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I'm trying to rebuild my iPhoto library, per these instructions: iPhoto 6 and later: Rebuilding the iPhoto library - Apple Support and the Library First Aid dialog window doesn't appear as iPhoto opens. Only the Menu bar shows that iPhoto is open. I've deleted & reinstalled iPhoto from disk already, and it didn't fix the problem.
iMac (24-inch Mid 2007), iOS 8.1.1
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
You must hold the two keys down until the first aid window appears
LN
Thank you, Larry, but I've been doing that -- holding down the command + option keys as I launch iPhoto -- and the first aid window doesn't show.
If only the menu bar is showing, you may be having a problem with the preferences files.
Open your user library in your Home folder and delete the following files:
Your user library is hidden by default. To open the hidden User Library:
In the Finder window that will open navigate to the folders Preferences and Containers.
Yes, that seems to have done it. Thank you, leonie. I hadn't been able to see the Containers folder to delete the iPhoto folder.
Many thanks, all!
You're welcome 🙂
I've been dealing with an iPhoto library issue after attempting to access my iPhoto library on an older Mac (that at the time had OS X Mavericks installed) via my home network with a new Mac Mini that came with Yosemite. I wasn't even able to open on the original Mac that the library was located on (the one with Mavericks installed) It recommended I download the iPhoto library upgrader, which I did and ran, but without success. I got stuck in a do-loop, with the upgrade telling me "You can't open your current photo library using this version of iPhoto, and iPhoto itself saying "To open your library with this version of iPhoto, it first needs to be prepared." So next, I tried a Time Capsule restore to the previous day on the Mavericks computer, to no effect. I deleted and reinstalled iPhoto. I finally had to download and upgrade the Mavericks Mac to Yosemite, with the latest iPhoto version. I tried the fix you mentioned on this post, of deleting certain user preference and containers, to no avail. I never get the 'first aid option' - it never shows up, just the same message as above when I opened iPhoto. I downloaded the free iPhoto Library Manager, and can now see my libraries, and am about to rebuild them from a backup I have on an external drive (this backup was made after the issues started, however). To free up space on my hard disk, I will have to delete the original that is stored there (the one I backed up). This is my last try, do you have any other suggestions to get iPhoto and the upgrader out of this loop? By the way, the iPhoto manager says the library I'm trying to open is 7.1.5 Thanks.
iPhoto Library First Aid dialog window doesn't appear when I open with Ctrl+Cmnd
