iphoto will not open. when i click on the icon, the menu shows at the very top of the screen but i cant see anything else. the whole program doesnt load in front of other apps as it should. thank you in advance
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Try trash the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from the HD/Users/ Your Name / library / preferences folder.
(On 10.7: Hold the option (or alt) key while clicking on the Go menu in Finder to access the User Library)
(Remember you'll need to reset your User options afterwards. These include minor settings like the window colour and so on. Note: If you've moved your library you'll need to point iPhoto at it again.)
What's the plist file?
For new users: Every application on your Mac has an accompanying plist file. It records certain User choices. For instance, in your favourite Word Processor it remembers your choice of Default Font, on your Web Browser is remembers things like your choice of Home Page. It even recalls what windows you had open last if your app allows you to pick up from where you left off last. The iPhoto plist file remembers things like the location of the Library, your choice of background colour, whether you are running a Referenced or Managed Library, what preferences you have for autosplitting events and so on. Trashing the plist file forces the app to generate a new one on the next launch, and this restores things to the Factory Defaults. Hence, if you've changed any of these things you'll need to reset them. If you haven't, then no bother. Trashing the plist file is Mac troubleshooting 101.
Thank you! I couldn't get iPhoto to open for the life of me. It kept saying it had to rebuild the library, so I created a new one, and even THAT wouldn't open. I went into my wife's user account and everything worked fine in iPhoto, so I went back into mine and found Terence's fix above, and it finally worked. I tried everything else I'd seen in the forums. Thanks!
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