Ralph Esposito

Q: Iphoto 11, mountain lion, can no longer play slideshow of any albums

Until recently I could "play" slideshows of any of my IPhoto albums on my computer or send them to my AppleTV

My IMac running Mountain lion with Iphoto 11

Now when I attempt to play a slideshow IPhoto "quits" and displays an error message is being sent to Apple with a long list.

Posted on Apr 26, 2016 6:50 AM

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Q: Iphoto 11, mountain lion, can no longer play slideshow of any albums

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Apr 26, 2016 6:54 AM in response to Ralph Esposito
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    Apr 26, 2016 6:54 AM in response to Ralph Esposito

    Are you using the Places Theme for your slideshow?  iPhoto 9.4.5 or older will crash, if they need to access location information.  See this user tip:

     

     

    iPhoto 9.4 crashing when viewing Places

     

     

    iPhoto 9.4.5 and other earlier versions are using Google Maps in the Places view. Apple did not renew the contract with Google and the Maps are no longer working in iPhoto.  iPhoto crashes when trying to access the map servers.

    There are several ways to deal with this:

    • Upgrading to iPhoto 9.6.1, if possible.  iPhoto 9.5.1 and newer versions are using different map servers.
    • Working offline. If turning off the network is stopping the crashes, it is a onfirmation that the crashes are caused by the places feature.
    • Removing the html files from the iPhoto application, that are running the java code, that tries to access Google's  servers as suggested by Huxly647':

    See  Huxly647's solution:

    I found a fix that works for me..

     

    1. goto /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/Resources

    2. delete the files ' googlemap.html ' and googlesearch.html

     

    Iphoto no longer crashes, places doesn't work but it doesn't bother me too much.

     

    Let me know if it works for you guys...

    Removing the two files ' googlemap.html ' and googlesearch.html from iPhoto's application bundle prevents the javascript inside from being executed and causing the crash.  Going offline does obviously do the same. So it is pretty clear, that something happened on Google's end.

     

    To access the files inside the iPhoto application select it in the Finder and ctrl-click it. Then use the command "Show Package Contents" from the menu.  Open the subfolder Contents, then Resources.

     

    Don't try this fix without making a copy of the iPhoto application before you try to remove the two files from the application bundle.


    If you want to make the Places feature work again, have a look at cotton-x's post:



    User cotton-x posted a clever fix to patch the iPhoto application, so that it is using a private key to access Google's servers. The same fix is working well for Aperture 3.4.5 and probably the earlier versions of Aperture as well.  See this link if you want to try it.

     

    Re: iPhoto 11 - Problems With Photo Locations

     

    I tested this in Aperture 3.4.5 and could display the terrain maps again, that have far more detail than the new maps in the current version 3.6 of Aperture.

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