How do I see my iPhoto library in Keynote?

Question

I'm really new to OX 10.6 and am trying to find out how to set up a small Keynote presentation. The tutorial makes it look easy to get photos from your iPhoto library, but when I follow their instructions, my iPhoto library doesn't show any photos! Where do I find them? I know they're there 'cause I just loaded them from my camera. I'm cornfuggled!

Answer 1

Hmmm ... bummer. I see from another of your posts that you have the same problem with Mail as with KN, which would suggest that the problem is either with iPhoto, or is something more fundamental. Re-installing apps generally causes no problems, as the related files (pics, for iPhoto) are left undisturbed. If you re-install iPhoto, you might have to re-establish where your library is (though I doubt it), but that's no problem.
Before you go on, though, try a couple of experiments:
1. Make a copy of your iP library (a copy; don't just drag it to your desktop), and put it, say, on your desktop (just so it's easy to find). Open iP with OPTION, and re-establish the location of your iP library, using the copy on the desktop. iP should open, showing your pics. Close it, then see whether Mail and KN register the media. If they do, drag the copy from your desktop back to the same place the original was, delete the original, and rename your copy back to simply "iPhoto Library" (removing "copy" to avoid confusion in the future, when you've forgotten about all this). The problem was the iP Library itself, and Mail and KN will probably work as they should.
But if not ...
2. Make a new user account (I'd name it "Test"). Since the iP in this account will not yet have any pics, you'll have to tell it where your already-established Library is, so open iP with OPTION, and tell it where your pics really are. If this works (as it should, with no hitch), open KN, and see if the media is picked up now. If so, the problem is probably with some .plist file - but finding it might not be so easy. (After you're done, you can delete the test account, along with its HOME folder.)
So at this point, you might try re-installing all the apps, or you might even have to go beyond that, re-applying the latest combo update to Snow Leopard (http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/macosx_updates/macosxv1062updatecomb o.html), or you might even have to go nuclear (a real PIA, so I hope not), and erase and install the whole shebang all over again (make sure you have BU of all your stuff!!!).
BTW: you didn't mention whether KN picked up media other than pics, like audio and movies. Knowing that might help, too.