iphoto library missing

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iphoto library missing

I was starting my i7 13" late 2011 MacBook Pro from scratch (thanks to the crash to login error) and importing my photos from the old HD. The moment I finished doing this (maybe 5k+ photos), iPhoto stopped showing the images. I made a huge mistake and closed it. When I started again, surprise: I had no iPhoto library. I went hunting for it, and found it where it should be, but it had transformed from a "iPhoto library"-kind of "file" to a regular folder.

Anyone has ever experienced this? What can I do to save the work of importing and organize (again!) all my photos?

Thanks,

A.P.Leme-Lopes

Brasília, DF, Brazil

MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Feb 26, 2015 9:40 PM

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LarryHN

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Feb 26, 2015 9:53 PM in response to ALemelopes

Quickest solution will be to restore your backup from just before this happened

LN

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Old Toad

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Feb 27, 2015 10:02 AM in response to ALemelopes

Open the regular folder that was your iPhoto library in List view and take a screenshot of the contents. Post the screenshot in your reply to this post using the Camera icon in the toolbar.

importing my photos from the old HD.

These photos were in folders and not another iPhoto Library, right?

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ALemelopes Author

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Feb 27, 2015 9:45 PM in response to Old Toad

Ok, this is it. What used to be my iPhoto Library:

The photos I imported where in an old (different) iPhoto library AND in some folders. Since I was restarting my computer, I opened my old library (prior to the crash), and imported the old photos I had not yet imported to iPhoto...

Thanks for the help,

A.P.

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