How can I undo a theme change of a photo book?

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How can I undo a theme change of a photo book?

I've just spent 5 hours picking photos for my nice photo book for a friend. I was finished, looked at the result and thought, let's save it and try another theme.

Boo! There is no save function in iPhoto! 😟

I try anyways, there is a warning, I change the theme... and:

Boo! All the photos are back randomly and all my handpicking is lost!

Great, I think, I can go back and revert with Undo:

BOO! No undo for theme change!

Is there really no way you can go back and/or save a book before you make changes? Seriously?

Or what am I missing?

Thanks, best regards,

Christoph

Posted on Nov 23, 2011 12:22 PM

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Answer 1

Yer_Man

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Nov 23, 2011 2:47 PM in response to cburgdorfer

Well the obvious route would have been to duplicate the project and then experiment on the duplicate - you know like you back up before trying things. Boo.

Other than that, restore from your back up.

Regards

TD

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Dr Kron

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Dec 1, 2015 2:05 PM in response to Yer_Man

Obvious route would have been for Apple to put a clear warning in place. This...

"Changing to a different theme may result in lost text and changes in photo placement. Do you want to continue?"

... does not say "You cannot undo this action".

Apple Photos is a huge fail in the usability department, first you get users to learn a whole new UI, then you take away things like undo. That's just poor design.

BOO!

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Yer_Man

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Dec 1, 2015 3:26 PM in response to Dr Kron

Lovely. This thread and those posts are from 2011 and refer to iPhoto. You're talking about a completely different application and four years later. Do try keep up.

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Dr Kron

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Dec 1, 2015 5:32 PM in response to Yer_Man

Thanks Apple troll, you were a big help.

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