Facebook albums removed! Have to force quit iPhoto
My wife has a Facebook account and this morning uploaded photos from her camera into iPhoto '11. Then she deleted the ones she did not like and edited those she kept. She then highlighted them all. Clicked Share and Facebook and then iPhoto started popping up messages saying that past Facebook albums have been removed. The only way to stop this was to force quit. She has lost about 15 albums.
I restored my whole system from Time Machine and reverted back to iPhoto '09. The Facebook albums are still lost but the rest of the program seems to be running fine.
Can anyone offer any help or advice? Why is this happening?
Thanks.
Thom
I am having the same problems as everyone & am going to do what Thom has done & use Time Machine to restore my Macbook Pro to before I installed iLife 11.
I followed all the advice from the Apple Store about installing ILife 11 - I backed up on Time Machine, Installed iLife 11, then did a software update before opening any iLife programs. I have double checked & find that there are no other updates available.
The problems I am having with iPhoto 11 are:-
1. My Facebook albums are being deleted & the only way to stop this happening is to Force Quit. iPhoto.
2. There is no longer a list of all my Facebook & Mobile me albums in the left hand side folder list, so I am unable to drag more photos into the albums.
3. Some of my mobile me galleries have been changed & photos deleted or in the wrong albums.
4. When emailing photos, there is only the photo templates available to use. Trying to save a photo from the template in the received email is impossible - you only seem to be able to save the whole template. Is there a way of sending multiple photos in a chosen size without the template as in iPhoto 09?
iPhoto 11 is driving me crazy - I daren't even look at iMovie as I dread to think what has happened to that!! I much prefer iPhoto 09!!
Do you think that I can get a refund for iLife 11 if I take it back to the Apple Store?
Off to restore my Macbook & be rid of iLife 11!!
Message was edited by: LynnMorris
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Some software use startup daemons or agents that are a new feature of the OS. Look for them in /Library/LaunchAgents/ and /Library/LaunchDaemons/ or in /Home/Library/LaunchAgents/.
If an application installs any other files the best way to track them down is to do a Finder search using the application name or the developer name as the search term. Unfortunately Spotlight will not look in certain folders by default. You can modify Spotlight's behavior or use a third-party search utility, EasyFind, instead.
Some applications install a receipt in the /Library/Receipts/ folder. Usually with the same name as the program or the developer. The item generally has a ".pkg" extension. Be sure you also delete this item as some programs use it to determine if it's already installed.
There are many utilities that can uninstall applications. Here is a selection:
1. AppZapper 2.0.1
2. AppDelete 3.2.6
3. Automaton 1.50
4. Hazel
5. AppCleaner 2.1.0
6. CleanApp
7. iTrash 1.8.2
8. Amnesia
9. Uninstaller 1.15.1
10. Spring Cleaning 11.0.1
For more information visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on removing software. -
I have to Force Quit Aperture all the time
Whenever I sit down to edit photos, Aperture hangs and I have to Force Quit and start again. This happens all the time. I used to think it happens only when I process raw images, but I've found that it happens with jpegs too. Apple once told me I should Repair Permissions and/or Repair Database and/or Rebuild Database. I did all three last night. This morning Aperture hung on the first picture I tried to crop. I am starting to get so frustrated that I am thinking I should change software because Apple doesn't seem to care about this product as I could find no support numbers to call.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?Hi jimchall -- welcome to the Aperture user-to-user forum.
I think many people have experienced similar frustration. Determining what's causing your problems is going to take time, however.
My number one suggestion is: don't force quit Aperture. Which brings up the question, how do you know Aperture is hung up? Until your problems are sorted, it's a good idea to keep the Aperture Activity Window open -- it will keep you semi-informed about what Aperture is up to. (If you are comfortable with computers, I recommend also using iStat Menus 3, or equivalent, to monitor your memory, disk, and CPU & GPU status.)
Aperture does a lot of work in the basement (as it were) while you are busy (or not) decorating the upper floors. This is most apparent after large imports (of, for instance, an iPhoto Library), when the downstairs work can completely suspend any work being done upstairs. No notification is given to the user when this happens -- you see the spinning pinwheel, and the Force Quit utility will even report that Aperture is not responding -- but, in many many cases, Aperture is, in fact, working. Let it work. In my experience with Aperture, force-quitting almost always makes problems worse, and should be avoided.
Some of the first problem areas to rule out are from hardware. What computer are you running Aperture on? How much RAM? How big a drive? How much free space on that drive? Where is your Library located? Are you having any problems running any other software? Are you using any unusual peripherals? Is your network in any way involved in your Aperture set-up?
Then, of course, software: are Aperture and OS X completely up-dated? Have you modified the OS in any way? Has Aperture ever worked properly?
The next general trouble-shooting steps are to (temporarily) disable two of the more processor-intensive parts of Aperture. Go to the Preferences dialog, and turn off "Faces", and turn off "Share Previews". (Once Aperture is working properly for you, these can be turned back on.)
Then reboot, launch Aperture -- and let it run for several hours (keep you computer plugged in and set to not sleep). It can take many hours -- days even -- to completely process a very large import.
You have taken the steps to confirm that you Library is healthy. Stick with it, and with the help of the people on this forum you should be able to figure out what is holding you up.
Message was edited by: Kirby Krieger
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