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I've never been able to change slide show music from Theme to one of my playlists in iTunes when using iPhoto. I can see them and select and save but when I start the show it goes back to Theme.
I'm using 9.5.1 iPhoto on a 27 inch Mac desktop running 10.9.3.
Any suggestions?
iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
Sorry for the delay OT, I've been traveling and just got home.
I did the reset as you suggested but still have Red Garland as the music source. It's as if iPhoto ignores the command to make whatever playlist I suggest the default.
Related but different issue; someone told me the other day that Apple no longer supports iPhoto, isn't selling it anymore, and will soon intro a replacement. True? My music problem aside, I find navigating moving pictures in Events to be a challenge so it wouldn't bother me if they or someone else has a better replacement.
Hi Wmatthies,
Take a look at the article below, you can follow along with the steps in it to ensure the settings are correct when adding music to a slideshow.
iPhoto 9.5: Add music to a slideshow
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH15200
You can add music to your slideshow. iPhoto includes a selection of theme music, or you can use songs or playlists from iTunes, or songs from GarageBand.
Add music to a slideshow
- Do one of the following:
- Select the slideshow in the Source list, and then click the Music button in the toolbar. (If you’re in full-screen view, first exit it by moving your pointer to the top of the screen and clicking the Full Screen button that appears in the top-right corner.)
- While a slideshow is playing, move the pointer to make the slideshow controls appear, and then click the Music button:
- In the Music Settings window, make sure the “Play music during slideshow” checkbox is selected.
- Do one of the following:
- To use one song for the whole slideshow, choose an option from the Source pop-up menu, and then select a song.To listen to a song, double-click it, or select it and click the Play button. To stop playing the song, click the Play button again.
- To create a playlist of several songs, select “Custom Playlist for Slideshow,” and drag songs from the top list to the area below the checkbox. To reorder songs, drag them up or down in the list.
- To adjust the slideshow length to the music (or vice versa), see Change slideshow settings.
To prevent slideshow music from playing, deselect “Play music during slideshow” in the Music Settings window.
Tip: If it takes a long time for a slideshow to start, it might be because the background music is a very large file. Try choosing a song with a smaller file size. To see a file’s size, open iTunes, select the song, and then choose File > Get Info.
-Jason
Thanks for the response Jason, unfortunately I still have the same problem.
I've followed the instructions you included, which is what I have been doing. I go into music settings for an iPhoto slideshow, which defaults to "Theme". I see my playlists and all my music within iTunes in the pulldown menu, I select one playlist rather than the default Theme music. However when I hit save and begin the slideshow within iPhoto, the music automatically defaults back to one song in "Theme", Red Garland's "Hey Now."
The one thing you suggested that I wasn't doing was beginning the playlist and then changing the music, however I tried that and also no luck. Once I select an alternative playlist and hit play it's back to Red Garland.
As a test launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and create a new, test library. Import some photos and test to see if the samek slideshow music problem persists. Does it?
OT
Just gave it a shot Old Toad, same result. I swear if I hear Red Garland's "Hey Now" one more time I'm gonna scream.
Get ready to scream - log into another user account and test iPhoto and the music there. This will tell us if it's system wide or limited to your account only.
If you don't have that problem in the other account try the following in your account:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
User/Home/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete the contents the following folder:
User/Library/Containers/com.apple.iPhoto
3 - reboot, launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: For Mavericks, 10.9, go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring the this window:
where you can check the Show Library Folder checkbox.
I'll give it a try and let you know.
Same result using a half-dozen or so random photos and songs downloaded from the Internet. More Red Garland.
Perhaps the problem is your iTunes library. Test with a different iTunes libary:
See: How to open an alternate iTunes Library file or create a new one
As a test:
If a new iTunes library works better, recreate your old iTunes library. How to recreate iTunes Library http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451
songs downloaded from the Internet
Were these in an iTunes library in that other account?
Where is your primary iTunes library located?
No luck léonie, still Red. And he doesn't appear to be in the new music library I just created, nor the older one for that matter. I'm assuming the "Theme" music is part of iPhoto but I'm not sure.
The songs I used for the test were not from the existing iTunes library; I just found some music I could download from the Internet. As you can see from the attached screenshot my iTunes music is where I think it should be.
I appreciate everyone's suggestions. If you have more and I don't respond as quickly as I have so far it's because I actually had to do some work. But I will eventually and I do appreciate everything you're doing. Thank you
I'm assuming the "Theme" music is part of iPhoto but I'm not sure.
Yes, it is.
songs downloaded from the Internet
Your songs may be in an audio format, that is not supported in iPhoto.
For example, I am seeing the same as you, when I try to use a playlist with midi files.
Do you get the same problem with standard audio formats, like AAC or AIF?
There may be some random files in my iTunes library but the vast majority is AAC. Very strange.
Can't change iTunes music for slideshows in iPhoto
