my entire iPhoto library has transferred itself to Trash.
I can find no way of backloading it to the relevant albums etc.
I can open and see all of the items, but I cannot move them. Each time that I seem to have got it correct, the contents have gone back to trash when I next open my Mac
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
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.:
Many thanks, I shall try to ascertain answers to your queries as best I can.
The Library image files are all in trash, not the Library package.
The version is iPhoto 9.5.1 [902.17]
I am running Maverick 10.9.5
When I attempt to open an album, for example, I obtain a flyer, telling me that the contents are in trash. Blank otherwise.
As far as trying fixes, I am at a loss, apart from the standard Permissions venue! I have also dragged individual pix from trash to dash and then laboriously, one at a time, dragging them back to their appropriate album. Sometimes this works, but 2.5K times!!
No upgrades or updates recently, although working up to Yosemite.
The Library is a "managed" one.
That's about all that comes to mind.
Do you have a back up? The quick and simple solution is to restore that.
Which trash? The iPhoto Trash or the System Trash?
Thanks Terence,
I am ashamed to admit that I was just on the point of backing up, when it happened. No, sadly, no useful backup.
iPhoto trash, not system.
Regards.
John
iPhoto trash?
Select all the images in the Trash (command -a or Edit menu > Select All) and then right click and choose 'Put Back'.
Terence, your halo must be shining brightly today !
What an immense relief. I promise, the first thing now, is to backup the lot.
One minor fly in the ointment. A few of the older entries, when returned, refuse to open because they are not of a recognisable format. How on earth can this be so, as they all came from the same Library?
You wouldn't, by any chance, have an answer to this too? Two miracles in a day - perhaps too much to hope for.
Nonetheless, my sincere thanks,
John
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and 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.
Regards
TD
Many thanks, yet again. I shall get down to your latest suggestions, once I have properly sorted the pix, disposed of the dead and the dying, and got them safely back upped on an external drive.
I see that iPhoto recommends this action, before attempting to get too clever!
iPhoto library has migrated to trash
