Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
My MacMini HD was getting dangerously full so I moved my entire iPhoto library over to my MiniStack external drive. Since doing so, I am able to display mulitiple photographs within their folders, but if I click on an individual image to open for editing, a plain black screen opens with no photo. Same thing occurs if I select 'slideshow'. This is very worrying. Advice please!
Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Skip permissions and try the rebuild from automatic backup frost
LN
I'm screwed. I can no longer open either copy of my iPhoto library. This is what I get:
"You have made changes to your photo library using a newer version of iPhoto. Please quit and use the latest version of iPhoto."
I didn't make any changes. This morning I tried to open a photograph, to make sure that feature was no longer working. I then made a second copy of the library and tried to rebuild.
Now nothing works. Does this mean I have lost 10 years of photographs?!?!?!?
I also deleted some no longer needed slideshows.
No
Use Old Toad's fix # 2 - Download iPhoto Library Manager - http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/ - and use it to rebuild your library - it creates a totally seperate new library leaving the existing one undisturbed if you want or nee dit
LN
I downloaded the Manager and it opened my library - but with only 102 photographs. I had thousands of them. Something is seriously wrong and I will have to have my computer serviced. They say it's possible to make a full recovery, but they do not guarantee it.
All because I made a few changes to my library before rebuilding!!!
Try this:
Starting over from scratch with new library
Start over with a new library and import the Originals (iPhoto 09 and earlier) or the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from your original library as follows:
1. Open the library package like this.
2. Launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and, when asked, select the option to create a new library.
3. Drag the subfolders of the Originals (iPhoto 09 and earlier) or the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from the open iPhoto Library package into the open iPhoto window a few at a time.
This will create a new library with the same Events (but not necessarily the same Event names) as the original library but will not keep the metadata, albums, books slideshows and other projects.
Note: your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.
Thank you both for your wonderful help, but this is getting too complicated for the likes of me. Next stop computer service. I will come back to the forum to let you know the outcome.
Thank you both for your wonderful help, but this is getting too complicated for the likes of me. Next stop computer service. I will come back to the forum to let you know the outcome.
ONE LAST THING:
Can I not restore my iPhoto Library to the way it was 3 days ago using Time Machine? If so, surely this is the easiest solution!
All because I made a few changes to my library before rebuilding!!!
How did you do this? Using only iPhoto? Using the finder? using some other program?
LN
jap0nica wrote:
ONE LAST THING:
Can I not restore my iPhoto Library to the way it was 3 days ago using Time Machine? If so, surely this is the easiest solution!
Yes - that is what a backup is for
LN
Thought I should give you an update, Larry. I was not able to use Time Machine to restore the library because I got a message I did not have permission. I subsequently bit the bullet and took my Mac and external drive in for servicing. I don't know how they got around the permissions issue, but they were successful. All is now well.
I appreciated all your help. Thank you.
iPhoto will not open photo for editing
