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iPhoto crashes when creating a new slide show

iPhoto immediately crashes, when I try to create a new slide show.

I have already tried to create a completely new library, but happens just the same: I want to create a new slide show (with only some pictures), and then the program crashes and I must kill it via "force quit".

I also de-installed iPhoto and then installed it again. No change at all. The program chrashes when I try to create a new slide show.

Any idea what could help?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Mar 12, 2013 11:07 AM

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Yer_Man

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Mar 15, 2013 1:42 PM in response to mjkrueger

And because my NAS is making some more problems, I'm thinking of getting a Apple Time Capsule instead!!!!???

Why?

Old Toad

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Mar 15, 2013 1:49 PM in response to mjkrueger

TD makes a good point. If all you need is an external hard drive a Time Capsule is not the best choice as you're also paying for a wireless Wi Fi station. If you don't need a Wi Fi station get an external FW hard drive from a 3rd party retailer like one of these for example: OWC Mercury Elite Pro USB 3.0/2.0, FireWire 800/400, eSATA External Hard Drives. More bang for your buck.

mjkrueger Author

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Mar 15, 2013 1:50 PM in response to Yer_Man

The NAS is not working very reliable, in my opinion. And it's really slow. Even with iTunes I have some problems and audio data ist not that big!!!

I just hope that the TC is working better together with my MacBook Pro.

Old Toad

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Mar 15, 2013 1:54 PM in response to mjkrueger

If you expect to operate an iPhoto Library from the TC wirelessly be warned that dropouts can occur when accessing wirelessly which can result in a corrupted library, particularly when editing photos and writing to the database file. It's not recommeded to operate a library wirelessly.

mjkrueger Author

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Mar 15, 2013 1:58 PM in response to Old Toad

Ok, I just read that this is not recommended. 😐

I'm a little bit confused right now.

I thought the Synology NAS (112j) meets my needs and expectations. But until now it doesn't.

What is the difference between my NAS and the OWC Mercury Elite Pro (I would choose the 2.0TB Storage Solution)???

Yer_Man

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Mar 15, 2013 2:01 PM in response to mjkrueger

A NAS is a headless computer, with its own operating system. That's usually based on Linux.

An external disk is just a dumb disk. It's just more space.

Regards

mjkrueger Author

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Mar 15, 2013 2:02 PM in response to Yer_Man

OK, got it!!!

😀

Old Toad

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Mar 15, 2013 2:07 PM in response to mjkrueger

The NAS is a file server with it's own format and OS. An external HDs like those I linked to are just that, hard drives that you can connect to your Mac via FW or USB.

Once you obtain an EHD make sure it's formatted OS X Extended (journaled) with ownership set to be ignored.

If you need an iPhoto Library when you're not connected to the EHD have a smaller "traveling" library with just the photos needed. Any new imports into the traveling library can be transferred to the EHD library with the paid version of iPhoto Library Manager which will include keywords, titles, descriptions, places, etc.

mjkrueger Author

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Mar 15, 2013 2:10 PM in response to Old Toad

Ok, thanks for your help and the information.

I will think about what to do...⚠

iPhoto crashes when creating a new slide show