IPhoto Events issues

after syncing the the events from the iPhotos to iPhone 4, the events in iPhone 4 were split automatically with SAME event names, while the events remained the same in iPhoto. Please help. Thanks.

It's a bug and has been discussed several times before in this community. Send a bug report to Apple via http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphoto.html.
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Duplicate iPhoto Events issues...

I have duplicate events and when I try to delete one and clear the trash it deletes all my originals!!! (since both events point to the same photos...).
How can i delete the event without removing all original files?
Is there a way to modify the events in finder directly? (after Show Package "iPhoto Library").

Is there a way to modify the events in finder directly? (after Show Package "iPhoto Library").
*It is strongly advised that you do not move, change or in anyway alter things in the iPhoto Library Folder as this can cause the application to fail and even lead to data loss*
So, No there isn't.
Try rebuilding the database. Hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild.
Regards
TD

How to solve issue with strange iphoto events shown in itunes for sync IOS devices ? This issue is very old and not been fixed by apple... terrible

all softwares latest version january 2013.
I see in itunes many strange crazy iphoto events that in iphoto do not exist.
These vents are named as data and contains just few photos.
each event can be sync with IOS devices, but that event is not in iphoto !
It looks like miniatures... no way to solve this issue making all possible maintenance in iphoto library.
THis issue is very old, very terrible, people start to have doubts about iphoto as a reliable software.
Need a fix asap.
Apple please help!
I were with 2 hours at genius bar but nothing.
Genius told me apple have been informed and they are working on a solution..... this 4 months ago !!!
Need solution asap
THanks
Fabio

Apple aren't here. As you're the only person with this problem that I've seen on here, I would suspect that its more a local problem on your machine than something Apple need to fix.
Go to your Pictures Folder and find the iPhoto Library there. Right (or Control-) Click on the icon and select 'Show Package Contents'. A finder window will open with the Library exposed.
Look there for the iPod Photo Cache.
Trash it. Start iPhoto and try sync again.
Regards
TD

Iphoto 9.6 .. Events issue

HI léonie,
I've a similar problem and hope I've made a clear description of it.
System information:
MacBook Pro 17inch - late 2007
Version OS: 10.10 (14A389)
iPhoto: 9.6 (910.29)
# Events: 129
# Photo’s: 13.604
Other (maybe useful) information:
- When the issue starts, this was under the Mavericks OS. I’m using Yosemite now.
- I make from each (backed-up) library a catalogue (Event-name + photo ID)
- My Event-name is always built up in the same way: <Year> - <Country-name>; <Place> - <short description>
- No links to external discs active / no shares with iCloud
- the same back-up is written to 2 external discs separately
- some private photo’s created in Albums are shared on Facebook
Background:
Because I’m doing long-term projects as a photographer I have Events in my active photo-library which are dating back to 2011. During this year I upgraded from iPhoto8 to iPhoto11, it looked like that everything went okay after I used the converting software for the library. But then I started to use “Faces” (and for my feeling,) it was then when the trouble starts.
Symptoms:
- photo’s were thrown out of the Events and being mixed up with others or they were put in an unnamed event
- photo’s which should not be in the active Library appeared back
- after converting a backed up Library and activating the (as I call it) “Face option”, the earlier described symptoms occur.
- but it happens not consequently because for instance “Event Y” in Backed-up library 1 on HardDiskA doesn’t have the same amount of pictures in the same “Event” but then on HardDiskB
- searching on Finder-level, I run into Events dating back before 2011 which should not in my active library anymore (after backing-up an active level, I throw all the Events in the Trash, subsequently empty the Trash).
- also on Finder-level, the corresponding folder with the Event consists of different photo’s than in the iPhoto Event. (I’ve checked this by using 2 Events; made a detailed inventory - photo ID + shooting date / time; compared it on iPhoto-level / Finder-level)
Consequences:
- All my backed up Libraries and my current Library are a mess
Question:
- can you (or somebody else) provide me a splendid idea to correct this in a fast way? or should I (how I will find the time for this?!?!?!) correct all these libraries manually, photo by photo - according to my own created catalogues?
Thank you in advance,
Frank
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Symptoms:
- photo’s were thrown out of the Events and being mixed up with others or they were put in an unnamed event
- photo’s which should not be in the active Library appeared back
That may be caused by "Recovered items" due to the bug I mentioned above or by and external editor saving files into your library. Are you using an external editor with your library?
- after converting a backed up Library and activating the (as I call it) “Face option”, the earlier described symptoms occur.
This may be a coincidence.
- but it happens not consequently because for instance “Event Y” in Backed-up library 1 on HardDiskA doesn’t have the same amount of pictures in the same “Event” but then on HardDiskB
Have you checked, if there are photos in the "Hidden" album?
- searching on Finder-level, I run into Events dating back before 2011 which should not in my active library anymore (after backing-up an active level, I throw all the Events in the Trash, subsequently empty the Trash).
Again, there may be several reasons that emptying the Trash does not work. Either the bug I mentioned, or permission problems. If your Home folder has a permissions problem or the hard drive with your iPhoto Library, iPhoto may not be able to move the trashed items from your iPhoto Trash to the system Trash on your Desktop. Then the trashed events may stay hidden in the Library.
Try to delete a few of the items that have reappeared now. Can they now be moved to the Trash on your Desktop, when you empty the Trash?
- also on Finder-level, the corresponding folder with the Event consists of different photo’s than in the iPhoto Event. (I’ve checked this by using 2 Events; made a detailed inventory - photo ID + shooting date / time; compared it on iPhoto-level / Finder-level)
Don't rely on the folder structure you are seeing for the original image files in the Finder. This is not meant to be human readable. The way the images are stored in your iPhoto Library has changed considerably between iPhoto versions and is not a feature of the user interface. It can change any time. Right now, iPhoto will store events in folders according to the data of the import session. That may not necessarily be the date you took the photo, but the date of he last iPhoto Library upgrade.
Consequences:
- All my backed up Libraries and my current Library are a mess
Question:
- can you (or somebody else) provide me a splendid idea to correct this in a fast way? or should I (how I will find the time for this?!?!?!) correct all these libraries manually, photo by photo - according to my own created catalogues?
In what way is the backup a mess? You backed up the libraries before you upgraded to Yosemite, didn't you? Have you opened the backed up libraries and they were also upgraded?

IPhoto Events Duplicated Suddenly-do I delete?

In the last month (and there WAS an iphoto update during that time) I suddenly have dupicate iphoto EVENTS but there are 3 different kinds:
1)Duplicate events: same EVENT NAME, same NUMBER PHOTOS.
2)Duplicate events: slightly altered EVENT NAME, same NUMBER PHOTOS. (this may be a windows transfer issue** see note below)
3)Duplicate EVENT NAME but SOME photos missing in 1 event, and complete in another event of the SAME NAME.
Should I assume that all my photos are fine and just delete the duplicate event and delete the event of the same name but with fewer pics in that event (assuming the event with more pics is "safer" to keep)?
I'm somewhat new to iphoto (on it for 2 years): can I assume if I click on "PHOTOS" in the left pane, those are ALL my photo's in my "Photo Library" or is my Photo Library actually my "EVENTS"? or are photos and events essentialy the same thing? If it exists in "PHOTOS" is it an official jpeg-picture-file? How can there be 2 files of the EXACT SAME NAME?? Both sets of pics say "DSC-0001" (and the numbers go up from there) in the PHOTO LIBRARY. Why doesn't the Photo Library reject that since 2 files cannot normally be in the same place?
I could use Time Machine and replace the photo library with one from a month ago. But how do I know what really happened? This whole thing is unsettling. I'm assuming I have not lost a single of my 44,000 pics I've loaded but why did iPhoto duplicate about 10 events?
**And even more odley: why did it duplicate 3 of them with slightly different names. They may have had these "different file names" when I transfered them from a Windows Computer 2 years ago, but I can't remember and I've not had this duplicate problem happen until earlier this month.
My spouse is saying we should download Picassa and go back to the that but I REALLY like iPhoto and want to keep it. I need to feel that my photo library is SAFE and seeing it in a window-tree (alla Picassa and windows) seems familiar, I know it's not inherently safer than iPhoto/iMac but this duplicating event is unsettling.

are photos and events essentialy the same thing?
Yes - two different ways to view your photos in the iPhoto library
Why doesn't the Photo Library reject that since 2 files cannot normally be in the same place?
Because they are not in the same place - iPhoto is not about files - it is about photos - iPhoto keeps track of the files in a folder structure - you do not ever go into it
What changes have you made recently? for there to be a duplicate in iPhoto you would have had to import it - iPhoto does not duplicate photos
My spouse is saying we should download Picassa and go back to the that but I REALLY like iPhoto and want to keep it. I need to feel that my photo library is SAFE and seeing it in a window-tree (alla Picassa and windows) seems familiar, I know it's not inherently safer than iPhoto/iMac but this duplicating event is unsettling.
That is totally your choice
having your photos safe is NOT a function of the manager you are using but of your backup systems - iPhoto will not lose your photos nor will Picassa - but system, hardware and user failures will - a backup is the only way to be sure your photos are safe
Note that Picassa has many disadvantages re iPhoto - it does not integrate into other Apple software - it does not provide lossless editing - it does not allow you to upgrade to professional level photo management software (Aperture) directly and it does not integrate with the iPad, iPod and iPhone like iPhotos does or with Photo Stream and iCLoud.
As to duplicates I suggest using Duplicate annailator, DeCloner or iPhoto Library Manager - http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/ - for identifying them
LN

IPhoto events not syncing correctly with iPhone

Hello,
Basically, my iPhoto events are not syncing correctly with my iPhone. Some events will sync, whereas others won't, though no error messages are ever displayed.
I have all my photos, 961 photos in 34 events, organised in iPhoto, however iTunes doesn't seem to recognise all of these events, only reporting 881 photos. I've got iTunes set up to "Sync photos from iPhoto - All events" and this works for most events, but not all.
On my iPhone, I can tell which events are missing, but no matter how many times I restart my Mac or sync my iPhone, it refuses to sync the few missing albums. There is over 4Gb of available space left on the iPhone, so this shouldn't be an issue.
Many thanks in advance.
Peter.

Any ideas, please? I hope I explained my issue clearly enough.
Thank you,
Peter.

Itunes with iphoto event problem

Hi. i really need help here. I have the same problem with my ipad & iphone so it's either a problem with itunes or iphoto. everything looks great in iphoto but when i open itunes and go to the photo tab it all looks mad. My events have been duplicated several times !! eg.. i've got a wedding event with 200 pic in. Now it looks like wedding ( 2 pics )    school    wedding (5)   wedding (2) etc etc.. I've tried to delete the cache but it still looks like this.. How do i delete the events in itunes and start again ? is this a bug? Darren

Looks like I am not alone.
I thought I had it fixed for a moment, I trashed the com.apple.iPod.plist & tried other advice I have found here but after a sync to an iPod the problem came back. Sync'ing an iPad was fair but two iPhones (3GS & 4) saw the same problem arise so I tried the iPad again and the problem haunted me yet again.
I noticed this happen since the last iTunes update 10.2.2.
Somewhere here I noticed if you re-sort your iPhoto events it helps only once, any further sync'ing has no effect - the problem persists. The issue seems to worsen, events cannot be selected under the Photos tab in iTunes for any device.   When I managed to get the Pad to sync a few events I noticed the sort order was completely random, I should have left well enough alone (at least they were showing) but try as I did to get a sensible order failed completely when I sync'd the pad a second time.
Temporarily I have created Albums in iPhoto to maintain some images on my phone, pod & pad.   They seem to function as best they can but the steps iTunes requires to optimize and sync several thousand photos makes this a VERY long process.

IPhoto events do not match events in iTunes?

When I try to sync my photos into my iPad from iTunes my events are not the same as my iPhoto events. It's like iTunes broke up my events into smaller events with the same name. Any one else with this problem? iTunes does the same thing when I try to sync my iPhone.

I had all the same issues. Tried numerous things with using another temp-iphoto-library and stuff...
In the end I opened iPhoto (make sure iTunes is closed), deleted my iphoto-trash and quitted iPhoto again.
Then I opened up iTunes (with my already plugged in iPhone) and I could see all the correct entries in the photos section of the sync-menu.
Hope that works for you too!

IOS 6 Updated: Now multiple iPhoto events in iTunes

After updating to IO6 my iTunes iPhoto Events are numerous and showing odd information like dates not found in my actual iPhoto application???

Do matters improve if you update to iPhoto 9.4.1?
iPhoto 9.4.1
From the release notes for the new version:
What's New in Version 9.4.1
Improves the reliability of syncing to iOS devices via iTunes
Fixes an issue that could cause iPhoto to quit unexpectedly when using the Export command
Addresses an issue that could cause iPhoto to quit unexpectedly when upgrading multiple books, cards, and calendars
Resolves an issue with downloading and viewing photos synced from Facebook albums

ITunes tears iPhoto events apart

iTunes will tear iPhoto events apart which have been worked over lately in iPhoto, i.e. I do have dozens of events with the same name with the fotos spread all over these split events in iTunes -> Photos -> Events. iTunes will sync them just this strange way with iPad and iPhone. Same problem on other system in the family, completely independent from my system..
iPhoto appears to behave normally.
Latest versions of iPhoto 11 (9.1.2), iTunes 10 (10.2.2), iOS and MacOS X 10.6.7.
iPad 2 with iOS 4.3.3
Original iPhone with iOS 3.1.3

Having same issues. Everything is up to date on my end. This is frustrating.

Can I find an iphoto events in time machine

Using a macbook pro with Lion 10.7 how can I find an iphoto event in time machine hard drive back up. When I look in picture folder for a back up date I see some individual pictures and an icon for iphoto library. I thought clicking on that would show me iphoto application with the events just as it looks in current time only with the events of the past date. It does not.

Not really - you need to restore the iPhoto library then open it with iPhoto - iPhoto can not access TM backups - they have to be restored first
LN

I have lost all my iPhoto events after upgrading to Photos Version 1.0 (209.52.0)

I have lost all my iPhoto events. Or, am I missing something here?
I just upgraded to the new Photos from iPhoto on my iMac. The new Photos app imported and reorganized my photos by date and mixed all of my previous well organized iPhoto events into a jumbled lot.
How can I re-sort these photos back into an Event type of organization?
I think I had several thousand events.

Moments are the new Events. All of your events in iPhoto are not Moments in Photo and were also brought over as an album. Open the sidebar with the Option+Command+S key combination and look in the folder titled "iPhoto Events".
There's a way to simulate events in Photos.
When the library was first migrated there was a folder created titled iPhoto Events and all migrated iPhoto Events are represented by an album in the folder.
When new photos are imported into the Photos library go to the Last Import smart album, select all the photos and use the File ➙ New Album menu option or use the key combination Command+N. Name it as desired. It will appear just above the iPhoto Events folder where you can drag it into the folder
When you click on the iPhoto Events folder you'll get a simulated iPhoto Events window.

Can I move an iPhoto event from Mac to Mac?

My wife and I both have MacBooks with our own iPhoto libraries. Although we each have our own photos in our libraries, there are times when we both want the same photos in our library. Sometimes we simply each download the photos from the camera and do our own thing in our separate libraries. But there are times when we are traveling with the camera and just one MacBook and we'll download photos into events and edit them. When we get home, we often want to move these photos (usually edited and nicely organized into events) to the other MacBook. I've been exporting the photos to a temporary folder, transferring them to the other MacBook over our network or using Firewire, and then importing them into iPhoto on the other MacBook.
Is there a way to move an iPhoto event from one MacBook to another? If so, will it bring the "original" (prior to being edited photos) as well as the edited versions? I understand the whole non-destructive editing thing.
I've looked in Finder, opened iPhoto Library with "Show Package Contents", and noticed that there are folders for each year that I have photos (e.g. 1999, 2000, 2001, etc.), and in each year folder there seems to be a folder for each event. In the event folders are the .jpg files. I was thinking that perhaps I could just copy the event folder from one MacBook to the other (placing it in the same place in the "year" folder), but I wasn't sure if this would screw up the iPhoto database that I drop them into. I'm pretty sure that the "importing" process of getting photos into iPhoto involves more than just dropping photos in a folder.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Use iPhoto Library Manager as Terence suggested. It would work like this .
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. Just put the application in the Dock and click on it whenever you want to backup the dB file. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
Note: There's now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

How can I synchronize my iPhoto events? my iTunes doesn't read them and with the app Images in the iPad I can only find Photos, Albums, Faces and Places, not Events.

How can I synchronize my iPhoto events? my iTunes doesn't read them and with the app Images in the iPad I can only find Photos, Albums, Faces and Places, not Events.

I had a problem a couple of months ago when iPhotos suddenly rearranged the order of my Events (Why won't iPhoto let me arrange my photos?) . I was told "Use albums not events - events are not a good way to organize - albums and folder are designed for organisation and are very flexible".
Haha! I should have paid attention and read between the lines! My iPhotos were highly organised groupings - not according to date but the way I wanted them - and it was so easy to do! I see now that if I had them all in albums, as per the Apple Apologist suggestion, I wouldn't have this unholy mess I have been left with just to make iPhone & iCloud users happy. I am now going through Photos and making Albums (of what used to be in my Events) ... maybe I'll get this finished before they do another non user friendly update!

HT4437 All my events in iPhoto won't appear on Apple TV. In fact, only one event is shown. How do I get an iPhoto event displayed on Apple TV?

How do I get iPhoto events viewed on Apple TV?

To choose which photos to show on your Apple TV
File > HomeSharing > Choose Photos to share with Apple TV
The dialogue box that opens lets you select what photos to send over

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