iPhoto 11 does not work at all

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iPhoto 11 does not work at all

I have been trying to get my iPhoto to work and it is not responding to anything I do, it keeps telling me that I need to upgrade in order for it to work with this version of iPhoto and all it ever does is sit on a grey screen with the spinning beach ball. I have tried everything I can and it never does the upgrade and it does not respond to anything, it is unusable and Im afraid all of the thousands of photos I have saved on there will be erased. What do I do?

iPhoto '11, iOS 5.1

Posted on Apr 11, 2012 10:41 AM

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Answer 1

LarryHN

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Apr 11, 2012 11:00 AM in response to CalissaColada1

Start by providing more information. Like what version of iPhoto and of the OS. What you have done to try to resolve this so far. Have you restored your back up and tried upgrading it?

LN

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Answer 2

Apr 11, 2012 11:17 AM in response to LarryHN

It is the newest version of iPhoto 9.2.3

and I have a macbook version 10.6.8 OS X

I have done the contol and command buttons to rebuild the library and everything like that, I havent tried deleting the program itself, in fear of it deleting all of my photos, I do not have them backed up anywhere. I have done the updates and upgrades and still nothing has worked and Im not sure what else I should do to fix it.

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Answer 3

Apr 11, 2012 11:17 AM in response to CalissaColada1

Oh and I have to do the force quit everytime I want to end the program.

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Answer 4

Apr 11, 2012 1:52 PM in response to CalissaColada1

I am having this same problem. Wasn't there a IPhoto update in the past 2 weeks? I havn't used it since... now this

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Answer 5

Yer_Man

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Apr 11, 2012 1:56 PM in response to CalissaColada1

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.

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Answer 6

Ho'okele

Level 1

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Apr 11, 2012 10:20 PM in response to Yer_Man

Terence,

I tried loading an iLife '11 Replacement DVD from Apple onto my 27" iMac OSX Version 10.6.8 and now am unable to access my iPhoto, getting a message saying: You can't open the application iPhoto because it may be damaged or incomplete.

Looking at my iPhoto under About this Mac>more info>Software>Applications>iPhoto there is a big blank for Version and Kind sayng last Modified was 4/6/12, the day I tried loading the disc, and No for 64-Bit (intel).

Would you or anyone have any suggestions?

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