iPhoto 11 - Problems With Photo Locations

Make sure Look up Places is set to Automatically in iPhoto's Advanced preference pane:

I am experiencing the same problem with exactly the same Locations window appearance - the red pin is at bottom left and the map area is blank despite choosing different map types. This started yesterday on my machine. I tried removing the plist to no avail. I switched to a fresh test account on the machine and the same non-location error occurs. Nothing in Console to give me a clue. Perhaps Google changed the way they deliver map data?

Does the map display when you use the Windows ➙ Manage my Places menu option:

When choosing Window > Manage my places, a non-satellite map flashes on the screen for a moment, then it changes to the pin-in-the-bottom-left view, with no other markings in the map region. Same as with the main window when showing information. I am guessing the flashed data is cached somewhere, then replaced with the fetched data....

As a test launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and create a new, test library. Import some photos and test to see if the same problem persists. Does it?

Do the following:

1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down to open the First Aid window. Be sure to follow the circled recommendation in the screenshot.

2 - apply Option #4, Rebuild Database.

Try the following:

1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your

User/Home/Library/ Preferences folder.

2 - delete the contents the following folder: User/Library/Containers/com.apple.iPhoto

3 - reboot, launch iPhoto and try again.

NOTE: For Mavericks and Yosemite, go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring the this window:

where you can check the Show Library Folder checkbox.

OT-

On 10.6.8, no such folder, "{USER}/Library/Containers"

The reason I tried with a fresh login was to (try to) avoid user space issues.

Thanks for ongoing suggestions, though. I rely on this old OS and app.... I'd love to fix it!

Best,

W

I have exactly the same problem on my iMac running 10.6.8. However, I notice that my wife's MacBook, running 10.10.4, displays the maps in iPhoto using Apple maps, not Google maps. Does this mean that anyone using an older operating system that cannot use Apple Maps has lost the map fuctions from iPhoto and possibly other iLife applications? Perhaps I will have to forsake my favourite operating system after all.

Forgot about the older system. Look for the User/Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder.

OT:

1. Found and removed the folder for the cache.

2. No improvement (still flashes a map image, then goes blank with pin at bottom-left).

3. As expected, since creating a fresh login then a new iPhoto library yielded the same problematic behavior. Since the iPhoto '11 code base hasn't had an update recently, I am fairly sure it must be a change in the delivery of the map data from Google.

Thanks anyway.

Best,

W

Oh, MY GOD! Just started experiencing the EXACT SAME problem yesterday, then searched Google and your post is the latest I could come across ever, one reporting exactly the same problem, the very fact seems incredible and I'm at least glad I'm not alone. My OS X is Lion, and I'm on the latest iPhoto '11 version (9.4.3). None of the suggestions (some of them originates as far back as from 2012!) helped me, including every one of list of steps mentioned by Old Toad. See my thread Re: Places work erratically. Isn't that a picture you're seeing too? Came to conclusion that it's Google's fault as they are apparently testing smth or tweaking yet again.