iPhoto is not recognizing my iPhone 5

If I plug my phone into my macbook- no problem it shows up just fine.

Okay. Back to the first machine. Switch to another user account. Can you access the phone from there?

No, this does not allow me to access the Iphone in Iphoto.

And Image Capture?

Nope, it doesn't show up in Image Capture either

I think you need to reinstall the OS and the substructure that deals with this is hosed in your case.

Thanks Terence, I'll do that and let you know how it goes. Sounds like a pretty hefty task though- any suggestions or links to make this painless as possible?

see this article - http://www.apple.com/osx/recovery/

Dpress and hold Command-R while rebooting and use the recovery partition to restore your OS

LN

Thanks Larry, Terence- seems to have done the trick. Iphone is now showing up in Iphoto and Image capture.

Some things I think may have caused this:

I routinely use MacKeeper- I'll be paying close attention if this ever happens again

I also used Iphoto Library Manager to try and delete some duplicates

Thanks so much for your help !

I routinely use MacKeeper- I'll be paying close attention if this ever happens again

Get rid of that piece of Junk. It provides no service you need and is a waste of your money and time - plus, and I'm quite serious about this - regularly damages Macs.

There is no need for "cleaning", "tuning" or whatever those utilites are. There is simply no reason to routinely use any apps like that at all.

They are just another form of mugging.

DUMP MacKeeper - it is Malwear and fixes nothing but causes many problems, probably your current one - and it has destroyed many iPhoto libraries

seethe user tip on MacKeeper for details on issues and removal instructions

LN

Not sure why this worked for me. Open itunes with the phone plugged into the computer. It now works! I didn't even have to sync to itunes...just opening it did the trick. Now I can see photos on iphoto and image capture.

hadn't this been said, page 1 of this thread ?

Kevin Finley

I created a new account and the problem is repeated...iPhoto does not recognize the iPhone.

Also, I didn't mention this before, but iTunes does not automatically begin when I plug in the iPhone either, but if I open iTunes, it then recognizes the iPhone and begins backup.

USE THE USB CORD THAT CAME WITH THE PHONE.

I found this solution on another post, and it worked perfectly. Crazy simple, to the point of being annoying that it was even the issue... use the USB cord that came with your iphone to connect the phone to your computer, NOT the cord from an old iphone or ipod. I accidentally used my husband's 4s cord for my 5s iphone, and I got the error over and over. Read the other apple discussion post, walked upstairs to get my 5s cord, and voila, it worked!

Thanks for posting your solution! It worked perfectly for me, too. Opened Itunes and instantly Iphoto recognized my device.