lost map on iPhoto

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lost map on iPhoto

I've just transferred some photos onto iPhoto and tried to add the places where I took the photos but theses weren't recognised and I have lost the maps.

Can anybody help?

Thanks & regards,

Mike

Posted on Jul 14, 2015 4:18 AM

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Answer 1

LarryHN

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Jul 14, 2015 6:37 AM in response to m1cha0l

No - we can not see you and need more that an abstract problem to help - if you did everything correctly then it works correctly so we must know exactly what you did ad exactly what happened and what you have

what software are you running - OS and iphoto versions?

where did you transfer the photos form and how did you transfer them

How did you try to add the places - what exactly dod there weren't recognized mean?

What maps have you lost and from where?

LN

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m1cha0l Author

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Jul 14, 2015 7:09 AM in response to LarryHN

Hi Larry,

I'm running Mac OSX 10.7.5 and iPhoto 9.4.3.

I transferred the photos from my Canon G16 using a cable connection via a USB, as I have always done. I then went to the Info page and when I came to "assign a place" the heading and map appeared as usual but, as soon as I put in a place name the map in the box disappeared although a pin did appear on a blank/white screen. If I go to a photo that has been assigned a place before, the place name appears but the small screen on the bottom right hand side is white/blank.

On the Library page under places there was no map only the red pins on a white screen from the places I'd assigned before.

Hope this helps,

Many thanks,

Mike

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Old Toad

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Jul 14, 2015 9:38 AM in response to m1cha0l

Apple's contract with Google Maps expired a few weeks back and Places is no longer working with older versions of iPhoto. iPhoto 5 and 6 with Mavericks and Yosemite use the Apple Maps and do work. We have no idea if or when Apple will upgrade older versions of iPhoto to use Apple's Maps.

Send your fix request to Apple via http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphoto.html

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m1cha0l Author

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Jul 14, 2015 11:42 AM in response to Old Toad

As I am using OSX 10.7.5 (snow leopard) and IPhoto 9.4.3 ( IPhote 11). Is is worth upgrading to Yosemite Or would some of my other older software not work?

thanks for your help,

MIke

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léonie

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Jul 14, 2015 12:17 PM in response to m1cha0l

As I am using OSX 10.7.5 (snow leopard)

OSX 10.7.5 would be Lion. Or are you using 10.6.8 (snow leopard)?

The upgrade from MacOS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard would make older software obsolete, because the Rosetta environment is no longer supported.

Going from 10.7.5 to Yosemite is less dramatic, but quite a few applications switched to 64-bit only versions. The newer MacOS X versions have new security features that will render some plug-ins and external editors incompatible.

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m1cha0l Author

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Jul 14, 2015 12:35 PM in response to léonie

I Am using 10.7.5 on my Mac.

Apologies the upgrade to snow leopard was on my macbook

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