I just ran iphoto library updater and now all my photos except the updated ones are gone. Help!
Where did all my current photos go?
Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), 5,1
Why did you run the iphoto library updater? Did you just update/upgrade to iPhoto 9.5.1?
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I had some older photos which I was told couldn't be viewed unless I ran it. I thought it would just update the older photos, but now I can't find my newer library.
I just found the option to switch library and all my photos are back. Thanks. (whew)
By the way, what's the best method of backing up iphoto to an external drive?
Most Simple Back Up:
Drag the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to another Disk. This will make a copy on that disk.
Slightly more complex: Use an app that will do incremental back ups. This is a very good way to work. The first time you run the back up the app will make a complete copy of the Library. Thereafter it will update the back up with the changes you have made. That makes subsequent back ups much faster. Many of these apps also have scheduling capabilities: So set it up and it will do the back up automatically.
Example of such apps: Chronosync- but there are many others. Search on MacUpdateor the App Store
Aaargh. Thought I had this cracked, but guess I'm in a bit over my head. Don't know what I was thinking earlier, but:
I did what you suggested - dragged the iPhoto Library from the Pictures Folder to another Disk, and it copied 142 of the 170 Gbs to the back up disk and then stalled. I dragged that to the trash, emptied it, and started over only to get this message after 21Gbs in:
"The operation can’t be completed because an item is being modified."
I have these photos backed up in Time machine, so I'm no longer hyperventilating, but was looking for another safety.
Also, I now have two iPhoto libraries because of the iPhoto Updater thing I did. (see above)
Any suggestions?
A back up application - such as Chronosync mentioned above - will usually sort out those issues for you.
As for two libraries - what do you want to do? Dump one? Merge them?
Merge them.
If you have Aperture 3.3 or later and iPhoto 9.3 or later you can merge libraries with Aperture.
Otherwise the only way to merge Libraries is with the paid ($20) version of iPhoto Library Manager
I just ran iphoto library updater and now all my photos except the updated ones are gone. Help!
