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ftoledo Author

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iPhoto 9.1.2 splitting events in iOS

Hello,

I upgraded yesterday to iPhoto 9.1.2 and after synching my iOS devices like I normally do with iTunes, I noticed my events in iOS are split into several events with the same name, but in iPhoto they show up as only one event.

For example I have an event in iPhoto labeled "Lake Tahoe 2009" and when I see events in my iOS devices (iPhone 4 and iPad 1) the event is split into:

- Lake Tahoe 2009 (145)

- Lake Tahoe 2009 (10)

- Lake Tahoe 2009 (1)

- Lake Tahoe 2009 (5)

All together they contain all the photos from that event, but I don't understand why it's splitting the event into so many. Some events are split into as many as 15 events with the same name all containing some photos of that event.

Moreover, when I see my device in iTunes, in the Photos section, I originally had it set to "Sync Photos from iPhoto - All photos, albums, events and faces". if I change it to "Selected albums, events, and faces" I get a list with all the duplicated events. (see screenshot)

You see all those repeated events? Again, in my iPhoto application, the events show up as a single one, instead of multiple copies with the same name and only a section of the photos.

This started happening when I updated to iPhoto 9.1.2

iPhoto '11, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Apr 27, 2011 9:20 AM

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Scarcity

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May 11, 2011 5:33 PM in response to ftoledo

New update fixed my events. Thanks Apple!

May 12, 2011 1:23 AM in response to Scarcity

@All,

There are indications that 9.1.3 does not fix the split events problems, e.g.https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3025390?answerId=15182612022#15182612022 . I downgraded to 9.1.1 after encountering the problem with 9.1.2. I will wait for a consensus on 9.1.3 before upgrading.

Richard

Paul_31

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May 12, 2011 1:38 AM in response to Richard Liu

Here's my sequence of events: Like most I updated to 9.1.2 when it was released and discovered the split events issue. Came on here for clues how to fix it but downgraded to 9.1.1 from Time Machine back-up and everything then worked as it should.

Following this thread and some of the suggested 'fixes', namely the sorting of events 'solution' and then the confirm faces approach, I re-updated to 9.1.2. It fixed the problem temporarily but required me to go through the sorting or confirming process in iPhoto each time I wanted to sync my iTouch.

Updated to 9.1.3 and everything is behaving as it should. I've tested it several times - mucking about in iPhoto, updated a couple of apps, re-sync. All good. Did other re-syncs without touching iPhoto - no problems.

I've got my fingers crossed.

May 12, 2011 2:54 AM in response to Paul_31

Thanks for the details, Paul_31. Are you synchronizing all photos in the iPhoto Library with your iOS device(s), or just selected albums, faces and/or events?

Regards,

Richard

Paul_31

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May 12, 2011 2:58 AM in response to Richard Liu

Hi Richard

I'm syncing faces and all my events (I don't use albums) and I have around 4,000 photos.

It's still working!

Cheers, Paul

May 12, 2011 7:53 AM in response to ftoledo

Hi all,

9.1.3 fixes it for me - iphone 4 iOS 4.3.3 - all events now as in iPhoto, even after playing around with them a lot.

Thanks Apple

Old Toad

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May 12, 2011 9:19 AM in response to jam1107

PLEASE FIX!

iPhoto 9.1.3.

This update fixes a problem that could cause some events merged in iPhoto to be split back into multiple events on iOS devices after being synced.

May 12, 2011 4:22 PM in response to Paul_31

Hi Paul_31 and everyone,

Yes I've updated to 9.1.3 and all merged events are not split any more, Thanks. But just an aside, may be it has always been like that, I've noticed that the synced events in my iPad2 are not in the sequence as in iPhoto. I sort my events in iPhoto by Title, but the sequence in my iPad2 ( synced all photos and videos) seem to have a mind of its own and I just cannot figure out what logic sequence they are in.

The few selected synced events to my iPhones are also not in exact Title sequence, but because of just a few events, can tolerate the inconvenience.

Does anyone know how to get the events in iPad sorted? The Faces and Places seem OK though.

Esther

May 12, 2011 10:43 PM in response to esther pennant hills

Hi Esther,

Please start a new thread with the problem so that it doesn't get lost in this thread. Be sure to mention "iPhoto 9.1.3" in the subject.

Thanks,

Richard

jam1107

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May 14, 2011 6:22 AM in response to esther pennant hills

After seeing the events problem was fixed, I upgraded to 9.1.3. However, like Esther, my photos within events are now in "date added" order, rather than alphabetical order. A sloppy fix, and I'll down-grade to 9.1.1 again....

iPhoto 9.1.2 splitting events in iOS