Discontinuing unrecognized format message during import

Is there a way to turn off the message that occurs during import regarding "Unable to import ... unrecognized format"?
When I import multiple files or merge through iPhoto Library Manager, I usually do other things but when the message comes up approximately stating "Cannot import file because of unrecognized format", the process stops.
I would like to turn that message off so that the process will continue whether or not I am there watching it and will complete without my constant watching.
I would appreciate your suggestions and help.
Vernon*

How is this solved? I am getting the same message when trying to copy an album from another Mac. I can select the other Mac's iphoto library and see all photos, but when I try to copy the album to my Mac I get an error message that "the file could not be imported. (The file is an unrecognized format.)
They are all jpg files. All are readable. Both Macs are running iphoto 8.1.2. My Mac is 10.5.8 and the one I'm copying from is 10.6.6. I'm using IPLM 3.6.3.

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Looking for some help on a weird one here.
I recently upgraded my Intel iMac to Snow Leopard and iPhoto '09 from Leopard and iPhoto '08. Recently, I've been getting an occasional error message when trying import images that have been scanned and placed in a folder in my Pictures folder.
Scenario #1 - I tried to import a folder with 7 different PNG images in it. iPhoto started the import process and then brought up an error message stating "Unreadable Files: 6 The following files could not be imported. (The file is in an unrecognized format.)." What I don't understand is that it imported one of the images. If it recognizes one PNG file, why not all of them? All were scanned at same time with same settings. I don't believe it's PNG specific and the next instance will explain why
Scenario #2 - I tried to share some images out of my iPhoto '09 library with my wife who is running a MacBook w/ iPhoto '08. I dragged an event directly to my drop box folder. She launched iPhoto and tried to import those images. Of the 154 images (all JPG's), she kept getting an error message that 27 of them were an "unrecognized format".
As an FYI...my existing iPhoto Library has 21,250 images in it. I was once told by an Apple Store employee that they have seen many times that iPhoto starts to act weird after a photo library reaches 20,000+ images. Not sure if that's true, but thought I'd mention it.
Anyone have any ideas here? This is really frustrating because I have a lot of historical images I need to scan and import. I don't want to fight this problem through that entire process.
Thanks in advance for the help and have a great day.
Joe

Hey there TD....sorry for delay, but I've been too tied up lately to try the new account idea. Going to do that later and thanks again for all of your help.
With that said, thanks to all for the feedback and comments. There is some very interesting stuff going on here, but I don't believe my issue is solely related to B/W images. I believe there is some validity to that theory, but not solely. Of the original 7 images that I scanned in Image Capture, 6 of the 7 were B/W and the only one that successfully imported was a Color image. To dispute that theory, the 2nd scenario I mentioned above was all Color images that were originally imported from my Nikon D90 (RGB format). I was copying those images from one machine to another and then tried to import them when I got those images. Machine they came from was running iPhoto 09' and machine they were going to was running iPhoto 08'.
I have gone back to scanning those B/W images in Epson Scan (finally got Epson to straighten that issue out). What I noticed during this last round is if I tried to import a large number of images, I'd get an error on a few of them. My work-around has been to only import 4 or 5 images at a time. Since doing that, I have had no issues with importing any of my B/W scans.
Again, thanks to all for the help and I'll keep you posted if I notice anything else that may seem to contribute. Take care and have a great day.
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That mi photos are in unrecognized format how to import them?

hello
I try to import some of my pictures but its show me that some of them are in unrecognized format,how can i do to import them?

If you want help you’ll need to give us more information. There are 9 different versions of iPhoto and they run on 8 different versions of the Operating System. The tricks and tips for dealing with issues vary depending on the version of iPhoto and the version of the OS. So to get help you need to give as much information as you can. Include things like:
- What version of iPhoto.
- What version of the Operating System.
- Details. As full a description of the problem as you can. For example, if you have a problem with exporting, then explain by describing how you are trying to export, and so on.
- History: Is this going on long? Has anything been installed or deleted? - Are there error messages?
- What steps have you tried already to solve the issue.
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I have just tried to upload 280 images from my canon camera but the last 68 says cannot import file is an unrecognized format but it imported all the ones before them, can anyone let me know why? Never had this problem before and been using the same camera and memory card for a while now?

If TD's suggestion doesn't work you may have a corrupted area on the memory card. Launch Image Capture (located in the Applications folder), connect your camera and see if you can upload the photos to a folder on your Desktop. If you can see if those last 68 will import from there.
If they do then reformat the memory card with the camera and try again after you take enough photos to fill the card as it is currently filled.
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I have pre 08 iphotos saved on disk. When I try and open the disk in I photo on macbook pro I get the following message Unreadable file, The following file could not be imported.(The file is in an unrecognized format)

I have pre 08 iphotos saved on disk. When I try and open the disk in I photo on macbook pro I get the following message Unreadable file, The following file could not be imported.(The file is in an unrecognized format)

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OT

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When importing photos, I've been getting an error message that says "Unreadable Files: XX
The following file could not be imported. (The file is in an unrecognized format)" and gives their location.
It will give this error on certain photos of the same format on the same camera, while importing other photos and mp4 movies from the same camera during the same import.
This is happens on more than one camera.
This problem also happens when importing photos moved from another iPhoto, (also '08). I would take photos from another iPhoto library, put them in a folder, transfer that folder to a sister machine, (my Macbook Pro to my family iMac), via my home wi-fi network, and drop that folder onto "photos" on the sidebar.
This problem happens only on one iPhoto of one User on the same machine. I tested this - I switched Users, opened another iPhoto and imported the same photos that could not be imported before with mo problem.
This problem started suddenly.
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Dan
you have mixed in a whole bunch of different issues with basically no details on any of them
When importing photos, I've been getting an error message that says "Unreadable Files: XX
The following file could not be imported. (The file is in an unrecognized format)" and gives their location.
It will give this error on certain photos of the same format on the same camera, while importing other photos and mp4 movies from the same camera during the same import.
This is happens on more than one camera.
Are theses errors occurring while importing directly from a camera? Have you tried importing using a card reader? have you tried using image capture to move the photos to the desktop and then import them to iPhoto? Have the memory cards been recently formated?
This problem also happens when importing photos moved from another iPhoto, (also '08). I would take photos from another iPhoto library, put them in a folder, transfer that folder to a sister machine, (my Macbook Pro to my family iMac), via my home wi-fi network, and drop that folder onto "photos" on the sidebar.
I'm note sure what you are doing here - I am not aware of a "photos" entry except in the open (or upload) dialogue window and you can not import in that window. Try dropping the folder on the iPhoto icon in the Dock to import the photos. And if it not recommended that you go directly into the iPhoto library using the finder - it is very easy to corrupt your iPhoto library (which may be the source of several of your problems) - click here for discussion on how to correctly access our photos in the iPhoto library.
This problem happens only on one iPhoto of one User on the same machine. I tested this - I switched Users, opened another iPhoto and imported the same photos that could not be imported before with mo problem.
This shows that iPhoto is ok - it is a library problem
This problem started suddenly.
This would be true of a corrupt library - the problems would start when the library was corrupted.
In addition, when I was cleaning up photos and trying to put them into new EVENTS or creating new events from within another event, the photos in the new event would not show up, and I would get a question mark where the thumbnail was supposed to be. And clicking on the thumbnail would not open the photo. Those photos were visible in that iPhoto library until I created an event from the photos I selected.
Again these are indication of a corrupt library
I was trying to make a "Master" family library of all our family photos in one location and had worked over the past year scanning photos and adding them to the library. Generally, the cameras would be downloaded into the Master and my work related photos would be transferred to my MBP and deleted. Sometimes, this would happen backwards, transferring to the Master.
How were you doing this?
Could it be the size of the library?
How big is it (details again are important) iPhoto is rated for 250,000 photos - do you have more than that?
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