"? I clicked on Replace Photos.

And got the same error #1140.

What else can I try? Maybe something from within iPhoto?

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