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Apr 30, 2015 12:33 AM in response to RobInBrightonby léonie,★HelpfulBut iPhoto also tells me that my iPhoto library has been migrated to Photo.
You can ignore this warning. Just click the "Open iPhoto" button.
See this link: If Photos won't open a library that you already migrated - Apple Support
If you get iPhoto to run, use iPhoto to repair your iPhoto Library with the First Aid Tools, perhaps the library has a slight corruption. You could then try to migrate the library again, or stick with iPhoto for the time being.
- To repair hold down the alt/option and the command key simultaneously while double clicking the iPhoto application in the Applications folder to launch the iPhotos Library First aid tools. Hold down both keys firmly and long enough, until the First Aid panel will appear.
- The select "Repair database". Repeat with "repair Permissions".
If it still does not suffice, repeat with "Rebuild Library". But make a backup of your iPhoto Library, before you try that.
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Apr 29, 2015 7:25 AM in response to RobInBrightonby R C-R,How much free space is there on your startup disk?
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Apr 30, 2015 5:45 AM in response to RobInBrightonby léonie,★HelpfulRobin if rebuilding with iPhoto also did not solve the problem, try the last ditch resort and download our Swiss-Army.Knife for library emergencies: Fat Cat Software – iPhoto Library Manager
The free trial option will let you rebuild the iPhoto Library.
Here is the help text on rebuilding a problematic library with iPhoto Library Manager:
Rebuilding a corrupted iPhoto library
Then try again to migrate the rebuilt library to Photos. iphoto Library Manager can fix library corruptions that iPhoto cannot fix.
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Apr 30, 2015 5:49 AM in response to léonieby RobInBrighton,Thanks Leonie
I've now rebuilt my iPhoto library - and iPhoto seems to be working fine.
Photo for Mac is still jamming my Mac completely.
So I'm thinking of deleting it off my computer (using App Delete, so it will take out all associated files) and then try starting from scratch.
If that's a bad idea, I'd much appreciate your advice.
Best wishes
Rob
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Apr 30, 2015 6:34 AM in response to RobInBrightonby léonie,So I'm thinking of deleting it off my computer (using App Delete, so it will take out all associated files) and then try starting from scratch.
If that's a bad idea, I'd much appreciate your advice.
That is not a good idea, Rob. Photos is special, as it is installed by the system, and other applications are relying on Photos being installed. It is protected, so it cannot be simply deleted.
If you think, that Photos needs reinstalling, it can only be done by reinstalling MacOS X 10.10.3 by booting into the Recovery partition, see: Accept iLife: OS X: About OS X Recovery
And to remove the support files of Photos, try this:
The Photos.app stores the preference settings in a file in your hidden User Library. If this file has become corrupted, you can see all kinds of problems with the graphical user interface - missing menu items, etc.
To remove this file, do the following.
- Quit Photos, if it is running.
- Reveal your user library and delete this folder: ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Photos/
To reveal the hidden User Library:
- Bring the Finder forward by clicking on the Desktop or the Finder icon in the Dock.
- Select your user/home folder (with the house icon in the Finder sidebar)
- With that Finder window as the front window, press the key combination ⌘J to bring up the View options.
- In the View options panel enable ’Show Library Folder’. That will make your user library folder visible in your Home folder.
- Open your Home folder, then the Library folder, then Containers.
- Move the complete folder com.apple.Photos to your desktop. Move the entire folder, not just the contents.
Now restart the Mac and try again. If all is well, delete the folder from the Desktop.
Be aware, that removing the Preferences will reset all preferences you set using the Preferences panel in Photos. You will have to set them again. Also, Photos will not remember the location of your Photos library. If the library is not in the default location in your Pictures folder, you have to open it directly by double clicking it.
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May 1, 2015 1:50 AM in response to RobInBrightonby léonie,Rob, the usual advise is to let it run, but 14 hours is a bit long.
How reliable is your network connection? If your Wi-Fi is not stable, it is best to reinstall using a wired connection directly to the router and not to rely on Wi-Fi.
But please ask this in the Yosemite forum. This looks like a problem with your iMac and not Photos. Our system experts are in that forum:
Use this link: OS X Yosemite
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May 1, 2015 1:58 AM in response to léonieby RobInBrighton,Thanks Leonie
I'll try them before I do anything else.
I'm logged on with a wired connection, so it does seem odd.
Best wishes
Rob
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May 1, 2015 4:39 AM in response to RobInBrightonby CellarDwellr,Find your "old" iPhoto Library in the Finder. Secondary-click and choose "get info" You'll see it's name depicted as something like
iPhoto Library.migratedphotolibrary.
Remove the word migrated from the file extension and save it's new name. Now you can open it once again in the old iPhoto by double-clicking on it
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May 1, 2015 4:54 AM in response to CellarDwellrby léonie,iPhoto Library.migratedphotolibrary.
Remove the word migrated from the file extension and save it's new name. Now you can open it once again in the old iPhoto by double-clicking on it
That is not really necessary. iPhoto will open the migrated library even with this extension. Just double-click the library without changing the extension. When you see a warning panel, click "Open iPhoto".
But in any case you need to update to iPhoto 9.6.1, since only this version is fully compatible with MacOS X 10.10.3
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May 2, 2015 1:58 AM in response to léonieby RobInBrighton,Thanks Leonie
My recovery and reinstallation of OS X 10.10.3 either failed or hasn't made a difference as Photo still keeps jamming.
I might try again...and feel increasingly resigned to the need to buy a newer model :-)
Rob
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May 2, 2015 7:17 AM in response to RobInBrightonby léonie,My recovery and reinstallation of OS X 10.10.3 either failed or hasn't made a difference as Photo still keeps jamming.
That is no good news.
Does Photos work at all? When you create a new, empty Photos Library? You can create a new library by launching Photos while holding down the alt/options key. Try with a test library in the default location, the Pictures folder.
If even that does not work, you could check for a system wide problem by testing from a new user account or the Guest account.
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May 2, 2015 12:43 PM in response to léonieby RobInBrighton,Hi Leonie
I think I've solved it.
I followed your advice about using the alt/options key, and tried a new library.That seemed to work, so I tried again and used that method to open up my iPhoto library and import that into Photo.
I've then deleted the original Photo library,and the new one seems to be working okay.
I don't think I'd have got here without your advice (...and reserve the right to come back to you if my optimism is premature!).
Many many thanks
Rob
