Book Project Lost

I've been working on a book project for the last several days—lots of details.
Today, suddenly, one of the images would not display in its window, then the program crashed.
Now, the project is no longer listed in the sidebar menu. Does iPhoto automatically store a backup somewhere?
This is, of course, a nuisance.
Thanks.

Does iPhoto automatically store a backup somewhere?
No - this is one of the reasons that it is critical that you have a regular backup and as recommended by Old Toad, a backup of the library6.iPhoto database file -- iPhoto '09 does do an automatic database backup
Try rebuilding your library - launch iPhoto while depressing the option (alt) and command (apple) keys and use the first three rebuild options
LN

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I imported a COMPLETED book project into Aperture 3, only to discover that the resolution of all the photos has been reduced to totally unacceptable levels. Any easy solution?
Steps:
1. I finished an Aperture 2 (Two) book project and tried to submit it to Apple for printing. At that point I learned (belatedly, obviously) that Apple no longer accepts books from Aperture 2. I don't know how I would have known to even ask if Aperture 2 had been sunsetted as far as book projects go.
2. So I tried to download Aperture 3 ($79.99), only to be told that I couldn't download Aperture 3.5.1 because I was still running OSX 10.8.x. So I read current reviews for OSX 10.9.x, and ...
3. Downloaded and installed the current operating system (about a 3-hours process for me). OSX 10.9.2, here we are!
4. Then I returned to the Apple Store, found, and purchased Aperture 3. [For safety's sake, it would sure be nice to have a .dmg file I could copy and file away. I lost a perfectly legal and good copy of Adobe's Photoshop Elements 3 years ago because I wasn't smart enough to make a safety copy, and when my iMac crashed (fried electronic components), I was left with a copy of the software that wouldn't run, and couldn't be verified as legit.]
5. When Aperture 3 finished installing, I found and imported my COMPLETED Aperture 2 book project, which import seemed to proceed nominally -- the right number of pages, the right content on those pages, that sort of thing -- until I started looking more carefully at the pictures themselves. All of them, about 300 of them, have been imported into an Aperture 3 book project in such a reduced resolution that they are fuzzy at the size the book will be printed. Screen-capture of just one example (at 100% viewer setting):
I don't know what to do at this point to correct the problem, short of going through the entire book project, copy the custom captions (since those go away when you "delete" photo content), delete the photo, re-insert the photo, and paste back the custom caption. Lather, rinse, repeat - ~300 times! An estimated 2-3 hours of additional work.
Or does anyone in this community know either (1) that I did something wrong in the Aperture 2-to-Aperture 3 import (I don't recall being offered any options or choices in the process); or (2) that there is a wholesale one-step solution to my problem?
BTW, I tried to edit my "Product" info, but OSX 10.9.x is not in the pick list. I am running OSX 10.9.2
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Frank, thanks for your note. I wrote "COMPLETED" because I had gone to a lot of effort to get the content of the book precisely as I wanted it. I would fully expect to see my level of effort and care matched by functional competence in Aperture 3 to render the book the way I created it. Too much to ask?
And yes, I upgraded the Aperture 2 Library first. [Not ALL my tens of 000s of pix, because I use Lightroom selectively for photo editing. But Yes to the Aperture 2 Library.] That step took a number of minutes, but seemed to work fine (no error messages of any kind).
Then I opened the existing book project in Aperture 3, which followed some "magic-box" process that took a minute or so. As I said, when that step was done, by all appearances the book was ready to submit for printing - until I examined the photos a little more closely. You did see the blurry example I included, didn't you? That is what each and every photo looks like.
Text-box content appears to have been rendered pertectly, for the record (including captions).
So, ... is this result something you have heard of before? Do you know of a one-step solution? Or am I looking at an extended picture-by-picture fix?

IPhoto crashing one specific Book Project

hi,
On the mac yosemite 10.10.1 and iphoto 9.6.
I just finished this one specific Book Project. Last thing I did was to change the map theme to the last one in the second row. This moment iPhoto crashed for the first time. Since then I was not able to open the project again because iPhoto is crashing every time I try to open this project.
It is not crashing on other projects, libraries or albums.
I already restarted the computer and restarted iPhoto several times.
I invested a lot of time so I will appreciate your help in getting back access to it.
kind regards,
Anna

Give this a try:
1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down to open the First Aid window. Be sure to follow the circled recommendation in the screenshot.
2 - run Option #4, Rebuild Database.
If this doesn't restore the book I doubt if there's anything the Genius bar can do to recover it thru the database files. You may not even be able to delete the corrupted book as just clicking on it to delete may crash iPhoto. If that happens you can either try creating a new book in the library or the following:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.>Click on the Add Library button,
2 - select the library you want to add from those in the selection window.
3 - make sure that in the rebuild window the checkbox "Scavange orphaned photos" is checked.
4 - now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the Library ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
5 - in the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed. Click on the Create button.
Note 1: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost.
Note 2: Your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.
The above will take less time than taking your MacBook Pro into the Apple store. But that's just my take of the Genius bar when it comes to iPhoto libraries.
Also you should strongly consider implementing a backup strategy ASAP. If you don't you can count on losing file sometime in the future either from a software crash or a hardware failure, i.e. drive crash. The easiest backup strategy to implement is to get an external hard drive and use Time Machine to backup your entire boot drive. Time Machine comes with every Mac and is located in the Applications folder.

Book project deleted all pages

All my book projects have lost it's contents - "book contains 0 pages". Picures are still within the projects.
The cause for this error must have happended in the recent OSX upgrades or iPhoto upgrade (I have several book projects created within the last 3-4 years).
I have all my photo library in a dedicated shared volume (so I can share the library with my wife).

If you don't have a backup that has your full book try the following: make a temporary, backup copy (if you don't already have a backup copy) of the library and apply the fix below:
Fix #1
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Select the options identified in the screenshot.
OT

After upgrading to Photos, how can I work on a Book Project from another apple device?

After upgrading to Photos, how can I work on a Book Project from another apple device?

I'm not sure I understand what you are asking, but on the device/Settings, do you have iCloud and Photos sync turned on?

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Working on a long manuscript in Pages, including illustrations.
I have completed in iPhoto a Book Project relative to the Pages manuscript.
Is there a way to link the iPhoto project to the Pages file?
Or to transfer (cut and paste) the iPhone file into the Pages file as a separate section?
TIA
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you can preview it using this method - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1040 - and save the resulting PDF and use it with pages or any other program
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LN

IPhoto does not save changes book project

Im working on a big book project and Im really getting ****** at iPhoto. After working on details, changes do not seem to get saved by iPhoto and even deleted when restarting iPhoto.
Examples:
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- Edited multiple titles (font size, sometimes content). Close iPhoto. Open iPhoto. All edited titles are gone.
- Add Phoenix on a map. Close iPhoto. Open iPhoto. Text of Phoenix has been replaced by Lorem Ipsum Text. Seriously. What's wrong with Phoenix?
Im running on 10.6.8
iPhoto 9.1.5 (615)
iPhoto-Lib on external HD, pretty short of memory in general.

If you can't repair the damage library you may have to resot to the following:
Starting over from scratch with new library
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 subfolders of the Originals (iPhoto 09 and earlier) or the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from the open iPhoto Library package into the open iPhoto window a few at a time.
This will create a new library with the same Events (but not necessarily the same Event names) as the original library but will not preserve the metadata, albums, books slideshows and other projects.
Note: your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.
OT

How do I update a pending book project on iTunes Connect?

I successfully uploaded my book and all assets to iTunes Producer. I received a ticket about my use of the term iBook (not allowed) and corrected the book file.
I am having trouble updating the files. When I tried to update the files I received an error code. "ERROR ITMS-9000: "Files of type audio/x-m4a are not allowed outside of widgets:"
Apparently that is caused by using iBooks Author's Export functionality and then delivering to the iBookstore. (my m4a files are inside widgets).
I have seen this suggested process:
1. Open your book in iBooks Author
2. Choose Publish from the Toolbar
3. Choose a name for your book package
4. iTunes Producer should open automatically once iBooks Author completes the book publishing process.
5. Carefully enter your book's metadata
6. When complete, click on the Delivery tab and click Deliver
But I have not been able to use this process above (1-6) to update my pending project. It seems to be designed for new book projects rather than updating files on existing projects.
Is there a way to update my current book at iTunes Connect without getting the ERROR ITMS-9000?
Or should I cancel my existing book on iTunes Connect and start over? (and if so how do I do that?)
Thanks for your help

Just done this after info from iBook support, simply make whatever changes you need/want to your book and using the original package ID and redeliver, all the informatoin wil be in iTunes Producer, but you will need to re input the book, cover and screenshot images.
After deleting the iTunes Package in a clean up, iBook support advised to export the book and get the package ID from iTunes Connect if you did not record it anywhere. If you do, open iTunes Producer and in Look up Metadata.. type or paste your original package Apple ID number.
This has worked out OK for me, those who have had a book issued a "Ticket" will likely be using the same methods.
A search for error codes advises its about zipped files or unzipping something you added. Check your content and save making sure you either replace the original or delete it and save a new version and re-deliver.
The good news is... if you have corrected your book to comply with teh Ticket... its should be in the store with 24 - 48 hours.
This is for Free Books.... so I dont know if its the same with paid books

Project deleted in iPhoto 11 ver. 9.1.1 After spending three months building a twenty six page Book Project in iPhoto i added a page and later decided to delete the page. I selected the page, pressed the delete key and confirmed the delete dialog box ( i

Project deleted in iPhoto 11 ver. 9.1.1
After spending three months building a twenty six page Book Project in iPhoto i added a page and later decided to delete the page. I selected the page, pressed the delete key and confirmed the delete dialog box ( i didn't read, dummy) by pressing the delete button. The whole project was gone, the undo menu was grayed out and there was nothing in the iPhoto trash about my Book.
Surly I can find this if I knew the path to find the project in a library on a back column I have of my hard drive.. Could anyone help me?

Sorry I'm having a hard time getting this.
If I go to my hard drive BIGMAC>Library>Application Support>iPhoto>the only thing in this folder is Themes.
However, when I "Get Info" it's 580MB for 24,421 items. iPhoto says I have 35,977 photos. I would think the database would be into the GB for this many photos.
If I go to BIGMAC>system>Library>I find nothing about iPhoto
Is the iPhoto file in the Application Support the one I need to replace with my backup?
Thanks so much for your help.
Jack

How to export a book project from iPhoto '11?

how to export a book project from iPhoto '11?

Launch iPhoto with the Option/Alt key held down and in the window that comes up select the library you want to open.
With iPhoto 9.X one can also switch libraries via the File menu:
OT

Solution to iPhoto spinning beach ball for Book projects with too many unplaced photos

A few days ago I discovered the solution to this problem for a client using iPhoto 9.5.1 in OS X Mavericks 10.9.4.
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TRIED ALL KNOWN SUGGESTIONS BUT NONE HELPED
My client had already tried repairing, rebuilding etc. the iPhoto Library, and I tried OS X's Disk Verify and Repair Permissions plus emptied the cache folder in system Library and in the hidden user Library folder (option-key "Go" menu, Library). None of this helped.
CLUE TO PROBLEM
I noticed several of her iPhoto Book projects each had thousands of "unplaced" photos. In each of those cases, each Book project only had 10-50 "placed" photos used to order the book but thousands of "unplaced" photos. In a Book project, clicking on the bottom-right corner's "Photo" icon-button caused an extremely long lasting spinning beach ball making iPhoto unusable for long periods.
I discovered the problem by clicking once on an existing Book project's name in the left column of iPhoto, then letting go of the mouse with its arrow cursor hovering over the selected Book project name. Within 1-7 seconds, a little pop-up appears listing the total number of photos (placed + unplaced) in that Book project. For many Book projects, the total number was just several more photos than the number of "placed" photos, e.g., a Book with 25 photos showed "(37)" in the pop-up info by the hovering stationary mouse, meaning 37 total photos (placed + unplaced) are associated with that Book project.
BUT...
...some projects listed over 5,000 (five thousand) photos associated with a single Book project that had only placed 20-40 photos in the final printed book. One Book project had 6,070 and several other small book projects showed over 1,000 photos. In each Book project with a mass of unplaced photos, clicking the bottom-right "Photo" icon-button caused a very long-lasting spinning beach ball, almost certainly because iPhoto struggled to build a huge list of thumbnails for the mass of unplaced photos.
My client didn't understand how to efficiently add photos to a new Book project and was clicking on the pull-down menu in the right column that appears after clicking the Photo icon-button within the Book project. From the menu she chose "Last import..." or other menu choice that added a mass of "unplaced" photos to the Book project.
She didn't realize that after creating a new Book project, she could simply drag an individual photo or multi-selected group of photos or an event or "faces" group from its respective library section and drop it onto the Book project's name in the left column, thereby adding only a small group of "unplaced" photos.
USER SOLUTIONS
=====Delete mass of "unplaced photos" within a Book project
This works best for cleaning up smaller number of unplaced photos from completed Book projects.
Problems with solution:
- if the number of unplaced photos is huge, e.g., 6,070, the list of unplaced photos won't appear for a long, long time if ever.
- even if the list of unplaced photos finally appears, there's no way to select more than one thumbnail at a time, i.e., command-a for Select All doesn't work, nor do shift-clicks and command-clicks for multi-item selecting. You must click one photo then tap the "delete" key on your keyboard repeatedly and fast for this to be practical (note: delete key presses are cached here (meaning accumulated until it catches up processing them later); tapping the delete key like mad then waiting for iPhoto to catch up takes lots of patience.
====Delete an entire existing Book project containing a mass association of unplaced photos
This is practical if you've already printed your Book project and no longer need it. My client chose this method for Book projects with a mega mass of unplaced photos.
Problem with solution:
- for incomplete Book projects in progress with a mass of unplaced photos, you'd have to start over after deleting the whole thing.
NEED FOR IMPROVED IPHOTO FEATURE(S)
(1) The existing "Clear Placed Photos" button within a Book project might be useful, but it'd be even better to also have a button to "Clear Unplaced Photos,” and this button should be available outside of the section that struggles to display thumbnails of large numbers of unplaced photos. Clicking "Clear Unplaced Photos" would do the trick.
(2) An additional iPhoto behavior might help: iPhoto should warn with an option to cancel when adding a mass of photos to the "unplaced photo" section if the number of photos exceeds ??? (400??).
(3) Add another choice to iPhoto’s special startup Administrative window (Repair, Rebuild, etc.): "Remove unplaced photos from existing projects. (Doesn't destroy any photos in Library)"
Whew!

Like I mentioned in the post, corruption was probably ruled out by running all the Admin features at iPhoto startup (e.g., Rebuild, etc.). I also stated in my post that I also ran a Disk Verify and Repaired Permissions in OSX (via Disk Utility). I also emptied system Library cache files as I stated in my post.
I was paid to figure out the solution and am not getting paid to troubleshoot for Apple. The more unplaced photos there are in a Book project, the longer it takes to build thumbnails. It's an old general problem in computing when building lists on the fly.
The delay happened for all Book projects with lots of unplaced photos (almost*** certainly more than Apple imagined a user would use), and the beach ball delay was proportional to the number unplaced photos, which super large numbers of photos.
I very much doubt photos are corrupt. But Apple will probably figure it out. It was EASILY reproducible. Try it with different number of unplaced photos known not be corrupt (they display fine elsewhere and iPhoto's and Disk Utlity's admin Verify, Repair etc features show no problems).
I'm done with this.
My client's iPhoto works well now and she knows how avoid placing exorbitant numbers of unplaced photos into her project. I'm not getting paid to answer all this, so good night.
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***"Science is the outcome of being prepared to live without certainty and therefore a mark of maturity. It embraces doubt and loose ends."
— A. C. Grayling

Photos vanish, missing, won't transfer in Book Project

My book project is missing photos.
The book icon indicates that there are 158 photos in the book. I have only used 90. There are only 6 left in my creation bar.
Here's the deal:
I started the album. Then duplicated it.
I edited the duplicate and added and removed photos from the duplicate.
When I was sure that I was not going to need the original, I deleted it.
I then went back to add photos to the duplicate that were previously removed from the book.
This is when the book would not let me copy to it.
Additionally, the number of photos in the book never decreased.
I did notice that the number in the original book did decrease when photos were removed from the duplicate.
I scoured the discussion groups, but I can't find an answer. So if anyone has any iNsight I'd really appreciate it!!
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I think photos are sorted by the creating date in the photo's meta data (not the file's timestamp). At least I had some success manipulating that the last time I ran into this problem. But I can't remember exactly what I did and I do remember that there were two timestamps in the meta data ...
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I am putting together an Book project in iPhoto. On a few pictures, I would like to edit them to make minor adjustments.
When I right click on the picture in iPhoto Book Project, there is an option to "Edit Photo".
When I click on the "Edit Photo" link, the screen switches to the iPhoto Edit page but the picture does not load for editing - it's just a black screen.
I can always edit the photo before placing it in the Book, but in a large Book it is more convenient to select the picture on the Book page rather than going back and look for it in iPhoto.
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OT

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jon199 wrote:
Timemachine only opens a finder window even when I'm in iPhoto or mail. I am trying to retrieve a deleted book project from iPhoto. Please help
If you have iPhoto '09, you cannot browse or restore seleted items from your backups. See the pink box in #15 of Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions.
Mail should work, however, per the blue box there.

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