Kieran Bailey
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Q: iPhoto '11 and network home directories

Hi,

We are using iPhoto '11 and network home directories which live on a SMB file server. When a user attempts to run iPhoto they get the following error: "Warning. The library could not be opened because the file system of the library's volume is unsupported."

iPhoto '09 works fine in our environment, and if the library is relocated to the Macintosh HD > Users > Shared directory it can be loaded. This appears to be a new bug in iPhoto '11. Am i correct?

iMac 24" 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4 GB 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Nov 18, 2010 9:50 PM

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Kieran Bailey

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  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Dec 18, 2012 11:57 AM in response to Kieran Bailey
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    Dec 18, 2012 11:57 AM in response to Kieran Bailey
    I'm sorry, but from my point of view it is a major bug/flaw.

     

    But it's not a bug or flaw because iPhoto works they way it was intended.

    A software bug is an error, flaw, mistake, failure, or fault in a computer program orsystem that produces an incorrect or unexpected result, or causes it to behave in unintended ways.

    The two reference links in TD's last post on page 2 of this topic describe what the intended ways are. Trying to use an application in ways it was not designed to be used is not a bug or flaw.  It's user error.

     

    OT

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