My laptop (macbook air) asked me which library I wanted to open iphoto with but there were no options of libraries to open it with - I had to create a new library and all of my photos were gone.

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My laptop (macbook air) asked me which library I wanted to open iphoto with but there were no options of libraries to open it with - I had to create a new library and all of my photos were gone.

My laptop said I was running out of space on my start up disk and then I opened iphoto and it asked which library I wanted to open it with. There were no options available so I had to create a new library for my iphoto. None of my photos were on iphoto when I opened it again. The same thing happened with my photobooth - all of my photos have disappeared.

I tried to do alt + command when opening iphoto but it didn't help, however I found some of my photos in the masters folder I found when I right clicked on the iphoto file.

Please help I have all of my photos from the last 3 years on my iphoto!

MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Mar 3, 2015 9:38 AM

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Old Toad

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Mar 3, 2015 10:16 AM in response to hbs17

With the amount of information you've provided it's impossible to offer a solution. We can't see your computer so we need to know the details of your problem and setup, i.e.:

what version of iPhoto are you using?
what system version are you running?
what fixes have you tried?
have you found where is your original library is located? Is there both an Old Masters and Masters folder in it?
did you apply any updates or upgrades just prior to the problem occurring?
how much free space on your boot drive? It's strongly recommended to maintain a minimum of 10-15 GB of free space for optimal system and application performance.

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Mar 15, 2015 11:06 AM in response to Old Toad

Iphoto version 9.5.1

I have all of the most recent system updates

I have tried using alt + command and recovering all data but nothing has worked

There is only a master, no old master

My computer said it was running out of space and I updated my system then everything disappeared.

There is not a lot of space left

Thank you!

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Old Toad

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Mar 15, 2015 12:00 PM in response to hbs17

There is not a lot of space left

How much free space do you have on your boot drive?

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LarryHN

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Mar 15, 2015 2:28 PM in response to hbs17

When you are short on space lots of really bad things can happen - how much free space do you have? You must always have a minimum of 10GB - 10% of your disk is better

Probably you will need to free up space or run your iPhoto library on an external hard drive - you may have to restore it form a backup once you have adequate space

LN

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