my iphoto is saying it needs to update i clicked this then i t can't seem to its on an external drive which has been fine whats happening?anyone know whats happening looks like a a typical post apple update glitch to me
iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)
what format is the external drive?
LN
Mac OS Extended (Journalled)
How are you connected to the drive?
Download iPhoto Library Managerand use its rebuild function. (In early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
thanks
now getting photo pics back BUT i now get every version of every pic and all my and needs rearranging again but at a least they are there.
with iPhoto i am getting an error message saying the the library needs updating but never actually does and i can't get my original library aback!!
