Graeme Ison

Q: iPhoto 9.6 Yosemite asks to do upgrade and then permissions repair

After the Yosemite upgrade, iPhoto was updated and was all running fine. Could access photos etc.  iPhoto previous version was the Mavericks one, so not v7 or before, requiring the Library upgrade tool.

 

Last night when trying to access iPhoto, it comes up with a message saying the library needs to be upgraded.  (https://www.dropbox.com/s/9svb2pc91821sm0/Screenshot%202014-10-24%2014.00.48.jpg ?dl=0)

 

Ignoring the fact that this doesn't make sense as I have been using this library with the updated 9.6 iPhoto, I then click the Upgrade button.  iPhoto starts 'Examining photo library' for a while and then comes back with a message saying the Library cannot be opened and that the permissions need to be repaired.  After asking it to repair permissions, it fails and says the file cannot be opened.  (https://www.dropbox.com/s/vc3w6c8rh24hpyk/Screenshot%202014-10-24%2014.07.40.jpg ?dl=0)

 

After trying the following, the symtpoms changed slightly.

 

1) Restarted the Mac (as you do)

2) Deleted iPhoto and re-installed it (advised in another thread)

3) The file was on an external USB drive, which was Mac OS Extended Journaled (and has been working on there for 2 years), so just in case, I moved it to the main hard disk in the Pictures folder

3) Ran Disk Utility repair permissions just in case, but no errors found in that file.  Rebooted and ran again to make sure.

4) Showed Package Contents of iPhoto Library file and moved out the iPhotoLock.data file

 

After trying all this, it now skips the permission repair option and just goes straight from the upgrade screen to the failed to open screen.

 

I have now tried the iPhoto Library Manager tool and that opens the Library just fine (version 4.19), which suggests everything is there and working, but that iPhoto has just stopped working.  However, if I use iPhoto to open or create other iPhoto Libraries, it works fine, which indicates a problem with the Library itself.

 

I have also tried opening the file from my iMac (also Yosemite and iPhoto 9.6), but it comes up with the same messages and errors.

 

Now trying a complete rebuild using iPhoto Library Manager as iPhoto won't open the file to do a rebuild using CMD-Option.  This may take days for the 130Gb Library, so just wanted this post up in case anyone else is having similar issues and may have found a solution.

 

Any and all ideas welcome!

 

Thanks,

Graeme

Mac mini (Late 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10), 16Gb RAM, 2.3Ghz Core i7

Posted on Oct 24, 2014 6:43 AM

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  • by David Connell,

    David Connell David Connell Feb 12, 2015 9:33 AM in response to David Connell
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    Feb 12, 2015 9:33 AM in response to David Connell

    So far having the iPhoto library on a sparseimage on a networked drive is going well, as well as a workaround can be expected — it's not perfect, it's a bit more effort when viewing photos, but it is functioning. There haven't been any issues sharing the library, and no backup issues.

     

    Sometimes, when syncing a phone or iPad, there is a long delay before the iphoto library becomes available in iTunes for syncing, and this delay sometimes also happens when trying to view photos on apple tv through iTunes home sharing. The cause of this long delay remains unknown.

  • by Natasha Young,

    Natasha Young Natasha Young Mar 6, 2015 6:25 AM in response to Graeme Ison
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    Mar 6, 2015 6:25 AM in response to Graeme Ison

    I had this problem and the thing that worked for me was to make a copy of my pictures folder and library file. Then I opened the library from the copied file. It did require me to rebuild the copied library, but the old damaged version wouldn't even let me do that. And everything worked fine after that.

  • by Carey Head,

    Carey Head Carey Head Mar 20, 2015 10:43 AM in response to BrianSteffens
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    Mar 20, 2015 10:43 AM in response to BrianSteffens

    Brian, I had the exact same issue happen to me this morning - iPhoto tells me it needs to be upgraded followed by the issue of repairing permissions. Then it froze and upon restarting it doesn't recognize the library. Won't import it either.


    What did you wind up doing to resolve/repair it? My library is about 400GB so this is a bit troublesome.

     

    Many Thanks.

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