ITunes 11.2.2 problem: iphone photos spinning forever

It used to be when I plug my iPhone into my MBP, I can go to iTunes, click iPhone, click photos and it will list my albums and allowed me to choose which one to synch.
Not any more. Everything else works: Apps, Music, Video etc all show list for choices. Except photo. A spinning wheel just keep on spinning as if it was looking for my iPhoto albums. It spins forever without stopping.
I open up iPhoto and everything is running 100%. I return to iTunes and it has no idea that iPhoto is there up and running.
I am running iTunes 11.2.2.(3) and OS-X 10.9.3
My system had always worked until lately. My MBP automatically updates so I have no idea when the last update it performed and what did it do.
What did I do wrong? What is iTunes doing wrong? Is there a fix? Is Apple aware of the problem? Is it me only? Is there somebody out there with the same problem?
My iPhoto library is in an external 8TB LaCie drive. It had always been and never had problems before. What changed lately?
How do I report this to Apple?
Thank you all in advance. Please help. I need to load new photos from my MBP to my iPhone. I can no longer do that. And by the way, the same problem is with the iPad as well. Something defeated the entire purpose of buying the Apple system. This is very bad news. Please help.
Eddie

Please take each of the following steps that you haven't already tried. Stop when the problem is resolved. Back up all data before making any changes.
1. Delete the iPod Photo Cache. Quit and relaunch iTunes.
2. Check the names of all albums and slideshows in iPhoto. The names should contain only plain letters and digits, not any punctuation marks or other characters. Rename them if necessary.
3. Remove the soundtrack from any iPhoto slideshows that have one. If sync now works, you may be able to restore the soundtracks.
4. Repair or rebuild the iPhoto library. Be sure to back it up first.

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