i cant see my pohotos

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i cant see my pohotos

hello, I need your help please, I have a macbook air, and my version of iphoto is 9.2.3, what happens is that it dosent let me view my photos, when I pass my mouse on them, they appear me and then they become a danger or warning sign, I'm desperate because I dont want my photos to be lost! I pray you can help and answer me! thank you very much. i hope you have a nice day.

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jul 7, 2013 12:26 PM

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Yer_Man

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Jul 7, 2013 12:35 PM in response to pbn14

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 early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)

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

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