iphoto corrupting photos from iPhone while importing

The exact same thing happened to me but really amazing news: I JUST RECOVERED THEM ALL!!! :) :) :)

Here are the instructions:

your photo's are copied but iPhoto/Photos was still updating it's database.

-Go to Finder

-Go to Pictures

-Locate the iPhoto-Library or Photos Library (whichever you were using)

-With right-click, click on "show packetcontents"

-You are now in your iPhoto library, be carefull!

-Locate the folder "Masters"

-Chose the right date

-Locate your photo's and copy them to a safe location

Good Luck!

Not sure the issue is with iPhoto. It may still be on the phone.

Next time you shoot material, use Image Capture (in your Applications Folder) to move it to a folder on the desktop and view them with Preview before importing to iPhoto.

Regards

TD

this is NOT an issue with the phone. It is an issue with Iphoto during the import process. I would like to think i am technically savvy... but i am having identical issues.

when i import them into iphoto directly from my iphone it corrupts a number of pictures identical to above.

however when i use a disk software eg phonedisk and then copy the photos locally onto my hard drive and then use iphone to import the photos i have NO issues at all.

so it is definitely during the iphoto import process from the phone.

its a work around but its frustrating

Well that is very useful information, and certainly points the finger back at iPhoto. The reason I am dubious is that I've not seen a report of this issue before.

What happens when you use Image Capture (in your Applications Folder) to move the files to the HD?

Regards

TD

I am having the same problem. About 1/4 to 1/3 of the photos I import to iPhoto come in with lines and missing data similar to your results. iPhoto is definitely corrupting on import.

The evidence is:

If I email any photo to myself from the phone (even ones that were "damaged" upon import to iPhoto) the images are fine.

If I upload the photos a second time, the images are usually fine.

Images are fine when viewed on the phone.

The images are only damaged some of the time when I upload them into iPhoto. Almost always one or more photos are damaged and not always the same ones. Usually I can get all of the photos if I just upload several at a time. I noticed this when I had about 130 photos and videos on my phone. I thought it had to do with the size of my photo collection (50,000 photos/videos and about 158 Gb of data) so I moved that collection to another computer / disk and I started from scratch - same problem.

I've experimented with trying to make sure nothing else is running on the computer. I haven't checked both USB ports but they work for everything else, including harddrives.

I'm using iPhoto 9.2.1 (628) which is also called iPhoto '11 on OS X 10.6

I'm using an iPhone 4 with the latest iOS on it.

I've stopped deleting photos on upload so that I can check. It's a hassle, but I don't want to lose any photos.

By the way, I often get a note that some photos are damaged and can't be imported, but if I import them again or email them to myself, they are fine.

To me, it looks like data loss during the import process.

Just to chime in – I'm having the exact same issue, and not just with the photos, but now with video too.

As a Test:

Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Create Library'

Import a few pics into this new, blank library. Is the Problem repeated there?

That was one of the tests that I ran. In fact, I assumed that I had a problem because I had over 50,000 photos in my library, but that didn't solve it. I also rebooted and did just about everything that I could think of (as a professional software developer) but couldn't solve the problem that way.

So the problem recurred in the Test Library?

Create a new account (systempreferences -> accounts or Users & Groups on 10.7) and see if the problem is repeated there. If it is, then a re-install of the app might be indicated. If it's not, then it's likely the app is okay and the problem is something in the main account.

Regards

TD

Yes, the problem occurred in every single test that I did in every library I tried it with. I finally got most of my photos uploaded without error (I had to check them individually to confirm) after uploading several different times with different photos getting errors each time. I just deleted the ones with errors and tried again on those.

I'll try the new account approach next time I have photos to upload and let you know what happens. However, the fact that it happened to several people (not just me) and in several situations and test libraries indicates that this is probably something Apple should be looking into and testing.

The only change I made to this setup was an update to the latest version of iOS. After that, it took me weeks to upload the photos because every time I tried, some photos were bad so I kept putting it off until I had time to work on it for a few hours.

Next time I have photos to uplod to iPhoto, I'll let you know what happens by posting to this forum thread.

John B.

I am having the same issue - corrupt images, they can be emailed fine (ie not an issue with the iPhone 4). I almost deleted the images from the phone which would have trashed the photos of the birth of our twins ⚠. This is clearly an issue with iPhoto, which I am done with.

Yep, +1 for me too. Brand new iMac with 2 month old iPhone 4S. And I deleted photos from the phone after importing before realising there was a problem, so I lost a Christmas video which was really important to me.

For those in a similar situation, check your phone backups - I had an iCloud backup that restored my phone, then Image Capture imported the video fine.

I also have this problem. The image appears fine on the iPhone, but appears corrupted in iPhoto and in the original image in the iPhoto library. Has anyone submitted a bug report, or heard anything from Apple?