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Q: My Macbook Pro's iPhoto won't let me play video clips anymore (usually taken with the iPhone). I get a message: "OSStatus Error -54."  Does anyone know how to fix this problem? Thanks!

My Macbook Pro's iPhoto (older version) won't let me play video clips anymore (it used to). They are mostly iPhone clips. When I try to open them I get a dark blank page with an error message:

"OSStatus Error -54."

Has anyone seen this and does anyone have any suggestions as to how to fix it?

It is so frustrating because with most of these clips this is the only place I have them stored - some are clips I get from family members as well...(In the iPhoto I can see a picture of the first frame of the clip, but the clip does not play.) Even when the new version of iPhoto appeared on my computer, my old version stayed and I continued to use the old one because I liked it better (more familiar.)  The videos were still playing on the old version when I got the new version, but they stopped playing several months ago. Help! Please? Thank you!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Feb 29, 2016 3:46 PM

by Terence Devlin,Solvedanswer
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but when I clicked on "reveal in Finder" and then "original" it would say "FINDER" in the upper left hand corner of the screen, but Finder was nowhere to be seen and I still had the black blank iPhoto page in front of me.

 

Your iPhoto Library is corrupted.

 

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

Posted on Mar 5, 2016 8:57 AM

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    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Feb 29, 2016 10:52 PM in response to JAMunder
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    Feb 29, 2016 10:52 PM in response to JAMunder

    What version of iPhoto? Of the OS?

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    JAMunder JAMunder Feb 29, 2016 11:03 PM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Feb 29, 2016 11:03 PM in response to Terence Devlin

    My OS is El Capitan 10.11.3 and the iPhoto version is 9.6.1 (910.42)

    Thanks for any insight you can provide!

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Mar 1, 2016 12:53 AM in response to JAMunder
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    Mar 1, 2016 12:53 AM in response to JAMunder

    Select one of the affected videos in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Reveal in Finder -> Original. A Finder Window should open with the file selected.

     

    Does it? Does the video play there?

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    JAMunder JAMunder Mar 1, 2016 1:11 PM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Mar 1, 2016 1:11 PM in response to Terence Devlin

    I did exactly as you said, but when I clicked on "reveal in Finder" and then "original" it would say "FINDER" in the upper left hand corner of the screen, but Finder was nowhere to be seen and I still had the black blank iPhoto page in front of me. (I tried minimizing the page to see if Finder was behind it but it was not open.)

    That did give me an idea and I went directly to Finder a scrolled through "All my files" and found the video clips there and, even though they had a picture of a closed lock in the lower left hand corner of the thumbnail pictures, I was able to open them and they played. I guess there is no link from iPhoto, but your idea helped and I can open them in Finder separately. Thank you for your assistance. I appreciate it so much. I seems this iPhoto program lacks certain functions.

     

    Thanks!

  • by Terence Devlin,Solvedanswer

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Mar 5, 2016 8:57 AM in response to JAMunder
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    Mar 5, 2016 8:57 AM in response to JAMunder
    but when I clicked on "reveal in Finder" and then "original" it would say "FINDER" in the upper left hand corner of the screen, but Finder was nowhere to be seen and I still had the black blank iPhoto page in front of me.

     

    Your iPhoto Library is corrupted.

     

    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

  • by JAMunder,

    JAMunder JAMunder Mar 5, 2016 8:59 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Mar 5, 2016 8:59 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    Thanks so much for your help!