I am unable to export any of my hipstamatic images that have been imported into iphoto. I am using my iphoto library off of my external hard drive and can export any photo onto my desktop, Face book, etc... except for my hipstamatic images. Help!! thank you!
iPhoto '08, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Select one of the affected photos in the iPhoto Window and right click on it. From the resulting menu select 'Show File (or 'Show Original File' if that's available). A Finder Window should open with the file selected. Does it?
The finder window does open but it only shows the hard drives...no specific place. Could this be because iphoto is running off my external hard drive?
I have also found it is not just the hipstamatic prints. Hipstamatic, Instagram, anything from my husband's iphone and anything that came from another computer basically will not export. I made sure my permissions were read and write for my external hard drive and iphoto. Didn't help... Now I'm trying to find the iphoto library on my external drive so that I can reimport just the last years worth of pictures but I'm having trouble finding this as well.
It can't export these photo because it can't find them. That's what this
The finder window does open but it only shows the hard drives...no specific place
means. What happens if you try and view them full size?
No idea.
The ! turns up when iPhoto loses the connection between the thumbnail in the iPhoto Window and the file it represents.
Somethings to try:
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In Library Manager it's the FIle -> Rebuild command)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD
What happens when you try?
I get an unable to complete operation message when I try to export and when I try to drag to the desktop I get the circle with one line through it icon.
I get a picture of a large exclamation point. Where would these pictures have gone???
Unable to view/export hipstamatic images from iphoto
