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Q: complete computer freeze from iphoto start

I was importing photos from the iphone, seemed to go ok then I clicked on a short video from the iphone and the spinning whell kicked in on iphoto, and that was it. My mouse worked, the dock responded with movement untill I clicked on "anything" ( I have done this a few time in trying to figure it out) then the computer will 'deep freeze' no control on anything, I need to power off to reboot.

 

I refreshed the os,lion, and reinstalled iphoto, updated, got same thing, except now safari will not run. Safari will begin to load and then it crashes.  I scanned with tech tool, everything was fine, couple bad sectors on a 'data disk' not related to the system. As it stands now, I can use the computer and it seems fine, I cannot usse safari or iphoto. Safari will crash but will not effect the computer, iphoto will simply 'spin' and then the entire computer will freeze.

 

what's up? If I was stil on a pc I would think virus.

On the last startup I got a recovery log, I can't make heads or tails of it, I saved it if anyone can use the info.

 

thanks,

scott

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Jan 24, 2013 10:21 AM

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  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Jan 25, 2013 4:29 PM in response to upheaval
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    Jan 25, 2013 4:29 PM in response to upheaval

    The usual sequence is repair, then rebuild if that fails. If that fails too, restore from the most recent backup made before the library was corrupted, and when iPhoto wasn't running. TM doesn't back up the library when iPhoto is running.

     

    Alternatively, you can try to scavenge the library with iPhoto Library Manager independently of iPhoto (File ▹ Rebuild). Books, calendars, and slideshows won't be preserved.

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    upheaval upheaval Jan 25, 2013 6:25 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Jan 25, 2013 6:25 PM in response to Linc Davis

    Ok, so I wont bother you for a while, I'll go **** around for a while and see if I can get this working.

    Linc, what do you think went wrong here? Perhaps I can avoid this in the future. I always expected this kind of behavior from windows, and was ready for it.

     

    thanks for your help.

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