cannot see thumbnails in Organize view in iPhoto 4
When I download new photos or look at one of my saved rolls, the pictures are all there but I cannot see them in the thumbnail view, only one at a time, so I cannot organize them into albums. This has happened since last October--prior to that, the thumbnails were there. Did I mess something up in another folder somewhere?
Hi, crablady, and welcome to Apple Discussions. It's very unlikely that you've caused your problem by meddling with any "other" folder. But if, back in October, you meddled with the contents of the iPhoto Library folder inside your Pictures folder when the iPhoto application wasn't open, that explains your problem.
Hold down the Shift and Option keys while starting iPhoto, and keep holding them down until you're asked whether you want to rebuild the library. Click "Yes", then click "Save".
This will create a new, rebuilt iPhoto Library_1 folder inside your Pictures folder. If it opens up properly in iPhoto, displaying things as you expect it to, you can trash the Original iPhoto Library folder and empty the trash to recover storage space. If the new library isn't right either, trash it instead of the original iPhoto Library folder, and post back here for further advice.
When iPhoto isn't running, it expects you to leave the contents of your iPhoto Library folder strictly alone. Everything in that folder is arranged precisely the way iPhoto needs it to be arranged, and any disturbance in there will throw things out of whack.
Hi, sorry to barge in. I am having the exact problem after years of no problems, with iPhoto 2. The thumbnails do not appear in "organize", just the pictures one at a time. I follwed the directions you gave to crablady and created the second library. It did not come up in iPhoto; nor could I import it. Any help would be appreciated. dotcostume
Make sure you have the "Organize" tab selected (just below your photo, midscreen). Next look to just below the lower right edge of the photo. You'll see a slider and a big blue dot. Drag the blue dot to the left.
