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Dec 5, 2014 7:10 PM in response to keiraarmby Kappy,You need to upgrade iPhoto for Yosemite from the App Store.
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Dec 5, 2014 7:15 PM in response to Kappyby keiraarm,I did update iPhoto to 9.6. The problem occurred after that.
It said it needed to repair permissions. I signed in to let it do that. It never completed and now the iPhoto library is empty.
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Dec 5, 2014 7:17 PM in response to keiraarmby Kappy,Check in your /Home/Pictures/ folder for the iPhoto Library file. Be sure you don't have more than one, and you are opening the wrong one or you moved the right one into a different location.
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Dec 5, 2014 7:34 PM in response to keiraarmby Linc Davis,These are your options:
1. Restore the iPhoto library from the most recent backup that predates the issue.
Advantages: Always works, if library damage is causing the problem and the backup is intact.
Disadvantages: Impossible if you don't have a backup. All changes made since the backup are lost.
2. Repair or rebuild the library. Be sure to back it up first.
Advantages: May solve the problem with no loss of data.
Disadvantages: May fail. May take a long time if the library is large.
3. Scavenge the library with a third-party application called "iPhoto Library Manager," which you can find in a web search. From the application's menu bar (not the iPhoto menu bar), select Library ▹ Rebuild.
Advantages: All images and albums should be preserved.
Disadvantages: All books, calendars, and slideshows will be lost.
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Dec 5, 2014 10:32 PM in response to Linc Davisby keiraarm,Now I can't get iPhoto to open the first aid dialogue box. I quit. Then relaunch holding down command + option but it only re-opens iPhoto.
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Dec 5, 2014 11:34 PM in response to keiraarmby kaz-k,If you still have iPhoto Library, launch iPhoto with holding down Option key to reselect iPhoto Library.
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Dec 6, 2014 7:47 AM in response to keiraarmby LarryHN,Hold down the option and command keys and double click on the iPhoto library - keep the keys held down until the first aid window appears - repair permissions, if needed repair your database and if still needed rebuild your database
If that does not work then use iPhoto Library Manager - http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/ - to rebuild he library which creates attally new library leaving the existing one untouched - no-sharable items like slideshows, projects will not be carried into the new library
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