Ghost images after deletion...

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Ghost images after deletion...

Hello – I recently deleted, on purpose, a bunch of photos in order to clean up my library. I deleted them and emptied the trash as normal and everything seemed fine. The next time I opened iPhoto, the space they occupied was there, along with the file name, but no image. HOWEVER, here is the kicker: this only happened on certain film rolls, not all of them. Any thoughts…? Thanks.

iMac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.9), iLife 5, iTunes 7.1.1

Posted on Apr 20, 2007 5:42 AM

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mikwen Author

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Apr 20, 2007 6:40 AM in response to mikwen

...a little more info:

i just rebuilt my iphoto library and the ghost images are still there. however, going through the finder, they are not there. this is weird...

help...anybody...

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PhillyPhan

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Apr 20, 2007 7:19 AM in response to mikwen

Did you use the finder to delete or did you do it from inside iPhoto?

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mikwen Author

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Apr 20, 2007 7:32 AM in response to PhillyPhan

...from inside iphoto...

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PhillyPhan

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Apr 20, 2007 8:19 AM in response to mikwen

This type of problem typically occurs when someone uses the finder to tamper with the innards of the iPhoto Library folder. In you case, I can't explain it. This isn't going to be pleasant but you might need to do the "manual rebuild." Details are here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107947

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mikwen Author

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Apr 20, 2007 11:12 AM in response to PhillyPhan

i did the "auto" rebuild before with no change. that manual rebuild looks like more work than i care to delve into right now. if i go back and re-delete those ghost images, then things seems to be okay. either way it will be a royal pain the !@#. thanks for the tid-bits of help.

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mikwen Author

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Apr 21, 2007 7:44 AM in response to mikwen

okay, not to beat a dead horse here, but this iPhoto 5 is one strange program. NOW, after deleting photos, AND empting the trash, ALL the photos I deleted are back, right where they used to be. Has this happened to any of you? I think I'm going nuts here. What a pain...!

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