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by Linc Davis,Aug 24, 2014 11:16 AM in response to tominwhitecenter
Linc Davis
Aug 24, 2014 11:16 AM
in response to tominwhitecenter
Level 10 (208,037 points)
ApplicationsBack up all data before proceeding.
Please triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
xattr -c Pi*
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing the key combination command-V. I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.
Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign ($) to appear below what you entered. You can then quit Terminal. Test.
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Aug 24, 2014 11:46 AM in response to Linc Davisby tominwhitecenter,Thank you for this. I can now access iPhoto and the library/albums are all there but all of the photo frames are blank.
I will try to reimport from the external HD and see if that works.
Do you have additional suggestions?
Thanks
again
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by Linc Davis,Aug 24, 2014 12:29 PM in response to tominwhitecenter
Linc Davis
Aug 24, 2014 12:29 PM
in response to tominwhitecenter
Level 10 (208,037 points)
ApplicationsThese are your options:
1. Restore the iPhoto library from the most recent backup that predates the issue.
Advantages: Always works, if library damage is causing the problem and the backup is intact.
Disadvantages: Impossible if you don't have a backup. All changes made since the backup are lost.
2. Repair or rebuild the library. Be sure to back it up first.
Advantages: May solve the problem with no loss of data.
Disadvantages: May fail. May take a long time if the library is large.
3. Scavenge the library with a third-party application called "iPhoto Library Manager," which you can find in a web search. From the application's menu bar (not the iPhoto menu bar), select Library ▹ Rebuild.
Advantages: All images should be preserved.
Disadvantages: All books, calendars, and slideshows will be lost.
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Aug 24, 2014 12:56 PM in response to Linc Davisby tominwhitecenter,O.k.,
all photos are there now, but are all in recovered folder, which is close enough.
Many thanks.