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iPhoto 9.4.2 Problems

Dear iPhoto Community,

Once I have updated the iPhoto 9.4.2, I cant open theiPhotos it get sudden Crash. the system prompt to repair the data. i followed the instruction but still fail to open iPhotos.

Then I uninstal the iPhotos App from my iMac and try to re instal with my Original CD. the moment I try to install iPhotos the system prompts this.

once i click the continue it getting instaled and can update up to 9.4.2. However, still remain the problem.

Please advice me.

Thanks in Advance

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Nov 25, 2012 9:43 PM

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Punkyups Author

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Nov 29, 2012 4:58 PM in response to Chendo M

Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 4.02

This update adds RAW image compatibility for the following cameras to Aperture 3 and iPhoto '11:

Nikon COOLPIX P7700

Olympus PEN E-PL5

Olympus PEN E-PM2

Olympus STYLUS XZ-2

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GH3

Sony Alpha NEX-5R

Sony Alpha NEX-6

Sony Alpha SLT-A99

For more information on supported RAW formats, see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5371.

Dec 7, 2012 6:20 AM in response to Punkyups

Unfortunately, the normally excellent iPhoto Library Manager doesn't seem to have been updated to cope with iPhoto 9.4.2 yet - when I tried to rebuild the database using it, it failed to recongise a single one of my images - which are either Canon Raw or JPEG and threw up an error message for every single event.

I'm just trying to rebuild the database from inside iPhoto now

I am getting fed up of Apple publishing 'updates' which haven't been properly tested and which cause more problems than they solve. Seems to be a pattern over the last year or so.😠

seekoei

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Dec 10, 2012 1:37 AM in response to Punkyups

Exact same problem here (same SIGBUS crashlog) . Cmd-Opt open also doesn't work, as iPhoto crashes *before* giving the various rebuild options.

When I get home tonight, I'm going to remove & reinstall 9.4.2. See if that works. I'm not hopeful, based on several forum entries.

After that, if it doesn't fix it, I'll try downgrading to 9.4.1 -- SrgBrazil in this post (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4481497?start=0&tstart=0) seems to indicate that that fixed it for him/her.

9.4.1: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1598

9.4.2: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1608

I'll report back tomorrow.

Tip: avoid 9.4.2 for now :-)

seekoei

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Dec 10, 2012 1:40 PM in response to seekoei

I haven't figured out how to completely reinstall iPhoto yet (in the Mac App Store, it's listed as £10.49, which I don't want to pay to reinstall something I already had?!), or how to downgrade to 9.4.1.

Please help!!

seekoei

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Dec 17, 2012 12:35 AM in response to Punkyups

Update: turns out my iPhoto crashing was just the first symptom of a failing hdd. Eventually everything started failing, and had to get my hdd replaced. Apple did so without charge even though I'm outside my 1 year warrantee. They also replaced my iMac's screen as it had some ghosting issues -- again, without charge. Excellent service. I then timemachine'd my backup back, and am fully up & running again.

iPhoto 9.4.2 Problems