peatfromormond

Q: Iphoto will not open my iPhoto library......have tried everything.  This has only happened in the last week.

Iphoto will not open my iPhoto library......have tried everything.  This has only happened in the last week.

 

I have tried everthing suggested on the forum.

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Mar 20, 2015 5:44 PM

Close

Q: Iphoto will not open my iPhoto library......have tried everything.  This has only happened in the last week.

  • All replies
  • Helpful answers

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Mar 20, 2015 6:10 PM in response to peatfromormond
    Level 10 (105,791 points)
    iCloud
    Mar 20, 2015 6:10 PM in response to peatfromormond

    What exactly happens, when you try to launch iPhoto?

     

    Do you get any error messages?

     

     

    This has only happened in the last week.

    What changed between last week and now?  Did you install or upgrade software? Move the iPhoto Library to a different drive? Import new photos?

     

    I have tried everthing suggested on the forum.

    What exactly have you tried? If we don't know, what you tried, we don't know, what else to suggest.

  • by peatfromormond,

    peatfromormond peatfromormond Mar 22, 2015 4:42 AM in response to léonie
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Mar 22, 2015 4:42 AM in response to léonie

    Sorry......from what I can see on the internet regarding iPhoto, the answers seem to be the same.

     

    I have started iPhoto while holding the option and command keys and then going through the various repair and rebuild options....none work.

     

    I have down loaded iPhoto library manager...that does not work

     

    I can see my iPhoto Library on my hard drive and it is about 14gb in size but when I open iPhoto and select the library it will not recognise it.

     

    I have down loaded the latest iPhoto about a week ago and the library worked for about 2 days and then stopped.

     

    Peat.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Mar 22, 2015 5:19 AM in response to peatfromormond
    Level 10 (139,485 points)
    iLife
    Mar 22, 2015 5:19 AM in response to peatfromormond

    I have down loaded iPhoto library manager...that does not work

     

    What exactly did you do with iPhoto Library Manager, apart from download it? Were there any error messages?

  • by peatfromormond,

    peatfromormond peatfromormond Mar 22, 2015 5:23 AM in response to Terence Devlin
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Mar 22, 2015 5:23 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    No error messages......it just looks at the library gives it a new name  e.g. Library 2 but it has no photo's in it.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Mar 22, 2015 5:46 AM in response to peatfromormond
    Level 10 (139,485 points)
    iLife
    Mar 22, 2015 5:46 AM in response to peatfromormond

    So you didn't try use it to rebuild then?

  • by Cloister9,

    Cloister9 Cloister9 Mar 22, 2015 6:14 AM in response to peatfromormond
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Mar 22, 2015 6:14 AM in response to peatfromormond

    I am having similar problems, which began when I upgraded to Yosemite 10.10.2. I am running iPhoto 9.6.1

    and when I try to initiate it, I get the message "To open your library with this version of iPhoto, it first needs

    to be prepared". The preparation is downloading and installing the iPhoto librasry updater which I did

    numerous times all to no avail. iPhoto will not load.

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Mar 22, 2015 6:21 AM in response to Cloister9
    Level 10 (84,217 points)
    Photos for Mac
    Mar 22, 2015 6:21 AM in response to Cloister9

    You need to Install and RUN the library upgrader - go to your applications folder ==> utilities and double click on the iPhoto library upgrader to RUN it then launch iPhoto to complete theupgrade

     

    LN

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Mar 22, 2015 9:29 AM in response to peatfromormond
    Level 10 (140,918 points)
    Photos for Mac
    Mar 22, 2015 9:29 AM in response to peatfromormond

    Did you follow these directions?

     

    Using iPhoto Library Manager  to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library

     

    1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.>Click on the Add Library button,

                            iPhoto Library Manager002.jpg

    2 -  select the library you want to add from those in the selection window.

     

    3 - make sure that in the rebuild window the checkbox  "Scavange orphaned photos" is checked.

     

    iPLMrebuild2.png

     

     

    4 - now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the Library ➙ Rebuild Library menu option

     

                  iPhoto Library Manager001.jpg

     

    5 - in the next  window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed. Click on the Create button.

     

    Note 1: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost.


    Note 2:  Your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.

    OTsig.png

  • by peatfromormond,

    peatfromormond peatfromormond Mar 22, 2015 5:52 PM in response to LarryHN
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Mar 22, 2015 5:52 PM in response to LarryHN

    Ok.......there is no Library Upgrader in Utilities.....Well not one that I see it anyway.

  • by peatfromormond,

    peatfromormond peatfromormond Mar 22, 2015 5:52 PM in response to Old Toad
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Mar 22, 2015 5:52 PM in response to Old Toad

    Yeah......doesn't work. After rebuild process I get the message that no Photos were imported.

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Mar 22, 2015 8:06 PM in response to peatfromormond
    Level 10 (84,217 points)
    Photos for Mac
    Mar 22, 2015 8:06 PM in response to peatfromormond

    If you downloaded it then that is where it is installed

     

    iPhoto '11 or later: About the Library Upgrader - Apple Support

     

    LN