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problem with syncing aperture photos to iphone

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achoudry  Pro User  says:

hi,

i'm hitting a funny scenario. i'm currently using aperture 3 and have a couple of smart albums that i want syncing to my iphone via itunes.

i can see my smart albums under the photo tab in itunes. however, the number of photos for one of the smart albums is showing as 0 in itunes (although there are photos in the smart album when i look in aperture) and the other smart album is missing a few photos from what i have in aperture.

has anyone hit this problem before and have any suggestions / recommendations of how it may be resolved?
Posted at 2:04AM, 24 June 2010 PDT (permalink)

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Michael Nagel says:

Make sure that you have previews in Aperture for all the photos you want to transfer to your iPhone. As far as I know, only photos with previews can be used in other iLife apps, such as iTunes.
Posted 23 months ago. (permalink)

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achoudry  Pro User  says:

i've tried this by selecting the project the photos reside in. then choosing photos > update previews for project.

having done this, i've launched itunes and checked again but it is still not picking up the photos in the smart album.
Originally posted 23 months ago. (permalink)
achoudry edited this topic 23 months ago.

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Matt Cope  Pro User  says:

Are the photos (in Ap3) RAW or JPG files?
Posted 23 months ago. (permalink)

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achoudry  Pro User  says:

JPG...although I do have the raw imported too. but the project is currently using JPGs as the masters.

EDIT - actually they are a combination of the two. i have some jpgs set as master within the project and some as raw set as the master.
Originally posted 23 months ago. (permalink)
achoudry edited this topic 23 months ago.

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boris.boesler says:

Same problem here. Rebuilding the Library does not help.
Additional info on: perambulare.com/2008/10/19/ironing-out-some-aperture-issues/
Posted 23 months ago. (permalink)

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Mac Al says:

Are any photos part of a Stack?
Posted 23 months ago. (permalink)

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achoudry  Pro User  says:

some of the photos are part of a stack, not all. however, the ones i am interested in and want syncing to my iphone are the pick of the stack so i would expect them to get recognised and picked up in itunes as they are in the smart albums in aperture.
Posted 23 months ago. (permalink)

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Mac Al says:

Yes, I thought the same but it doesn't seem to work that way, all photos in the stack get sent across. I found I had to unstack, then choose the pic photo I wanted added to the album I sync with my iPhone. Not at all convenient.
Posted 23 months ago. (permalink)

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achoudry  Pro User  says:

that's the thing though. i have a different smart album that is being picked up (only this time it's not showing the correct number of photos rather than picking up absolutely nothing).

this latter smart album is picking both photos that are the pick of a stack and those that aren't in a stack.

so there doesn't seem to be any definite pattern. even within the smart album for which no photos are being picked up, i would expect at least those not in a stack to be recognised if your theory is correct. however, this isn't the case.

it's all rather puzzling!
Posted 23 months ago. (permalink)

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Mac Al says:

Yes. it is. As I haven't used Smart Albums, I'll have a look.
Posted 23 months ago. (permalink)

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achoudry  Pro User  says:

thanks. how do you sync your iphone? do you sync directly with projects or albums?
Posted 23 months ago. (permalink)

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Mac Al says:

I use albums. In fact I set up a special album just for iPhone pics.
Posted 23 months ago. (permalink)

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Gallery 59 Photography says:

I recently have had the same problem. I've checked all my settings and still can't get the photos to sync to my iPhone. Yet another A3 bug that's driving me nuts...
Posted 23 months ago. (permalink)

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Mr_Douglas | www.dougloganphoto.com says:

Had this issue with AP2 and AP3, need to ensure that both thumbnails and previews exist and then it works fine.
Posted 23 months ago. (permalink)

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Colin Purrington  Pro User  says:

Did you upgrade to latest iPhone software?
Posted 23 months ago. (permalink)

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achoudry  Pro User  says:

Mr_Douglas - thanks! i had the previews created which other people had suggested updating. this alone didn't solve the issue. however, after generating the thumbnails, the smart album has started picking up the photos in itunes!

not the correct number at the moment...but i will look further in to that.
Posted 23 months ago. (permalink)

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selcouth says:

I was going crazy over this issue. Generating thumbnails worked for me too! Thanks!
Posted 23 months ago. (permalink)

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Schuyler Van Loon  Pro User  says:

Mine or not in the order they are in Aperture, they seem to be in a random order, quite frustrating.
Posted 23 months ago. (permalink)

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