iphoto Crashing

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Iphoto started to crash after I downloaded the photos from my iphone, possibly just a coincidence. It starts up but after approx 10 seconds it shuts down.I have tried a couple of suggestions on here about deleting preferences in Library and using ALT + CMD whilst opening iphoto to repair items but no joy. I need to get access to my photos ASAP as I am meant to be making a birthday montage from them. Please can someone help using basic instructions. The initial failure messages says:Process:         iPhoto [2770]Path:            /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhotoIdentifier:      com.apple.iPhotoVersion:         9.2.3 (9.2.3)Build Info:      iPhotoProject-629052000000000~1Code Type:       X86 (Native)Parent Process:  launchd [201]Date/Time:       2015-05-04 17:01:55.673 +0100OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)Report Version:  6Interval Since Last Report:          4054443 secCrashes Since Last Report:           25Per-App Interval Since Last Report:  985977 secPer-App Crashes Since Last Report:   24Anonymous UUID:                      AC46F4AE-3DD1-4A56-8D9A-C06F5132A2C6Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)Exception Codes: 0x000000000000000a, 0x0000000034d51000Crashed Thread:  36Thread 0:  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread0   libSystem.B.dylib             0x999a4afa mach_msg_trap + 101   libSystem.B.dylib             0x999a5267 mach_msg + 682   com.apple.CoreFoundation       0x97bd82df __CFRunLoopRun + 20793   com.apple.CoreFoundation       0x97bd73c4 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 4524   com.apple.CoreFoundation       0x97bd71f1 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 975   com.apple.HIToolbox           0x934fde04 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 3926   com.apple.HIToolbox           0x934fdbb9 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 3547   com.apple.HIToolbox           0x934fda3e BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 818   com.apple.AppKit               0x9725c595 _DPSNextEvent + 8479   com.apple.AppKit               0x9725bdd6 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 15610  com.apple.AppKit               0x9721e1f3 -[NSApplication run] + 82111  com.apple.AppKit               0x97216289 NSApplicationMain + 57412  com.apple.iPhoto               0x000111ca 0x1000 + 6599413  com.apple.iPhoto               0x00010659 0x1000 + 63065Thread 1:  Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager0   libSystem.B.dylib             0x999cb382 kevent + 101   libSystem.B.dylib             0x999cba9c _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 2152   libSystem.B.dylib             0x999caf59 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 1633   libSystem.B.dylib             0x999cacfe _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 2404   libSystem.B.dylib             0x999ca781 _pthread_wqthread + 3905   libSystem.B.dylib             0x999ca5c6 start_wqthread + 30Thread 2:0   libSystem.B.dylib             0x999a4b5a semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap + 101   libSystem.B.dylib             0x999d26e1 _pthread_cond_wait + 10662   libSystem.B.dylib             0x99a015a8 pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 473   com.apple.Foundation           0x982c68e8 -[NSCondition waitUntilDate:] + 4534   com.apple.Foundation           0x9827f3b1 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 2795   com.apple.Foundation           0x9827f294 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 696   com.apple.proxtcore           0x017715e2 -[XTMsgQueue waitForMessage] + 507   com.apple.proxtcore           0x01770590 -[XTThread run:] + 4168   com.apple.Foundation           0x9828a4c4 -[NSThread main] + 459   com.apple.Foundation           0x9828a474 __NSThread__main__ + 149910  libSystem.B.dylib             0x999d2259 _pthread_start + 34511  libSystem.B.dylib             0x999d20de thread_start + 34Thread 3:0   libSystem.B.dylib             0x999a4afa mach_msg_trap + 101   libSystem.B.dylib             0x999a5267 mach_msg + 682   com.apple.CoreFoundation       0x97bd82df __CFRunLoopRun + 20793   com.apple.CoreFoundation       0x97bd73c4 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 4524   com.apple.CoreFoundation       0x97bd71f1 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 975   com.apple.Foundation           0x982c41b3 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runMode:beforeDate:] + 2796   com.apple.proxtcore           0x017729cd -[XTRunLoopThread run:] + 5097   com.apple.Foundation           0x9828a4c4 -[NSThread main] + 458   com.apple.Foundation           0x9828a474 __NSThread__main__ + 14999   libSystem.B.dylib             0x999d2259 _pthread_start + 34510  libSystem.B.dylib             0x999d20de thread_start + 34

Yer_Man · Answer

As a Test:Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select &#x27;Create Library&#x27; Import a few pics into this new, blank library. Is the Problem repeated there?Post back with the result.

jag365 · Answer

Thanks for the quick reply. I have made a second library and it seems to run fine with that library. If i switch back it crashes again. Do I just find the old photos and import them back into the new library and delete the old one?

Yer_Man · Answer

Try repair it.Option 1Back 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&#x27;t help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.If that fails:Option 2Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In early versions of Library Manager it&#x27;s the File -&gt; Rebuild command. In later versions it&#x27;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&#x27;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&#x27;re not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.   RegardsTD

jag365 · Answer

I have tried option 2. It took me a minute to find file. Showing my illiteracy. I clicked rebuild and its come up with Error, the operation couldn&#x27;t be completed (OSStatus error -1708)

jag365 · Answer

iphoto also flashes up photo library needs to be upgraded to work with this version of iphoto