When importing a jpg into iPhoto, I was told it had to update and with that I lost ALL my photos. How do I retrieve them? My library is no longer highlighted!
MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.2), null
Which version of iPhoto did you upgrade from? If you upgraded from iPhoto 7.1.2 or earlier, you need to run the iPhoto Library upgrader, see this document on how to download and run it: iPhoto '11: About the Library Upgrader
Did iPhoto crash, after you upgraded to iPhoto 9.6, when you first tried to run it?
Where is your iPhoto library stored? In your Pictures folder? On an external drive?
Hi Leonie;
I upgraded from the previous version to 9.6.1 so the Library upgrader is moot.
In the interim I found a choice of 2 libraries, which both show me they are blank (ie set to 0). Another library in the PICTURES folder shows that 98.8G have been used, but when I try to open that, it give me the same iPhoto start page, as if I'd never used iPhoto before and the tally is set at 0.
My back up HD is overseas, which doesn't help, but who knew this would happen! If we carried all our back ups around with us when we travel, we'd be loaded down indeed...
I'm desperate as I need some of the jpgs for an edit today and tomorrow.
Booked a genius bar appointment, but if I can solve this now, it would be most helpful.
Thanks for trying -
tnypco
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
As this is a known issue according to a sr specialist at Apple, with engineers working on it, it's not as simple a fix as you suggest.
I'm sorry, Terence, but your advice in this case is not only erroneous, but can seriously impair the library that does exist on my computer. Please proceed with caution when doling out your thoughts.
Thanks,
tnypco
Sorry - nothing in TD's suggestion has any chance of"seriously impairing the library that does exist on your computer" - his suggestion is 100% safe and accurate - it may not resolve your issue but it does most of the time and again is 100% safe as step 1 is backup your iPhoto library (which of course any computer user who cares anything about their photos would do anyway)
You would be well served by following you own advice
Please proceed with caution when doling out your thoughts.
Attacking people who now far more than you do is rude and uncessary
LN
Oh my, I'm so sorry to hear of your difficulties.
Let's start to parse this for you... try keep up now:
First thing:
Back Up
See that? The bit in bold and underlined. Two vital words. Obviously you missed them, or perhaps you didn't understand them. Let me reassure you that if you do that step no matter what the outcome, you can return to the status quo ante to the state preceding - which means there is no risk. Is that hard to grasp? Do I need to explain more?
Second thing:
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.
Just to make it easier for someone with your special difficulties, I've again underlined the key passages, and made them bold too.
Obviously you have basic comprehension difficulties and I hope this has clarified things for you.
Please proceed with caution when doling out your thoughts.
Solid advice, my friend, try follow it sometime. it is indeed better to remain silent and be thought a fool and so forth...
now more?
Just a word of warning: if you're not willing to try Terence's nondestructive fix be sure you don't let the Genius Bar personnel do their thing on your ONLY copy of the library. You may end up with a library containing all of your photos but with all of your organizational efforts, i.e. keywords, albums, projects, metadata, etc., lost
What Terence's suggest fixes will do is to repair the library and recover the photos and your organizational efforts without compromising your library as it currently exists.
Update causes all photos to be lost
