guys i lost ALL my photos after upgrading iphoto today. I am going crazy help me fix it i don't have a back up
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i can only see my photos before January 12!
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ok so i am running os x lion version 10.7.5 and iPhoto 11 version 9.4.3. This morning i had about 15000 photos i believe and then i shutted it down to go to work. When i got home and turned it on it started normally and when i tried to open iphoto i got a very short message that in order to be able to see my photos i had to upgrade the system. if i remember correctly it was a 11 steps upgrade, so i waited for about 2 minutes and after it restarted i was only only to see photos before January 12!!!
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
none of the above worked. any other thoughts? is it possible it deleted 2 years photos permanently?
Go to your Pictures Folder and find the iPhoto Library there. Right (or Control-) Click on the icon and select 'Show Package Contents'. A finder window will open with the Library exposed.
Look there for a Folder called Masters.
Are your photos inside?
Finally!! i restarted it after the rebuilding was over and everything seems to be working perfectly! thank you so much for the help
guys help ALL my photos since January 12 are lost after the upgrade! it didn't warn me about backing up before the upgrade and i don't have a back up at all. I am going crazy right now please tell me how to fix it
