Settings changed, pictures missing...I have 2 hours to display this!

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Settings changed, pictures missing...I have 2 hours to display this!

I was playing around with pictures for a second slide: keywords, hiding, unhiding, deleting pictures from albums. So why did my slideshow project lose Ken Burns settings, and I can't see a lot of the pictures anymore?

iMac G5, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Oct 16, 2009 2:42 PM

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Yer_Man

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Oct 16, 2009 11:22 PM in response to DaphneC

Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.

If that fails:

Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords, faces and places back.

Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.

Regards

TD

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