OS X Yosemite - iPhoto v.9.6, library needs upgrade

Please post the first 50 lines of the crash report.

Note: I save my photos in my time capsule not in my imac.

Is the iPhoto library on the Time Capsule?

That is not supported. Network access to the iPhoto Library may result in library corruption and cause crashes.

See this link: iPhoto: Issues with FAT32-formatted drives

Additionally, storing the iPhoto library on a network rather than locally on your computer can also lead to poor performance or data loss.

iPhoto libraries should be stored on a locally mounted Mac OS X Extended drive for best performance.

As for the TimeCapsule indeed, I use it as an extended drive but I'm surprised it would be considered a FAT-32 formatted drive as this is an Apple device.

TimeCapsule is not considered to be formatted FAT - the concern is the remote access and any file system different from the supported MacOS Extended (Journaled).

I linked to that particular document, because it is one of the few douments, where Apple states clearly the requirements for a disk, that can be used to store photo libraries (iPhoto Library, Aperture Library). Any disk, where you keep an iPhoto Library needs to be directly connected and formatted MacOS Extended (Journaled). See also: Use locally mounted Mac OS X Extended volumes for your Aperture library (Aperture and iPhoto are using the same libraries).

If you are using Time Capsule locally mounted and have the library on a partition formatted MacOS Extended (Journaled) it should work.

I asked the apple reps if I could use the TimeCapsule for such purpose and no one raised a concern. It's also surprising that I didn't have an issue with this prior to the upgrade to OS X Yosemite.

You can store all kinds of documents on a TimeCapsule, no problem, but your photo library is not a simple document. It is a package - a folder with many files and folders inside, that are linked by relational databases. If you access these databases over a network, the integrity of the databases cannot be guaranteed, because iPhoto does not support network access. And if the file system is not MacOS Extended (Journaled) the filenames may be ambiguous, causing broken links or data loss. these problems may go unnoticed for a long time, until i suddenly breaks, when you try to upgrade the library or photos cannot be found.

if the TimeCapsule is indeed the issue, perhaps I can solve the issue by transferring the iphoto library to an OS extended hard drive.

You can see the file system, if you select the drive in the Finder and press the keys ⌘I. Then look at the "General" section of the Info panel.

Surprisingly, I just went to the crash reporter and there were no reports re: the iPhoto issue. This is the only report I found, which I not sure is related to the iPhoto issue:

after 5 mins. iPhoto crashes and closes.

Is there a panel with a "Report" button? Then press "Report".

Or launch the "Console" app (from Applications > Utilities) and look in the sidebar for User diagnostic Reports:

One more check, to see, if you are having problems with a recent bug:

Select your iPhoto Library and right-click it or ctrl-click.

You will see the folders inside the iPhoto Library revealed in the Finder. Look at the names of the folders. Are there any folders with "Old" in the name? Old Masters, Old Previews, etc?

If you are using the TC as an external disk drive rather than its usual use as the location of your TM backup and if it is on a hard wired connection (it often is used wirelessly) then you can certainly have your iphoto library (and anything else) on it with no issues

How is yours connected to your Mac?

LN

Ok. post back if you need more help

LN

today there was an iphoto update available in my computer which seems to have solved the issue.

That is a good sign - plenty of bug fixes:

I hope, the iPhoto 9.6.1 update addresses also the "Old Masters" bug. It is not mentioned in the "What's new".