malnew
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Q: problem with iphoto

I've upgraded my iphoto app but now can't open it. A message comes up saying I will need to upgrade my iphoto library to use new version of app but when I click on upgrade a further message says "Unable to write to library check that the volume has sufficient disk space." I then have only the option of quitting iphoto. I don't understand what is meant by the check volume message. I have plenty of storage space left on my mac. Any help appreciated.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on May 10, 2013 10:48 AM

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Q: problem with iphoto

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  • by Baby Boomer (USofA),

    Baby Boomer (USofA) Baby Boomer (USofA) May 10, 2013 10:50 AM in response to malnew
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    May 10, 2013 10:50 AM in response to malnew

    malnew wrote:

     

    I've upgraded my iphoto app but now can't open it. A message comes up saying I will need to upgrade my iphoto library to use new version of app but when I click on upgrade a further message says "Unable to write to library check that the volume has sufficient disk space." I then have only the option of quitting iphoto. I don't understand what is meant by the check volume message. I have plenty of storage space left on my mac. Any help appreciated.

    How large is you HD and how much space do you have left?

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  • by Paul_31,

    Paul_31 Paul_31 May 10, 2013 10:53 AM in response to malnew
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    May 10, 2013 10:53 AM in response to malnew

    Don't know whether this will help, but it might:

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2638?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

     

    Although you shouldn't need it, make sure you have backup of all your photos.

  • by malnew,

    malnew malnew May 10, 2013 11:10 AM in response to Baby Boomer (USofA)
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    May 10, 2013 11:10 AM in response to Baby Boomer (USofA)

    4g - 2g free

  • by malnew,

    malnew malnew May 10, 2013 11:15 AM in response to Paul_31
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    May 10, 2013 11:15 AM in response to Paul_31

    Thanks for this Paul - I will try  - I've got my photos backed up on a separate hard drive storage

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad May 10, 2013 11:28 AM in response to malnew
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    May 10, 2013 11:28 AM in response to malnew

    Are you saying your hard drive is only 4GB in size and you have 2 GB free space left? That's impossible.  Click on the hard drive icon on the Desktop and type Command+i to bring up the Info window.  It will indicate the drive size and the amount of free space:

    HDinfowindow.PNG

     

    If you only have 2-4 GB free space regardless of the drive size you're in trouble. It's recommended that a minimum of 10 GB free space be maintained for optimal system and application performance. If you let the free space fall any lower you may lockup your iMac and not be able to boot. 

     

    Definitely get an external hard drive and move files off of your boot drive.  You can copy the iPhoto Library to an EHD and operate it from there as one way to free up space.

     

    OT

  • by malnew,

    malnew malnew May 10, 2013 12:28 PM in response to Old Toad
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    May 10, 2013 12:28 PM in response to Old Toad

    Sorry Old Toad - got mixed up onmemeory I've got 300 GB free. I used options and command key together and then opening iphoto  got an optio  to repair permissions on iphoto which was successful. Thanks for your help.

  • by malnew,

    malnew malnew May 10, 2013 12:30 PM in response to Paul_31
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    May 10, 2013 12:30 PM in response to Paul_31

    Paul thanks for your help.  I used options and command key together and when I opened iphoto I got option to repair iphoto permissions, which was successful.

  • by Paul_31,

    Paul_31 Paul_31 May 10, 2013 12:37 PM in response to malnew
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    May 10, 2013 12:37 PM in response to malnew

    Glad it worked.