Can iphoto find imported photos after deleting files from hardrive?
I created a new library and switched to it. I switched back to an existing library I had icloud enabled on. I copied photos to my hard drive from the iphoto icloud shared photostream. I have a brand new iMac with fusion drive, iphoto 11, OSX Mavericks. I switched back to the new library I made and went to file and import, and chose the photos I saved on my hard drive. I organized the imported photos into events and modified some photos. I deleted the files from the hard drive and the icloud photostream, and cleared my trash. While still in iphoto a window pops up and says cant find file xyz.jpg. It is a file of a photo I deleted on the hard drive that I imported. I still see the photos in the events within iphoto. I double click a photo in iphoto and it turns into an exclamation, says cant find photo. I already cleared the trash of the photos i deleted and deleted the icloud photostream. Now my photos are gone! The iphoto support article ( http://help.apple.com/iphoto/mac/9.5/?lang=en#pht1493b80b ) says iphoto creates a copy when importing unless you change a setting. I changed no setting.
- Is the article wrong?
- Is the default setting to not copy?
- Is there a bug?
- Has this happened to anyone else?
- Can anyone else recreate?
I'm going to do some more testing this week.
iPhoto '11, OS X Mavericks (10.9), Dec 2013 27" iMac w/fusion drive
