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Iphoto 9.4.3 crashing

My iphoto 9.4.3 reports an error "iphoto quit unexpectedly" everytime I try and open it. Where can I download a newer version (or the same version) from in order to re-install. When I downloaded the update link you mentioned in an earlier post i received this message:

"The version of iPhoto installed on this Mac must be updated through the Mac App Store. Check the Mac App Store to see if an update is available."

I can't seem to find iphoto to download! Please advise...

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Sep 3, 2015 11:08 PM

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Posted on Sep 4, 2015 12:35 AM

First we need to understand why it's crashing. Updating may not be the solution.


Post the first 100 - 150 lines of the crash report.

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Sep 4, 2015 12:35 AM in response to Yer_Man

Many thanks for your prompt reply:

Below the first part of the crash report:



Process: iPhoto [3509]
Path: /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier: com.apple.iPhoto
Version: 9.4.3 (9.4.3)
Build Info: iPhotoProject-720091000000000~1
App Item ID: 408981381

App External ID: 15017489

Code Type: X86 (Native)

Parent Process: launchd [130]

User ID: 501


Date/Time: 2015-09-04 10:32:20.673 +0300
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.8.5 (12F45)

Report Version: 10


Interval Since Last Report: 51299 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 8

Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 23 sec

Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 8

Anonymous UUID: 63F92714-E274-C2E0-0986-F94991D755A0


Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread


Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)

Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000


Application Specific Information:

*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '*** -[__NSArrayM insertObject:atIndex:]: object cannot be nil'


Application Specific Backtrace 1:

0 CoreFoundation 0x982c6e8b __raiseError + 219
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x9625352e objc_exception_throw + 230
2 CoreFoundation 0x981d207b -[__NSArrayM insertObject:atIndex:] + 299
3 CoreFoundation 0x981d1f40 -[__NSArrayM addObject:] + 64
4 iPhoto 0x00108858 iPhoto + 256088
5 iPhoto 0x003efd0c iPhoto + 3300620
6 iPhoto 0x002ff65c iPhoto + 2315868
7 libdispatch.dylib 0x924a2cb1 _dispatch_barrier_sync_f_slow_invoke + 80
8 libdispatch.dylib 0x9249cc82 _dispatch_client_callout + 46
9 libdispatch.dylib 0x924a22e3 _dispatch_main_queue_callback_4CF + 223
10 CoreFoundation 0x981c2c29 __CFRunLoopRun + 1961
11 CoreFoundation 0x981c201a CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 378
12 CoreFoundation 0x981c1e8b CFRunLoopRunInMode + 123
13 HIToolbox 0x976acf5a RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 242
14 HIToolbox 0x976accc9 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 374
15 HIToolbox 0x976acb44 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 88
16 AppKit 0x9388693a _DPSNextEvent + 724
17 AppKit 0x9388616c -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 119
18 AppKit 0x9387c5cc -[NSApplication run] + 855
19 AppKit 0x9381f5f6 NSApplicationMain + 1053
20 iPhoto 0x000da0b9 iPhoto + 65721
21 iPhoto 0x000d9705 iPhoto + 63237
22 ??? 0x00000002 0x0 + 2


Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

0 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x982c76a7 ___TERMINATING_DUE_TO_UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION___ + 7
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x9625352e objc_exception_throw + 230
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x981d207b -[__NSArrayM insertObject:atIndex:] + 299
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x981d1f40 -[__NSArrayM addObject:] + 64
4 com.apple.iPhoto 0x00108858 0xca000 + 256088
5 com.apple.iPhoto 0x003efd0c 0xca000 + 3300620
6 com.apple.iPhoto 0x002ff65c 0xca000 + 2315868
7 libdispatch.dylib 0x924a2cb1 _dispatch_barrier_sync_f_slow_invoke + 80
8 libdispatch.dylib 0x9249cc82 _dispatch_client_callout + 46
9 libdispatch.dylib 0x924a22e3 _dispatch_main_queue_callback_4CF + 223
10 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x981c2c29 __CFRunLoopRun + 1961
11 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x981c201a CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 378
12 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x981c1e8b CFRunLoopRunInMode + 123
13 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x976acf5a RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 242
14 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x976accc9 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 374
15 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x976acb44 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 88
16 com.apple.AppKit 0x9388693a _DPSNextEvent + 724
17 com.apple.AppKit 0x9388616c -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 119
18 com.apple.AppKit 0x9387c5cc -[NSApplication run] + 855
19 com.apple.AppKit 0x9381f5f6 NSApplicationMain + 1053
20 com.apple.iPhoto 0x000da0b9 0xca000 + 65721
21 com.apple.iPhoto 0x000d9705 0xca000 + 63237


Thread 1:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90a839ae kevent + 10
1 libdispatch.dylib 0x9249fc71 _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 993
2 libdispatch.dylib 0x9249f7a9 _dispatch_mgr_thread + 53


Thread 2:

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90a830ee __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x917260ac _pthread_workq_return + 45
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x91725e79 _pthread_wqthread + 448
3 libsystem_c.dylib 0x9170ddaa start_wqthread + 30


Thread 3:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.root.default-priority

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90a82c72 __semwait_signal + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x917ada49 nanosleep$UNIX2003 + 189
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a148f5 +[NSThread sleepForTimeInterval:] + 151
3 com.apple.iPhoto 0x00698c94 0xca000 + 6089876
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x982187bd __invoking___ + 29
5 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x982186f7 -[NSInvocation invoke] + 279
6 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a1496d -[NSInvocationOperation main] + 81
7 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a0c219 -[__NSOperationInternal start] + 740
8 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a0bf24 -[NSOperation start] + 67
9 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a13ff9 __block_global_6 + 135
10 libdispatch.dylib 0x924a0f8f _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 15
11 libdispatch.dylib 0x9249cc82 _dispatch_client_callout + 46
12 libdispatch.dylib 0x9249df02 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 285
13 libsystem_c.dylib 0x91725e72 _pthread_wqthread + 441
14 libsystem_c.dylib 0x9170ddaa start_wqthread + 30


Thread 4:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.root.default-priority

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90a82c72 __semwait_signal + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x917ada49 nanosleep$UNIX2003 + 189
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a148f5 +[NSThread sleepForTimeInterval:] + 151
3 com.apple.iPhoto 0x00698c94 0xca000 + 6089876
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x982187bd __invoking___ + 29
5 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x982186f7 -[NSInvocation invoke] + 279
6 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a1496d -[NSInvocationOperation main] + 81
7 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a0c219 -[__NSOperationInternal start] + 740
8 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a0bf24 -[NSOperation start] + 67
9 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a13ff9 __block_global_6 + 135
10 libdispatch.dylib 0x924a0f8f _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 15
11 libdispatch.dylib 0x9249cc82 _dispatch_client_callout + 46
12 libdispatch.dylib 0x9249df02 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 285
13 libsystem_c.dylib 0x91725e72 _pthread_wqthread + 441
14 libsystem_c.dylib 0x9170ddaa start_wqthread + 30


Thread 5:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.root.default-priority

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90a8080a semaphore_wait_trap + 10
1 libdispatch.dylib 0x924a1e70 _dispatch_thread_semaphore_wait + 25
2 libdispatch.dylib 0x924a1ccc _dispatch_barrier_sync_f_slow + 149
3 libdispatch.dylib 0x9249e3fb dispatch_barrier_sync_f + 37
4 libdispatch.dylib 0x924a2c5a _dispatch_sync_slow + 70
5 com.apple.iPhoto 0x002ff5fc 0xca000 + 2315772
6 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a38ee7 -[NSBlockOperation main] + 188
7 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a0c219 -[__NSOperationInternal start] + 740
8 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a0bf24 -[NSOperation start] + 67
9 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a13ff9 __block_global_6 + 135
10 libdispatch.dylib 0x924a0f8f _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 15
11 libdispatch.dylib 0x9249cc82 _dispatch_client_callout + 46
12 libdispatch.dylib 0x9249df02 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 285
13 libsystem_c.dylib 0x91725e72 _pthread_wqthread + 441
14 libsystem_c.dylib 0x9170ddaa start_wqthread + 30


Thread 6:

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90a830ee __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x917260ac _pthread_workq_return + 45
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x91725e79 _pthread_wqthread + 448
3 libsystem_c.dylib 0x9170ddaa start_wqthread + 30


Thread 7:

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90a828e2 __psynch_cvwait + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x917282e9 _pthread_cond_wait + 938
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x91728572 pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a415f6 -[NSCondition waitUntilDate:] + 404
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a4141d -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 282
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a46950 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 69
6 com.apple.proxtcore 0x02088a42 -[XTMsgQueue waitForMessage] + 47
7 com.apple.proxtcore 0x02087b19 -[XTThread run:] + 412
8 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a13408 -[NSThread main] + 45
9 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a1338b __NSThread__main__ + 1396
10 libsystem_c.dylib 0x917235b7 _pthread_start + 344
11 libsystem_c.dylib 0x9170ddce thread_start + 34


Thread 8:

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90a828e2 __psynch_cvwait + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x917282e9 _pthread_cond_wait + 938
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x91728572 pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a415f6 -[NSCondition waitUntilDate:] + 404
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a4141d -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 282
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a46950 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 69
6 com.apple.proxtcore 0x02088a42 -[XTMsgQueue waitForMessage] + 47
7 com.apple.proxtcore 0x02087b19 -[XTThread run:] + 412
8 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a13408 -[NSThread main] + 45
9 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a1338b __NSThread__main__ + 1396
10 libsystem_c.dylib 0x917235b7 _pthread_start + 344
11 libsystem_c.dylib 0x9170ddce thread_start + 34


Thread 9:

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90a828e2 __psynch_cvwait + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x917282e9 _pthread_cond_wait + 938
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x91728572 pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a415f6 -[NSCondition waitUntilDate:] + 404
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a4141d -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 282
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a46950 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 69
6 com.apple.proxtcore 0x02088a42 -[XTMsgQueue waitForMessage] + 47
7 com.apple.proxtcore 0x02087b19 -[XTThread run:] + 412
8 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a13408 -[NSThread main] + 45
9 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a1338b __NSThread__main__ + 1396
10 libsystem_c.dylib 0x917235b7 _pthread_start + 344
11 libsystem_c.dylib 0x9170ddce thread_start + 34


Thread 10:

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x90a828e2 __psynch_cvwait + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x917282e9 _pthread_cond_wait + 938
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x91728572 pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a415f6 -[NSCondition waitUntilDate:] + 404
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a4141d -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 282
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a46950 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 69
6 com.apple.proxtcore 0x02088a42 -[XTMsgQueue waitForMessage] + 47
7 com.apple.proxtcore 0x02087b19 -[XTThread run:] + 412
8 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a13408 -[NSThread main] + 45
9 com.apple.Foundation 0x91a1338b __NSThread__main__ + 1396
10 libsystem_c.dylib 0x917235b7 _pthread_start + 344
11 libsystem_c.dylib 0x9170ddce thread_start + 34

Sep 4, 2015 12:59 AM in response to ckfoot

Then your Library is the problem and not the app.


Option 1

Back 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't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.


If that fails:


Option 2

Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it'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'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're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.


Regards



TD

Sep 4, 2015 9:09 AM in response to ckfoot

Many thanks for the help. Using the alt key I can access my library which is on a separate hard drive (although I still get the same problem with the LIbrary on my computer)

But did you try repairing your library's database by holding down both the Option+Command keys while launching iPhoto as Terence suggested?

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