Synching Photo Tab for Iphone will not load in iTunes

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Synching Photo Tab for Iphone will not load in iTunes

Hi. I cannot get the photo tab to open (it is available as a choice) in itunes 11, when my phone is connected. I am running Mavericks with an Iphone 5 with current iOS.

I get the spinning wheel for hours with no activity, when I click on the tab. All other synching functions working properly.

There are no photos on my iphone to synch at this time, however I would like to synch some from iPhoto. Prior to the issue, I did have photos synching fine. I may have increased the issue by renaming the album that Iphone was directed to synch from in iPhoto. However, it was also directed to synch some faces, and that information has not changed. I am wondering if all this has to do with the mavericks upgrade and also upgrading iphoto and iphoto library subsequently. There are no photos or albums showing on the phone.

Any ideas? Much apprecaited.

iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.3

Posted on Oct 28, 2013 10:02 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 31, 2013 10:48 PM in response to McLovin25

Can someone please answer this question?

My MacBook Pro and iPhone 5 have updated software and I've already reinstalled iTunes and Restored my iPhone 5. Still same spinning wheel under Photos tab when I connect my iPhone via USB/wifi ti iTunes. iPhoto has no issues.

Thanks!

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Nov 1, 2013 10:58 AM in response to McLovin25

I belive this issue can be corrected by doing a clean install. A test upgrade from lion to mavericks on a new iMac did not have this problem. Photo synch working fine now. Prob best to save your iphoto library on an external and install a fresh copy of iphoto - then reimport the library to the new version. This might solve the problem.

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Answer 3

Nov 3, 2013 9:07 PM in response to McLovin25

I have reinstalled iPhoto, but still same problem.

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Answer 4

Nov 11, 2013 1:43 PM in response to McLovin25

Same exact problem here. Newest version of iTunes, iPhoto, Mavericks, and an iOS 7 on an iPhone 4.

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Answer 5

Nov 11, 2013 1:44 PM in response to dstocking

I think this has to do with the upgrade, not with changing the name of your album.

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Answer 6

Nov 11, 2013 1:48 PM in response to McLovin25

McLovin-

Here's what worked for me:

I quit both iPhoto and iTunes and then just opened up iTunes, leaving iPhoto closed. I think only one app can access the iPhoto library at a time in Mavericks.

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Nov 11, 2013 2:41 PM in response to McLovin25

Thanks for response dstocking, I usually don't open iPhotol & iTunes together.

This worked for me: I had already updated iPhoto, so I reinstalled Maverick and everything works, with my iPad and iPhone. I hope this helps.

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Mar 21, 2014 10:47 PM in response to dstocking

I have tried all the this -with no success

I am using OSX 10.9.2 all devices IOS 7.1 , iTunes 11.1.5

iPad mini ,IPhone 5 etc. The photo tab does not load up

I get the spinning wheel with no activity, when I click on the tab. All other synching functions working properly

did get error 1723 on trying to sync after clicking on the photos tab,"spinning wheel"

please help

Tks

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Answer 9

Mar 30, 2014 5:28 AM in response to dstocking

This worked for me.

iPhoto and iTunes were running, and I just got spinning wheel in iTunes when in iPhone and on the Photo tab.

1. Close iPhoto

2. In iTunes, go somewhere other than the Photo tab in the Iphone (ie back to your library or somewhere else on the phone). Do NOT eject.

3. In iTunes go back into your iPhone and Photos...

All the photos and options appeared!

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Apr 20, 2014 9:16 AM in response to McLovin25

I have my library on an external drive (not the default Pictures folder). I had the same spinning wheel issue, then deleted a library that was somehow created in the Pictures folder - probably from opening iPhoto - and bam, everything cam e back online.

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lurgee

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Jun 22, 2014 6:06 PM in response to Tom Slattery

I also have my iPhoto library on an external drive, but a PhotoBooth library had appeared in the PICTURES folder on my MacBook. So I moved the PhotoBooth library and the Photo Tab in iTunes IMMEDIATELY updated and worked properly.

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vinvilli

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Sep 23, 2015 2:42 AM in response to Tom Slattery

Thank for the information Deleting All the Folders in Pictures Library Worked!!!

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