iPhotos is empty!!! Help

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iPhotos is empty!!! Help

I am not sure what happened to my iPhotos, all my photos are not showing on iPhoto( But I can see they are still on my computer) also my iTunes is empty and Entourage is also empty, everything else is fine, Have no idea what is going on or how to fix it, help!!

iMac, Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Posted on Oct 24, 2007 2:14 PM

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Yer_Man

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Oct 24, 2007 2:23 PM in response to scollu

Given than iPhoto, iTunes and Entourage are all affected, this is an OS problem, not an iPhoto one.

Did you by any chance rename your Home Folder? Or change the User Name on the machine?

Regards

TD

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scollu Author

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Oct 24, 2007 2:30 PM in response to Yer_Man

Sorry I am not sure, I was organising my files earlier today and may have but I did not on purpose, how can I tell if I did rename my home folder

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scollu Author

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Oct 24, 2007 2:34 PM in response to scollu

the problem started when entourage was asking me for my macmail password and then rejecting it, so I restarted my computer. My first clue that there was a larger problem was that my destop looked completely different, the toolbar at the bottow had changed, there was a strange icon (looked like a stamp next to the trash)on the toolbar asking me if I wanted to load Leopard(?) My iPhotos and iTunes are completely empty and Entourage does not work at all and all my information there appears to be gone. So far everything else seems to be working. Earlier today I was moving around files but I did not erase anything. I am really lost and I dont know what is going on, can someone help me? should I be posting somewhere else?

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Old Toad

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Oct 24, 2007 2:43 PM in response to scollu

scollu:

Go to the System Preferences/Accounts pane and see if there are two accounts on the Mac. You may have logged into another account somehow, one that may have been created in error.

Do you Twango?

TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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