Help! For only the past few months, my iPhoto has slowed my MacBook to a halt every time I open it. I do have 26,000 photos in it, but my hard drive has heaps of space left. I am now loathe to even open iPhoto because of what it does to every other open app. It runs very very very slowly and takes forever to complete any request.
Any ideas? Thanks!
iPhoto '11, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - repair permissions and then repeate rebuild your iPhoto library database
LN
Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - repair permissions and then repeate rebuild your iPhoto library database
LN
Thanks, Larry. Pardon my naivete, but I back up my iPhoto library monthly to an external drive using Time Machine [just did it again this morning], and daily using CrashPlan. Am assuming that's a proper backup before I begin the repair permissions process? Many thanks.
Only monthly?
It is a back up, yes. But at any point you risk losing a month's work, or data.
Time Machine is designed to run constantly and backup every hour - the whole point is to be able to go back an hour or two or a day and get =good data - yes you have a backup but if you have problems you will lose a lot - I suggest yo reconsider what you are doing
I run TM constantly - do a daily bootable clone - and prior to an update or upgrade I make an extra copy of my iPhoto library - plu I do occasional off site backups and keep my photos on the sd card for over a year - my p[hotos are valuable to me
LN
Thanks Larry and Terence- excellent advice I will heed. I am grateful.
Larry - when I followed your steps above and launched iPhoto, it asked me what library i wanted to use in iPhoto but no option for "repair permissions and then repeate rebuild your iPhoto library database" ... thoughts? Thanks!
Yes - you only held down the option key - you need obth the option and command keys to ge tthe first aid window
Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - repair permissions and then repeate rebuild your iPhoto library database
LN
Have tried this multiple times and it doesn't work, only launches iPhoto. ugh, sorry...thanks...
Well, finally got it working only it keeps crashing on me. Will persevere...
Have completed all suggested steps and iPhoto is just as slow - no noticeable change. Any other suggestions are welcomed. Thanks very much.
what does "slow mean" - slow starting up? Slow scrooling between photos? slow editing?
And how much free disk space do you have? How much RAM on your computer?
LN
Slow means slow to start up and then once open, ceasing nearly all functions on my Macbook...slow to a crawl...spinning wheel and sometimes blue wheel...clicking elicits a response minutes later...only with iPhoto open. My processor is a 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 with 4 GB of physical memory, 3.95 used. Running OX 10.9.1
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And how much free disk space do you have?
LN
Capacity 500, used 285
As a test Depress the option key and launch iPhoto - create a new library and import a few photos into it - how does thsi new library operate?
LN
My iPhoto slows my MacBook to a halt.
