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I downloaded pictures to iphoto yesterday of my sister's Bat mitzvah, all of them are there except 10 of them are just caution signs. How do I fix this without losing the photos?

I downloaded pictures to iphoto yesterday of my sister's Bat mitzvah, all of them are there except 10 of them are just caution signs. How do I fix this without losing the photos?

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Posted on May 19, 2014 9:52 AM

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Posted on May 19, 2014 10:07 AM

The warning triangle means, that iPhoto has lost the connection between the thumbnails and the photos and cannot show them in the browser.


Rebuild the iPhoto library to reconnect the photos. What is your iPhoto version? If it is iPhoto '11 do the following:


  • Back up your iPhoto library.
  • Hold down the command and option/ alt keys while double-clicking the iPhoto icon to launch iPhoto.
  • Keep holding down the keys until you are seeing the FirstAid panel.
  • Select "rebuild database" from the panel.


Does that bring your photos back?


If not, download iPhoto Library Manager and use the rebuild function.

See Old Toad's post:

Re: iPhoto has crashed on a number of occasions, but on 2 occasions also seems to delete several events, including the one I'm editing. When I go to reimport the last event, it shows them as already there. But I can't find them.


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May 19, 2014 10:07 AM in response to Oliva99

The warning triangle means, that iPhoto has lost the connection between the thumbnails and the photos and cannot show them in the browser.


Rebuild the iPhoto library to reconnect the photos. What is your iPhoto version? If it is iPhoto '11 do the following:


  • Back up your iPhoto library.
  • Hold down the command and option/ alt keys while double-clicking the iPhoto icon to launch iPhoto.
  • Keep holding down the keys until you are seeing the FirstAid panel.
  • Select "rebuild database" from the panel.


Does that bring your photos back?


If not, download iPhoto Library Manager and use the rebuild function.

See Old Toad's post:

Re: iPhoto has crashed on a number of occasions, but on 2 occasions also seems to delete several events, including the one I'm editing. When I go to reimport the last event, it shows them as already there. But I can't find them.


I downloaded pictures to iphoto yesterday of my sister's Bat mitzvah, all of them are there except 10 of them are just caution signs. How do I fix this without losing the photos?

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