OS 10.6.8
iPhoto 11
Hey all my wife just alerted me to the fact that we are missing up to 20,000 photos plus all of the related events and albums. I checked my time machine and it seems to only have backups for 2013 (completely blank after that), don't ask me where the previous 6 years went .... I also tried the command+alt iPhoto rebuild but it only did the "new" iPhoto library. Could the "original" library be hidden somewhere?
iMac
What system and iPhoto versions are you running? Where is the library located? How much free space do you have on your boot drive?
Since the rebuild with iPhoto didn't work try with iPhoto Library Manager:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
and select the library you want to add from those in the selection window.
Note 1: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost.
Note 2: Your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.
OT
Could there be a hidden library?
of course there could be - not unless you did it of course You can use Spotlight to search for it - search for "Library6.iPhoto" - that is a file in every iPhoto library
LN
large amount of photos/events/albums missing in iPhoto
