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Q: Portrait Mode pictures not showing.

Have just discovered that most photos imported from iPhoto to Photos in Portrait Mode are not displaying. There is the photo frame containing a triangle with exclamation mark. There appears to also be a few not showing in Landscape Mode. Double clicking will open up the photograph correctly.

 

I have found that by selecting the "photograph" and rotating anti-clockwise and then rotating clockwise, the photograph shows correctly. I presume these photographs were rotated in iPhoto after being imported from the camera. I can only presume that some data was not transferred correctly when the iPhoto Library was changed to Photos.

 

Has anyone else seen this and is there a simple cure without having to go through the whole lot manually (I realise it will be quicker to select all the faulty ones and just do the anti-clockwise/clockwise bit once but I have already found some of the photo frames to be blank so I still have to compare with the iPhoto Library)?

 

Thanks

TY

Posted on Aug 22, 2016 5:53 PM

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  • by LarryHN,Apple recommended

    LarryHN LarryHN Aug 23, 2016 2:30 PM in response to TYDYsails
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    Aug 23, 2016 2:30 PM in response to TYDYsails

    No - you can do it in large batches (up to about 1000 images)  --  How to Rebuild Thumbnails in a Photos Library

     

    LN

  • by TYDYsails,

    TYDYsails TYDYsails Aug 23, 2016 2:40 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Aug 23, 2016 2:40 PM in response to LarryHN

    Hi Larry

     

    Thanks for your very helpful reply. I instigated the repair and it appeared to do that in around ten minutes. I then found the frames were still showing as before and started doing the manual anticlockwise/clockwise repair. Unfortunately, some seven hours later, it is "making preview of 2,700,000 to 2,700,000" and still going. This can be found by clicking on the black circle on the top bar, so I stopped the manual repair to see what the end result will be. The Library contains 8,700 photos and 48 videos so I have no idea how long it will take to complete - we shall see!

     

    Once I have the final result I can post again.

     

    Cheers

     

    TY

  • by TYDYsails,

    TYDYsails TYDYsails Aug 25, 2016 7:25 PM in response to TYDYsails
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    Aug 25, 2016 7:25 PM in response to TYDYsails

    To continue....

    The "making preview..." was still going some eight hours later so I quit Photos. The rebuild did not repair or cure the landscape/portrait problem so I did it manually the next day. The following day (today) the MBP was left going for the entire day and the "making preview" started again and is still going as I type this and has now reached over 18,450,000 of 18,450,000. I have no idea what Photos is doing or achieving. Maybe someone can enlighten me.

     

    As a side effect of this, the temperature by smcFanControl is 72c with the fan running at 5640rpm.

     

    I have just loaded another 200 shots taken today and that appeared to go OK.

     

    TY