I can see thumbnails, but originals arent there

I moved my iPhoto Library to my hard drive and now it says the the alias XXXX.jpg could not be opened because the original item could not be found. I can still see the name, and all of the thumb nails are still there.
Is there a way I can get the information back for the originals if I have deleted it?

Try using File Salvage
Regards
TD

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Kihaku
Have you moved the photos recently, perhaps through Explorer?
If you do not know where the pictures are, you could find a filename and do a Search on your hard drive. Once you know where the pictures are, you could do a File>Reconnet Missing and link the thumbnail back to the picture.
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I just upgraded to iLife 08 and encountered a host of problems. I had about 5000+ photos. Now I suddenly have 7000+. There are a ton of duplicates that I don't know what to do with. Moreover, I can't edit my photos. I've changed the preferences around, but nothing works. When I try to click on the thumbnail to edit the photo, a blank page appears. It looks like I can manipulate it, as when I press rotate, the thumbnail rotates. However, I cannot view anything but the thumbnail. Pls help!

victoria:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
, a blank page appears.
Is the box gray with an ! in the middle or is it white? If it's the latter then there's a permission issue. Sodownload and run BatChmod on the iPhoto Library folder with the settings shown here, putting your administrator login name, long or short, in the owner and group sections. You can either type in the path to the folder or just drag the folder into that field.
If it's the former and Terence's recommendation doesn't work you may be looking at starting fresh with a new library and importing the original photos from the old library as follows:
Creating a new library while preserving the rolls from the original.
Move the existing library folder to the desktop.
Open the library package like this.
Launch iPhoto and, when asked, select the option to create a new library.
Drag the Originals folder from the iPhoto Library on the desktop into the open iPhoto window.
This will create a new library with the same Events as the original library if you have the Finder checkbox unchecked in the Events preference pane.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

Can see thumbnails but can't see actually pics

Ok I have a really serious problem with iphoto. Every once in a while I will try to double click on a photo to view it but I will just get a white screen with the spinning thing like on startup. Usually I just delete the photo because it hasnt happened to any important photos till now. All of the pics I took of my dog as a puppy are screwed up (as well as many others) The same thing happens to them. You can see the thumbnails but nothing more. I tried holding down apple, option control shift or whatever the combo is on iphoto startup and rebuilt the iphoto library but the same thingkeeps on happening. I tried dragging the thumbnails to the desktop and opening them in preview and I got this message couldnt open the file. It may be corrupt or a file format tht preview doesnt recognize I dont know what to do. I really need these photos. oh an i have already done fsck, reset pram, repair permissions and all that jazz nuthin works. i'd like to know how to prevent this from happening and more importantly fix/repair the 'corrupt' photos because they are the only coppy of them that i have
all of the photo's were taken with a sony cybershot 3.2 megapixel camera and uploaded straight into iphoto

BH:
Did you change the name of the files inside the iPhoto Library folder or the titles in the iPhoto window? If it's the former and you've done nothing else to the library here's a method you can use to get those files back and the library up and running normally. The "white" photos will be be back in their original roll but they should be back in the library.
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1 - make a backup copy of your iPhoto Library folder
2 - do a search of just the iPhoto library folder with the following criteria:
File name contains ".jpg" and File size is less than 1 KB.
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3 - move those zero sized image files to the trash.
4 - now delete those "bad" photos from the iPhoto library using the normal method. (you don't have to but if you don't they will be recovered every time you do a library rebuild with the "recover orphaned photos" option selected).
5 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and when the rebuild menu comes up select the last option, "Recover orphaned photos in the iPhoto Library folder"
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OT

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Terence - Thanks. You are right and I was ranting - apologies. It is indeed a software shortcoming, and my frustration stems from the fact that it was the 'Genius Bar' guys at Apple who recommended this approach and assisted me in setting it up, (the shared iphoto library) as I was totally new to the apple platform. And honestly it worked fine for viewing, copying, and dragging images into other applications - like if one my kids want to drop a photo into a report for school or something. The only problem seems to be downloading permissions. You can apparently only download from one user profile.
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Hey there Delmi,
Thank you for the question!
It sounds like you open the Camera Roll and see the image thumbnails, but when you tap them to view them larger, the image does not show at all. I have a few recommendations for this. First start by closing the open apps on the phone.
iOS: Force an app to close
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5137
Double-click the Home button.
Swipe left or right until you have located the app you wish to close.
Swipe the app up to close it.
When you have done that restart the phone and re test the issue.
iOS: Turning off and on (restarting) and resetting
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
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Judy
The ! turns up when iPhoto loses the connection between the thumbnail in the iPhoto Window and the file it represents.
Option 1
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