Imported photo missing but taking up space!

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Imported photo missing but taking up space!

Hi guy's

I hope someone can help me out with this. I exported my iPhoto library to an external drive, when checking through the photos after the export my Mac Book battery decided to die. The next time I opened iPhoto the pictures had gone. Panic ensued and I decided to look on the external HD, they were still there, stupidly, I decided to import them all back to the Mac Book, they have now all been transfered but are totally invisible.

I am unable to see them in iPhoto and can not find them on the Mac HD even though they are taking up a huge amount of space. Can anyone tell me where they would be?

Thanks!

iPhoto '08, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Apr 27, 2012 10:00 PM

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Yer_Man

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Apr 27, 2012 11:29 PM in response to Grzesiu

By "import" and "export" do you mean "move the library"?

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Grzesiu Author

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Apr 28, 2012 1:58 AM in response to Yer_Man

Yes, I do mean add to library. I've been doing a bit more digging an I think I've found the files duplicated in the hidden volumes file. I just need to now make sure that these photos are not linked to my iPhoto in any way.

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Yer_Man

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Apr 28, 2012 2:21 AM in response to Grzesiu

That's not the question I asked.

Did you export from the Library and then reimport then into the Library - meaning you have a lot of duplicates?

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Grzesiu Author

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Apr 28, 2012 2:30 AM in response to Yer_Man

Sorry, I moved the library to the external drive, when the photos disappeared from iPhoto I imported into the library. The photos then did not appear on iPhoto but did use up a load of space on the HD without being visible (unable to find them when searching). As I said above I think I have found them now in the hidden volumes folder. Duplicates and copy of original library.

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