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Q: Many black thumbnails iPhoto '11.  What to do ?

iMac Intel Core Duo  2.4 GHz with 4 GB RAM and OS 10.68.  iPhoto has about 5% black thumbnails, most of which , but not all, disclose a picture upon clicking.  Other than backing up the iPhoto Library and following this Apple tech note:  iPhoto 6 and later: Rebuilding the iPhoto library - Apple Support   is there anything to do ?

 

Would you agree that Options 1, 2, & 6 should be checked ?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on May 24, 2015 12:02 AM

by Terence Devlin,Solvedanswer
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A:

• 1.  How to get this repaired Library extracted to the internal drive of the other computer ?  Does one transfer the old AND repaired Library, or just transfer the repaired Library ?

 

Drag and drop? No, the rebuilt library is quite independent.

 

• 2. How to prove success ?

 

Look. It's the only way to be sure. But the log looks good.

 

• 3. The original Library listed 32,273 photos.in iPhoto.  Now there are 41,960 photos.  Is this success or duplications ?  If duplicated, what is the best way to remove duplicates ?

 

It could be either. For instance, it might have recovered items you tried to delete but which the other library failed to erase, or there is a chance there might be dupes.

 

Some apps for dealing with duplicates in iPhoto

 

iPhoto Library Manager

 

Duplicate Annihilator

 

Decliner

 

iPhoto Duplicate Cleaner

Posted on Jun 12, 2015 11:16 PM

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  • by NeedSupportHelp,

    NeedSupportHelp NeedSupportHelp Jun 12, 2015 6:38 PM in response to NeedSupportHelp
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    Screen Shot 2015-06-12 at 6.27.05 PM.png

     

     

     

    QUESTIONS:

     

    • 1.  How to get this repaired Library extracted to the internal drive of the other computer ?  Does one transfer the old AND repaired Library, or just transfer the repaired Library ?

     

    • 2. How to prove success ?

     

    • 3. The original Library listed 32,273 photos.in iPhoto.  Now there are 41,960 photos.  Is this success or duplications ?  If duplicated, what is the best way to remove duplicates ?

     

    TIA

     

     

     

    ==============================================

     

    LOG FILE

     

    2015-06-12 07:09:51.653 Finished importing events

    2015-06-12 07:09:52.286 Quitting iPhoto

    2015-06-12 07:10:06.640 iPhoto quit

    2015-06-12 07:10:06.736 Restoring photo attributes…

    2015-06-12 07:10:07.967 Copying faces…

    2015-06-12 07:10:08.980 Opening library /Volumes/Buffalo 1/iPhoto Library (rebuilt).photolibrary

    2015-06-12 07:10:09.222 iPhoto opened

    2015-06-12 07:10:14.968 Regenerating face thumbnails…

    2015-06-12 07:10:14.969 Quitting iPhoto

    2015-06-12 07:10:15.122 Presenting error message to user Could not quit iPhoto <4/9/15

    2015-06-12 07:10:15.123 Displaying error 1612: Could not quit iPhoto <4/9/15, iPhoto <4/9/15 did not quit successfully. Please check to see if iPhoto <4/9/15 is displaying any errors or other windows that may be preventing it from quitting, or quit iPhoto <4/9/15 manually and then click “Try Again”.

    2015-06-12 18:25:39.155 iPhoto quit

    2015-06-12 18:25:39.452 41818 photos were imported

    142 movies were imported

    2 albums were copied

    1278 events were copied

    2015-06-12 18:25:39.452 Search for the phrase "iPhoto failed" to find photos that iPhoto did not successfully import

    2015-06-12 18:25:39.453 Displaying error 0: Rebuild complete, 41818 photos were imported

    142 movies were imported

    2 albums were copied

    1278 events were copied

    2015-06-12 18:25:39.486 iPhoto opened

  • by Terence Devlin,Solvedanswer

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Jun 12, 2015 11:16 PM in response to NeedSupportHelp
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    Jun 12, 2015 11:16 PM in response to NeedSupportHelp

    • 1.  How to get this repaired Library extracted to the internal drive of the other computer ?  Does one transfer the old AND repaired Library, or just transfer the repaired Library ?

     

    Drag and drop? No, the rebuilt library is quite independent.

     

    • 2. How to prove success ?

     

    Look. It's the only way to be sure. But the log looks good.

     

    • 3. The original Library listed 32,273 photos.in iPhoto.  Now there are 41,960 photos.  Is this success or duplications ?  If duplicated, what is the best way to remove duplicates ?

     

    It could be either. For instance, it might have recovered items you tried to delete but which the other library failed to erase, or there is a chance there might be dupes.

     

    Some apps for dealing with duplicates in iPhoto

     

    iPhoto Library Manager

     

    Duplicate Annihilator

     

    Decliner

     

    iPhoto Duplicate Cleaner

  • by NeedSupportHelp,

    NeedSupportHelp NeedSupportHelp Jun 13, 2015 11:43 PM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Jun 13, 2015 11:43 PM in response to Terence Devlin

    Dr. T. Devlin:

     

    Yikes!   Many pictures, but the event list on the left side is gone.  No listings at all…. just pictures.  Why did this happen ?  How to get folders and events back ?

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Jun 14, 2015 12:45 AM in response to NeedSupportHelp
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    Jun 14, 2015 12:45 AM in response to NeedSupportHelp

    Are you in full screen mode? If so, tap the esc key on your mac to come out of it.

     

    If you're not in full screen mode:

     

    Move our cursor slowly to the extreme left of the iPhoto window until it becomes a +, then click and drag right.

  • by NeedSupportHelp,

    NeedSupportHelp NeedSupportHelp Jul 10, 2015 9:29 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Jul 10, 2015 9:29 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    Dr. Devlin:

     

    You indicated:  "Move our cursor slowly to the extreme left of the iPhoto window until it becomes a +, then click and drag right."

     

    Please explain further.  How will this restore all prior events and folders on the vertical left column ?  Please explain in more detail how to do this click and drag.

     

    Do you mean the folders are there but it's just that the window needs opening ?

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Jul 10, 2015 9:37 AM in response to NeedSupportHelp
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    Jul 10, 2015 9:37 AM in response to NeedSupportHelp
    but the event list on the left side is gone

    The Dr. described how to open the sidebar in iPhoto.

    "Move our cursor slowly to the extreme left of the iPhoto window until it becomes a +, then click and drag right.

    iP11cursor.PNG

    When the cursor turns into this click and drag to the right to open the sidebar.

  • by NeedSupportHelp,

    NeedSupportHelp NeedSupportHelp Jul 10, 2015 11:12 AM in response to Old Toad
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    Jul 10, 2015 11:12 AM in response to Old Toad

    Thank you, but the problem is that the sidebar IS OPEN and the 30 events are not listed.   There were there before the IPLM repair.

     

     

    Screen Shot 2015-07-10 at 11.07.30 AM.png

     

    Now what to do ?

     

     

    Thank you !!!!

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Jul 10, 2015 11:24 AM in response to NeedSupportHelp
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    Jul 10, 2015 11:24 AM in response to NeedSupportHelp

    How many events are shown in the window at the right?  Are the actual events missing or is it the number next to the Events title that is missing?  If it's the latter go to iPhoto's General preference pane and check the Show Items Count checkbox:

    iPhoto001.jpg

  • by NeedSupportHelp,

    NeedSupportHelp NeedSupportHelp Jul 10, 2015 11:31 AM in response to NeedSupportHelp
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    Jul 10, 2015 11:31 AM in response to NeedSupportHelp

    Sorry, want to add this info about the repaired library.

     

    On the sidebar

     

    Pictures = 41,960

     

    Scavenged = 41,960

     

    Recovered = 0

     

    Does this explain anything ?   How often does iPhoto get corrupted ?  How often does it lose EVENTS folders when repairing with IPLM ?  Any way to fix this ?

  • by NeedSupportHelp,

    NeedSupportHelp NeedSupportHelp Jul 10, 2015 11:38 AM in response to Old Toad
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    Jul 10, 2015 11:38 AM in response to Old Toad

    This is the way it looked BEFORE you kindly posted your screen shot.

     

    Screen Shot 2015-07-10 at 11.33.30 AM.png

     

     

    And after changing to your preferences suggestion:

     

     

    Screen Shot 2015-07-10 at 11.36.45 AM.png

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Jul 10, 2015 11:37 AM in response to NeedSupportHelp
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    Jul 10, 2015 11:37 AM in response to NeedSupportHelp

    What happens when you check that check box?  What does the sidebar look like then?

     

    Also how many events are shown in the window to the right when you click on the Event icon in the sidebar?

  • by NeedSupportHelp,

    NeedSupportHelp NeedSupportHelp Jul 10, 2015 12:02 PM in response to Old Toad
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    Jul 10, 2015 12:02 PM in response to Old Toad

    As you'll see 1,278 events!  What happened to the thirty folders in the sidebar ?

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Jul 10, 2015 12:25 PM in response to NeedSupportHelp
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    Jul 10, 2015 12:25 PM in response to NeedSupportHelp
    What happened to the thirty folders in the sidebar ?

    You're referrring to albums, right?  I don't know.  iPLM usually preserves the albums but not projects.  If you're referring to projects, i.e. books, slideshows, cards, etc. then that's to be expected with an iPLM rebuild.

  • by NeedSupportHelp,

    NeedSupportHelp NeedSupportHelp Jul 10, 2015 12:36 PM in response to NeedSupportHelp
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    Jul 10, 2015 12:36 PM in response to NeedSupportHelp

    To clarify what is missing:

     

    -- Albums

    -- Projects

    -- Slideshows

     

    and

     

    -- Horizontal dividers in picture field area

     

    and

     

    -- Missing pictures from 12/31/97 to 8/1/99 and missing pictures from 12/27/11 to 7/14/13  (the original library had pix from 12/31/97 to 7/14/13)

  • by NeedSupportHelp,

    NeedSupportHelp NeedSupportHelp Jul 10, 2015 12:43 PM in response to Old Toad
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    Jul 10, 2015 12:43 PM in response to Old Toad

    Thank you so much, Old Toad, for your advice.


    Old Toad posted:  "You're referrring to albums, right?  I don't know.  iPLM usually preserves the albums but not projects.  If you're referring to projects, i.e. books, slideshows, cards, etc. then that's to be expected with an iPLM rebuild."

     

    So Apple's five step iPhoto repair sequence didn't help at all, and IPLM rebuilt increased the number of pictures, but eliminated albums, projects, and slideshows.

     

    Is there any other program or technique which can do better than IPLM ?   Should one just be happy that many more pictures have been revealed and their dates preserved ?

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