stephenfromeverett

Q: iPhoto won't recognize iphone

I have a mac mini and notebook both running Lion. Two iphones with current software updates. One of the phones is loaded with photos I want to transfer to the computer, but the neither iphoto or image capture will recognize the phone. Same situation on both computers.

iPhone 4, iOS 5.0.1

Posted on Sep 17, 2012 10:00 AM

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  • by BB623,

    BB623 BB623 Sep 17, 2012 10:13 AM in response to stephenfromeverett
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    Sep 17, 2012 10:13 AM in response to stephenfromeverett

    I'd suggest enabling iCloud on you computers and phones.  They will sync automatically though all devices.  I have iPhoto 11 and everytime I hookup my phone I get a popup to transfer from phone to iPhoto.  In iPhoto you may have disabled this feature.  Look in preferences and see if you disabled this popup.

  • by jeopardydude,

    jeopardydude jeopardydude Nov 24, 2012 7:28 PM in response to stephenfromeverett
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    Nov 24, 2012 7:28 PM in response to stephenfromeverett

    Yes, I too had the same problem. Apple geniuses are of little help so don't even bother setting an appointment.  In their defense, the fix doesnt reside at apple HQ or trickle down.If apple developers read this (one fix resides in a program that costs ~30$ called PhoneView). The problem I believe is with the apple software and not the phone. However the phone contributes to this problem when you reach a threshold memory capacity, e.g. photo overload. It not only takes time for the software to load but it may never load. The image capture is the fall back, and when that doesn't work you have no choice but seek 3rd party fixes. Good luck, but this one worked for me.

  • by Yeisonospina,

    Yeisonospina Yeisonospina Dec 3, 2012 7:23 AM in response to stephenfromeverett
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    Dec 3, 2012 7:23 AM in response to stephenfromeverett

    Hey Guys,

     

    So I was having the same issue. iPhone 5 on iPhoto. iPhone wouldnt come up on iPhoto on a new MBA (less than a week old), or even iTune! So after reading many forums and trying many things this finally did the job:

     

    Quit all your applications, turn off the mac and deselect the button that says reopen windows when log back in so that is not ticked:

     

    Screen Shot 2012-12-03 at 10.11.00 AM.png

    Then restart the computer. Your iPhone should now come back on iPhoto as visible when you relaunch iPhoto or iTunes and reconnect it.

     

    Hope this helps you guys, it would of saved me hours had I read this sooner.

     

    Yeison