iPhoto Faces Corkboard All Black

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iPhoto Faces Corkboard All Black

My Faces corkboard has black boxes instead of photos for most people - when I hover over some, it'll scroll through the photos while others stay black.
Once inside the album, I can view, but while looking at the unconfirmed faces, some show up as white dashed boxes (below)

I've been having this problem for a while, but since it stayed after updating to 9.5.1, I decided to ask for help.

If it's any help, I'm running OS X 10.9.5 (both my parents experienced issues when upgrading to Yosemite so I've been hesitant) on a mid 2012 Macbook Pro.
Thank you!

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on May 17, 2015 2:50 PM

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léonie

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May 17, 2015 3:04 PM in response to JacklynJohnson

Try, if repairing and rebuilding your iPhoto Library will help to fix the broken connections to the faces thumbnails.

Make a backup copy of the iPhoto Library.
Hold down the key combination alt/options key and command key ⌥⌘ while double clicking the iPhoto icon. Select "Repair database" and repair the library. Repeat with "repair Permissions".
If you are still seeing black thumbnails, repeat with "Rebuild Library":

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