Can't see IPhoto library in IMovie media tab

Do you keep the photo library in it's usual place as opposed to an external drive? (HD > Users > [username] > Pictures > iPhoto Library)

The information that iMovie and iDVD uses from iPhoto is stored in a file in your library called AlbumData.xml. If this file becomes corrupt, other programs will have trouble seeing your photos. This file is only written to by iPhoto, never read back. You can try dragging it out of your library folder (without iPhoto running) and then run iPhoto, make a change to something in your library, and iPhoto will recreate a new AlbumData.xml file. If something goes wrong, you can always drag the original file back into your library.

The online help for iPhoto Library Manager has a good section on this here: http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/Documentation/iPLM/pgs/albumdata.html

Have you seen this? http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75491

My MacBook Pro arrived just yesterday and I'm having the same situation. Tried all the fixes listed above and on other threads in the discussion.

Still no connection between iMovie and iPhoto.

With graduation season approaching, this is getting serious!

Thanks for anyone's help.

MacBook Pro 15" 2.16 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Welcome Tek-doode:


Be certain that you are not using odd symbols in you jpeg names...like & @ /

That sort of thing.

:)Sue

Do you keep the photo library in it's usual place as
opposed to an external drive? (HD > Users >
[username] > Pictures > iPhoto Library)

Andrew, the location of the iPhotoLibrary is irrelevant as long as iPhoto is directed to where the Library is. I keep all my iPhotoLibraries on an external drive and iPhoto has no problem finding them.

Also read Dave E.'s description of how to identify a problem in the XML file. If you see anything similar to what he describes, you can go into iPhoto's preferences to edit or delete the offender from your keywords list. If you have a blank keyword this will help you find it.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3870956&#3870956

PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!

BLANK KEYWORDS seem to be the problem.

I located my very own blank keyword by going to iPhoto, clicking PREFERENCES, then the KEYWORDS tab. The first in the list is a check mark in a black circle. Click on the second key word (it's blank) and the "rename" button becomes active. This indicated to me it was a key word, but it was blank. I renamed it, closed out of Preferences, then launched iMovie.

Voila! Photos available in the Media > Photos area.

Thanks to all!!!

Tek-Doode