I lost some new photos because I'm stupid!
Hey there everyone. I recently was importing some new pictures off my camera, and the import kept locking because my hard drive was full. I'd throw out some stuff, and then try again, but it kept happening. So finally I went into the iPhoto files in my user account and threw out the latest folder. In retrospect, I think that was a really dumb move, because about half of my pics for my vacation no longer show up. I still see the thumbnails, but when I zoom in they go blank. I think I'm screwed, but does anyone have any ideas? I had emptied the trash. Can I get the thumbs off of iphoto and at least have those? Help!
David
Well given that you threw the photos away:
So finally I went into the iPhoto files in my user account and threw out the latest folder.
It's hardly surprising that they don't show up anymore.
You now have a major issue the you need to deal with immediately. OS X nneds a good chunk of your HD for basic operations such as virtual memory and temporary files. When it doesn't have that space, then apps crash - and worse, data get corrupted. You need to clear a LOT of material of the HD and do it before using the computer again.
You can move your iTunes and iPhoto to an external drive - post back if you want details on how to do this.
If, and it's a big if on a disk that's over full, you can clear some space, an app like File Salvage might be able to recover your pics.
Regards
TD
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