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Dec 21, 2015 12:36 AM in response to hairygooseby Terence Devlin,It's not a waste of time at all - it tells Apple that there are still people out there using old or even out dated software.
Apple already know that. Now what's in this for you?
If Apple were really smart they would start asking why people CHOOSE to do this.
Well couple of things on that: I'm sure Apple think they're already plenty smart, and I've no idea why you think they might learn from a minute part of the installed base still running 3 versions behind on the OS. IN any case yhey offer the same solution: update. Supporting old software and maintaining backward compatibility is a drain on resources.
Take look at the App store reviews for El Capitain - more than 50% of the reviews last time I looked, rated that new release at 1 star with all of those reviewers expressing regret for taking the upgrade or recommending that you don't take it.
Actually, no I won't. Here's why:
Those reviews aren't worth the paper they're not written on.
The problems with them are manifold: for a start, happy people are less likely to review, unhappy happy are much more inclined to. That's why we don't have thousands and thousands of posts on this forum from all the people who have no problems saying "look I have no problems". Unhappy people get cross and are more likely to express that anger in negative reviews.
Then what about the reviewer? What is his or her knowledge, experience and skill level? No doubt they are having problems, and real ones, but how do you know if their issues are problems with the app, their own inexperience, third party conflicts and so on. I've seen people on here claim the fact that iPhoto won't edit video is a bug. I've seen hundreds and hundreds of posts from folks on here who are certain they've found a bug, only for their glitch to be resolved. No review is worth anything unless you know something of the reviewer, his or her knowledge and experience. So frankly, I never bother with those reviews on any such stores, not just iPhoto on the Mac App Store.
And by all means go back and check the reviews for whatever version of the OS you prefer: you'll see pretty much the same thing.
For me, updating Apple now is much more of a serious decision than it used to be, and never done without a full back up that I can roll back to when the update disappoints. There is always a useful functionality that is removed.
Well I'll quibble about the use of the word "always" in the last sentence, but it's no matter. You may choose to upgrade or not, that's your business. I'm not arguing with that. What I am saying is that Apple's answer is 'upgrade' and sending crash reports for discontinued apps running discontinued OSes is pointless. When was the last update to 10.8? Since then we’ve had 10.9, 10.10, 10.11. Do you really think they're going to update 10.8 now? For a minor glitch on a discontinued app, where there are free solutions existing? I wouldn't hold my breath...
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Dec 21, 2015 12:38 AM in response to daniel Azuelosby Terence Devlin,As I said already:
You may choose to upgrade or not, that's your business. I'm not arguing with that. What I am saying is that Apple's answer is 'upgrade' and sending crash reports for discontinued apps running discontinued OSes is pointless. When was the last update to 10.8? Since then we’ve had 10.9, 10.10, 10.11. Do you really think they're going to update 10.8 now? For a minor glitch on a discontinued app, where there are free solutions existing? I wouldn't hold my breath...
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Dec 26, 2015 1:55 PM in response to Huxly647by larsivar,Thanks Huxly for excellent advice on how to fix a repeatedly crashing iphoto by deleting googlemap.html and googlesearch.html in the applications. Worked fine for me, too!
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Dec 31, 2015 7:21 AM in response to Huxly647by squeeeee,Thank you SO much Huxly647- I was about to go crazy trying to resolve this issue of repeatedly crashing iphoto I am back in and iPhoto is functioning normally now after using your fix suggested "deleting googlemap.html and googlesearch.html in the applications"!
I have a huge project coming up and was stressed- You have no idea how relived I am! Peace and Happy New Year!
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Jan 5, 2016 6:04 AM in response to squeeeeeby brueso,I'm having the problems people have spoken about, but can't find those 2 Google map files. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
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Jan 5, 2016 8:35 AM in response to bruesoby Terence Devlin,How about you tell us what you're doing and then we have some hope of telling you what you'll doing wrong
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Jan 5, 2016 8:51 AM in response to Terence Devlinby brueso,Have a late 2009 iMac. I re-downloadeed iPhoto from the App store this AM so it's 9.6.1. Tried to switch to the iPhoto library I have on my external and it 'allowed' it, but I don't see the images. (I've used this external for some time so it can't be the problem. Even though I can't see the images, the update time/date of the iPhoto library on the external continues to update.
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Jan 5, 2016 8:58 AM in response to bruesoby Terence Devlin,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
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Jan 5, 2016 9:02 AM in response to Terence Devlinby brueso,I've tried the rebuild and repair and all that happens is it gets to a certain amount of images and then it stops and it continues to spin.
My library is quite large (more than 200 GB) If I use photo manager and it creates a new library but leaves the other untouched, that will mean I need 400 GB space, correct?
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Jan 5, 2016 2:01 PM in response to bruesoby brueso,When I tried to get iPhoto to access the iPhoto library on my external hard drive, it gave me a message "iPhoto has detected inconsistencies in your library. Please click Repair to avoid any potential problems". So I then clicked "Repair" and after a couple of minutes, it showed "Repairing Library 100% complete" but it continued to just spin and the photos/events, etc. did not open. Given the large size of my library, should it take a while for it to open after it has been repaired?
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Jan 5, 2016 3:12 PM in response to bruesoby Terence Devlin,As Library Manager makes a new Library, yes it will require the same amount of space again.
That sounds to me more like the app has hung and the repair failed.
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Jan 5, 2016 3:52 PM in response to Terence Devlinby brueso,I agree. I re-downloaded the App just this AM cause I thought it might have gotten corrupted somehow but I'm still having the same problem.
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Jan 14, 2016 8:59 AM in response to Huxly647by Plaz,Yes! this fix worked perfectly for me. Thank you!