Why does my iPhoto plugin just loop and never connect with Flickr?

Still doesn't work. Any other ideas or is this just a buggy plugin that i am beta testing for you?

Fraser, your suggested solution works for ONE CYCLE. Which means exactly this: if you delete the com.connectedflow.flickrexport.plist from your Library/ Preferences folder, you can then re-add your PERSONAL REGISTRATION NUMBER when FlickrExport reboots on iPhoto. You will be taken to Flickr's authorization page where you approve FlickrExport's access and then you can connect. But only after you FORCE QUIT the iPhoto application once and reboot. Once you upload a batch, you have to repeat this WHOLE PROCESS to upload a new batch. This is completely a waste of time and unacceptable. This is annoying and frustrating.

Your old FREE program never had this problem. What's the deal? I want my money back, this is a terrible release.

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Souris

Fraser,

Thanks for your prompt response.

I downloaded FlickrExport. I'm not sure what you mean by vanilla, as at any given point I don't believe I was given a choice to download another option other than FlickrExport for iPhoto.

These are the exact steps I take to publish/upload photos (after downloading and installing your application, entering ):

INITIAL LAUNCH SEQUENCE
- Launch iPhoto
- Highlight photos to export
- Select EXPORT from the FILE tab
- Wait for an eternity for FlickrExport to connect to Flickr, which it never does
- FORCE QUIT iPhoto

SECOND TRY
- Remove com.connectedflow.flickrexport.plist from your Library/ Preferences folder
- Reboot iPhoto
- Enter PERSONAL REGISTRATION NUMBER for FlickrExport
- Approve Flickr permissions to allow FlickrExport access
- Highlight photos to export
- Select EXPORT from the FILE tab
- FlickrExport connects and uploads batch
- Highlight another group of photos to export
- Wait for an eternity for FlickrExport to connect to Flickr, which it never does
- FORCE QUIT iPhoto
- Repeat all of the above steps from SECOND TRY again

I am essentially trying to make a second export while my application is open, just like how I used too (without any problems). Let me know what else I can try doing. In the meantime I will delete EVERYTHING from my brand new laptop, and reinstall everything and see if it clicks.

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Souris

Fraser, thanks for continuing to try.

I have Mac OS 10.5.6, iPhoto 08 version 7.1.5 (738) and FlickrExport 2.0.15.

Looking forward to hearing your results.

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Souris

I tried deleting ~/Library/Preferences/com.connectedflow.flickrexport.plist but now it crashes instead of hanging.

Process: iPhoto [42351]
Path: /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier: com.apple.iPhoto
Version: 8.1 (8.1)
Build Info: iPhotoProject-4150000~4
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [159]

PlugIn Path: /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/PlugIns/FlickrExport.iPhotoExporter/Contents/MacOS/FlickrExport
PlugIn Identifier: com.connectedflow.flickrexport
PlugIn Version: ??? (2.0.15)

Date/Time: 2009-09-20 21:43:57.802 +0100
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.1 (10B504)
Report Version: 6

Interval Since Last Report: 258033 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 4
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 4601 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 4

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000001
Crashed Thread: 16

Application Specific Information:
objc_msgSend() selector name: userInfo

Thanks Fraser
I just noticed there's a flickr uploader built in to iPhoto now. I'd rather spend my money on an indy than apple but unfortunately the latter is just working for me at the moment.

Wow thanks for that I had no idea - I was using Flickr as a backup - maybe I do need connected flow after all.

Thanks for the link, I see what you mean, there are much more limited options within the iPhoto built in export.