How do i solve The photo could not be opened, because the original item cannot be found

The issue is with iPhoto. When it opens it is looking for a photo that either no longer exists or is misplaced. I would post I the iPhoto forum where those experts are.

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I am on a i mac osx 10.8.4 and can not get into i photo i keep recieving the message "The library could not be opened because the file system of the library's volume is unsupported.

I am on a i mac osx 10.8.4 and can not get into i photo i keep recieving the message "The library could not be opened because the file system of the library's volume is unsupported."

Where is the Library? It needs to be on a disk formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

What is the best way to copy aperture library on to external hard drive? I am getting a message that say's "There was an error opening the database. The library could not be opened because the file system of the library's volume is unsupported".

What is the best way to copy aperture library on to external hard drive? I am getting a message that say's "There was an error opening the database. The library could not be opened because the file system of the library's volume is unsupported". What does that mean? I am trying to drag libraries (with metadata) to external HD...wondering what the best way to do that is?

Kirby Krieger wrote:
Hi Shane. Not much in the way of thoughts - - but fwiw:
How is the drive attached?
Can you open large files on the drive with other programs?
Are you running any drive compression or acceleration programs (some drives arrive with these installed)?
Can you reformat the drive and try again?
Hi Kirby,
I attached the UltraMax Plus with a USB cable. The UltraMax powers the cable so power is not an issue. I can open other files. Also, there is 500GB of files on the drive so I cannot re-format it. Although, I noted I could import the entire Aperture Library. However, I do not want to create a duplicate on my machine because that would be defeating the purpose of the external drive.
Thanks,
Shane

IPhoto The library could not be opened because the file system of the library's volume is unsupported.

Have Yosemite installed on both my MBA and Mac Pro. iPhoto 9.0 running well on the MBA but when I tried opening iPhoto on my Mac pro get the message "The library could not be opened because the file system of the library's volume is unsupported." This is after I upgraded iPhoto.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

While holding down the command & option keys boot into iPhoto and have it repair the Library. If that does not work then download "Library Manager" and have that program work. I found that better than the Apple program.

In Mainstage When I try to open the last project i worked on it says The Concert could not be opened because the file is corrupt ?

In Mainstage When I try to open the last project i worked on it says The Concert could not be opened because the file is corrupt ?

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Trying to make a iPhoto Library on my external hard drive but I get "the library could not be opened because the file system of the library's volume is unsupported.

Trying to make a iPhoto Library on my external hard drive but I get "the library could not be opened because the file system of the library's volume is unsupported." I reformatted my hard drive to ExFAT because I want to be able to use it on PC and MAC.
iOS: 10.10.1
Mac Book Air
External: WD 500 GB recently reformatted (no files on it currently)

The iPhoto library must only be on a volume formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) - it can not be on any other format drive
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Photo could not be opened, because the original item cannot be found

I've drawn a blank. This error message gets touched on in places, but I cannot find a direct answer.
I have never used iPhoto.
After installing and without changing any settings, I got to import folder.
I select my photos folder and begin to import all my photos.
Every single photo of the 3500+ pops up the error:
"The photo "xxx.jpg" could not be opened, because the original item cannot be found"
And I have to press Cancel (and then it imports it anyway) for each of the 3500+ photos.
What is going on?
I need to employ a chimp to press Cancel thousands of times...
I have not imported, deleted, moved or done anything. Apart from install iPhoto and then IMPORT.
TIA

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Try this
To create and populate a new library:
Note this will give you a working library with the same Events and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, modified versions, books, calendars etc.
In the iPhoto Preferences -> Events Uncheck the box at 'Imported Items from the Finder'
Move the iPhoto Library to the desktop
Launch iPhoto. It will ask if you wish to create a new Library. Say Yes.
Go into the iPhoto Library (Right Click -> Show Package Contents) on your desktop and find the Originals folder. From the Originals folder drag the individual Event Folders to the iPhoto Window and it will recreate them in the new library.
When you're sure all is well you can delete the iPhoto Library on your desktop.
In the future, in addition to your usual back up routine, you might like to make a copy of the library6.iPhoto file whenever you have made changes to the library as protection against database corruption.
Regards
TD

Help - photo could not be opened, because the original item cannot be found

I keep getting the following error message for about 10 different photos: "The photo “IMG_0123.JPG” could not be opened, because the original item cannot be found." It prompts to cancel or find these photos every time I open iPhoto. Is there any way I can stop this. I don't know if I still have the photos and, at this point, I don't care. I just want it to stop. Thanks in advance for any advice.

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. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords 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

"The picture could not be opened because the original image could not be found."

"The picture XXXXX.jpg could not be opened because the original image could not be found." - I've translated from Portuguese, so it's possible to contain errors on text but I think it is clear to understand.
This error message has appeared on my screen for a thousand times, repeatedly. I've canceled everyone, but still appears,how this error has ocurred for every picture in my library.
I gave up, I'm tired to cancel every window. I don't know what to do. And worst, I'm not able to open Settings or any other command, only "Cancel" or "Search Image", and it opens a Finder window that doesn't give me access to iPhoto Library.

Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In Library Manager it's the FIle -> Rebuild command)
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.

The library could not be opened because the file system of the library's volume is unsupported.

What to do now? Tried also to open the library directly from finder. This campe up. First tried to import library from aperture.

We recommend to use "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" on an external drive where you are going to store your Aperture library. Copy the library to the internal disk and open it from there. Then, use Disk Utility to format the external disk > http://pondini.org/OSX/DU1.html Copy all the files on the external drive to the internal disk before formatting.
Note that you will lose the ability to use the external disk with PCs, so you will need an application like Paragon HFS on all PCs you want to use the external disk

IPhoto9: "library could not be opened because the file system of the library's volume is unsupported."

Can please anyone help me with this issue.
After upgrading from iPhoto8 to iPhoto9 my library won't open anymore. I have stored all my pictures on a NAS (Buffalo Link Station Duo). It all worked fine but since upgrading to iPhoto9 I do have the following problem:
When opening iPhoto I receive a message that the library needs to be updated. I assume that iPhoto should just do this sort of automatically in order to upgrade to iPhoto9.However, next message I receive then is
"The library could not be opened because the file system of the library's volume is unsupported."
Apple support so far does not seem to be able to solve my issue. Anyone else having had the same issue and having a solution to this?
Thanks a lot for your help.

There is no solution.
IPhoto needs to have the Library sitting on disk formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Users with the Library sitting on disks otherwise formatted regularly report issues including, but not limited to, importing, saving edits and sharing the photos.While you have been lucky to date, many folks with a library on a NAS found that it worked for a while and then the problems started.
Workaround: Put the Library on a Disk Image formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and store that on the NAS. But the real solution is to use a properly formatted disk for the Library.
Regards
TD

Re: how do I solve this alert-The photo "evaluation.jpeg" could not be opened, because the original item cannot be found.

Re: how do I solve this alert-The photo “evaluation.jpeg” could not be opened, because the original item cannot be found. How do I get rid of the alert so that every time I open iphoto or sync my iphone it will not come up anymore.
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The issue is with iPhoto. When it opens it is looking for a photo that either no longer exists or is misplaced. I would post I the iPhoto forum where those experts are.

How do I solve this alert-The photo "evaluation.jpeg" could not be opened, because the original item cannot be found.

it happened when I did an update on the iphoto
how do I solve this
alert-The photo “evaluation.jpeg” could not be opened, because the original item cannot be found.

The issue is with iPhoto. When it opens it is looking for a photo that either no longer exists or is misplaced. I would post I the iPhoto forum where those experts are.

Syncing photos via iTunes - getting new error message" "the iphone could not be synced because the connection to iphone was lost"

I am trying to sync photos in a dedicated file on my desktop with the photo library on my iPhone 4S. Something I have done many times before.
Since upgrading to iTunes 11 I get this message "the iphone could not be synced because the connection to iphone was lost" midway through the sync. I do not understand this as I am syncing via the USB lead, so how can the connection be lost?
Bascially I just want to update the photos on my iPhone with new photos I have added to the file I use on my computer.
Any help or ideas would be gratefully received. Thanks.

This may help you
http://appducate.com/2012/12/troubleshoot-an-ios-device-that-wont-sync-in-itunes /

After downloading itunes on my new computer all of my songs have an exclamation point in front of them and it says the song could not be used because the original file could not be found. How do I fix this?

After downloading itunes on my new computer all of my songs have an exclamation point in front of them and it says the song could not be used because the orginal file could not be found. How do I fix this?

Hey waltee911,
It sounds like you're seeing something similar to this picture:
If that's the case, the following article has troubleshooting steps to solve the issue:
iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1408
Welcome to Apple Support Communities!
Sincerely,
Delgadoh

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