Al Parke

Q: iTunes sees 0 photos in Aperture library?

I recently encountered an issue where my on the latest sync of my iPhone through iTunes all my Aperture sync'd photos dissapeared.

 

In the photo tab of iTunes I can see the library structure but regardless of what I select to sync it shows 0 photos.

 

This has been working fine for many years (and versions of Aperture / iTunes).

 

I have tried all the Aperture database first aid but with no result.

I exported one project to a new Aperture library and switched to that, exited Aperture and tried to sync through iTunes. It worked fine!

I switched back to the original library in Aperture, quit and then tried to sync - 0 photos!

 

HELP

 

I'm using Aperture 3.5.1 and iTunes 11.1.3 (8)

Aperture 3, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Jan 11, 2014 9:13 PM

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jan 11, 2014 11:20 PM in response to Al Parke
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    Jan 11, 2014 11:20 PM in response to Al Parke

    Have you enabled "Previews" for your original Aperture library? If not, try, if recreating the previews for selected projects will make them visible again in iTunes. To generate new previews, select the images in question and hold down the alt/opt key while clicking the command "Photos> Generate preview".

     

    Also, in your main library the iPod Photo Cache may be currupted. Try, if deleting and recreating this folder will help. See: iTunes: Understanding the iPod Photo Cache folder

     

    Regards

    Léonie

  • by Al Parke,

    Al Parke Al Parke Jan 11, 2014 11:39 PM in response to léonie
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    Jan 11, 2014 11:39 PM in response to léonie

    I do have all the Previews enabled and tried to update them without success.

     

    I'm now going through a (long) process of deleting all previews and generating new ones.

     

    I tried deleting the iPod photo cache already without any success - but will try again after all the new previews are generated.

     

    Will let you all know....

  • by Al Parke,

    Al Parke Al Parke Jan 12, 2014 1:02 AM in response to Al Parke
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    Jan 12, 2014 1:02 AM in response to Al Parke

    Update - A full delete and generate of previews, and removing the iPod Photo Cache didn't work.

     

    iTunes finds the Aperture folder structure but reports back that there are 0 photos - regardless of what event/folder is selected!

     

    Help

  • by Najinsky,

    Najinsky Najinsky Jan 12, 2014 1:17 AM in response to Al Parke
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    Jan 12, 2014 1:17 AM in response to Al Parke

    What does your Aperture Preferences say under Previews for: "Share XML with other applications" it needs to be set to "When quitting Aperture" or "Always" in order to save the data needed for previews to be shared.

     

    Andy

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jan 12, 2014 1:21 AM in response to Al Parke
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    Jan 12, 2014 1:21 AM in response to Al Parke

    I have tried all the Aperture database first aid but with no result.

    I exported one project to a new Aperture library and switched to that, exited Aperture and tried to sync through iTunes. It worked fine!

    Is your Aperture library on a different drive from the one with the exported library?

     

    If not, then this really looks like a problem with your current library. You already tried all three repair/rebuild ptions, right? Then use the last last rebuild option and create a new Aperture library by importing the current library into a new, empty Aperture library.

  • by Al Parke,

    Al Parke Al Parke Jan 12, 2014 1:45 AM in response to Najinsky
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    Jan 12, 2014 1:45 AM in response to Najinsky

    Andy - I never had "Share XML" enabled before and had no problems, but just to be sure I gave it a try - no luck. Thanks anyway

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jan 12, 2014 1:46 AM in response to Najinsky
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    Jan 12, 2014 1:46 AM in response to Najinsky

    Andy,

    my understanding of this document is, that "Share XML" is only necessary for sharing to third-party applications, not for Apple applications, like iTunes, or the document is really misleading.

    Aperture 3.5: Set "Share XML with other applications" to "Never" for better performance and faster quit times

    How do you interpret it? My smart Aperture albums are all syncing perfectly to my iPad, even with "Share XML" disabled. And I really would not like to enable it again. It makes Aperture very slow at start-up or when quitting.

     

    Léonie

  • by Al Parke,

    Al Parke Al Parke Jan 12, 2014 1:46 AM in response to léonie
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    Jan 12, 2014 1:46 AM in response to léonie

    Leonie - Good idea. I've just created a new library and I'm importing the old one.....this may take some time.....

  • by Najinsky,

    Najinsky Najinsky Jan 12, 2014 2:07 AM in response to léonie
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    Jan 12, 2014 2:07 AM in response to léonie

    léonie wrote:

     

     

    How do you interpret it?

     

    My smart Aperture albums are all syncing perfectly to my iPad, even with "Share XML" disabled. And I really would not like to enable it again. It makes Aperture very slow at start-up or when quitting.

     

    Léonie

     

    No, I think you are right. Like with Al the OP here, I've had trouble getting photos to appear when they should and it started working correctly after I turned that option on so I assumed it was related. But I think your interpretation is correct for how it should work. What I should have written was 'this worked for me' rather than 'you need to'.

     

    Regards,

    Andy

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jan 12, 2014 2:15 AM in response to Najinsky
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    Jan 12, 2014 2:15 AM in response to Najinsky

    Like with Al the OP here, I've had trouble getting photos to appear when they should and it started working correctly after I turned that option on so I assumed it was related.

    That might have been a coincidence, but this feature is so new, I hope, it is not another bug.

  • by Al Parke,

    Al Parke Al Parke Jan 12, 2014 4:42 AM in response to Al Parke
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    Jan 12, 2014 4:42 AM in response to Al Parke

    Bad news - I created a new empty library and imported my whole existing library....

     

    after several hours it completed and I closed aperture and tried the iTunes sync - it showed the new library structure (I didn't transfer some smart folders so I could tell the difference) but still shows 0 photos.

     

    I'm out of ideas - and don't even know if this is an iTunes issue or an Aperture issue.

     

    Anyone? Help?

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jan 12, 2014 4:54 AM in response to Al Parke
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    Jan 12, 2014 4:54 AM in response to Al Parke

    Whereis your aperture library located? Is it referenced or managed? Is it on an internal or external drive? How is the drive formatted?

  • by Al Parke,

    Al Parke Al Parke Jan 12, 2014 5:06 AM in response to léonie
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    Jan 12, 2014 5:06 AM in response to léonie

    All on the main internal iMac drive, and all photos are managed - nothing referenced.

  • by Al Parke,

    Al Parke Al Parke Jan 12, 2014 11:34 PM in response to Al Parke
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    Jan 12, 2014 11:34 PM in response to Al Parke

    I have now reverted to a previous cloned version of my Library which works and sync's fine.

    I will slowly try to update it in-line with the version that had problems - testing at each point to try and find the issue.

     

    A brief recap

     

    I tried

    - Re-generate previews

    - Delete and re create previews

    - Delete iPod photo cache

    - All three Aperture first aid options

    - Global disk permissions repair

    - Renaming the library and switching to it via Option Aperture

    - Exporting whole Aperture library to a new one

    - Creating new empty library and importing whole existing library

     

    nothing worked.

     

    What did work

    - Exporting one project as a library

    - Exporting multiple projects as a library

     

    This would imply that there is an issue somewhere in the Aperture Database which is causing this problem.

    Now to find it!