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Black screen, no photos

iPhots lives on an external drive. Been working fine. But today it only comes up with a black screen. If i open the external i can see pics in individual folders but when I click on the library, same thing, black. Thoughts?

Posted on May 4, 2014 9:52 AM

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May 4, 2014 10:08 AM in response to MW1957

There are 9 different versions of iPhoto and they run on 9 different versions of the Operating System. The tricks and tips for dealing with issues vary depending on the version of iPhoto and the version of the OS. So to get help you need to give as much information as you can. Include things like:


- What version of iPhoto.


- What version of the Operating System.


- Details. As full a description of the problem as you can. For example, if you have a problem with exporting, then explain by describing how you are trying to export, and so on.


- History: Is this going on long? Has anything been installed or deleted? - Are there error messages?


- What steps have you tried already to solve the issue.


- Anything unusual about your set up? Or how you use iPhoto?


Anything else you can think of that might help someone understand the problem you have.


- Are you running a Managed or a Referenced Library?


A Managed Library, is the default setting, and iPhoto copies files into the iPhoto Library when Importing. The files are then stored in the Library package


A Referenced Library is when iPhoto is NOT copying the files into the iPhoto Library when importing because you made a change at iPhoto -> Preferences -> Advanced. (You unchecked the option to copy files into the Library on import) The files are then stored where ever you put them and not in the Library package. In this scenario you are responsible for the File Management.

May 4, 2014 10:25 AM in response to Yer_Man

Running osx 10.5.8 iPhoto 08 7.1.5


Problem started when we were editing pics and then the computer kind of pixal-ized or tile-ized and froze. Upon restart, you only get framework of iphoto and where the thumbnails show up of events etc, black screen. Managed library. The only thing ive done is tried the "choose library" function and still nothing.

Black screen, no photos

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