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iphoto library disappeared -where did it go?

My iphoto library disappeared after I was having trouble with Skype. I emptied my trash and cleaned out my history and now I have NO photos or

videos of my grandchildren from the last 8 years. HELP!!!

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Posted on Jul 9, 2012 8:12 PM

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steve626

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Posted on Jul 9, 2012 11:24 PM

Look in your Pictures folder. Do you see a file named iPhoto Library?

If you don't, try searching via the File menu, Find ... and specify

iPhoto Library

for the name of the file (you can select name of file, or contents of file etc.).

You emptied your rtash but it doesn't make sense that you might have put the iPhoto Library file in the trash first.

When you open iPhoto, you can specify the name of the iPhoto Library file by holding down the option key when you start up iPhoto, but you have to find that iPhoto Library file first.

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roby1945

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Nov 3, 2013 1:32 PM in response to bubbiedebbie

Hi Guys, the same just happened to me, updating a lion to mavericks (my fathar mac).

I update a lot of mac (of friends and mine) from various version of MAC OS, from snow leopard to mountain lion.

Buti I got this problem moving from lion to Mavericks.

This evening my father ask me "where are my photos ?"

I started thinking:

1. the iphoto version he had doesn't work with maverick (it was the 9.0), it already happened to me with an "old" snow leopard, iphoto didn't start cause it popped up "the version wan not compatible".

So I updated iphoto, but I discovered that when I start the 9.5 version it asks me for locating iphoto gallary, who's actually gone.

Obivously we don't get time machine back up (I buy for my father a HD just few days ago to make him start to use it).

So I undestand we are doomed.

There were no user errors, (Larry), I simply updated the MAC OS and the library was gone, it's my fault cause I got tu back up everything first, but mavericks was the first update working smoothly with every version and with no problems.

I think something happend but I really can't undestand what.

My father is one of the basic mac user that don't even now where "picuters folder" is, cause photos are inside iphoto. So it's impossible he deleted it, he has no capability to find it and deleted it.

It disappeared, that's all.

And this very likely an apple fault.. that is carried out since a long time as I can see finding these posts.

We need to be helped out in locating the orginal folder who's missing.

Could really data rescue software find a folder who's never been erased ?

thanks for help

Roby

iphoto library disappeared -where did it go?