Going crazy. Have tried to upload my photos to make a book (I have done this before successfully) but after trying for at least 12 times I am stumped. I have done a repair to iPhoto, downloaded in safe mode, created 2 more books. Error still happening.

What is your iPhoto version?

An error message always occurs.

And what does the error message say exactly?

Sometimes the upload will not succeed, if your book contains photos that are corrupted . Is the preview of the book ok? If you not yet have made a preview, check it carefully, if all photos seem to be o.k.

See: iPhoto, Aperture: Previewing an order in iPhoto or Aperture

Boot into Safe Mode, Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode, and follow leonie's suggestion for previewing the book.

If you can successfully create a pdf preview and there are not errors, i.e. typos, missing text, etc., then try ordering your book from the Safe Mode.

Save the pdf file to compare with the printed copy when it arrives.

OT

But annette256 already tried Safe Mode, Old Toad?

I have done a repair in iphoto, rebuilt it, uploaded in safe mode and have even started again and made another book only to have the error message appear again saying that uploading was not successful.

If the preview is o.k., I'd have suggested to try from a different administrator user account, in combination with Safe Boot Mode. Perhaps it is a preferences or permissions problem.

Missed it since it wasn't capitalized. Been missing a lot of those lately. The eyes must be going. 😟

If all else fails a reinstall of the system may be indicated via the Recovery volume: OS X: About OS X Recovery

Thanks for the catch, leonie.

Have you shut down and rebooted and then tried to order?

LN