Will reinstalling iphoto 6 help?....

I have iphoto 6 on my iBook G4. Could something have happened when I installed it to cause the editing tools not to work properly? And, also, to cause me not to be able to email pics to anyone with AOL? Everything was fine with iphoto 5....then I went to 6 and the problems began. I went to File/Attachments and checked 'always send windows friendly attachments' and that didn't help the email problem. I have no idea what to do about the editing problem.

kissiputin
I went to the Library/Preferences folder and com.apple.iphoto.iplist file was not there.
Well that's because it's at HOME/Library/Preferences - Home is a shorthand for HD/Users/Your User Name/... Library/Preferences.
1. As to the email issue, I wonder if the AOL customers have the problem, not you. After all, everyone else is getting them. To test this send the same email to an AOL address and another, if one gets through and the other doesn't, then it suggests that's where the problem lies.
2. As to the Editing Issue: Try resizing the tool:
How to Change the Size of the Retouch and Red-Eye Removal Tool
Type Caps lockControl9
Undo caps lock
Click on Retouch tool
The tab key will toggle between cursor types, a cross or a circle
The "[" and "]" keys decrease or increase the size accordingly. (Using the "{" "}" keys will will change the value next to the circle and that represents the degree of change or intensity that the tool imparts on each pass.)
(Credit OT for that one too)
As to the Spinning BeachBall, how much RAM do you have? Also, try rebuilding the library: to do this, hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys and launch iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose the top three options. (I think this works with v5 as well.)
Regards
TD

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Argelius,
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