I'm a photography student and store my images in iphoto, I updated it today, once its finished I go to look in iphoto and it says that my mac is too old for the newer version! ITS LESS THAN 6 MONTHS OLD! I then went onto finder to see if my images are still there and theres nothing there! Please can someone try and help me retreive them, Theres photos that I need in order to finish my degree!!!!
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
To help you we need acurate information
what version of iPhoto did you have? What version were you trying to update to? What exact error message did yoou get (your mac is too old is not the exact error message) As to the finder that is not a supported way of accessing your photos and is dangerous - any small change to the iPhoto library using the library can cause data loss
To see if your photos are there go to the iPhoto library (by default in the pictures folder) and right click on it and show package contents - you photos will be in a folder names originals or masteres depending onthe version -- do NOT make any changes of any sort - just look to verify your photos are there
Probably the easiest solutiono is going to be to restore your backup from before the problem occured
LN
If your mac is less than siz months old then it's not too old for the newer version of iPhoto. So, less panic and tell us what the actual text of the error message you got is.
thanks
I'm not sure which iphoto I already had installed as it is the one that it came with. But the one which I am updating it too is 'iphoto '11 '
The exact error message I am getting is
'You have Mac OS X 10.7.2. The application requires Mac OS X 10.7.4 or later.'
You have Mac OS X 10.7.2. The application requires Mac OS X 10.7.4 or later.'
Ok the answer is to upgrade the OS to OS X 10.7.4 -
See how details and accurate information is critical to this precess?
LN
But will I lose any other of my other documents by doing so ?
Not unless there is a problem - that is why you always have a backup - especially before upgrading - while rare bad things do happen and a backup is teh solution to them
LN
Terry: You're not helping by telling people it's oK.
This is so clearly not an Apple originating upgrade. And everyone who has clicked on the update option instead of quitting is experiencing problems -- including the catastrophic loss of files. john. Y.
Have you actually read the thread?
And this:
And everyone who has clicked on the update option instead of quitting is experiencing problems -- including the catastrophic loss of files.
is untrue. Very very untrue.
Terence
I also fell foul of this update a couple of weeks ago. In Pictures the icon for my iPhoto library is now a red flower not the yello one with the palm tree. When I try and open iPhoto I get the box 'Updatıng Thumbnails' and then immidiatly below a message 'Your photo library is damaged or unreadable and cannot be opened. Please resore from Back Up'.
I plugged in the external with my backed up library and we told it needed to update the library to open it. I am concerned this will mss up like the library on my MBP.
I have Time Machine, but is there any option other than going back? I have done a fair bit on other applications before ı realised my iPhoto problem, I have backed that up but want to avoid TM if I can!
I think I know the answer but if there is a solution you will know! I think I owe you a beeer or two already!
Jules
I plugged in the external with my backed up library and we told it needed to update the library to open it. I am concerned this will mss up like the library on my MBP.
Copy this Library to your Main Hard Drive (a different folder than the current iPhoto Library) and open it with iPhoto:
Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library'
It will open and update the Library. If it works, trash the damaged one and put this one it it's place.
With Time Machine you can restore just elements, you don't have to restore the whole system
Regards
TD
iPhoto update and Won't open and lost all of my images !?!
