iPhoto completed import but now photos aren't there - yet "faces" shows the new photos??

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iPhoto completed import but now photos aren't there - yet "faces" shows the new photos??

Hi,

First post!!!

So I just got a macbook pro - transferred a folder of photos from my external hard drive which show on Macbook HD.

I then imported these photos into iPhoto and got a message saying import complete - at which point iPhoto crashed and I had to restart. Now these newly imported photos are not anywhere in my library and cannot be seen in iPhoto except in the "faces" tab - it tells me there are 748 photos I need to add faces to.

How can this be?? Photos not in my linrary yet the faces option seems to know there are photos there.

I am new to OS and am probably missing something really simple but any help from you knowledgable folk would be greatly appreciated.

As a side note - from being a Windows user for the past 15 years I am finding the Mac to be utterly brilliant so far in every other way. So simple and intuitive. Makes me wonder why I never bought a Mac years ago!

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)

Posted on May 16, 2014 2:46 AM

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Yer_Man

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May 16, 2014 2:55 AM in response to Matt_270

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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