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1 - download and launch BatChmod.
2 - drag the iPhoto application into the BatChmod window.
3 - set the ownership and privileges as shown in the right side of this screenshot:
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4 - launch iPhoto and see if that helps.
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If this still does not work, you can try manually delete the projects database in the iPhoto library along with some relevant files, and then retry the import. To do this, go to the library file on disk, right-click it and select "Show Package Contents." Then locate and remove the following items:
InterruptedUpdate
ThemeCache
ProjectDBVersion.plist
Projects.db
Projects.db-journal
Deleting these items should not affect any photos in the library, and the next import should recreate the projects database.
Start over with a new library and import the Originals folder from your original library as follows:
Creating a new library while preserving the Events from the original library.
1. Move the existing library folder to the desktop.
2. Open the library package like this.
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3. Launch iPhoto and, when asked, select the option to create a new library.
4. Drag the Originals folder from the iPhoto Library on the desktop into the open iPhoto window.
This will create a new library with the same Events as the original library if you have the Finder checkbox unchecked in the Events preference pane.
1 - it compares the databases and/or album.xml files of Libraries A and B.
2 - the files in A that are not in B are imported into B by copying the original files from A into B's Import folder.
3 - it then does the same for B.
4 - metadata is not copied.
5 - it can be password protected to prevent unauthorized use.
It can be used to just copy from A to B and not sync both ways if desired.
Old Toad wrote:
Did you apply the iPhoto 9.0.1 updater? If not do so, repair disk permissions, delete the iPhoto cache file in your User/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder, reboot and try again.
Next, if necessary, try the fix below posted by MacFixIt in this article: iPhoto '11 upgrades stuck at converting database, missing photos
If this still does not work, you can try manually delete the projects database in the iPhoto library along with some relevant files, and then retry the import. To do this, go to the library file on disk, right-click it and select "Show Package Contents." Then locate and remove the following items:
InterruptedUpdate
ThemeCache
ProjectDBVersion.plist
Projects.db
Projects.db-journal
Deleting these items should not affect any photos in the library, and the next import should recreate the projects database.
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