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How do I completely uninstall iphoto 11

Hello,

I've recently upgrade my macbook pro to snow leopard (10.6.6) as well as to iLife 11 from iLife 08.

I'm trying to completely uninstall iLife/iPhoto so that I can reinstall iLife/iPhoto 08.

I accidentally made the mistake of deleting iPhoto from applications (i also deleted iMovie, iDVD and Garage Band) thinking that would uninstall it!

... I should also note that on my system there was absolutely nothing in the Mac HD>Library>Receipts folder pertaining to ilife or iPhoto that I could erase.

So I did this and reinstalled iLife 08 but everything reinstalled except iPhoto. When I did a spotlight search for iPhoto, it doesn't come up on my system.

Right now, it would appear that iPhoto is not on my Mac, I ran the installer again, and the same thing happens

Any suggestions of what I can do to resolve this issue?

Thanks
DJ

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Sorry if I posted this in the wrong area.

Message was edited by: DJ-Cavity

intel IMac, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Feb 9, 2011 6:43 PM

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Feb 9, 2011 11:03 PM in response to DJ-Cavity

To re-install iPhoto



1. Put the iPhoto.app in the trash (Drag it from your Applications Folder to the trash)

2a: On 10.5: Go to HD/Library/Receipts and remove any pkg file there with iPhoto in the name.

2b: On 10.6: Those receipts may be found as follows: In the Finder use the Go menu and select Go To Folder. In the resulting window type

/var/db/receipts/

A Finder Window will open at that location and you can remove the iPhoto pkg files.

3. Re-install.

If you purchased an iLife Disk, then iPhoto is on it.

If iPhoto was installed on your Mac when you go it then it’s on the System Restore disks that came with your Mac. Insert the first one and opt to ‘Install Bundled Applications Only.

Regards

TD

Apr 19, 2011 6:27 PM in response to Yer_Man

Just got in on this procedure as I want to get rid of iPhoto 11 and reinstall iPhoto 8.1.2 but unfortunately although I followed the instructions above it didn't work for me.


After installing the bundled software and the old iPhoto from my installation disk I got this error message when I tried to open it.


"You have made changes to your photo library using a newer version of iPhoto. Please quit and use the latest version of iPhoto."


I did copy my iPhoto library to a flash drive so that I could later import them back into the new library but I don't understand why that should be a problem.

Apr 19, 2011 7:25 PM in response to Daleslad

You will not be able to open your current library (an iPhoto 11 library) with iPhoto 8.1.2 (09). It can't be done.


If your copy of the library on your flash drive is an iPhoto 09 library then copy it back to the Pictures folder (move the current library to the Desktop) and then open with the newly installed iPhoto 09.


If you don't have a copy of the iPhoto Library before you upgraded to iPhoto 11 you will have to start over with a new iPhoto 08 library and import the Originals/Masters folder from your current library as follows:


Start over from scratch with new library


Start over with a new library and import the Masters 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 Masters folder from the iPhoto Library on the desktop into the open iPhoto window.




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This will create a new library with the same Events as the original library but will not keep the metadata, albums, books slideshows and other projects.



OT

Oct 21, 2011 7:16 PM in response to DJ-Cavity

There's one scenario not covered here, which was affecting me and took me forever to figure out.

If you run a Diamond BVU 195 USB graphics adapter for external monitors, you will never ever be able to see your pictures (at least under current driver). This scenario and a solution for black pictures in iPhoto with external monitors is described here. I hope this might help someone like me, since most discussions only have the standard 3 suggested solutions.

How do I completely uninstall iphoto 11

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