thumbnails perfect but don't open to full screen?

The ! turns up when iPhoto loses the connection between the thumbnail in the iPhoto Window and the file it represents.

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

WIll this work on the trial version or do you have to buy the licence? I've lost most of my library despite doing a full restore from Time Machine. I have most of these photos on another hard drive but I think this hard drive may have caused the corruption as it has been plugged into various computers. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

It works with the trial version.

Thanks. Been reading through the forums and tbh its sooo complicated, I find it hard to follow. You're not based in Dublin by any chance and I can bring you the Mac and you can fix it for me, lol!

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