Switching to "last import" glitch - iPhoto.

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 'Auto Import'. Is there anything inside it? If there is, drag those contents to the desktop.

Make no other changes.

Start iPhoto. Does that help?

Terence, I have the same problem and now fixed with your help, thanks. But I want to know what cause this to happen.

having photos in an auto import folder - that is why deleting that folder resolved the issue

LN

Terence's suggestion is a totally valid solution!! Thanks for that. I deleted that folder altogether, in it was a folder that was... quite old!

I was plagued by this glitch for over a year. Not even folks at Apple were able to pinpoint that my iphoto Library was the culprit rather than the application, neither did they suggest any solution whatsoever (This might or might not be the right expectation after an Apple Developer preview report while testing Mavericks)

Abso--lutely amazing! I found a randomly named folder *inside* the "Auto Import" folder, deleted it and switched to a different thing in iPhoto, switched to another application and back again and it was perfect! Thanks! 🙂

Hello. I have been dealing w/ this issue for over a year.

iPhoto 9.4.3

Right click on the App, Show package contents, there is 1 folder that says Contents, click on that, 6 folders, none of which say or contain Said "Auto Import" Folder.

I have done a search & found nothing. I have reinstalled w/ no luck. 😕

Yes, but the instructions don't say to

Right click on the App, Show package contents

they say

Go to your Pictures Folder and find the iPhoto Library there. Right (or Control-) Click on the icon and select 'Show Package Contents'.

Sorry,

There are 13 folders there, none of which are named Auto Import or contant such.

There is : Attachments, Back ups, Caches, Contents, Data, Database, iLifeshared, iPod photo shared, Masters, Modified, Orginals, Previews, & Thumbnails.

Gtibunny wrote:

There are 13 folders there, none of which are named Auto Import

That sounds odd.. can you take a screen grab of the finder window with the package contents? This is what it looks like in mine:

Screen cap is taken by

1. pressing cmd+shift+4, followed by the spacebar (a camera icon appears and the focused window to grab is greyed)

2. clicking the mouse/trackpad button

It seems odd to me, but perhaps adding a folder "Auto Import" might do the trick... I doubt it though...

Give this a go:

Starting over from scratch with new library

Start over with a new library and import the Originals (iPhoto 09 and earlier) or the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from your original library as follows:

1. Open the library package like this.

2. Launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and, when asked, select the option to create a new library.

3. Drag the subfolders of the Originals (iPhoto 09 and earlier) or the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from the open iPhoto Library package into the open iPhoto window a few at a time.

This will create a new library with the same Events (but not necessarily the same Event names) as the original library but will not keep the metadata, albums, books slideshows and other projects.

Note: your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.

OT

I will try & add an Import folder.

I have tried Reinstalling iPhoto w/ no luck in the past.

The Auto Import folder must have a action associatyed with it. You can create one with Automator but I'd try the following:

1 - create a new, empty library by launching iPhoto with the option key held down and selecting "New Library" in the next window.

2 - open the new library package with the Finder and move the Auto Import folder into your current library.

3 - delete the remains of the new library.

4 - launcn iPhoto and see if that will fix the library.

That was exactly what I had in mind as a next step 😉

That "last import" glitch was just such an annoying little tic. It popped up when I restored my iPhoto library from a Time Machine backup. Fortunately, however... when genius speaks, I listen. Thanks, Terence!