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Q: I am getting the following message 'he iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have permission to make changes to it. iPhoto can try to repair the permissions.'

I can't access iphoto and get the following message 'he iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have permission to make changes to it. iPhoto can try to repair the permissions.' What can I do??

MacBook Air

Posted on Nov 6, 2013 3:16 AM

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  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Nov 6, 2013 5:10 AM in response to glynm
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    Nov 6, 2013 5:10 AM in response to glynm

    Couple of things to try:

     

    Restart your mac and try launch iPhoto again.

     

    If that fails:

     

    Go to your Pictures Folder and find the iPhoto Library there. Right (or Control-) Click on the icon and select 'Show Package Contents'. A finder window will open with the Library exposed.

     

    Look there for a file called ‘iPhoto’Lock.data or similar. Drag it to the Desktop. Make no other changes. Start iPhoto. Does that help?

     

    If not: Where is your iPhoto Library stored? If it's on an External Disk, what format is that?

  • by flavioman_val,

    flavioman_val flavioman_val Feb 28, 2014 7:38 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Feb 28, 2014 7:38 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    Hi

     

    I have the same problem, I'd tried everything I have create several new libraries but seems to work for a little while then just the message come up again, my library is stored in a external hd mac os extended journaled  to my short storage capacity.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Feb 28, 2014 7:55 AM in response to flavioman_val
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    Feb 28, 2014 7:55 AM in response to flavioman_val

    Is that a USB disk? Wired or Wireless connection?

  • by flavioman_val,

    flavioman_val flavioman_val Feb 28, 2014 8:40 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Feb 28, 2014 8:40 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    Usb wd usb 2.0  wired to my imac then shared on my network. So the mackbook air connects wireless.

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Feb 28, 2014 10:03 AM in response to flavioman_val
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    Feb 28, 2014 10:03 AM in response to flavioman_val

    Do you have the disk formatted OS X Extended (journaled) with ownership set to be ignored?

    ignoreownership.PNG

     

    OT

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Feb 28, 2014 11:23 AM in response to flavioman_val
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    Feb 28, 2014 11:23 AM in response to flavioman_val

    So the mackbook air connects wireless.

     

    That's the problem:

     

    See this article

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5168

     

    Note also comment:

     

    “Additionally, storing the iPhoto library on a network rather than locally on your computer can also lead to poor performance or data loss.”

  • by flavioman_val,

    flavioman_val flavioman_val Mar 1, 2014 6:09 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Mar 1, 2014 6:09 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    the disk is set to ignore ownership., i do understand of poor perfomance due to a wireless conectivity, but i least i can meke it to work then sufffered poor performance but seems that i cant pass that.

    i was trying to move the iphotolock.data to de desktop but the following message come up ""the operation can't be completed becacuse you dont have permission to access "iphotolock.data". seems some how that my wifes mackbook dont have persimmion to this computer even she is set as read and wite user permission.

    i had use this library on this computer before but after this message appears i have to create a new library.

     

    Screen Shot 2014-03-01 at 9.00.37 AM.pngScreen Shot 2014-03-01 at 8.58.35 AM.png

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Mar 1, 2014 7:35 AM in response to flavioman_val
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    Mar 1, 2014 7:35 AM in response to flavioman_val

    These problems wiill persist and recur as long as you use a wireless connection. Poor perfomance is just one of the problems. It's just not designed for network access.

  • by Michael Graubart,

    Michael Graubart Michael Graubart Apr 20, 2014 10:29 AM in response to glynm
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    Apr 20, 2014 10:29 AM in response to glynm

    I have iPhoto 9.4.3 and iTunes 11.1.5 on my Mac mini with OS 10.8.5

     

    My problem is similar, except that I do not see any message. I only have a handful of photos (synced from my iPhone) in my iPhoto library, but when I open the library I get this full-screen picture (and pressing Command + esc. does not do anything) and I cannot go any further.

     

    I accessed the contents of the iPhoto library by pressing Control and clicking on the library icon. There was an item called iPhotoLock.data. I dragged it to the desktop and tried again, and this item just reappeared. I am not using wireless as far as my computer is concerned. What can I do?Screen Shot 2014-04-20 at 17.55.16.png

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Apr 20, 2014 10:35 AM in response to Michael Graubart
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    Apr 20, 2014 10:35 AM in response to Michael Graubart

    Try the following:

     

    1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.

     

    iPMfirstaid.png


    2 - Run Option #4, Rebuild Database.

     

    OT

  • by Michael Graubart,

    Michael Graubart Michael Graubart Apr 20, 2014 11:20 AM in response to Old Toad
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    Apr 20, 2014 11:20 AM in response to Old Toad

    Amazing! Rebuilding the database did the trick! Thank you very much.