How do I re-install lost iPhoto '08- 7.1.5 (378) App?
The first error notice stated: "The Library is malformed. Encountered unknown ampersand-escape sequence at line 7."
I printed out the library manager's instructions regarding corrupted files in "AlbumData.xml file" . Nothing in those pages has been of help.
True, I had named my external drive "Photos&Movies". My bad. Renamed it with "and" and nothing changed.
I followed every advice given here to others with the same or similar problems, i..e.:
Re-installing original discs.
Mine - neither the two discs with Leopard 10.5 nor the one I purchased with Snow Leopard - contain any repair features when choosing "Bundled only...".
Then I tried restoring from Time Machine which brought the iPhoto icon back into the Applications folder and the dock.Clicking on it, however, doesn't even make it jump or blink. I also temporarily disconnected the dedicated external drive with more than 11,000 photos on it to make sure they wouldn't accidentally be deleted.
Have also followed the advice of deleting "iPhoto plist" and "cache.db".
I installed Google Picasa to access my photos on the external and they're all there.
I had been led to believe that iLife was part of my original version of Leopard but I cannot find any trace of it.
Short of buying a new computer, I would like to upgrade to the next level (Lion??) in hopes of getting iLife. Or buying a new version of iPhoto.
My subscription to Apple Care expired and I don't even know if re-subscribing would help me.
Thank you!
iPhoto '08, Mac OS X (10.6.8)