Duplicate iPhoto events in iPhone/iPad sync

I have been having the same problem syncing using both my iPhone 3GS and iPad 2 using iTunes 10.2.2 and iPhoto 9.1.2.

Waiting to hear what the fix is from Apple...

EVERYONE TRY THIS...a friend on forum told me to try this and it worked...i take no credit for this:

Quit iPhoto.

After that, I'd try dumping the iPhoto plist files. They'll be in your home folder / Library / Preferences... You'll have 2 or 3 of them... com.apple.iPhoto... move those files to the desktop. Open it back up and just browse a little. Then give it a shot.

*Re-start computer....when you open iPhoto it might open as if there is nothing inside, if so, do this: quit iphoto (command +Q) then click and hold ALT/OPTION while left clicking on iPhoto...if there is two libraries then delete the newest one (Library_2 or something to this nature)....if there is two then quit iphoto go to finder-pictures-and delete that library from the list...re-open iPhoto and make sure all your events are there then open Itunes and it should be fixed.

DISREGARD DISREGARD.....DOESN'T WORK

Ug...

This is actually a pretty big issue. I'm surprised and disappointed such a large bug got past Apple.

I spent at least 4 hours today trying without success to work around the issue.

Rebuilt the library a couple times and even created a new Library from scratch. The latter approach, of course, eliminated the duplicates UNTIL you did ANY MERGING, then the bug comes back full force.

I cannot recommend reverting back to the previous version as there well could be issues with Software Update working properly on subsequent updates since the receipt package for an update you've reverted remains on the system.

If anyone either has developed a solution OR if any is NOT experiencing this, please post and let us know.

iPhoto 9.1.2, OSX 10.6.7, iOS 4.3.2, iTunes 10.2.2

I had an additional thought...but unfortunately don't think it will help solve the issue at hand.

Since iTunes was updated to 10.2.2 on 4/18/11 and iPhoto was updated to 9.2.1 on 4/28/11, I think what likely happened is some of the structural changes made by iPhoto were not properly tested by the iTunes team. This is made all the more likely since the last update to iTunes took place prior to this latest iPhoto update.

My guess is that iTunes 10.2.2 is still accessing iPhoto Event data as it was stored / managed under iPhoto 9.2.0 but the changes in iPhoto 9.2.1 are significant enough to create the duplication problems we are all suffering though.

In short, I doubt it will be a patch to iPhoto that resolves this. I think we will likely have to wait for iTunes 10.2.3 for this rather nasty bug to be squashed.

Thoughts...

I am having the same problem. I think its an iPhoto bug. Hopefully a fix will come soon!

Me too!

A bit of new information.

First, this is almost certainly an iTunes 10.2.2 issue or, at least, that's how Apple seems to be viewing it. To me, this makes sense because even though changes to iPhoto 9.2.1 is what created the problem, iTunes is the one that has to fix it since it is presenting information incorrectly to the user.

Unfortunately for fellow TV users, this will also affect your experience there because the same code that manages events for your iPhone does so for TV.

Selecting all the duplicate events won't fix your problem either. Apparently, what's happening is that only the photos within the first Merged event will sync. Here's an example. You went to the World Series and took 5 Pictures on Day 1, 10 Pictures on Day 2, and 20 Pictures on Day 3.

When you first sync iPhoto will place those pictures into separate events and let's say you name them World Series, Day 2, and Day 3, respectively. Then, since it really makes no good sense to have them in three separate events, you select Day 2 and Day 3 events and drag them on top of "World Series."

In iPhoto, you will have one event called "World Series" with 35 pictures in it (5+10+20).

In iTunes you will have THREE events all called "World Series" and each will only have 5 pictures in it. The 5 original pictures from that original event called "World Series."

So, this is particularly bad because in addition to the annoyance and clutter, those additional 30 pictures from Day 2 and Day 3 are essentially lost to all your iOS devices including TV.

As a public service ;-) let me tell you what you DO NOT have to do:

• Repair Permissions
• Rebuild iPhoto Library
• Create a New iPhoto Library and drag all your masters into that new Library (it will get rid of the duplicates UNTIL you merge ANYTHING...then you are back to square one with two hours of life vaporized
• Reinstall iTunes
• Reinstall iPhoto
• Trash plist files
• Trash iTunes Library XML
• Trash iPhoto Cache
• Test with three different iPhones
• Test across two different Macs

All those things have been done for you thanks to yesterday being my wife's birthday and my not being able to get her shiny new iPhone 4 to sync her photos.

I did have a lengthy conversation with Apple and I "think" the engineering side of the house is aware. The senior advisor I worked with was committed to ensuring that they became aware if they were not. The topic is clearly trending here and in Google.

I'd suggest you add your comments here with any additional information or simply as a further indication of the breadth of the issue. The Advisor I spoke to suggested providing feedback via www.apple.com/feedback since that goes to a different place than does either engineering calls or these boards.

Bottom line...we are waiting for either iTunes 10.2.3 which patches to accommodate the recent changes to iPhoto or we are waiting for iPhoto 9.2.2 which backs out / corrects its changes that iTunes couldn't handle.

Hope this helps...

It helps a bunch..thanks for calling, I will do the same.

Ok well my computer when crazy last night and Apple had to completley reinstall my OS....so I just re-installed iLife and I just didn't update my iphoto so now I'm back on 9.1 and don't plan on updating until this is fixed...

just an idea for the guys with issues...uninstall iLife and use your CD/USB to reinstall

I have the exact same problem here on both my iphone 4 and ipad, I'm pretty sure it is a itunes problem because the events show up normally in iphoto, hope apple will fix this soon!

Just to try to add some extra info....

I use "iPhoto Library Manager" as I have multiple libraries. This also "sees" multiple duplicated events, presumably it has no link to iTunes, so that may point the finger more towards iPhoto itself.

Emkai...

Thanks for the additional info...

I definitely think iPhoto caused the problem, but it is probably iTunes mess to clean up now because, presumably, iPhoto made these changes for a specific reason.

The fault really lies in the communication between the two teams as in, "Hey iTunes guys...we are making changes XYZ to how the iPhoto library indexes events...be sure to run some test scripts against it."

I would expect these updates to temporarily break 3rd party software like iPhoto Library Manager, but the same should not happen within the suite of "iApps" themselves.

What will really be telling is whether "iPhoto Library Manager" gets a fix out before Apple. Since you use both, please let us know...

I think that's really a major issue. No reaction from Apple till now? 😟

The application "iPhotoToDisk" also has this problem.

greetings

michael

Add me in. I have the same problems, standing on one foot does not help either.

I did for a fleeting moment have success, I re-sorted the events in iPhoto (with iTunes not running) and then launched iTunes. It looked good but the sort order on my iPad was messed up. Like a fool I tried to re-sort again and re-sync and lost any order & all events.

Same issue here.