ITunes 10.6 crashes when syncing to Apple TV (1st generation)

Question

As others have discovered, iTunes 10.6 seems to quit unexpectedly when syncing to devices. Mine seems to be Apple TV first gen. First it would quit when I opened iTunes because it would attempt a sync. This could be prevented if you could stop the sync fast enough. The cure for that was to "un-pair" the Apple TV from iTunes and the "re-pair" it back again (thanks for the tip Winston Churchill!). With a sizable music library it took 19 hours to reload my music library to Apple TV. When that was complete I found that my photo library did not sync (go figure).
So, here in lies the next problem I need suggestions with. Now, when I open iTunes, select the device "Apple TV" and click on the "photos" tab to indicate where the photos should be sync'd from, you guessed it, "iTunes quits unexpectedly" (though now it's really not "unexpected" by me). I'm running Lion 10.7.3 by the way.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

10.6 syncs fine with all my Apple TV 1's, it's therefore something specific to your set up and not something you should report via feedback. You might want to try re-pairing the Apple TV with iTunes.
Navigate to Settings > Computers > Your Library on the Apple TV, you may be told you will lose all synced content, but you can sync it back afterwards, you won't lose any purchased content that has yet to be transferred. Then select Settings > Computers > Connect To iTunes, note the passcode that appears on screen, click on the device in iTunes and enter the passcode when prompted.