IPhoto '11 Autosplit won't work, the Events aren't created after import.

@Destructiva. I had the same problem. After I had changed the "Autosplit into the Events" in Preferences I had to select all events and choose Menu: Events>Autosplit Selected Events. All Events are created according the Preferences setting.

I'm also having trouble with Autosplit not working.

quit iPhoto and go to "your user name" ==> library ==> preferences ==> com.apple.iPhoto.plist and trash it

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I see no Library under my username.

I see one at the root level, with a Preferences subdirectory containing plists, but com.apple.iPhoto.plist is not among them. I'm using iPhoto '11 and OSX 10.8.

Can anyone help?

I see no Library under my username.

I see one at the root level, with a Preferences subdirectory containing plists, but com.apple.iPhoto.plist is not among them. I'm using iPhoto '11 and OSX 10.8.

Can anyone help?

1. Install HideSwitch

HideSwitch is an easy way to show and hide system files hidden by Mac OS X. Instead of launching a big clunky piece of software or running a terminal command, use this simple tool to get the job done.

https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/36771/hideswitch

2. Click "Show Invisibles"

Now you should see your /Users/username/Library

Thanks, got it. 🙂

I trashed the plist file, but Autosplit still doesn't work. 😟

1. Change Preferences > Geneneral > Autosplit into the Events > One event per day or what you like.

2. Select all events and choose Menu: Events>Autosplit Selected Events.

All Events are created according the Preferences setting.

LuigiCis wrote:

1. Change Preferences > Geneneral > Autosplit into the Events > One event per day or what you like.

2. Select all events and choose Menu: Events>Autosplit Selected Events.

All Events are created according the Preferences setting.

I did that. They're not splitting.

I have photos taken over 10 days in a single event. My preferences indicate to autosplit one event per day. I selected my events and chose Events>Autosplit Selected Events. I briefly get a popup saying Autosplitting Events... but when it disappears, nothing's changed.

You should select the events this way:

1. Click on the first event, the border change to yellow.

2. Click on the last event + SHIFT button at same time to select all events, all the borders change to yellow.

3. Choose Menu Events > Autosplit Selected Events.

Thanks for your persistence in trying to help me. I appreciate it.

But, I am doing exactly what you say. I am selecting the events, as verified by their yellow border. I am using the menu to autosplit them. They are really, truly not splitting.

Curious!

It works for me, I'm using OS X 10.8.4 and iPhoto 9.4.3 (720.91)

I would try to Restart your Mac an try again.

Otherwise I used "iPhoto Library Manager" to rebuild the library in the past.

http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/

OK, I have a hunch what's going on...

My event with photos from multiple days is unusually large (over 17,000 photos) because it's a time-lapse project. When I manually put a few photos from it into their own event, I can autosplit that single event just fine. Perhaps if you don't have the RAM for an autosplit, it fails silently. (I have an 8GB RAM machine, 700MB free, 1GB inactive).

You're lookling in the wrong library.

NOTE: In Lion and Mountain Lion the Home/Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and press the Return key - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.

OT

Thank you, thank you! This problem of events not being created upon import, is exactly what my problem was... or so I thought. Thanks for the correct answer that fixed my problem! I changed my Events to sort by date instead of manually, and voila there the Events were, right where I expected to see them.

Terence Devlin wrote:

Every photo in your Library is in an Event. All of them. Every import means at least one new Event. We see a lot of folks saying something along the lines of

I have not gotten any events created when I upload photos from my iPhone or camera. The only place they show up is in Last Import.

It's always a case the the Event is there, just not where you expect it to be. This is either because the date on the photos is wrong or the sorting of Event is wrong.

When you trashed the plist file, the Sorting of the Events reverted to factory defaults.

You can always find the Event in iPhoto 11 simply by right clicking on the pic and selecting 'Show Event'

Regards

TD