iPad 3rd gen photos won't sync

I'm wondering if it is something to do with either

• disk space and cache
• files itunes/ipad doesn't understand

The original ipod photo cache on my machine was 30Gb. After moving it to a different drive, my C drive was very badly fragmented. Also I recieved one warning after it did work (deleted ipod cache) as I had a photoshop file in one folder. Synced another folder this morning and it seemed to work OK.

I don't think that's the issue because I deleted the entire iPod cache, defragmented and then tried to sync 10 pictures in another folder. It synced 1 picture the first time, 3 the second, then only 2 the third (1 picture was erased for no reason) . Tried my iPad 2 after the third try with my iPad 3 and worked perfectly. There is something wrong with either the IPad 3 64GBLTE or ITunes when it comes to syncing with the iPad 3.

Hopefully apple fixes this, it's irritating when the main selling point was increased clarity when those very same clear pictures only are are able to be seen on the iPad 2.

NOT TOO IMPRESSED W MY IP3; ESP AFTER THIS HASSEL WITH SYNC MY PHOTO ALBUMS.

MAY RETURN IT & GO BACK TO THE IP2. BESIDES IT IS LIGHTER. frankly I do not see a big difference if any in the quality of the retna images.. Perhaps it is time to sell my apple stock. What say you all?

I'm sure they will fix it. Not going to freak out.

Replying to get in on this. It seems photos over a certain resolution are less likely to sync. Though I can add photos one at a time to a folder I am syncing and they will all sync eventually. If I add more than one, it's a crap shoot. Deleting cache and resyncing doesn't help. 100% of photos sync to iPhone 4S with same IOS version.

iPad 3 64gb Wifi.

Looking forward to a fix. Thanks!

I too have spent hours on the phone with Apple customer support. MY 64gb 4GLTE Ipad3 won't sync photo's correctly. All the usual symptons, during the photo sync, it hangs up after a few pictures are transferred, then the sync finishes incomplete. When looking at the pictures the images will shift. Tech support had me erase my ipad and reboot every which way, so it took hours to figure out it was probably an iTunes 10.6 issue. They have filed a report and I should hear back in 3-4 days from them, I will post any findings from them here.

same problem here

its a known issue

there is no fix atm

waiting for apple to rls new itunes build to correct this bug

I have been trying all the previous with similar problems - after unsynching to remove from the iPad then deleting the iPad photo cache then reconnecting & selecting only a few folders I got somewhere but frustatingly slow. I am also keen to see an iTunes fix.

I just got this response from Apple Tech Support:

"I had a fellow advisor tell me he resolved another callers similiar issue, He said he simply took a phot with the iPad and tried it again and it WORKED!!! So after the restore please take a picture withthe iPad and try it again. Uggh. If you would call or email me with the results.

Timothy Pinz

Senior Advisor - Apple iOS support"

I only had time to erase all pictures, take a photo and try to sync... Later I will do the full restore, but figured I would pass it along. If anyone tries this and has better results please post them!

I tried just snapping a photo using the iPad 3. It was added to a new folder "Camera Roll" created alongside my other partially synced folders in the Photos app. However, when I then synced with iTunes, no joy. I'm still missing about 1/3 of my photos. I'm not going to waste time on these quack remedies from Apple. They need to FIX the problem!

I'm having the same problem. Only getting about 60 of about 7,400 photos.

I've tried most of the solutions above and even talked to Apple support but got no where.

I'm hoping that this gets corrected soon .....

I also am having the same problem on the New iPad. I only can sync a few photos within an album. The number is different each time and only once have I transferred 100% of the images in a single folder (album). The suggestion to delete teh phot cache did not help the problem. My iPhone 4 still can transfer correctly, so it certainly does appear to be an iTunes issue with the New iPad. I did "build" the New iPad as a new device, not a restored backup from my iPad 2.

I agree that Apple will (probably) find and fix this issue, but it does make you wonder what the Apple Software testers were doing prior to the iPad release. With all of the hype about the new display, you would think someone would have tried to transfer photos using iTunes at least once.

Same Problem on me. My Library is about 9.000 Photos - tried all possible solutions - no good result :-(

Apple: please fix this problem very soon.

Same problem here. Running Itunes 10.6.0.40. Win 7 64bit.

I can sync my 12,500 photos perfectly to an Iphone 4, Iphone 4S & Ipad 2 - but not to my Ipad 3.

I've restored the Ipad 3 from backup, erased it and started from scratch, deleted ipod photo cache folder and allowed it to recreate. Nothing works for the Ipad 3, but all my other devices sync fine.

Is this happening with all 3 million IP sold over the weekend...? If I return my IP3 for another IP3 will it do the same? why is there not a fix yet? and why is there not more negative hype on this in the media? We hear / read about this only on this blog... strange. what to do now?