Yearbook photos ???

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Yearbook photos ???

Unfortunately, I did not read the Help file before tinkering around with the Library folder on the hard drive and messed up the 2006 photos, and I tried to dump the whole folder (in Finder). Now I still got thumbnails and a non-working folder. (And I couldn't get rid of it)

I looked a some previous posts, and was able rebuild a blank Library after dragging the "old" one to the desktop, but before I try to rebuild it....

Am i stuck with years 2003....2006 (plus early photos)?

Sometimes the years don't even match when the pix were taken.

-Seani

Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Posted on Oct 3, 2006 10:10 PM

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Oct 3, 2006 11:12 PM in response to iAintSure

Hi iAintSure,
I am also not sure what you did either.
What do you mean by "messed up the 2006 photos"?
What do you mean when you said you tried to "dump the whole folder (in finder)"?
You still have thumbnails, but the link has been lost between the thumbnails and the photos.
What do you mean by rebuild it? Do you mean you are going to import the photos from the old library?
What do you mean by being "stuck with the years 2003...2006"? Do you mean those folders in the Finder. If so, yes, that is how iPhoto organizes the photos.

This is a view of how the iPhoto Library looks in the Finder.

It is organized by Year folders. Inside the Year folders are Month folders. Inside the Month folders are the days of the Month. Inside the day folders are the photos you took on that day. If you imported video clips and RAW files on that day they will be in an Originals folder. If you have edited any photo imported on that day, the original will be in that folder also.

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Oct 4, 2006 8:46 PM in response to lori_diloreto

Howdy,

Sorry I left so many questions.

Y: "What do you mean by "messed up the 2006 photos"? "

A: renamed a sub-folder of 2006 (from a number to ~Mom's Bday)

Y: "What do you mean when you said you tried to "dump the whole folder (in finder)"?"

A: Tried to erase "Photo Library / 2006" (folder); did that much - gone from the hard drive, but still showed in iPhoto.

Y: "What do you mean by rebuild it?"

A: Very scared to re-build -- was holding off. (May actually try, next week, when I get back from Vegas).

Y: What do you mean by being "stuck with the years 2003...2006"? ...that is how iPhoto organizes the photos.

A: Yes, that's it (drives me a bit nuts -- kind of like (uh,oh) Windows...doin' stuff "for me" and not tellin' me why (And freakin' me out). Your explanation of the organizing structure of iPhoto was most helpful.

I'm also wondering about the post above me (from Mikec42 - 04 Oct 2006); have the same question.

Thanx for the reply,
Seani

Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

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Answer 3

Oct 4, 2006 9:00 PM in response to iAintSure

Hi Seani,
If you deleted that 2006 folder in the Finder, that will cause real problems within iPhoto. By the way, do you have a backup of those photos elsewhere?
A rebuild might help. Following next are the instructions.

Try this:
Before doing a rebuild make sure iPhoto's trash bin is emptied. You can do this by control clicking on the trash bin, or from the menu bar under iPhoto.
Close iPhoto
Duplicate the iPhoto Library folder
Drag the duplicate to the desktop (hopefully you have enough room on your hard drive for the duplicate.)
Launch iPhoto holding down the Command and Option keys until you see the rebuild options screen.
Choose the first three options. If you were missing photos in your library, also choose the last option. Be advised that you will get a roll of orphaned photos and it might be quite huge. Most of them will already be in your iPhoto library, but use caution when deleting anything from this roll until you are sure the photos are still in your library in another place. It might be a good idea to share/export this roll of photos just in case you need to import them again.
Back to the rebuild, depending on the size of your library it might take some time. When it is done, hopefully your photos will be there.
You might see some unexpected results as I did when I did a rebuild. Photos had been moved to wrong dates, video clips had lost their duration info and some were even orphaned from the jpg pointer file. It took me some time to straighten it out again.
This is the reason to make a duplicate before you rebuild, in case you do not like the result. If you don't like the result, close iPhoto, then delete the rebuilt library and drag the duplicate back into the Pictures folder making sure the name is iPhoto Library. Launch iPhoto and it should open the library in the Pictures folder.

iPhoto 4 or later: Rebuilding the iPhoto Library

Let me know how the rebuild goes.

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