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Q: iPhoto crashes after opening repeatedly

Hello -

 

   Tonight my iPhoto opened, then crashed almost immediately. I have done a database rebuild, but it continues to crash shortly after opening. Using iPhoto 9.4.3 on OSX 10.8.5... thanks for any help.

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Nov 18, 2015 12:36 AM

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  • by mkmouse,

    mkmouse mkmouse Nov 18, 2015 5:19 PM in response to Huxly647
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    Nov 18, 2015 5:19 PM in response to Huxly647

    This did work for me. I don't use places so it was fine for me to get rid of those. Especially since with them I cannot use iPhoto which is much worse than not having places.

     

    Thanks Huxly647.

  • by carvermon,

    carvermon carvermon Nov 18, 2015 5:38 PM in response to Huxly647
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    Nov 18, 2015 5:38 PM in response to Huxly647

    And you can still choose "info" without a crash?

  • by mkmouse,

    mkmouse mkmouse Nov 18, 2015 5:46 PM in response to carvermon
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    Nov 18, 2015 5:46 PM in response to carvermon

    I could yes. Was just working at added faces to a bunch of photos using the "info" tab. Worked for about 20 min. BUT then it did just quit on me again!

  • by carvermon,

    carvermon carvermon Nov 18, 2015 5:51 PM in response to carvermon
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    Nov 18, 2015 5:51 PM in response to carvermon

    .

  • by carvermon,

    carvermon carvermon Nov 18, 2015 5:55 PM in response to mkmouse
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    Nov 18, 2015 5:55 PM in response to mkmouse

    Ay yi yi. Thanks for the response. I'm gonna wait for a day or two and hope a definitive fix is found.

  • by mkmouse,

    mkmouse mkmouse Nov 18, 2015 5:56 PM in response to carvermon
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    Nov 18, 2015 5:56 PM in response to carvermon

    Good Plan!

  • by ladarlene,

    ladarlene ladarlene Nov 18, 2015 6:07 PM in response to Old Toad
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    Nov 18, 2015 6:07 PM in response to Old Toad

    I'm also one of the early reporters to note this problem (crashing when trying to access Info). Unfortunately, I just tried to locate the iPhoto plist and also the containers folder as you suggested, but neither were evident as per your instructions. I found the preferences, but no iPhoto. I'm also running iPhoto 9.4.3 on Mt Lion 10.8.5. I did try rebuilding iPhoto, and recovered a number of images, also rebuilt (?) the thumbnails, to no avail.

  • by BobStribula,

    BobStribula BobStribula Nov 18, 2015 8:41 PM in response to Huxly647
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    Nov 18, 2015 8:41 PM in response to Huxly647

    This worked for me.

    I needed help finding the hidden files.

    Amazing how Google is everywhere and into everything.

  • by Eric Krauter,

    Eric Krauter Eric Krauter Nov 18, 2015 10:01 PM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Nov 18, 2015 10:01 PM in response to Terence Devlin

    My experience with this fix:

     

    • After creating a new, blank library and importing a batch of 160 pictures, iPhoto did not shut down
    • I then switched to my current library, and iPhoto shut down unexpectedly again
    • I then quit iPhoto, relaunched with the option key down, and chose an old library. iPhoto warned that the library needed to be updated, so I chose cancel
    • I then quit and relaunched iPhoto, chose my current library (NOT the new blank one I created for testing), and it seems to be stable again.
    • I have no idea if choosing and then canceling the old library had any effect on this, but I documented all of my actions just in case

     

    OS: 10.8.5

    iPhoto: 9.4.3

     

    As a side note, before I tried this fix, I attempted to fix the issue by trashing my install of iPhoto and reinstalling from my Purchased items.  That did not solve the problem.

  • by Eric Krauter,

    Eric Krauter Eric Krauter Nov 18, 2015 10:12 PM in response to Eric Krauter
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    Nov 18, 2015 10:12 PM in response to Eric Krauter

    I also just noticed that when I open the Info sidebar, the Places module says "(Places lookup disabled)". I've never used Places anyway, so it doesn't affect me. I'm just glad to have iPhoto working again.

  • by Eric Krauter,

    Eric Krauter Eric Krauter Nov 18, 2015 10:21 PM in response to Eric Krauter
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    Nov 18, 2015 10:21 PM in response to Eric Krauter

    Whoops! Spoke too soon. iPhoto crashed again when I reopened after it was open for about 20 minutes.  Someone else upthread mentioned the same behavior. I saved the crash report, and I can copy it here if anyone wants to see it. I suspect it will be the same as the others already posted.

  • by Eric Krauter,

    Eric Krauter Eric Krauter Nov 18, 2015 10:30 PM in response to Huxly647
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    Nov 18, 2015 10:30 PM in response to Huxly647

    OK, now I've tried Huxley647's fix and it seems to be working (for now). One funny side effect is that, in spite of the fact that I'm on the internet as I write this, the Places module displays this message:

    Screen Shot 2015-11-19 at 1.27.36 AM.png

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Nov 18, 2015 10:36 PM in response to Eric Krauter
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    Nov 18, 2015 10:36 PM in response to Eric Krauter

    He does say that Places would not work after deleting those files.

  • by carvermon,

    carvermon carvermon Nov 18, 2015 10:36 PM in response to Eric Krauter
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    Nov 18, 2015 10:36 PM in response to Eric Krauter

    Mine shows that message a good percentage of the time, and it has for years. It's certainly not the first time an Apple alert has told me a lie - but I have wondered why it says that (I never use Places).

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Nov 18, 2015 10:52 PM in response to carvermon
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    Nov 18, 2015 10:52 PM in response to carvermon

    It says it because older version of iPhoto used Google Maps for places look up. That licence expired a few years ago and no iPhoto uses Apple Maps for the job. Older version require an update to use the Faces feature.

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