winterbabie79
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Q: iPhoto - Gray boxes - lost images - how do I restore?

I transfered my images through my camera and then after the trnasfer it asked to delete originals? Like I always have before, I deleted the originals from the camera and now, all I can see are 242 gray boxes.

iPhoto '08, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on May 21, 2014 6:48 PM

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Q: iPhoto - Gray boxes - lost images - how do I restore?

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  • by alex_h1,

    alex_h1 alex_h1 May 24, 2014 12:50 PM in response to winterbabie79
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    May 24, 2014 12:50 PM in response to winterbabie79

    Hello winterbabie79,

     

    Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.

     

    Are only the thumbnails appearing grayed out?  What happens if you double click on the photos?  As far as troubleshooting this issue, I'd like you to follow the directions in the following article:

     

    iPhoto 6 and later: Rebuilding the iPhoto library

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2638

     

    Take care,

    Alex H.

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN May 24, 2014 3:02 PM in response to winterbabie79
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    May 24, 2014 3:02 PM in response to winterbabie79

    a best practice to is to never have any computer program (including iPhoto) delete the photos from the card but to import the photos and keep them and then after at least one successful backup cycle has completed and then reformat the card --  I use three very large (32 GB) cards in rotation so I do not reformat for typically a year or more giving me one more long term backup of my photos

     

    Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - from the resulting first aid window repair permissions and if necessary rebuild your database

     

    LN