A photo has been found in the iphoto library constantly being imported. How do I stop this each time I open iPhoto?

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.

Thank you Terence Devlin for your tips and expertise.

I followed your instructions, but when I dragged my import file over to desktop, it says masters in it. When I clicked on masters it contained three of my videos. I don't want to lose these videos, so I opened up "show package contents" again and dropped it back in there. Should my import folder contain the word masters? Or did I somehow scoop it up with my novice dragging and dropping methods??😊

Thanks,

Jennifer

Repeat the process again.

Open iPhoto. Do you get the message?

If not then import those three video once more.

Regards

TD

THis has been plaguing me for months! I really should have checked the forum sooner - your fix above worked first time 🙂 Thank you! and thank you to Susu3 for asking the question 😉

I moved the Import folder to the Desktop and the problem disappeared. I found the video (.avi file) that was causing the problem and tried to import it but I get the following message:

"a necessary data reference could not be resolved."

Is there any way I can save the file? If I look at it in Finder and hit the "Play" button, the video does play in the thumbnail.

Worked for me too. I had a long list of empty folders inside of folders called masters and thumbnails. There were actually 5 items (even though the messages only reported 2. Glad that is fixed. You might also go in and delete all those Recovered Photo file folders (if empty - mine were) that accumulate in your photos folder.

This helped me, too. Thanks!

Perfect, fixed the same problem for me, thank you very much

What is the file size of the .avi file and where did it come from.

OT

Help. I did this exact procedure a month or so ago. Now I'm getting the same message again--and followed the instructions to no avail. My import folder is gone! How do I get it back, more importantly how do I get iPhoto to stop displaying this message each time I launch it?

Any help is much appreciated.

I followed all of your steps, but don't have an 'import' file under 'package contents'. What now?

What do you have when you click view the package contents?

Do you have an "Auto Import" folder?

Yes, there is one in that folder.

What's inside? It should be empty. If there are any files in there move them to the desktop and relaunch iPhoto.