Upgrading problem iphoto vers 9.3

I have the same issue. Mine stops at 99% and wheels keeps turning endlessly.

Tried all the solutions that were on the earlier post for earlier version and none of them worked.

I don't have DivX, I tried to repair rutine, but it just automatically goes back into upgrading mode and stoppes exactly at 5 of 9 steps at 99% and goes on endlessly.

I see that some people had the issue and no longer has it. So, I'd appreciate it very much if anyone could give us the good solution.

Thanks

backup your library an depress the option and command keys and launch iPhoto - rebuild the library

LN

same problem!!!! desperately want to downgrade to iphoto 9.2.3!!! how do i do that???? still have a backup from that version! iphoto 9.3 update failed completely, was stuck while updating at 5/9 with 94%!! so annoying!! thanks for help!!!

pls detailed approach i dont have any experience with rebuilding libraries 🙂

Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild.

If that fails:

Restore from your back up

Your problem is, I think rather common with 9.3. In short, the upgrade routine for 9.3 just does not work. I have been through it now on two machines. I had no problem getting all the photos into 9.3, but then found that the Export feature was not working. The answer to all these problems is, as stated in this thread, to create a new library and transfer the old photos into it. That seems to take care of all the difficulties.

Larry, thanks for your advice, but that doesn't work with me. Repair or rebuild, no matter, it goes through the routine of checking the library then automatically revert to "upgrading" mode and begins the endless loop at 5 of 9.

I have read discussions on the similar problems with the earlier versions. I know that my library itself is in tact as I can access the existing iPhot library through other apps. The problem has to be somewhere in the "upgrading" program itself or like 3racer7 indicates, the upgraded program and the existing library are not communicating.

I hope that the Apple programmers will take care of it asap. I have a huge volume of digital images and videos in the library. It would take a long time for me to create a new library and import it.

3racer7, thank you for your advice.

I would like to try your solution, but my library is huge. I assume I can just import them from the backup file, but as I cannot start iPhoto app without getting into the endless loop, how can I create a new library?

I'd appreicate your kind instruction on this.

Thanks again.

KY

So, after I tried all the solution advices, and failed to rebuild the exting library, I went ahead creating a new library and importing 20,000 images right now.

The following is the steps I took.

1. Added .bak extention to the existing iphoto library
2. Started the iPhoto app
3. Chose to create a new library in the dialogue window
4. Created a new folder "pictures" on my desktop
5. Then opened the content package of the iphoto library I just named iphoto library.bak
6. Moved the content of the "Masters" into the new folder "pictures" I just created
7. Went to the iPhoto's menue bar and clicked on "File" and chose "Import to library"
8. Chose the "pictures" folder to import
9. Now it is still importing because I have 20,000 pictures, but it seems I will have all the pictures in the new "upgraded" iPhoto.

I am hoping I did not lose any detailed information of each images.

This upgrade was terrible. "Upgrade" should be "better" in many ways and should be easier to use. It has given many of us nothing but the trouble and many hours wasted on it. I don't understand why change something that was working fine into this?

Hopefully Apple doesn't start turning into Microsoftish. I converted the computers of my entire family into iMac because primarily it presented almost no technical issues compaired to Windows when I switched mine from Windows to iMac. I know my family members gonna give me hard time on this painful upgrading experience.

:-(

You folks should really warn people about the Data loss involved in this process. It's a ccomplete start-over. All edits, albums, slideshows, books etc are all lost. Keywords, titles, Faces, places. It's just as though the photos has never been in iPhoto ever.

Reverting to iPhoto 9.2.3, opening your back up library and repairing that then upgrading would have a lot less cost.

Regards

TD

The easiest way to revert the Application is to restore from back up - for instance, roll back in Time Machine.

Then open the back up of the Library you made before upgrading.

If you don't have a back up of the Library then you're out of luck.

Another possibility: currently iPhoto Library Manager's Rebuild command does not work on iPhoto 9.3 libraries.But an update is promised in the next few days. If you can afford to, I would wait for that.

Regards

TD