iPhoto suddenly won't import iPhone photos

jent · Dec 6, 2010, 01:13 PM

I have the iPhone 4 and iPhoto '09. Every few weeks I connect my iPhone and import my camera roll photos. For some reason the photos show up when I connect my iPhone but the Import Selected and Import All buttons are grayed out. Any idea why this might be? Thanks!

marouen19 · Mar 16, 2011, 09:59 PM

Same here, with iphone 3gs...any suggestions?

daniel2828 · Apr 25, 2011, 09:27 AM

Quit iPhoto. Open the Activity Monitor and search for PTPCamera and quit the process. Go to System > Library > Image Capture > Devices and double-click PTPCamera to restart it. Plug in your iPhone.

This usually works for me.

DARKiLLUSiON · Nov 18, 2011, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daniel2828

Quit iPhoto. Open the Activity Monitor and search for PTPCamera and quit the process. Go to System > Library > Image Capture > Devices and double-click PTPCamera to restart it. Plug in your iPhone.

This usually works for me.

Thank you so much for the suggestion!! It does the trick after googling/searching endlessly for a fix.

KenCollins · Sep 15, 2012, 05:50 AM

Worked for me too. Excellent help, thanks!!!!!

awb · Dec 4, 2012, 03:20 PM

I have an iphone 4 and running ML on my MBP. I am using iphoto 09. The solution mentioned above worked for me when my photos would not transfer from iphone to Mac. Only problem is it only worked once and then I had to reset it again.

Is there a way to fix this so it stays fixed?

Thanks.

awb · Dec 4, 2012, 06:37 PM

I think I may have found the answer in another forum. The suggestion was to turn off bluetooth. I did that and the photos downloaded into itunes. Hope that keeps working.

Dec 6, 2010, 01:13 PM	#1
jent macrumors 6502 Join Date: Mar 2010	iPhoto suddenly won't import iPhone photos I have the iPhone 4 and iPhoto '09. Every few weeks I connect my iPhone and import my camera roll photos. For some reason the photos show up when I connect my iPhone but the Import Selected and Import All buttons are grayed out. Any idea why this might be? Thanks!
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Apr 25, 2011, 09:27 AM	#3
daniel2828 macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2007	Try this... Quit iPhoto. Open the Activity Monitor and search for PTPCamera and quit the process. Go to System > Library > Image Capture > Devices and double-click PTPCamera to restart it. Plug in your iPhone. This usually works for me.
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marouen19 macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2011	Same here, with iphone 3gs...any suggestions?
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Sep 15, 2012, 05:50 AM	#5
KenCollins macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2012	Worked for me too. Excellent help, thanks!!!!!
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Dec 4, 2012, 03:20 PM	#6
awb macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012	I have an iphone 4 and running ML on my MBP. I am using iphoto 09. The solution mentioned above worked for me when my photos would not transfer from iphone to Mac. Only problem is it only worked once and then I had to reset it again. Is there a way to fix this so it stays fixed? Thanks.
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Dec 4, 2012, 06:37 PM	#7
awb macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012	I think I may have found the answer in another forum. The suggestion was to turn off bluetooth. I did that and the photos downloaded into itunes. Hope that keeps working.
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