I put all my photos into album .Then proceeded to erace photos from last 18 months.. Went back to albums, and no pictures in most of the albums.. What happened? Don't know what to do. How can I get pictures back in my albums?

I put all my photos int albums. Then went back to same photos in last 18 months and deleted them. When I went back to albums, most of the pictures were gone. What happened? All of my pictures gone? I need help...

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jul 29, 2013 9:41 PM

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Jul 29, 2013 9:47 PM in response to saginrsf

Hi saginrsf,


Deleted them from where? The photos in your albums are not the actual photos in your library. So if you deleted the photos from the Photos section of iPhoto, then you have deleted them period. All of the photos in your Albums are just "pointing" to the original photos. Albums are just a way of organizing your photos, but they are not copies of them.


Did you delete them from the Photos in iPhoto?


GB

Jul 29, 2013 10:30 PM in response to saginrsf

Have your emptied your iPhoto trash? System trash? If you have then Your only choice is to restore your back up from before you made this mistake.


Albums are only Pointers to photos in the library - one of several ways to view the contents of the library. If you delegate the photos from the library then they are gone from any and all views.


LN

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I put all my photos into album .Then proceeded to erace photos from last 18 months.. Went back to albums, and no pictures in most of the albums.. What happened? Don't know what to do. How can I get pictures back in my albums?

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