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Q: iPhoto crashes after opening repeatedly

Hello -

 

   Tonight my iPhoto opened, then crashed almost immediately. I have done a database rebuild, but it continues to crash shortly after opening. Using iPhoto 9.4.3 on OSX 10.8.5... thanks for any help.

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Nov 18, 2015 12:36 AM

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  • by water99,

    water99 water99 Nov 19, 2015 2:48 PM in response to rayblu
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    Nov 19, 2015 2:48 PM in response to rayblu

    This worked for me! Thanks!

  • by OpalCheek,

    OpalCheek OpalCheek Nov 19, 2015 3:51 PM in response to rayblu
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    Nov 19, 2015 3:51 PM in response to rayblu

    THANK YOU, rayblu! This finally worked for me. I only figured it out because you told me how to get to the "Go go folder". After following your instructions, and deleting the two files, iPhoto no longer crashes after I open it. I also closed out iPhoto, reopened it, and it stayed open, allowed me to edit, etc. Everything seems back to normal. I appreciate the suggestion!

  • by Larryfromab,

    Larryfromab Larryfromab Nov 19, 2015 4:01 PM in response to Huxly647
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    Nov 19, 2015 4:01 PM in response to Huxly647

    Huxly647 - removing Googlemap and Googlesearch worked for me. You are the guru today.

    I tried other fixes and this is the one that finally worked. The problem just started for me today.

  • by moondogben,

    moondogben moondogben Nov 19, 2015 4:50 PM in response to Huxly647
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    Nov 19, 2015 4:50 PM in response to Huxly647

    Thanks for your fix! It worked!!

  • by ladarlene,

    ladarlene ladarlene Nov 19, 2015 9:56 PM in response to rayblu
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    Nov 19, 2015 9:56 PM in response to rayblu

    It worked!! May you have turkey with no leftovers and bottles of wine for Thanksgiving!

  • by carvermon,

    carvermon carvermon Nov 19, 2015 11:01 PM in response to Huxly647
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    Nov 19, 2015 11:01 PM in response to Huxly647

    Howdy,

     

       I finally got around to deleting the google files (you're quite the hero around the forum for figuring that fix) and upon launching iPhoto got an option to deny or allow incoming connections - what is the best choice here?

     

    Thanks!

  • by Huxly647,Helpful

    Huxly647 Huxly647 Nov 20, 2015 12:10 AM in response to carvermon
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    Nov 20, 2015 12:10 AM in response to carvermon

    Hi,

     

    i'd click yes to allow if you use shared photostreams. Then check in the iphoto preferences and see if the sharing box is checked too. If this pop appears next time you start iphoto try checking disk permissions.

     

    Huxly647

  • by carvermon,

    carvermon carvermon Nov 20, 2015 12:16 AM in response to Huxly647
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    Nov 20, 2015 12:16 AM in response to Huxly647

    Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I went ahead and allowed after remembering I had flickr and facebook connections to iPhoto.

     

    Iphoto has been open all evening, thanks to you! Did get to wondering how you figured that those google files were the troublemakers, and why they affected the "info" panel (the Places thing made sense, but not so much the info thing).

  • by Huxly647,

    Huxly647 Huxly647 Nov 20, 2015 12:39 AM in response to carvermon
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    Nov 20, 2015 12:39 AM in response to carvermon

    Oh i just tried all the usual steps etc for rebuilding iphoto database at first, then I thought it was due to apples locations services but that wasnt it. Tried disconnecting my internet connection and iphoto opened just fine. So pursued that route...lots of digging and testing and any clues i could find online...

  • by Abbax,

    Abbax Abbax Nov 20, 2015 12:48 AM in response to Huxly647
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    Nov 20, 2015 12:48 AM in response to Huxly647

    Hi Huxley 647
    Since last night, I have the same issue with iPhoto (crashing immediately after opening) and wanted to try your recommendation: "goto /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/ Resources".  I cannot get to .../contents/resources in the finder. When I go to Applications/iPhoto in the Finder, there is no option for me to get further. Where on my Mac would I be able to follow the recommended path?
    Please excuse the question, I am not that versed with the technical stuff on my Mac.
    Thanks,
    Abbax

  • by Huxly647,

    Huxly647 Huxly647 Nov 20, 2015 1:15 AM in response to Abbax
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    Nov 20, 2015 1:15 AM in response to Abbax

    Hi Abbax

    The easiest way as pointed out by Rayblu is to do the following:

    "click Finder and the "Go" menu item.  Then click "Go to folder ..."  at the bottom and enter /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/Resources and click "go".  Then delete the 2 google files"



  • by Abbax,

    Abbax Abbax Nov 20, 2015 1:22 AM in response to Huxly647
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    Nov 20, 2015 1:22 AM in response to Huxly647

    Thank you Huxley 647. This got me one step further. The result is getting the message "this folder cannot be found"
    Any idea how I could work around this?

  • by Huxly647,

    Huxly647 Huxly647 Nov 20, 2015 1:54 AM in response to Abbax
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    Nov 20, 2015 1:54 AM in response to Abbax

    Hmm you might have to enable 'show hidden files' - check google for instructions. I'm not in front of my mac at the moment so cant check.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Nov 20, 2015 2:15 AM in response to Abbax
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    Nov 20, 2015 2:15 AM in response to Abbax

    Right click on the iPhoto icon and choose 'Show Package Contents...'

  • by Dredger,

    Dredger Dredger Nov 20, 2015 2:27 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Nov 20, 2015 2:27 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    I don't want to sound argumentative or dismissive, but I don't feel confident enough to go poking about in areas to remove this, change that, move the other.

     

    The whole point is that this is a sudden and common problem affecting dozens and none of us should be having to do this.

     

    It was working perfectly before the other day, so what's stopped it now? There needs to be a fix or update that takes care of this, not for dozens of users to be poking about in areas they know nothing about to make something work that worked perfectly the other day.

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