Places work erratically

Usually the map will show white, if iPhoto cannot connect to the map server. Make sure your internet is working well and no firewall is intercepting the communication between iPhoto and apple's servers, If you are using Little Snitch or similar, try, if the Places are working better, when you disable this temporarily.

Which version of iPhoto are you using? And of MacOS X?

Test with a new iPhoto Library, if you can see maps, when you launch iPhoto while holding down the alt/options key. Then select to create a new photo library from the file chooser panel.

If you can still see no maps, sign out of your regular account and sign in from the Guest user account. Launch iPhoto from there and import a few test images. Do the maps work in the Guest account?

It seems to be a general issue for every version of iPhoto using Google maps for this geolocalisation feature.

The service is broken for iPhoto 9.2.x under SnowLeopard and iPhoto 9.4.x under Lion, but it works for iPhoto 9.6.x (Mavericks) and newer

Use the feedback page to send a bug report to Apple as they don't read these forums

Thanks for the input.... i have spent the last 5 hours trying to get the places map to appear under iPhoto but i only get the blank white layout too.

I am running iPhoto 9.4.3 on Lion 10.7.5

If Apple don't want to support their software neither will I.... I am now switching to Adobe Lightroom until Apple sort this out....

If Apple don't want to support their software neither will I.... I am now switching to Adobe Lightroom until Apple sort this out....

Swap a 4 year old version of a free app on a four year old version of a free OS - both of which can be updated for free, for an app that costs a minimum of $120 per year. That'll really learn'em there in Cupertino 😉

According to me, it's not the point.

The issue is Apple disconnected this feature from many versions of iPhoto (the one compatible with MountainLion not that old...) without a single warning or notice.

I have met many people trying to figure out what got wrong with their Mac when they found that blank screen, re-installing MacOs X, iPhoto, old backups... spending hours to fix something that has nothing to do with there Mac

So Terrence, you're telling us we should abandon everything (that continue to work pretty well except a single glitch in which somebody decided to f*** up a feature) we got 4 years ago if there are new free versions of it with MANY different settings and properties without considering other parameters? So Apple produces what it produces for only a maximum of 4 years of support? What a sustainable product. Wow!

Ah by the way, if you were thinking you didn't pay for the OS and the programs when buying a Mac, I recommend reading marketing and microeconomics once again if you've ever did.

Perhaps you should read what I wrote and not what you wished I wrote.

As you seem to have basic comprehension difficulty, I was making the point that swapping the free iPhoto and it's free features - all of which are still available if you choose the free updates - for an app that costs $120 on subscription hardly seems to be a way to force Apple to "sort this out". Subtle I know, but when you can't even copy the spelling of my name, how can I be surprised.

Wow. My grammar and spelling, eh?

You know what they say about written arguments on the internet, do you?

I'm sure you have the knowledge and ability to use a search engine, so I don't feel obliged to explain neither it, nor my sentences above, further. I think I made myself pretty clear about presenting a product/service and then somehow breaking it or letting it break remotely in a couple of years, and not taking responsibility. I hope I am wrong and they are a responsible company and will fix it.

Thank you for helping me improve my non-mother-tongue English by pursuing a dialogue with me,

Take care Terence,

Arda

Perhaps you should read what I wrote and not what you wished I wrote.

There you go again. I made no mention of your grammar at all. As for your spelling I simply mentioned you couldn't even copy what was on the screen just above what you wrote. So it was your ability to actually copy something I was referring to. The service is not broken, but remains available. All you have to do is keep the app and the OS up-to-date - and that costs nothing.

This was a problem in the past with Google cookies. Open Safari (I'm using Safari 8.0.7 on Mavericks now so these instructions might not be exactly the same) and go to the Privacy tab. There should be a button for "Details" about website data. Search the cookies for "Google" and delete all of them.

You may need to quit Safari and iPhoto. But before Apple switched to using Apple maps for the places this resolved the issue.

-Doug