iPhoto 8 (iLife 09) to iPhoto 9 (iLife 11) Library Problems - Help!
Hi all,
Yes, I know, this has been discussed to no end since iLife 11 was released, but I'm genuinely having issues and I could really do with some help.
I have been refusing to upgrade to iLife 11 until the problems have been solved and today I read that the issues are now resolved and I can confidently upgrade (however I was wrong).
I simply did the normal installation procedure, inserted iLife 11 disc, installed, upgraded with software update (twice), and tried running the new iPhoto. But I deeply regret it, as now iPhoto prompts me to upgrade my library on launch, but a few seconds after clicking upgrade, it says: 'iPhoto is unable to open this library'. I've scoured the net trying different things including permissions repair, etc but nothing has resolved it.
I noticed that my library file is 12GB which seems rather small as I had quite a lot in there, although I'm not sure how much it was originally as I never check the size.
Some major problems I have in attempting to fix this issue are, 1.This MacBook was purchased years ago second hand and didn't come with discs (so no previous version iLife discs), 2.I have not been able to use Time Machine to backup as my external drive had ran out of space over a year ago, and I simply have not had the spare cash and time to just shell out on another drive.
So if anyone can give me any advice and help here I would be greatly appreciated. I have a feeling I've lost all my photos from the past few years including all my family's digital photos, but trying to be optimistic.
Thanks
WaxMechaniK
MacBook/iMac 24, Mac OS X (10.6.4)