iPhoto will not open

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- What version of iPhoto.

- What version of the Operating System.

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- Did it ever work properly?

- Are there error messages?

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hi i also have a problem my iphoto won't open but it's been like this since the first day i bought my laptop i unstalled it reinstalled it and there's nothing that has fixed it. my laptop is a macbookpro

Same set of questions apply...

Make an update to iphoto which will reolve the problem & later on mention which OS u are using?

In my case, version 7.1.5.

I have over 30 gigs left of my hard drive. I simply imported 300 or so pictures yesterday, JPEG ranging between 66 and 188kb, so not huge files. iPhoto was working fine last night, today the wheel keeps spinning and I have to force quit every time.

Ran disk utility twice today already, keeps on repairing some permissions. Had to issue years ago on a Macbook, but when I switched to new Macbook, problem went away. However, I can't afford to buy new hardware everytim iPhoto craps out.

What can I do? I removed the files from iPhoto, but still won't open...

I removed the files from iPhoto, but still won't open...

How did you do that?

Simply went to the "all images" folder after clicking on my Hard Drive icon, looked for the files that were in iPhoto and trashed them. It was the only way since I could not open iPhoto.

Now you've trashed your iPhoto Library. Never, ever access anything managed by iPhoto via the "All Images" search. iPhoto is a database and you need to manage the photos via it. In fact if you're using iPhoto best to forget that All Images search even exists.

Best option now: Restore from back up

Next best: Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.

Only one left: recover your Photos from the damaged library and start over from scratch.

Thanks for the tip.

Incidentally, I didn't trash the iPhoto library, not in its entirety, just the pictures and now was able to open iPhoto as if nothing happened and it is working just find.

I will heed your advice from now on, but just wanted to point out the simple removal of the files punctually did the job.

I meant the recently imported pictures.

Unfortunately, the database is now corrupt.

Regards

TD

I have just developed the same problem.

message I received- iPhoto has detected inconsistencies in your library.--Please click Repair to avoid potential problems. -I clicked Repair. Message-Repairing Database (Repairing Library)

Screen clears, pictures come up for about 15 seconds and then iPhoto quits. Message-iPhoto quit unexpectedly.

Mac OSX Lion version 10.7.2 iPhoto version 9.2.1 (installed 11.12.02)

It worked fine from Dec 2 until three days ago. Wasn't doing anything except trying to open iPhoto.

Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.

Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.

This happend to me as well. I was able to use the manager to restore my libary and it is working now. I just purchased this IMAC, so am wondering why this happened and is there something I can do from preventing it happening again?

My iPhoto was working very good, i deleted all my photos, then i discovered that iPhoto with its files have been deleted too. since then its not working. i removed them from the trash no changes happened. so i deleted the hole thing and i reinstalled iPhoto from apple.com and still have the same problem.

iPhoto 11

Mac OS X 10.6.8