iPhoto
When syncing your iPhone with iPhoto doesn't work.
May/13/2008 12:47 PM
There has been this recurring problem with syncing
my iPhone to iPhoto. I plug my iPhone into the USB
port, iTunes comes to life and syncs my music,
calendars and so on. But I took pictures with my
iPhone, that's suppose to make iPhoto come to life
and let me import them. For many months iPhoto
would not recognize my iPhone, I reset my iPhone,
deleted preferences, restarted, nothing would make
it work. So last night I spent a couple hours
researching the problem. I read dozens of entire
threads on people with similar problems.
In the middle of one of the threads someone posted "TRY A DIFFERENT USB PORT". I wanted to blast them for wasting my time and posting such a simple fix to the problem. But then I remembered one of my clients was having trouble with their USB modem adapter and the solution was to use the USB port closest to the front of the MacBook. I paused for moment, looked to see which USB port I was using, it was the one furthest from the front of my MacBook. It couldn't possibly be that simple, I unplugged the USB cable and moved it to the USB port closest to the front of the MacBook. Hello iPhoto, it popped up and was ready to import my photos. I couldn't believe it, not because it worked but because I has inadvertently used the rear USB every time without even thinking about it.
That leads to a hardware question. What's wrong with the rear USB port on the MacBook?
In the middle of one of the threads someone posted "TRY A DIFFERENT USB PORT". I wanted to blast them for wasting my time and posting such a simple fix to the problem. But then I remembered one of my clients was having trouble with their USB modem adapter and the solution was to use the USB port closest to the front of the MacBook. I paused for moment, looked to see which USB port I was using, it was the one furthest from the front of my MacBook. It couldn't possibly be that simple, I unplugged the USB cable and moved it to the USB port closest to the front of the MacBook. Hello iPhoto, it popped up and was ready to import my photos. I couldn't believe it, not because it worked but because I has inadvertently used the rear USB every time without even thinking about it.
That leads to a hardware question. What's wrong with the rear USB port on the MacBook?
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