Issue or symptom Some customers placing book orders may receive the following error message which prevents them from placing the order. Unable to Assemble Book-NSPlaceholderMutableString initWithString: nil argument The error message appears if the Title or Subtitle field on the cover of a hardcover book is empty. Products affected iPhoto 7.1 Solution Putting a space in either empty text field should enable you to successfully place the book order: From the Project list, select the book you would like to order. Select the empty Title or Subtitle field on the cover and enter a space. Select Buy Book. You should now be able
iPhoto ’08 includes many new features including an easy-to-use interface that give you greater control over your printed output. The Print Sheet The first thing you see when selecting Print from the File menu is the new print sheet. Figure Print sheet From here, you can select which printer receives the output. You can also select a different print style from the list on the left side of the window. Some print styles include a border; others allow you to place the title of the photo on the printout. Each selection can be previewed in the upper right pane of the sheet. It
Issue or symptom If you are using an external editor and do not access the external editor from iPhoto, the edits you make may not be reflected when viewing the image in iPhoto. Products affected iPhoto Solution For best results, use iPhoto's built-in options for editing with an external editor. Do not drag photos from the iPhoto window to the external editor's icon in the Finder or Dock. Instead, use iPhoto preferences to configure access to an
Issue or symptom
If you are using iPhoto 7.0.1 or 7.02, you may see two Picture Book themes under the Hardcover Book Type.
If the iPhoto 5 or 6 themes folder is not deleted from the iPhoto application during the upgrade to iPhoto 7, iPhoto 7 may display these themes in addition to iPhoto 7 themes.
Products affected
iPhoto ’08 (versions 7.0.1 and 7.0.2)
Solution
To resolve this issue, update to latest version of iPhoto.
Additional information
The iPhoto 7 themes folder is located in /Library/ApplicationSupport/iPhoto. The iPhoto 6 themes folder is only left behind if the iPhotoContent.pkg receipt
Starting October 15, 2007, iPhoto 2 no longer supports ordering books and prints. This service was only available in the US and Canada. To order prints, or a book you've created, upgrade to the latest version of iPhoto, available as part of iLife '08. Once iPhoto is upgraded, any book you previously created will be available for further enhancing or ordering. If you upgrade to iLife '08, you'll find that iPhoto offers a host of new book themes, double-sided pages, and many new layout options that help make your books look better than ever. This version of iPhoto also lets
For the foil stamp on Hardcover books, iPhoto uses different fonts for each theme. To ensure embossing quality, the font cannot be modified. Reference the table below to see which fonts are used for a particular theme. Theme Foil title Foil subtitle Picture Book Helvetica Neue Helvetica Neue Simple Border Gill Sans Gill Sans Line Border Baskerville Baskerville Texture Border Times Times Snapshots Baskerville Baskerville Modern Lines Hoefler Text Hoefler Text Formal Optima Cochin Travel Times Times Italic Watercolor Hoefler Text Hoefler Text Contemporary Hoefler Text Hoefler Text Folio Helvetica Neue Helvetica Neue Family Album Copperplate Copperplate Crayon Papyrus Optima
For the foil stamp on Hardcover books, iPhoto uses different fonts for each theme. To ensure embossing quality, the font cannot be modified. Reference the table below to see which fonts are used for a particular theme. Theme Foil title Foil subtitle Picture Book Helvetica Neue Helvetica Neue Simple Border Gill Sans Gill Sans Line Border Baskerville Baskerville Texture Border Times Times Snapshots Baskerville Baskerville Modern Lines Hoefler Text Hoefler Text Formal Optima Cochin Travel Times Times Italic Watercolor Hoefler Text Hoefler Text Contemporary Hoefler Text Hoefler Text Folio Helvetica Neue Helvetica Neue Family Album Copperplate Copperplate Crayon Papyrus Optima
Symptom When you try to play a slide show in iPhoto, an alert box with this message appears: "The music you selected cannot be opened." Products affectediPhoto 1.1.1iTunes 3.0 and later Solution If a music file has been moved in the Finder, iPhoto may not be able to locate it for a slide show. If iTunes 3 reorganized a music library, for example, the message will appear. You can resolve this issue by reselecting the music file. 1. Select the photo album you want to use for your slide show. 2. Click Share in the iPhoto window. 3. Click Slide Show in the iPhoto window. 4. Choose
Symptom iPhoto does not download all pictures from the camera. Note: iPhoto may not present a warning when the interruption occurs. Products affected iPhoto 2.0 and later Solution iPhoto cannot disable the camera's automatic sleep feature. You must manually disable this feature at the camera as instructed by the manufacturer. See the documentation included with your camera, or check the manufacturer's website. Document 17159, "Locating Vendor Information" can help you search for a particular vendor's address and phone number.
When you open iPhoto for the first time a dialog box appears that allows you set the preference for what happens when you connect a compatible camera to the computer. See Figure 1. Figure 1 Open Automatically preferences Click Yes to automatically open iPhoto.Click Not Now to defer setting the preference to the next time you open iPhoto.Click No to automatically open Image Capture. After setting this preference, you can no longer change it in iPhoto. However, you can change it in Image Capture. To reset the preference using Image Capture 1. Open the Image Capture application. 2. Choose the appropriate setting from the Hot
Symptom Prints you ordered using iPhoto are garbled or distorted. See Figures 1 and 2 below. The photos appear normally in iPhoto. This happens if you import files from photo editing applications, such as Photoshop, that can export in CMYK or grayscale format. Figure 1 Black and white photo imported in grayscale Figure 2 Color photo imported in CMYK Products affected iPhoto 2.0 Solution Import images from other applications only in JPEG format with RGB color. iPhoto requires RGB color to format the image for uploading when ordering prints or books. Additional Information In some cases the print order may be
If you order prints of an image that indicates that the image to be copied may be subject to another party's copyright, your order will be put on hold pending verification that you have the right to copy such image. To proceed with your order, you will be required to complete and submit an iPhoto Print Consent form. You will be directed where to download the consent form and where to submit it. Important: iPhoto software may be used to reproduce materials. It is licensed to you only for reproduction of non-copyrighted materials, materials in which you own the copyright,
Because of a difference in the printing process used for printing photos and printing books, you may notice slight variations in color or brightness in a picture ordered as both a print and as a picture in a book. Prints use a three-color process Prints ordered through iPhoto are printed using a three-color process. Different shades of three colors are combined to make the full spectrum of colors, including black. Because of this, prints may appear slightly darker than on screen. Some photos may have slight color variations, including:Black and white prints have a slight pinkish hue. Some whites may have
The minimum length a book ordered through iPhoto is ten pages. You can submit an order with fewer pages, but you will be charged the same as a ten-page book. Note: The pages between what you ordered and ten will be blank. The maximum number of pages in a book ordered through iPhoto is 50. See technical document 75283 "iPhoto: Bound Books Limited to 50 Pages" for additional information.
Symptom Caption text is truncated or missing from a book ordered through iPhoto. Products affected iPhoto 1.0 and later Solution Only use these fonts when creating an iPhoto book:Helvetica Helvetica Neue Century Gothic Papyrus (in Story Book layout only)Gill Sans Markerfelt Baskerville Brush Script Warning: Using any fonts other than those listed above or applying a different family, style, or typeface (bold, italic, condensed, ultra bold for example) could result in truncated text, other printing issues, or a canceled order.