After downloading Yosemite, I can't open my iPhoto!!! Please help me!!!

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After downloading Yosemite, I can't open my iPhoto!!! Please help me!!!

I just downloaded Yosemite a few days ago and noticed that my iPhoto is not working. The message that comes up is "Your photo library will not be readable by previous versions of iPhoto after the upgrade. The upgrade process for very large libraries may take an hour or more to complete." so I waited for it to load but five hour later, it was not updated. Tried a few more times but it would not download and kept on telling me the same message. I don't know what to do and I'm getting frustrated. I need your help.

Posted on Mar 29, 2015 6:08 PM

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Yer_Man

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Mar 29, 2015 11:38 PM in response to dlpowers16

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

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