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Hi
I am receiving a message that says my Iphoto library is locked, on a locked drive, or i dont have permissions to alter
A repair box comes up, presumably to repair the permissions, this doesn't do anything and the programme closes
has anyone got any solutions for me to try
I have only had an Apple Macbook Air for a couple of months and am not completely savvy (understatement)
with its functionality yet.
cheers
MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)
Restart your system - if that does not clear it right click on the iPhtoo libary and show package contents - do not make any changes except to find the lock file and drag it to the desktop - launch iPhoto and you should be OK - if everything is good trash the lock file - if not post back with details
LN
i am affraid i could not find the locked file
Am I looking for something in particular
FT
It's named "iPhotoLock.data". Move it out of the library package and relaunch iPhoto to see if it makes any difference.
OT
This issue can be caused by sharing the photo library on a network (against Apple's advice) or by opening it in more than one local user account at the same time. You may be able to clear the error by logging out or restarting the computer. If not, do as follows.
Quit iPhoto if it's running, locally or on any file-sharing client. Select the iPhoto Library in the Finder. Usually it's in the Pictures folder, but you may have moved it somewhere else. Right-click or control-click the library icon and select
Show Package Contents
from the popup menu. In the folder that opens, navigate to
Database/apdb/lockfile.pid
and move that file, if it exists, to the Trash. Close the Finder window.
Credit for this observation to ASC member Elijahg.
Locked iPhoto Library unable to open
