Some of my old photos are no longer accessible. The thumbnails look fine, but when I click on the thumbnail I get the ! image. So when I show the contents of the iPhoto Library these masters show up as documents and not photos. How do I recover the original image?
mini, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
Do the following:
1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down to open the First Aid window. Be sure to follow the circled recommendation in the screenshot.
2 - apply Option #4, Rebuild Database.
Do the following:
1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down to open the First Aid window. Be sure to follow the circled recommendation in the screenshot.
2 - apply Option #4, Rebuild Database.
Can preview open the original files? Have you tried to open one of the files with the document icon in Preview?
Are the files indeed corrupted, or does iPhoto just not find them? If even preview cannot open the originals restore the library from your last backup.
What happened, before iPhoto stopped to recognize the originals? Did you run a cleaning application? Did your move your iPhoto Library to a different drive?
I get the error for all photos during the import process of "unrecognized format".
That is what I suspected, that iPhoto cannot read the old format.
You can use Preview to batch convert the photos.
Do I need to make the changes and rebuild afterwards?
No, that won't work. You need to copy those files to the desktop, add the extension and reimport them into the library.
But i tried adding it back to the master in the Library Package, iPhoto does not recognize it.
Try first to run the option "Repair Permission"s as well. perhaps it is a permissions problem.
Copy one of the old master files out of the package, add the .pct extension, and try to reimport it.
Can iPhoto import the file and show it correctly?
No, preview does recognize the file, but the files are in the store. These are old photos and I cannot tell you which version upgrade made them go bad. I have all the files. Can I upload one for someone to look at?
I went back to my old, old backups and found the original before they were uploaded to iPhoto from my PowerPC. The original extension was .pct which got stripped off along the way. If I add the .pct back onto the the library file, then preview can see it. But i tried adding it back to the master in the Library Package, iPhoto does not recognize it. Do I need to make the changes and rebuild afterwards?
I changed all files to .pct and tried to reimport into iPhoto. I get the error for all photos during the import process of "unrecognized format". This is an old quicktime format and I am looking for a batch converter tool.
The database rebuild did not help. It did not change the master files at all and the previews are still fine. Any other ideas?
When I try this with .pct the export menu item is greyed out. All that I can do is Export PDF. The problem is solved though with the other converter listed above. Thanks for the help!
good thumbnail, corrupt mater file
