Corrupt iphoto cd burn result

I burned an iphoto cd, as specified for use on a Windows or Mac, about 140 photos in album and sent in snail mail, not email. Recipient says cd shows thumbnails only and they cannot open them, and that they get a message the cd/photo file is corrupt.
Help?

Hi christine,
Can you outline the steps you used to burn the cd?
Were they like this:
Creating a CD or DVD to be viewed in Windows or by a photo processing company

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I've spent the last few days trying to fix my corrupt iPhoto library. Pictures I've imported in the last month are no longer visible within iPhoto (I get the exclamation point and the triangle). The imported pictures are stored in the iPhoto library, where they should be, i.e. using the year/month/day file system, so I haven't lost them, but iPhoto can't see them. I've done the following;
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Try these in order - from best option on down...
1. Do you have an up-to-date back up? If so, try copy the library6.iphoto file from the back up to the iPhoto Library (Right Click -> Show Package Contents) allowing it to overwrite the damaged file.
2. Download <a href="http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/"><b><u>iPhoto Library Manager</b></u></a> 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.
3. If neither of these work then you'll need to create and populate a new library.
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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. This really is starting over from scratch.
Move the damaged iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the desktop
Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Create Library'
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When you're sure all is well you can delete the damaged iPhoto Library on your desktop.
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Benson:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. What you're running into it the disparity between what iPhoto reports as the size of the select photos and what it needs to burn an iPhoto disk. As you know there's a big difference. Check the iPhoto Library folder size in the Finder and compare that to what iPhoto indicates when you click on the main library icon. The difference will be all the thumbnails, original files, modified files, data and database files. My test library is 74 via iPhoto and 98MB via the finder. That's a lot of overhead.
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I am posting this here as i don't think its a iPhoto specific issue, rather a corrupt file issue
I was hoping some one can provide wisdom in removing a corrupt iPhoto Library
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kiwifiz:
To recover for a damaged dB file if you run into a similar problem in the future see the tip at the end of my signature.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
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1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library. Select all options.
2 - rebuild the library using iPhoto Library Manager as follows:
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1 -Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 -Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your User/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File->Rebuild Library menu option
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You can't rid yourself of the Ebay album until you can access the iPhoto Window, I'm afraid. Let the Library Manager do its thing.
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3. If I sign on under a different account on the iMac that has the issue, I can import photos.
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1. Trash the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from the HD/Users/ Your Name / library / preferences folder. (Remember you'll need to reset your User options afterwards. These include minor settings like the window colour and so on. Note: If you've moved your library you'll need to point iPhoto at it again.)
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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.
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iPhoto seems to hang on startup because the library appears to be corrupt. What's the procedure to rebuilt the library?
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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. (In Library Manager it's the FIle -> Rebuild command)
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After upgrading to iPhoto 6 from version 5 I found that Spotlight now fails to show iPhoto results. I've tried all the usual tricks, assiging dummy keywords and reindexing Spotlight, each attempt to get things working again has failed.
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To Lori and Toad, Thanks for your quick replies. I guess I'll give an example to help clear up what is happening. Something might be just corrupted or a bug in iPhoto but here goes.
I am a dentist, I have hundreds of photos in Albums in iPhoto. Each album has a name. Within each album are folder more specific to the patient.
e.g.
Album: Marlene
Folders: Pre-op smile views, Post-surgical views, Post-op Smile Views (of course all these photos were taken on different days, time, blah blah.
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Keywords: photos are keyworded such as "Cosmetic case" "Implant Case"
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What I expect to see (and used to see in previous iPhoto) was a list of Images related to Marlene. I see no list of Images at all.
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I tried typing in the Comments in Spotlight related to Marlene and I've tried typing in the Keywords in Spotlight and I get "no results found".
Longwinded and hopefully not confusing, but this is just exactly what I have just finished going through and it is the same for all of my patient's photos in iPhoto.
My feelings are that something in the iPhoto Library new structure is messing things up.
If I place Marlene's photos organized in a regular Finder folder, then Spotlight finds it right away, no problem, but of course opens them up in Preview which is not the purpose for having them in iPhoto. So I feel comfortable with using Spotlight, but it is just not working with iPhoto at all.
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