When I opened Iphoto I was asked to choose a library or create a new one. There was no list to choose from, I created a library and now I cannot find the library I uploaded my pictures in. I looked everywhere on this laptop, including the trash.
MacBook Pro
What happened before you could no longer find your iPhoto library?
Did you update software or install new software? Move your iPhoto Library to a new location?
Did iPhoto crash?
Which iPhoto version are you currently running, and where did you store your iPhoto library? In the default location in your Pictures folder or on an external drive?
There was an automatic software update, but nothing else. I have IPhoto 9.2.1 and I did the usual: importing pictures from my camera, I finished the import, closed IPhoto and while I closed it I seem to remember seeing a note about the library being updated or something like that which made me want to open IPhoto again and when I reopened it is when I was asked to choose a library and I did not see anything to choose from, so I created a new library. I did restart the laptop and I am not sure if I should have...Thanks for helping!
Oh, I have an older library in the Pictures folder, but the library I was using, I really don't know where it was saved, I usually export photos in folders on my computer form IPhoto every so often, but I have not done it in over 2 months, so if I can't find where the pictures are, I will be missing 2 months of nice pictures:(
What is your MacOS X version?
And check the older library in your Pictures folder in the Finder - what is the last modified date? If there is an iPhoto library in the Pictures folder, you should have seen it in the library chooser panel, when you launched iPhoto.
What happens, when you double-click this library? Does it open in iPhoto?
Did you have a backup library connected, when you last worked with iPhoto? You may have accidentally added your new photos to a library on a connected drive, that is now offline.
The Mac OS X is 10.7.5. The older library is a folder, it opens with contents (Masters, Previews etc all from 2013), the new library created is in the Pictures folder also and it does open in IPhoto. I did not have a backup library connected (at least I am not aware of one) when I worked in it and I can't think of what drive would I have put the pictures in. I do know that I did not delete anything and these pictures must be somewhere, but it seems magical to me at this point...
Iphoto library missing
