iPhoto not opening after downloading Yosemite

i tried your method. it doesn't work, i'm not able to download again iphoto: when i go to app store instead of a 'download' button i have an 'open' button.

i'm sure that apple will fix this issue soon but unfortunatly i'm afraid that it won't be the last bug with this very last version of macosx.

i ignore if it's relationed with the fact that job has gone but i noticed that since his death many things concerning quality are going wrong and wrong in apple.

for example:

• my mac crashed several times when he didn't during the last 10 years
• i lost several documents and templates using the last version of iWork which is a step back comparing with the former version
• each time i install a new version of macosx there's many bugs and problems and it takes me each time more time to fix them
  • now with Yosemite i have to authorise my e-mail server each time i open my mail app.
  • iPhoto doesn't work properly
• etc.

Hi

Sorry to hear about your troubles. You mention your Mac over the last 10years...? The same Mac!? Wow! if it is! 🙂

The latest Macs 'under-the-hood' are way more advanced beasts and optimised for the new OS. My mac is 7 years old and its really time I bought a new one - 10 years is a mighty long time in terms of computers these days. My wife has gone through 3 PC's in that time!

I am actually amazed you managed to install Yosemite at all if your Mac is indeed 10 years old. Perhaps its time to treat yourself if you can... 🙂

oh! no trickyshot ;-) since my first mac in 1990 i owned several, maybe 10 differents. the one i use now is an iMac 27 and it's 4 years old.

when i write 10 years without to reboot or restart or without crashing i meant with different computers. before it happened very often because a corrupt extension or font.

so i was trying to explain that i was very used in the last 10 years not spending time fixing my mac. unfortunatly since a few monthes it happens again often.

I had a similar problem, I bought my daughter a new laptop with Yosemite installed, to replace a very old one still running Mountain Lion. I used Migration Assistant to move across all her files. Most things worked okay, but iPhoto would not open, reporting the familiar error message. I tried deleting and re-installing iPhoto, but that did not work.

Following advice here I then downloaded the full Yosemite update, and ran that, and that fixed it, iPhoto opened and ran perfectly.

thanks to all for their questions and answers,

Found a fix.

Open iphoto library manager-->File-->Open iPhoto

Apple is crazy but it's better and a PC!!

hold down option and apple control key at the same time and open iPhoto. 4 prompts will come up and

choose rebuild Thumbnails. Worked for me and all original photos came back up.

how do you revert back to Mavericks? Yosemite won't let be update my iphoto nor imovie!

I just upgraded to Yosemite 10.10.3 and the Upgrader wouldn't work for me. Says my iPhoto should work. But it still does not. Still looking for a solution.

clcooper88 wrote:

I just upgraded to Yosemite 10.10.3 and the Upgrader wouldn't work for me. Says my iPhoto should work. But it still does not. Still looking for a solution.

Try deleting iPhoto, then re-download from Purchases in the App Store:

Get iPhoto 9.6.1 if you didn't update before OS X 10.10.3

Hi, Barney. OK I am making progress. Deleted old iPhoto. Now in the App store but don't see apps for the imac. It only shows Iphone and Ipad purchases.

But I did have 9.5.1 already on my computer (just deleted). It's still in the Trash so if I need to get it back I can.

Thank you for your help and the link you provided.

You are not in the Mac App Store. You are in the iTunes store.

Open the App Store on your Mac. It is in your Applications folder and you can also access it from the Apple menu.

When it opens, click on Purchases tab.

I feel foolish. I guess I never go there on my own, only opens when an update is pushed to me. So I found my iphoto in there. It didn't say download, it said Install, which I am letting it do. Hopefully it will be a compatible version.

Thank you for perservering. Going for a bike ride now to let off some of this stress!

Cindy

Barney, thank you so much for your help. I found my purchase and reinstalled it. It opened with my pictures!

Can you comment on how to do batch name changes for Photo? I've seen the tutorials on doing this in finder but can't find the actual picture files anywhere. I can only find the Photo library which opens the Photo app, not the files. I would probably stay with Photo if I could do this.

Thank you, Cindy

clcooper88 wrote:

Barney, thank you so much for your help. I found my purchase and reinstalled it. It opened with my pictures!

Can you comment on how to do batch name changes for Photo? I've seen the tutorials on doing this in finder but can't find the actual picture files anywhere. I can only find the Photo library which opens the Photo app, not the files.

I don't recommend changing the files in the Photo Library as I have no idea if it will stay linked to the files if you do.

The Photos Library is a folder like any other, however the Finder treats it as a package. Ctrl-click on it and choose Show Package Contents. Your image files are in subfolders of that folder.