HT1199 Can't access iphoto on my MacBook Air

I can't access iphoto on my MacBook Air. I went to move photos to make more room on my disk (kept getting message that disk was almost full) and it won't bring up any photos. What do I do now?

Hold the Option or alt key when starting iPhoto.
Open Console in Utilities & see if there are any clues or repeating messages when you try to start it.

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I can't access iPhoto on my Macbook Air. Can anyone help?

It may be because my start up disc is full. But I can't access iPhoto to delete photos! When I try to update iPhoto (in case that's the problem) I get the following message :
"This update is not available for this Apple ID either because it was bought by a different user or the item was refunded or cancelled".
I don't understand this as I bought the Macbook. But either way I need to fix it. Can anyone help?

Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive
1. See Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks' Storage Display.
2. You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.
3. Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.
4. Also see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.
5. See Where did my Disk Space go?.
6. See The Storage Display.
You must Empty the Trash in order to recover the space they occupied on the hard drive.
You should consider replacing the drive with a larger one. Check out OWC for drives, tutorials, and toolkits.
Try using OmniDiskSweeper 1.8 or GrandPerspective to search your drive for large files and where they are located.
As for your iPhoto issue it would appear that the version you now have was purchased using a different Apple ID than the one you are now using, so you will need to purchase the current version using the Apple ID you are now using. This happens often when you have purchased the computer from a previous owner.

Can't find iPhoto on my macbook air mid 2012

Hi All,
I have a problem. I just bought a macbook air mid 2012 13' notebook, and i don't find the iLife package (iPhoto, garageband, iMovie) on my laptop.
This macbook is a used one, it means i bought it in a shop, but obviously someone had used it with a different apple id. it has still a garantie 'till december.
And if i search for iphoto on app store, it says i need to buy these applications again.
The interesting thing is, i already downloaded iPhoto app on my iPhone 5 last year. after a log in with my apple id on my macbook, can't find it.
Someone please help me to understand the situation, and maybe some helpfull advice can pop up.
Thank you,
Peter

gerpet wrote:
This macbook is a used one
This is the problem. Macs manufactured after the OS X Lion launch don't come with discs, so OS X, iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand are registered to the Apple ID used to register the MacBook, so you can't install them free of charge.
If you have just bought it, return it and get a new one because I don't think the shop will help you install the applications for free. A new MacBook will allow you to get those applications for free, so you won't have any problem. In case you still want to keep this MacBook, tell the shop to call Apple to deauthorize your MacBook from its old Apple ID, if they know which is it > http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
gerpet wrote:
The interesting thing is, i already downloaded iPhoto app on my iPhone 5 last year. after a log in with my apple id on my macbook, can't find it.
One thing is iPhoto for OS X, and another thing is iPhoto for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. They are different apps for different operating systems, so iPhoto for iOS won't work on the MacBook

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Welcome to the Apple Community.
If you mean iPhoto on your phone use AirPlay if your phone supports mirroring, if you mean iPhoto on your computer, you can't do it from your phone.

Firstly, I can't open iPhoto on my macbook as of a few days and could it have anything to do with a problem I have updating my iPhone's software as I've downloaded extra iCloud storage but I still can't get the iPhone to recognise the space for software

Firstly, I can't open iPhoto on my macbook as of a few days and could it have anything to do with a problem I have updating my iPhone's software as I've downloaded extra iCloud storage but I still can't get the iPhone to recognise the space for software

No. With the amount of information you've provided it's impossible to offer a potential solution. We can't see your computer so we need to know the details of your problem and setup, i.e.:
what version of iPhoto are you using?
what system version are you running?
what do you see when iPhoto opens?
what fixes have you tried?
where is your library located?
did you apply any updates or upgrades just prior to the problem occurring?
are you running a "managed" or "referenced" library?
what type of Mac?
how much free space on your boot drive?
For the iPhone issue ask in the iPhone forum.
OT

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The single download means that you won't be able to redownload it from the store without paying, either on a computer's iTunes or an iOS device - it doesn't stop you from copying the audiobook to your other computers or syncing it to your iOS devices, you just can't redownload it. (I believe that they are all supplied to Apple by audible.com, so I assume that it's them requiring the one-time download.)
You can download audiobooks on your computer's iTunes and sync them to iOS devices, you do not have to buy them directly on the device (if you do then you can copy them back to your computer's iTunes library by connecting the device and using the File > Devices > Transfer Purchases menu option on your computer's iTunes).
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You may be a better man then I am, Gunga Dinn!
So far all of my attempts at keeping systems in sync have ended up in dismal failures.
My suggestion is to settle on one platform. It will make things easier in the long run.
After reading reviews on Pain Shop Pro, I don't find it anything to get excited about at all.
I think rather then using iPhoto on the Mac, you should really look at Aperture. It is far more powerful that iPhoto at editing photos plus it provided DAM capablitities also. To me it appears to be a more powerful tool then Paint Shop Pro also.
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I can't access iPhoto because of this message (sorry, it is in French) : "Votre bibliothèque est utilisée par une autre application ou est devenue illisible"

Here is messaqge : "I can't access iPhoto because of this message (sorry, it is in French) : "Votre bibliothèque est utilisée par une autre application ou est devenue illisible"".
I am on a iMac 27"with OS X Lion.
The problem appeared while I was doing an import from an USB hard disk and an electric shutdown happened... The iMac and everything started well after but ipohoto.

OK, when you find the solution please post it, it may help others in the future. BTW there are some other simple resets you can do, first is restart in Safe Mode, this will clear some caches. It's possibe one has become corrupt. Next would be to do SMC and PRAM resets, the instructions for both are:
SMC RESET
Shut down the computer.
Unplug the computer's power cord and all peripherals.
Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.
Release the power button.
Attach the computers power cable.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.
PRAM RESET
Shut down the computer.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.

HT1199 Can't access iphoto on my MacBook Air

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