How do I reimport photos iPhoto didn't copy over?

I had imported hundreds of photos from 10 DVDs only to find the "make copies in iPhoto folder" wasn't selected in my prefs.  Now I've spent hours editing them and when I try to run a slideshow, iPhoto tries to ask me to find each and every individual photo that didn't actually copy. Some of my photos actually were on my HD and now it's super crazy to try to figure out which photos need to be reimported and which don't.  Plus, is all my editing in vain? When I try to reimport them, it warn me I'll have duplicates, so how do I deal with them? iPhoto has become a nightmare and I've got thousands of pics in it!

There are two ways of doing this, one is free but involves hacking an SQL database. The other costs - it means buying Aperture.
This thread
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3216539?tstart=30
explains how one user hacked the db - of course, back up first - but his was a relatively simple job as it was all one one disk. You'll have the multiple disk issue to deal with.
If you buy Aperture you can use the commands to reattach masters and then consolidate them into the Library.
Other options - like using iPhoto Library Manager won't work becuase of the multiple disk issues - you can only have one mounted at a time.

Similar Messages

  • How-to? Reimport photos that were not copied to iPhoto Library

    Help? Please!
    When I imported hundreds of photos from my external USB drive I had unchecked the Advanced preference option for coping files to the iPhoto Library.
    Now when I try to import from my iPhone any file, iPhoto comes up and tells me the it can't find IMG_028 or some such photo, (it's rather random to me a human). My guess is that it is trying to compare a new photo on the iPhone with some photo that is on the external drive (but the drive is in another city at the moment) so I end up hitting about 20 or 40 cancel buttons to get iPhoto to import the new pictures.
    Is there a fix? Almost any fix short of deleting everything and starting over will work for me.
    I'm thinking of some way that I could re-import the hundreds of photos and this time allow them to be copied to the Library - but I don't want duplicates and then the same issue.
    Is there a way to "move" the files from the external HD into the Lib and replace the pointer to the external HD with one to the Lib?
    Help!? - Thanks!
    David

    Go to the iPhoto library (by default in your pictures folder) and right click on it - show package contents - find a folder names import or importing and drag it to the desktop (do not make any other changes of any sort) - close the package and launch iPhoto - you should be find - check the import(ing) folder on the desktop and if it has any photos in it you want import them then trash the fokder
    LN

  • How do I get Photos - iPhotos to work with my iPhone

    I have a 2 month old Mac Mini, and noticed a system upgrade available 10.10.3 - I always download all that are offered.  10.10.3 loaded, and I proceeded to open iTunes and iPhoto and plug in my iPhone, All went well until I noticed PHOTOS  I opened it to see what it was and was asked to selected a library as it seemed the only option on offer I did and found a mass of over 3500 photos  in folders that I did not totally recognise, including one of Face photos. It was only then that I noticed a NO ENTRY SIGN on iPhotos.  Thanks to some Mac Forum advice I have now been able to install a new iPhotos 9.6.1 to replace this but I now have a big problem that I cannot edit the photos on my iPad or iPhone.
    I have 10.10.3 installed with iPhoto-9.6.1 - PHOTOS-1 - iTunes-12.1.2.27 & iOS-8.3 on the iPhone & iPad.
    I Plug the iPhone into the Mac, iTunes can see it, click the camera icon I see a list of 30+ folders - 2 are ticked which are MC, it has 19 photos in it and PP, it has 1 photo in it - which is correct for the iPhone.
    In PHOTOS when I plug in the iPhone, a new command appears in the top bar  ‘IMPORT’  click on that and the iPhone icon shows on the left side with a box to tick - ‘open this device’ - click it and the message is ‘NO PHOTOS’. Under Albums I find the same 30+ listed with MC containing 50 photos & PP with 33.
    In iPhoto I plug in the iPhone & it is recognised with a  message on the right , LOADING… and there it stays STUCK but not crashed. Down the left side is listed the same 30+ albums, MC with 50 photos & PP with 33.
    Question - how do I get Photos/iPhoto/iTunes/to communicate with my iPhone/iPad, to update the photo albums as they did before 10.10.3 & Photos were introduced to my system????    Your help please

    Thanks for your help III
    BUT: I really don't get it! About ten days ago or so my iPhone 4s was suddenly able to hold on to the AirPort Express network.
    But then yesterday all of a sudden the problem was back again!!! I didn't do ANYTHING! It was just back out of nowhere! 
    Wi-Fi connection on my iPhone came on... and off... and on... and so on, while my MacBook was working perfectly fine with the network!
    So I reset the whole thing again on my MacBook with the AirPort utility, I reset the AirPort Express and I reset my iPhone... still not working... Honestly this freaks me out. Especially because it worked for more than a week and as I said I did not change a thing!!!
    Does anyone have any ideas how to solve the problem other then reset everything? Or is there an explanation around for this occurence???
    Thanks for your Help!

  • HT204490 How do I get Photos - iPhotos to work with my iPhone

    I went to my computer to download some photos on my iPhone and noticed an update available 10.10.3 - I always download all that are offered.  10.10.3 loaded, and I proceeded to open iTines and iPhoto and plug in my iPhone, All went well until I noticed PHOTOS  I opened it to see what it was and was asked to selected a library as it seemed the only option on offer I did and found a mass of over 3500 photos  in folders that I did not totally recognise, including one of Face photos. It was only THEN that I noticed a NO ENTRY SIGN on iPhotos.  Thanks to some Mac Forum advice I have now been able to install a new iPhotos 9.6.1 to replace this but I now have a big problem that I cannot edit the photos on my iPad or iPhone.
    I have 10.10.3 installed on a 2 month old Mac Mini, with iPhoto-9.6.1 - PHOTOS-1 - iTunes-12.1.2.27 & iOS-8.3 on the iPhone & iPad.
    I Plug the iPhone into the Mac, iTunes can see it, click the camera icon I have a list of 30+ folders - 2 are ticked which are MC, it has 19 photos in it and PP, it has 1 photo in it - which is correct for the iPhone.
    In PHOTOS when I plug in the iPhone, a new command appears in the top bar  ‘IMPORT’  click on that and the iPhone icon shows on the left side with a box to tick - ‘open this device’ - click it and the message is ‘NO PHOTOS’. Under Albums I find the same 30+ listed with MC containing 50 photos & PP with 33.
    In iPhoto I plug in the iPhone & it is recognised with a  message on the right , LOADING… and there it stays STUCK but not crashed. Down the left side is listed the same 30+ albums, MC with 50 photos & PP with 33.
    Question - how do I now get Photos/iPhoto/iTunes/to communicate with my iPhone/iPad, to update the photo albums as they did before 10.10.3 & PHOTOS, were introduced up the complete system????    Your help please

    Thanks for your help III
    BUT: I really don't get it! About ten days ago or so my iPhone 4s was suddenly able to hold on to the AirPort Express network.
    But then yesterday all of a sudden the problem was back again!!! I didn't do ANYTHING! It was just back out of nowhere! 
    Wi-Fi connection on my iPhone came on... and off... and on... and so on, while my MacBook was working perfectly fine with the network!
    So I reset the whole thing again on my MacBook with the AirPort utility, I reset the AirPort Express and I reset my iPhone... still not working... Honestly this freaks me out. Especially because it worked for more than a week and as I said I did not change a thing!!!
    Does anyone have any ideas how to solve the problem other then reset everything? Or is there an explanation around for this occurence???
    Thanks for your Help!

  • How do I find music and movies that didn't copy over after restoring Ipod?

    I restored my ipod and all of my movies and music didn't copy back over. (Most did.) How do I find the ones that didn't?  When I check Itunes it showed them in the cloud before and now they are not even showing up in Itunes.  What are we doing wrong?

    Hello Cindy,
    It sounds like not all your purchases transferred to your computer before your restored your iPod touch.  I found an article with some steps to download your past iTunes purchases.  I recommend following the steps in the section titled "Apps, Books, Music, Movies, or TV shows on a computer" in the following article:
    Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
    Thank you for posting in the Apple Support Communities. 
    Best,
    Sheila M.

  • HT201302 Hi Please can you tell me how I sync my photos from my photo library to my pc?  I hve managed to sync those from different albums but the ones on my photo library are not copying over.

    Hi
    Please can you tell me how I sync my photos from my photo library to my Pc?  I have managed with all other photos but the ones on this album don't seem to be syncing?
    Please help!
    Thanks,
    Jane

    First check to be sure your comuter is 'Authorized'.
    Plug in your device and select it from the 'Devices' list in iTunes.
    You can manually manage the content from the Summary tab OR sync the tunes and other media from the other tabs (music, apps, photo's etc).
    You can sync different content to different Devices from the same iTunes library. I have 2 iPhones, multiple iPods, multile iPads etc all on the same library with different content on each device.
    MJ

  • I want to know how  can add still photos(iphoto) to the movie trailer projects?

    How can I do what I asked above?

    Go to the Project Library View and select your Trailer. Then in the top menu, click FILE/CONVERT TO PROJECT.
    Now you can further edit your trailer, with all the capabilities of iMovie, including adding photos.

  • How do I share photos from iPhone to Mac over wifi?

    I have a 2014 MacBook Air newly upgraded to Yosemite, and a 5S also from earlier this year. I would like to send files (photos) from my own phone so they are files -- rather than sending them to iPhoto. I have been trying to figure out how to do this via Airdrop or Photo Stream with no success.
    - Cannot find computer on Airdrop list
    ..... I checked that "Block all incoming connections" is NOT checked
    ..... Phone and computer are on same WiFi and right next to each other
    - Photos are not going to Photo Stream
    Any help is appreciated! I had "No Wireless Updates" on my MacBook and I think all those legacy settings are tripping me up... maybe?

    So, just to clarify, you're a "computer person" and cannot follow links?  Well ok, here goes
    Download theiCloud Control Panel.
    To enable iCloud on your Windows PC, first set up iCloud on your other devices, then install the iCloud Control Panel for Windows (Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 or Windows 7 required).Download now (you have to follow that link I cannot post the file here).
    Turn on iCloud.
    From the Windows Start menu, choose iCloud Control Panel.
    Enter the Apple ID you used to create your iCloud account and select the iCloud services you’d like to enable.
    For mail, contacts, and calendars, you can use iCloud.com or Outlook 2007 or later.
    On your iPhone go to settings-iCloud and ensure you're signed in and that "photo stream" is enabled.
    Any more questions?

  • How can I get qucken data from windows copied over to quicken for the Mac?

    I recently bought a Macbook Pro. I have been using windows my whole life. I installed Quicken 2006 for the MAC. I backed up my windows quicken on a disk and it just doesn't open it. Is there a trick? or am I screwed?

    Unfortunately, there is no simple way to convert a Quicken/WIndows data file to Quicken/Mac. This is a major complaint of a lot of switchers.
    I can't find the link (I'll keep looking) but I know that Intuit offers a conversion service. You send them your data file, and for an absurd amount of money they'll convert the file for you.
    You're probably better off starting your Quicken/Mac file from scratch.
    That's what I did. It took some time to do, but now I'm happy with it and I didn't have to pay anyone to convert the file.

  • How do I get back photos that didn't download from Android replaced by iPhone 4?

    After transferring data from my old Android to my new iPhone 4, I discovered that none of my photos or videos were copied over. The Verizon store where I bought the iPhone wasn't much help.

    This is an iPhone forum ya know
    Enable USB storage from your Android phone, Open Files and Folders (or explore, etc. if you're on Windows), select the DCIM folder form your SD card's /root, and then find Camera (folder) and all of your pictures should be on there. If you have a Mac, iPhoto opens up automatically (for my Moto Droid OG).
    And then just import your photos into iTunes, and sync.

  • HT201317 how can i sequence photos in photo stream for a slideshow

    How can i sequence photos which have been taken over a period of months and exported to photo stream in no order for a slide show which must have the photos ordered manually?
    thanks

    You can't resequence the order in photo stream if that's what you are asking.  You say you've been taking photos over a period of months - I hope these are not just in photo stream, because photos stay in the stream for up to 30 days (and only a max of 1000 pictures).  You need to copy the photos [once they've been synced by the stream to a computer] to an album (on a mac) to folder (PC) were you can organize them any way you want.
    Always sync photos to a computer (either by USB or iCloud) as you would with a digital camera.  Never trust them to iCloud alone - too many users have lost most/all their photos when performing restores or whatever.

  • In Iphoto, How can I delete photos on my iphone that have already been imported?

    I've just spent over the hour on the phone with my sister (who has a law degree, I have an engineering degree), and we could not figure out how to delete photos from our iphones that have already been imported into Iphoto.  I thought Apple was the company that made things easier???  This is a nightmare.
    The way it should work:
    - Launch iPhoto
    - Stand on iPhone (Under Devices)
    - Select photo to delete (under Already Imported)
    - Right-Click Delete (or Send to Trash, or Something)
    Obviously we are not thinking like Apple thinks...does anyone know how to do this, or are these programs as crap as they seem and you have to go back to your iphone and select each photo one at a time (all several thousands of them).
    Don't even get me started on how messed up my photo libraries have become now that I have (fully) switch over to Apple.
    By the way, I like my Mac for everything else...but its photo capabilities suck.

    Thanks, I was hoping for something a little more selective that I could do from my computer, but I think this is helpful.
    Maybe the best approach to get this under control is:
    - Import all photos into iphoto
    - Delete all photos per your suggestion
    - Selectivly sync the photos you want put back on your phone
    Thanks again, I didn't know this and is a helpful trick!
    P.S. I still wouldn't mind finding a way to selectively delete files that are on my iphone from my computer.  (In Windows, you can go to My Computer -> Iphone, open the folder and delete what you want).

  • How do i get photos from iphoto library over to photoshop elements for editing?

    how do i get photos from iphoto library over to photoshop elements 10 for editing?
    this is an iMac that I just got so its all new to me...
    thank you

    If you set PSE as external editor, be sure you pick the right file, which is not by any means the logical choice. You want this one:
    You can also export the photos from iphoto, edit them and save them under new names and reimport the edited photos as new files. This is more trouble, but lets you save as many different versions of your image as you like (iphoto only remembers the last edited version + original).

  • HT4889 How can I transfer my iPhoto photos and iTunes library to my new iMac?

    How can I transfer my iPhoto photos and iTunes library to my new iMac?

    If the Migration Assistant won't do it, move them over as you would any other folder; they're located in the Pictures and Music folders of your home folder by default. The iPhoto library needs to be transferred via a drive, partition, or disk image formatted as Mac OS Extended or through an AFP network share.
    (72915)

  • How do I backup my iPhoto Library to an external hard drive and keep my photos grouped by their events?

    How can I backup my iPhoto Library to an external hard drive and keep my photos grouped by their events?

    I have attempted to make sure my iPhoto library has been backed up on the external hard drive and that it is safe to delete some events from my internal hard drive
    You need to think this through.
    Time Machine is a back up application. It keeps a rolling back up of the data. It's called rolling because it means you can revert to the data you had on a specific date and time. But that's not eternal, and as time goes by, and your drive fills up, older backups are deleted. So if you delete Events on your Mac they will - eventually - also be deleted from the Time Machine back up.
    If you wan tot archive data hendon't use Time Machine for that job. Here's how you might archive an iPhoto Library:
    Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
    1. Quit iPhoto
    2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
    Now you have two full versions of the Library.
    3. On the Internal library, trash the Events you don't want there
    Now you have a full copy of the Library on the External and a smaller subset on the Internal
    Some Notes:
    As a general rule: when deleting photos do them in batches of about 100 at a time. iPhoto can baulk at trashing large numbers at one go.
    You can choose which Library to open: Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library'
    You can keep the Library on the external updated with new imports using iPhoto Library Manager

Maybe you are looking for