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iPhoto '11 stuck in loop trying to upgrade.

So I run iPhoto 11 and it tells me I have to upgrade. I do the upgrade and I get the progress bar. However, after the progress bar is done a grey screen with the spining pinwheel (not the beach ball) sets spining. I left it to run for three hours and it is still processing. I will let it run over night but I think it is a bug. If I select my photos the spinning pinwheel does go away, but when I close out and go back in it tells me I need to upgrade the library. My pictures folder is 34GB.

Anyone else having the problem?

Thanks

MacBook Pro 6,1 i7, Mac OS X (10.6.4), Mac Mini, Macbook

Posted on Oct 20, 2010 9:39 PM

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Nick69

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Oct 21, 2010 9:11 AM in response to WillGonz

Same problem here - though I'm not stuck in a loop I do have to upgrade the library every time I open iPhoto - usually takes about 5 minutes, irritating.

Nick69

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Oct 21, 2010 9:14 AM in response to WillGonz

FWIW I've tried rebuilding, but iPhoto tells me I need to upgrade the library first - so back to square one.

Oct 21, 2010 9:21 AM in response to WillGonz

Same her, at every start it says I need to update my library... again and again. After it is done, I quit iPhoto. Start it again... same message. There is a bug here.

WillGonz Author

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Oct 21, 2010 9:24 AM in response to Nick69

That is the loop. Every time you open iPhoto it wants to convert.

Old Toad

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Oct 21, 2010 11:04 AM in response to WillGonz

Did you repair disk permissions after installing iLife 11? I ran into some problems so ran Disk Utility. There were a lot of items that needed fixing. That fixed the issues I was having. You do have a backup copy of the library from iPhoto 09, right?

Also see if you can launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed to rebuild the library. Select the options #1, #2 and #5.

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It may not let you get that far but worth a try.

OT

WillGonz Author

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Oct 21, 2010 11:58 AM in response to Old Toad

I have done Repair Permissions and Rebooted.
You try to do the repair but it brings up the upgrade prompt and you are stuck in the loop.

Old Toad

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Oct 21, 2010 12:05 PM in response to WillGonz

If you have Time Machine you can restore iPhoto 09 and keep 11. Just rename your current application to iPhoto 11. Then restore iPhoto and run it to repair the library.

Oct 21, 2010 1:07 PM in response to WillGonz

Fixing permissions, re-installing, rebuild library...
Nothing helps.
it is a bug.
Nasty one.
Needs fixing VERY soon (=tomorrow!)

Oct 21, 2010 1:20 PM in response to WillGonz

Been battling myself with this. After following as tip on another thread, I restored my iPhoto 9 library and removed all videos I had in iPhoto.

After this the upgrade went through fairly quickly - 8500 photos, 27Gb in about 15 minutes.

All seems OK - now to reintegrate my videos 😟

Hippo

Oct 21, 2010 1:59 PM in response to WillGonz

Same Problem here, its like Windows.

😟

WillGonz Author

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Oct 21, 2010 2:12 PM in response to hagbard86

Rest assured Apple is looking into this. I just sent off my iPhoto Library (minus the actual photos) to them along with my console log.

Oct 21, 2010 2:19 PM in response to WillGonz

I think the problem is related to using characters like slashes and ampersand / & etc in a Album!!

Oct 21, 2010 2:33 PM in response to WillGonz

Ah... no, renamed albums and folders in iPhoto: still the same loop 😟

Oct 21, 2010 2:37 PM in response to Hippotech

I think there might be something to the idea that videos are causing the upgrade to crash. My upgrade crashes almost immediately after I begin it, and the crash log shows that it's somewhere inside QuickTime at the time of the crash.

I'll probably wait a few days to see if Apple comes up with a fix before I go to the trouble of restoring the previous version of iPhoto and removing the videos.

Old Toad

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Oct 21, 2010 2:41 PM in response to Stuart Malone1

I have a library with only movies, 68, and it upgraded without incident. Go figure. Are there any messages in the Console messages window about iPhoto when it's looping?

iPhoto '11 stuck in loop trying to upgrade.