IPhoto Rotating Imported Pictures Randomly

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IPhoto Rotating Imported Pictures Randomly

Hey,

Ive been having this problem for a while through multiple Mac OS updates/Phone updates. I've got a 2008 Macbook Pro (Ancient I know) and an IPhone 5. It is running the latest Mavericks OS and the phone is up to date. Anyway, it always seems to randomly rotate pictures taken with my IPhone. Sometimes landscape shots are upside down, sometimes portrait shots are sideways. Even in a string of pictures taken within moments of each other at the same angle, a single photo will be rotated (sometimes multiple). I cant seem to fix it and it is extremely annoying. Please help!

Thanks in advance

-Chase

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)

Posted on Aug 25, 2014 9:43 PM

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léonie

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Aug 25, 2014 11:03 PM in response to CaCarter126

Even in a string of pictures taken within moments of each other at the same angle, a single photo will be rotated (sometimes multiple).

Are the photos showing correctly on your iPhone and are rotated only on your Mac? Are the thumbnails in the incorrect orientation, or also the photo,when you click it to view it enlarged in the Browser?

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Aug 25, 2014 11:14 PM in response to léonie

They show properly on my phone. It is only in iPhoto that they are rotated. The exception to that is once iPhoto rotates the pictures and the phone re-syncs. They are rotated in both thumbnail, and when enlarged.

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léonie

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Aug 25, 2014 11:19 PM in response to CaCarter126

How are you transferring the photos from your iPhone? Are you downloading via USB connection or using the Photo Stream? The orientation flags in the EXIF do not seem to transfer correctly.

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Aug 25, 2014 11:24 PM in response to léonie

Almost always through USB

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léonie

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Aug 25, 2014 11:37 PM in response to CaCarter126

Which iPhoto version are you using?

Try to find out, if the orientation flags on the original image files are correct.

Select one of the correct Portrait shots and one of the incorrectly oriented Portrait shots and reveal the original files in the Finder (File > Reveal in Finder > Original File). Then open this file in Preview and show the Inspector (Tools > Show Inspector).

If the image has an orientation flag, you will see it in the "General" tab of the Inspector.

Is there difference between the correctly oriented photos and the ones with the wrong orientation?

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Aug 26, 2014 8:31 AM in response to léonie

The iPhoto version is 08' 7.1.5 . I took a screenshot of two pics with the inspector window up. Both show the orientation as "1 (Normal)" and yet both, taken only moments from one another are oriented incorrectly. They are not even oriented incorrectly in the same way ha. Picture was taken landscape.

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