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Using iPhoto makes my MacBook Air unresponsive

Hello,


I got a macbook air in November 2013.


I transferred from a 2008 MacBook, things like my iPhoto library into the new MBA. Everything is fine apart from one important thing: iPhoto.


Everytime I open iPhoto (latest version), I get the message that my Library needs to be upgraded, then thumbnails need to be repaired.


I do this and I get access to my iPhoto Library, no problem. The issue is that when I eventually close iPhoto or leave it open; my MBA behaves very strangely.


The strange behaviour is mostly about the fact that the MBA will not reboot and may not come back from sleep.


To be a little more precise, if I get my MBA to restart after I have used iPhoto, the MBA just does not restart AT ALL!!!!


Please help me as not being able to use the MBA for my photos is starting to become very frustrating.


Cheers

Clement

Posted on Mar 1, 2014 1:03 PM

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Posted on Mar 1, 2014 1:18 PM

Option 1

Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.


If that fails:


Option 2

Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)


This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.


Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.


Regards



TD

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Yer_Man
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Mar 1, 2014 1:18 PM in response to clem_uk

Option 1

Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.


If that fails:


Option 2

Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)


This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.


Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.


Regards



TD

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Using iPhoto makes my MacBook Air unresponsive

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