iPod Sync w/PSE 6.0

[Rick...]

I can't get iTunes to find PSE 6.0 Albums. It seems like the underlying db has changed since PSE 5.0. Catalogs used to be stored in .psa files but now I (nor iTunes) can't find .psa files for PSE 6.0.

Apple seems to point the finger at Adobe. I can't find where Adobe addresses the issue at all.

Any suggestions... thoughts... solutions?

[TonyW]

The underlying database is different for PSE6. Previous versions used MSAccess. PSE6 uses an open source database (can't remember the name). That would explain your problem and, sorry, I can't help with a solution.

Tony

PS. Just remembered that the new database is SQLite - same as Lightroom uses. It apparently is more robust, can be used with 3rd party add-ons and is MAC compatible.

[johnrellis]

I use a clumsy work-around: I export pictures from PSE 6 into Windows folders, and then sync iTunes with those folders. I have an Apple TV connected to a large HDTV, and it's great sharing family photos on it.

Details:

Apple iTunes doesn't support PSE 6, because, as Tony observed, Adobe changed Element's internal database from the Microsoft Access Jet engine to SQLite. By itself, that change wouldn't have caused a problem, because SQLite supports the same technical interface for accessing databases (ODBC). However, Adobe also completely changed the internal organization of the database (the schema of tables).

There is a thread on Apple's message boards about this issue; one person claims to have a solution, but it hasn't worked for anyone else and he's probably mistaken:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1158749

Many Apple documents still say "Photoshop Elements 3.0 or later", but recently at least one has been revised to say "Photoshop Elements 3.0 - 5.0", e.g.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305703

Apple can point fingers, but they're ultimately responsible for iTunes.

[Rick...]

Thanks guys. That's sort of what I expected. :(

I sort of have my pics hap-hazardly scattered through a bunch of different folders inside the My Pictures folder but there's no sense of orginization at all. That's why it was nice to have the sync w/Elements because I do have stuff organized there.:rolleyes:


Here's hoping Apple will get on the ball and update iTunes at some point.

[johnrellis]

My regular picture folders aren't organized either. So I create a separate folder, AppleTV, with subfolders for each album I want to sync with. Then I export the PSE 6 albums to those subfolders and sync with the parent folder AppleTV.