HT1338 Iphoto will not respond

Iphoto will not respond

Your problem is not the same as that of the original poster of this thread which does not cover your kind Mac or operating system, and it can be very confusing for everybody if we try to answer more than one question in each thread.
In order for us to give your problem our undivided attention to try to solve it, would you kindly start your own thread, describing the trouble you are having in the fullest detail, including completing your details to show what Mac you are using, what operating system, and what version of the application in question. Please remember to post in the forum relevant to your hardware or version of OS X.

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