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Each time I open iPhoto this pops up. A photo has been found in the iPhoto library that was not imported. Would you like to import it. How do I stop this?
MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011)
Go to your Pictures Folder and find the iPhoto Library there. Right (or Control-) Click on the icon and select 'Show Package Contents'. A finder window will open with the Library exposed.
Look there for a Folder called 'Import' or 'Importing'.
Drag it to the Desktop. *Make no other changes*.
Start iPhoto. Does that help?
If it does then look inside that folder on your desktop. Does it contain anything you want? If not you can trash the folder.
It is empty. Another idea?
Try this:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
Note 1: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost.
Note 2: Your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.
It worked! Took a long time but it worked. I bought the program so I could delete duplicates. Thank you.
So here's the next/last question: I have 24,000 photos in my collection. I do use Time Machine, but I think I'd like to store the library on a new external hard drive I bought.
What steps should I follow to do that?
Thank you very much.
It's simple to copy the a library to an external hard drive:
1 - make sure the drive is formatted OS X Extended (journaled) with Ownership set to be ignored.
2 - drag the library from your boot disk to the EHD.
3 - launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and open the library on the EHD to make sure it copied correctly and works as expected.
4 - launch iPhoto again with the Option key held down and open your working library on the boot drive.
Thanks so much. Your expertise has been so helpful. Every so often it's possible to feel like you're not managing your computer very well. Today yielded big improvement. Cheers to you!
The file is a .avi file. If I place the file itself on my desktop, I can play it. If I drag it to iPhoto, it shows it in "Last Import". However, when I try to play it, I get the message
"a necessary data reference could not be resolved."
Then when I close and reopen iPhoto, the original problem comes back.
Then that avi isn't supported by iPhoto.
What system and iPhoto versions are you running? Do you have QuickTime Player 7 for Mac OS X v10.6.3 or later installed. It you do it would be in the Applications/Utilities folder. If not install it and try again.
Thanks! I had exactly the same problem, with a whole bunch of imported photos that couldn't be imported! I think they were not photos in the end but the solution given here worked fine!
Thanks again from across the pond in England...
Chris
Dear Terence
I have the same problem. Where do I find the pictures folder? In the Finder? I cannot find it anywhere there. I am using OS X Yosemite 10.10.1
HD/Users/Your Name/ Pictures
A photo has been found in the iphoto library constantly being imported. How do I stop this each time I open iPhoto?
