iPhoto 8 to 11 update, no thumbs, no pics, library on external drive.

Right click opn the iPHoto library and show package contents - be very careful not to change anything but look and see if aif your photos are in the Masters folder

Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - rebuild your iPhoto library thumbnails again - it may take 4 or 5 times

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download iPhoto Library Manager - http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/ - and rebuild using it's rebuild - it generates a cmoplete new library leaving he existing one in case you need to go back to it

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Since it creates an entirly new library that makes no sense - rebuilding with iplm you would either get a working library, a string of errors or a partial working library - you would not get a library that fails the same as the original library unless the iPhoto application or OS is bad

Try a new library as a test - depress the option key and launch iPhoto and create a new library - import a few photos into it and see how it behaves

If this fails go to a different user account and do the same in that account

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After you rebuild using iPhoto LIbrary Manager did you launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and select the newly rebuild library to open?

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Which one worked?

Try a new library as a test - depress the option key and launch iPhoto and create a new library - import a few photos into it and see how it behaves

If this fails go to a different user account and do the same in that account

If 1 did then 2 would have to

if you have the paid version of IPLM and if 1 worked try using IPLM to merge your existing library into the new test library (delete the test photos first)

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if you have the paid version of IPLM and if 1 worked try using IPLM to merge your existing library into the new test library (delete the test photos first)

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