HT204490: About the OS X Yosemite v10.10.3 Update
Learn about About the OS X Yosemite v10.10.3 Update
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Oct 3, 2015 2:16 PM in response to jessilynn32by danbiz,I found that movie clips originating in iPhoto had little yellow triangles which stated that the media files were unavailable. Yet when I tracked down the filenames in the Finder, they appeared to be right where they belonged. iMovie was referring to these files using the base directory "~/Pictures/iPhoto Library". However, when I navigated to my Pictures directory using Terminal and typed "ls", I found that the iPhoto library was actually named "iPhoto Library.migratedphotolibrary".
Aha! So the iPhoto library was renamed when I upgraded to the new Photos App, but Finder hides the ".migratedphotolibrary" portion so it looks the same.
I considered renaming it back to "iPhoto Library" but was unsure if that would break something else. Therefore, I created a symlink in the Pictures directory which redirects "iPhoto Library" to "iPhoto Library.migratedphotolibrary". Worked like a charm. Here is what you do:
- Open the Terminal App.
- Enter the command: cd ~/Pictures
- Just to confirm you're in the right place, enter the command: ls
- Enter the command (be sure you get the quotes right): ln -s "iPhoto Library.migratedphotolibrary" "iPhoto Library"
Good luck!