Lost iphoto pix and more

I recently used iphoto for the first time and figured out how to put pix in pretty easily. However, they (all the pix I uploaded from my camera) are now gone. I have an idea about what happened and I hope they are recoverable.
First of all, I bought this computer (PowerBook G4, 15") from a former friend. We changed the ownership into my name but was not able to change the short name, so it still reads the name of the original owner. The other day I tried to change the name by clicking once to highlight and retype a new name. It created a new user name, however, and reverted to the original name. (I've done this a couple times in the past.)
In doing that, I think that I cleared all the pix from the iphoto library. All my itunes were gone also. I tried to go into my hard drive and find them but no luck. It was difficult for me to search for them because I have inadvertently created a bunch of different user names trying to streamline this system to become mine.
Is there a way to retrieve or recover the photos I lost? And is there a solution to getting my name as the primary user and get rid of all other user names I don't really need?

You cannot change the short name like that. To recover the situation have a read of this:
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/renamehomerecovery.html
Regards
TD

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I used to have my library on an external drive and had deleted the library in the pictures subfolder on my ibook. subsequently my external drive is hibernating. however, i appear to have copies on my laptop and am able to import new pictures. however, i can not locate a iPhoto Library or the file names on my photos on my laptop or anything resembling them and my iPhoto runs really slow and drags down the rest of my laptop.
Any idea where i can locate where my photos are stored on my laptop and why my iPhoto is performing so poorly?
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ok, one more thing to try. By the way, what do you mean by "the external is hybernating"?
The next instructions will help you find where a photo that you see in iPhoto is in the Finder. Once you find that out, tell me the path of the photo.
There is a way to find out where the original photo is that you have in your iPhoto Library. On this page there are iPhoto Applescripts. One of them is "show image file" I tried it and it does work for iPhoto 5. If you click on the image in your library window and then use the applescript it will open up a finder window with the image file, and you can see it's path of where it is.
http://www.apple.com/applescript/iphoto/
Download the scripts from the link
Once downloaded, put the folder "iPhoto Scripts" in ~/Library/Scripts
Now navigate to Applications/Applescript
In that Applescript folder is an icon that says "Install Script menu"
double click that icon to install the Script menu in your menu bar. You might have an item called ScriptMenu.menu instead. follow directions on next link
http://www.appleclub.com.hk/applescript/script_menu/
It will look like a little black scrolled paper.
Or you might have an item named AppleScript Utility.app in the folder. Double click to open it and make sure you have show script menu in menu bar checked.
Now open iPhoto, click on a photo to highlight it
Go to the menu bar and click and hold on the Applescript icon
scroll down to iPhoto Scripts, then scroll to "show image file"
Wait for the Finder top open a finder window showing you where the image is.
OR:
Or you can download Joe's iPhoto Applescripts
He gives instructions on the page for the installation of the scripts.

Lost iPhoto, iMovie, and Microsoft Office

I recently got my macbook pro fixed because of a system error. When I got it back all the memory was lost, including iPhoto and iMovie which I thought was weird. I tried searching for them on my spotlight but I couldn't find them. Also my microsoft office disappeared. I had Word, Exel and Powerpoint and I can't find them. I tried going on the microsoft site to insert my product key again but it won't let me download it again because I already previously had it. How do I retrieve these things?

So what happened is they reinstall OS X and maybe changed the hard drive.
You can get the iLife apps from the Mac App Store in your Purchases area.
As for MS Office do you have a license key code for it? If you do you can download it from MS and apply that key code to authenticate it. If you do not have the license key code you will need to buy it again. And if you have to buy it again make sure you save the license key code for it so if you ever need to reinstall it you can reuse that key code.

Iphoto crashing and more...

Running iPhoto 11, version 9.4.3 on a MacBook Pro 10.8.4.
The problem started with iPhoto when I scanned some old photos (1940's-1960's) and imported them into iPhoto. Some photos say that they can't be edited because the original format is not supported. If I can get that far, it usually quits unexpectedly after I tried to edit. It became a major problem when it wouldn't let me do anything...10 seconds after iPhoto started it quit. Everytime. It tried to repair itself numberous times, but I finally rebuild the library by clicking command+option and started it from there. Now it will stay working as long as I don't try to edit those photos that come up with the exclamation point/triangle before the image pops up. But I still need to edit those photos. Should I delete all of those photos and rescan them? Or is there a way to find the original format and get that fixed so I can edit again? I imported about 600 images, but only about 200 have the problem I'm mentioning.
I appreciate any and all help. I'm seeing my family in early August and would really like to get these photos in slideshow. Thank you!

I just remembered that I did use an old (10+ years) Epson Stylus CX7800 to scan some pictures, but it was going so slow I bought the CanoScan LIDE 110 which is much faster. You asking me what format and me trying to find it on iPhoto made me look in the upper right corner for that information when I click on the "Info". I can tell which ones were scanned by the Epson and which by the CanoScan. It looks like the Epson ones are the problem images I can't edit and cause iPhoto to crash. It seems logical that if I delete those and rescan them on the CanoScan that it would solve the problem. Does that sound right?

I've lost all audio and more . . .

Hello Steve and All.
Just when things were going well, something fatal has occurred. I use a mix of MOD files (Panasonic cameras) and AVI files (Canon mini DV camera) and all has gone well with the editing until yesterday.
The problem is that the program (Premier Elements 7) thinks that my media is off-line, but it isn't off-line. When I try to relink, the 'Locate Media' option gives the following error: "The selected file cannot be linked because its type (video) does not match the original file's type (audio and video)."
I cannot proceed from there.
When I try playing other MOD files in my library, I get no sound. When I try playing the MOD file with another program, everything works fine.
Now I am stuck. I cannot get Premier Elements 7 to recognize any of my MOD files. It has worked for months, but this has me at a dead stop.
Last night I ran the Repair Option from the installation program disk and the program began to work again -- but it was time for bed, so I shut down for the night. Tonight, the problem is back and cannot be repaired.
I am stuck in a big way. My deadline for a party video is Christmas, but I cannot proceed.
Please help me. I don't know how to resolve this problem.
Sincerly,
Brian

The problem started part way through the editing process last night. No Windows update was installed.
If one has Window update set to full automatic (default), there are many OS updates that will download and install, and the user never knows about them, unless they require a reboot. Many do not. I just manually downloaded full updates to Office, plus four new hot-fixes for XP-Pro, and none required a reboot. Unless one has changed the default, these things can download and be installed without the user ever knowing about it.
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Glad to hear that things are working for you now. This would be when I would do a Save_As, and a Save_As_a_Copy, just in case. This ARTICLE will give you some of the details on the differences between the three flavors of Save, plus some background on what is in a .PREL file.
About the only way to track down a bad Asset would be to systematically eliminate Assets, testing along the way.
What is the connection for your external? USB externals have been known to have serious read/write issues. I'd look in my Event Viewer, and check for any error, or warning messages. Look especially closely in the links in any, for driver errors, or for Delayed Write Errors. That would point to the USB external.
I have neither encountered, nor have I read of such issues with FW, either 400, or 800.
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Screensaver configuration problem with lost iPhoto library

Hi, I justed switched my macbook and I used to have another iPhoto library in an external HD that is now gone. I cannot configure the screensaver, I think it searches for my lost iPhoto library and cannot select my current pictures. Can someone help me with this problem? Thanks.

If the rebuild doesn't help try Fix 101: make a temporary, backup copy of the library if you don't already have a backup copy and try the following:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
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2 - delete iPhoto's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
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3 - launch iPhoto and try again.
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I lost iphoto in my macbook

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If you purchased the machine new and it had OS X 10.7 or 10.8 on it, then you will have to talk to Apple because basically it's another machine as you likely had your logicboard switched, thus it has a different serial number and all AppStore software is copy protected and tied to your AppleID.
If your machine originally came with 10.4, 10.5, or 10.6, then you can try to see if those installers will work as the iLife is on the disks, or you can use Pacifist from Charlesoft to extract the apps and put them on your machine, then Software Update so the versions are current.

I have lost my entire IPhoto Library and albums

IMac OS X V 10.6.8
I have lost my entire IPhoto Library and albums.
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Your only other option is to stop using your Mac as soon as possible to minimize precious data being overwritten to, purchase a high quality, fast external hard drive, preferably a FIreWire external hard drive such as these
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB
using an OS X Snow Leopard install disc, format this external drive as a Mac OS extended (journaled) formatted hard drive with a GUID partition scheme and then, using a install disc of OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, install a fresh copy of OS X Snow Leopard and boot your Mac to that external hard drive by using the Startup Disc icon in the OS X System Preferences Panel to boot your Mac to the external hard drive. Once your Mac is booted and running from this hard drive, then use the OS X Software Update feature to update that version of OS X Snow Leopard to OS X 10.6.8.
Then, you need to do a web search for a Data recovery software such as Prosoft Engineering's Data Rescue and purchase, download, install and use this software to perform data recovery of your iMac's internal hard drive following the proper instructions on how to use the software. to recover the data.
Be advised that any images you recover will no longer be in a format that IPhoto will read and most like will just be a folder with just the images alone without any more linkage to the IPhoto library, but I am not completely sure about this as I always have redundant backups of my entire system.
If this seems all too complicated and complex to you, you need to stop using your Mac ASAP and either contact an Apple Store or Apple Authorised reseller/service/repair center to find out how much it will cost for them to recover your data and bring your Mac in for a more professional data recovery.
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Every computer user SHOULD have, at least, one external backup drive and having redundant backup drives is even better.

I need your help with a decision to use iPhoto. I have been a PC user since the mid 1980's and more recently have used ACDSee to manage my photo images and Photoshop to edit them. I have used ProShow Gold to create slideshows. I am comfortable with my

I need your help with a decision to use iPhoto. I have been a PC user since the mid 1980’s and more recently have used ACDSee to manage my photo images and Photoshop to edit them. I have used ProShow Gold to create slideshows. I am comfortable with my own folder and file naming conventions. I currently have over 23,000 images of which around 60% are scans going back 75 years. Since I keep a copy of the originals, the storage requirements for over 46,000 images is huge. 180GB plus.
I now have a Macbook Pro and will add an iMac when the new models arrive. For my photos, I want to stay with Photoshop which also gives me the Bridge. The only obvious reason to use iPhoto is to take advantage of Faces and the link to iMovie to make slideshows. What am I missing and is using iPhoto worth the effort?
If I choose to use iPhoto, I am not certain whether I need to load the originals and the edited versions. I suspect that just the latter is sufficient. If I set PhotoShop as my external editor, I presume that iPhoto will keep track of all changes moving forward. However, over 23,000 images in iPhoto makes me twitchy and they are appear hidden within iPhoto. In the past, I have experienced syncing problems with, and database errors in, large databases. If I break up the images into a number of projects, I loose the value of Faces reaching back over time.
Some guidance and insight would be appreciated. I have a number of Faces questions which I will save for later.

Bridge and Photoshop is a common file-based management system. (Not sure why you'd have used ACDSEE as well as Bridge.) In any event, it's on the way out. You won't be using it in 5 years time.
Up to this the lack of processing power on your computer left no choice but to organise this way. But file based organisation is as sensible as organising a Shoe Warehouse based on the colour of the boxes. It's also ultimately data-destructive.
Modern systems are Database driven. Files are managed, Images imported, virtual versions, lossless processing and unlimited editing are the way forward.
For a Photographer Photoshop is overkill. It's an enormously powerful app, a staple of the Graphic Designers' trade. A Photographer uses maybe 15% to 20% of its capability.
Apps like iPhoto, Lightroom, Aperture are the way forward - for photographers. There's the 20% of Photoshop that shooters actually use, coupled with management and lossless processing. Pop over to the Aperture or Lightroom forums (on the Adobe site) and one comment shows up over and over again... "Since I started using Aperture/ Lightroom I hardly ever use Photoshop any more..." and if there is a job that these apps can do, then the (much) cheaper Elements will do it.
The change is not easy though, especially if you have a long-standing and well thought out filing system of your own. The first thing I would strongly advise is that you experiment before making any decisions. So I would create a Library, import 300 or 400 shots and play. You might as well do this in iPhoto to begin with - though if you’re a serious hobbyist or a Pro then you'll find yourself looking further afield pretty soon. iPhoto is good for the family snapper, taking shots at birthdays and sharing them with friends and family.
Next: If you're going to successfully use these apps you need to make a leap: Your files are not your Photos.
The illustration I use is as follows: In my iTunes Library I have a file called 'Let_it_Be_The_Beatles.mp3'. So what is that, exactly? It's not the song. The Beatles never wrote an mp3. They wrote a tune and lyrics. They recorded it and a copy of that recording is stored in the mp3 file. So the file is just a container for the recording. That container is designed in a specific way attuned to the characteristics and requirements of the data. Hence, mp3.
Similarly, that Jpeg is not your photo, it's a container designed to hold that kind of data. iPhoto is all about the data and not about the container. So, regardless of where you choose to store the file, iPhoto will manage the photo, edit the photo, add metadata to the Photo but never touch the file. If you choose to export - unless you specifically choose to export the original - iPhoto will export the Photo into a new container - a new file containing the photo.
When you process an image in iPhoto the file is never touched, instead your decisions are recorded in the database. When you view the image then the Master is presented with these decisions applied to it. That's why it's lossless. You can also have multiple versions and waste no disk space because they are all just listings in the database.
These apps replace the Finder (File Browser) for managing your Photos. They become the Go-To app for anything to do with your photos. They replace Bridge too as they become a front-end for Photoshop.
So, want to use a photo for something - Export it. Choose the format, size and quality you want and there it is. If you're emailing, uploading to websites then these apps have a "good enough for most things" version called the Preview - this will be missing some metadata.
So it's a big change from a file-based to Photo-based management, from editing files to processing Photos and it's worth thinking it through before you decide.

I have downloaded the most recent version of Iphoto and it no longer works period. I lost all photos, and the app crashes every time I try to open it. How can this be fixed?

I have downloaded the most recent version of Iphoto and it no longer works period. I lost all photos, and the app crashes every time I try to open it. How can this be fixed?

Post the first 50 lines only of the crash report
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TD

After upgrading to Yosemite I have lost iPhoto. It has a cross through it in Finder, but I clicked on it and I was directed to download the latest version from the App store, but it is not available in the Australian store. Can anyone help?

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cdkayak
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
There's absolutely no harm in using PSE with iPhoto, it's Bridge that's a killer. So that's what you chuck from your machine. Set up PSE as an external editor in the iPhoto Preferences. That way you can double click a pic in iPhoto and it will open automatically in PSE, save it PSE and have it come back into iPhoto seamlessly.
What's likely happened here is that you have (or Bridge has) made changes in the iPhoto Library Folder which has broken the link between iPhoto and the library files.
Some things to try:
Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. Choose Locate, and point iPhoto at the iPhoto Library Folder.
What Back Ups do you have? If there's an up-to-date one, then try copying the library6.iphoto file from it to the iPhoto Library Folder allowing it to overwrite the confused one.
That said, if these don't work, your options will only be to create and populate a new library: To create and populate a new library:
Note this will give you a working library with the same film rolls and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, books, calendars etc.
Move the iPhoto Library Folder to the desktop
Launch iPhoto. It will ask if you wish to create a new Library. Say Yes.
Go into the iPhoto Library Folder on your desktop and find the Originals folder. From the Originals folder drag the individual rolls 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 Folder 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.
Finally, the message
"Unreadable files: 1. The following file could not be imported: '/Users/john/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Library.iPhoto.'"
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Regards
TD

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I updated iPhoto 4 with iPhoto 5 and lost all my FRICKIN photos! Anyone else have this problem? If I do a search for img_ I do get about 3800 photos, so they do still seem to exist in various locations with multiple duplicates and/or photos that are different but have the same name. I know if I try moving them all to one location I'll get the message "Do you want to replace?" many many times. Any suggestions?

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I upgraded to iPhoto 11 and I lost all of my photos. Only empty thumbnails show up. I don't have anypther backup. What can I do?

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Fix #2
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Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
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Click on the Create button.
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If neither of the above help you'll need to:
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Start over with a new library and import the Originals (iPhoto 09 and earlier) or the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from your original library as follows:
1. Open the library package like this.
2. Launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and, when asked, select the option to create a new library.
3. Drag the Originals (iPhoto 09 and earlier) or the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from the open iPhoto Library package into the open iPhoto window.
Click to view full size
This will create a new library with the same Events (but not necessarily the same Event names) as the original library but will not keep the metadata, albums, books slideshows and other projects.
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