I photo won't open

my iphoto won't open

There are 9 different versions of iPhoto and they run on 9 different versions of the Operating System. The tricks and tips for dealing with issues vary depending on the version of iPhoto and the version of the OS. So to get help you need to give as much information as you can. Include things like:
- What version of iPhoto.
- What version of the Operating System.
- Details. As full a description of the problem as you can. For example, if you have a problem with exporting, then explain by describing how you are trying to export, and so on.
- History: Is this going on long? Has anything been installed or deleted? - Are there error messages?
- What steps have you tried already to solve the issue.
- Anything unusual about your set up? Or how you use iPhoto?
Anything else you can think of that might help someone understand the problem you have.

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I-Photo won't open even though I have upgraded to OS X Yosemite and downloaded the I-Photo upgrader. The upgrades indicate they were successful but I still get an error message when I try to open I-Photo telling me I need to prepare the library

I-Photo won't open even though I have upgraded to OS X Yosemite and downloaded the I-Photo upgrader.
But have you run the the iPhoto Library upgrader? It is installed in Applications > Utilities. Launch it and direct it to your iPhoto library.
Which version of iPhoto did you upgrade from?
The upgrader is only necessary, if you have been running iPhoto7.1.2 or earlier.

Thumbnail is fine, but photo won't open

On my first gen iPhone, with the latest firmware update, 2.x.x, I have the following problem.
A percentage of my photos won't open. All of the thumbnails are fine. But when I open the photo to full screen, I just get a black screen. I can select to go to the next or previous photo, but only some of them will view full screen, the rest are black. The ones I take with the camera all will open. Its just the ones that I import from iTunes/iPhoto. I also have an iPod classic, and all of these photos open fine on it. So not sure what the problem is.

Here are a couple of articles from the apple support website that might help out.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1737
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1275
You might need to reset and or restore the iphone to resolve any software issues.
Hope this helps.

I have ipad wi-fi cellular. Photos won't open when I insert the SD Reader. I tried syncing photos through itunes and that didn't work either.What do I need to do to get photos on ipad?

Have ipad wi-fi cellular. Photos won't open when I insert the SD Reader. I also can't download photos from pc through itunes. Need help getting pictures on ipad.

For the SD card, are you copying the photos onto it yourself from your computer ? If you are then you need to create a DCIM directory off the root of the card, with the photos underneath it, and the photo filenames need to be exactly 8 characters long (no spaces) plus the file extension i.e. in a similar format as if a camera had created/written them.
In terms of syncing photos, what happens when you try ? You should be able to sync photos by connecting your iPad to your computer and selecting the iPad on the left-hand side of your computer's iTunes, and on the right-hand side selecting the Photos tab - using that tab you should be able to select which photo folders to sync to the iPad. There is a bit more info on this page. You will need to sync all the photos that you want on the iPad together in one go as only the most recent photo sync remains on the iPad - synced photos can't be deleted directly on the iPad, instead they are deleted by not including them in the next photo sync.

Photo won't open - but can see thumbnail

Hello all,
First off the bat, this is my mother's computer and I have no idea what to do with a mac, I've always used a PC. I've asked her about it & she's looked into it with me but we can find no answer. Mom had updated iPhoto to 5.0.4, and wanted to buy me a photo album as a gift. I could design it, blah blah blah, long story shorter - While saving an edit, iPhoto froze & I had to close it. When I opened it again, I have the tumbnail of the picture I was editing, but the picture itself won't open, and in the album it's got one of those beautiful exclamation points over it. In the information box, other pics have a size of 2201x1709, but this one is 0x0. I really liked this picture. What in the world is going on?
Oh, and after all this happened, Mom told me that I should have duplicated all the pictures. I still don't understand that. HELP!!
iMac Mac OS X (10.3.9)

I can't tell you that for sure. I am guessing that the edited photo was not saved, but the original was still there in the iPhoto Library (not visible to you though)
You can navigate to the proper folder in the iPhoto Library folder in the Finder to check and see if it is there. Do not touch or move anything though, just look and see if it is there.
The following link will show how the Library is organized in the Finder. If you know the year and day the photo was taken it should be easy to find.
This is a view of how the iPhoto Library looks in the Finder.
It is organized by Year folders. Inside the Year folders are Month folders. Inside the Month folders are the days of the Month. Inside the day folders are the photos you took on that day. If you imported video clips and RAW files on that day they will be in an Originals folder. If you have edited any photo imported on that day, the original will be in that folder also.

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Thanks. Once ImageCapture had accessed the photos, THEN iPhoto began to pick up the data, so I was ultimately able to do both. It only worked with the cable, though, not the card readers. Weird.
And I really appreciate the ImageCapture tip. Any idea why it worked?

Photo won'[t open in elements 5

i have been successfully using elements 5 since it came out ( last with xp). I recently upgraded to vista, downloaded/installed the patch and have been successfully using elements 5 for about a month. however now it has started to open as normal but when I try to open a photo it just keeps acting like it is loading but the photo doesn't open( have left it go on for 5-10 min). if I go to the top bar (for closing etc) it stops responding. I can open the same files from lightroom 2 ( had that about 3+ weeks) but if I try to export them to elements they won't open there, it just keeps acting like it is working( it worked fine before). this is for all photos,those on my c and external drives( can open them otherwise just not in elements)
I have tried to repair elements, uninstalled and reinstalled twice and still can't open any photos. any ideas? a few days ago i installed the lightroom 2 update( .1 i think) but the lightroom seems to be working fine so don't really think that is doing it..otherwise haven't downloaded anything new. Thanks

Hi Janet,
Are you working on Editor/Organizer. You might want to delete the preferences file - you can do this by launching the welcome screen, hold Shift+Alt+Control and click on Editor button. You would be prompted to delete the preferneces file and click ok. It might now work for you.
You mentioned that Elements worked fine for a month and is not working now?
Since you have tried re-installing and freezing error help, and the above workaround does not work for you, you could try doing a system restore which should help.
Cheers.

Photos won't open using individual URLs

Hello. I have this photo page in my site. Every time I double-clicked one picture it opens the slideshow page (where I can see the photos appear one at a time), so there, I try to copy that photo URL and open it in a new window, but that won't take me to the specify picture I wanted, it would take me to the page where photos are displayed as thumbnails. Can I actually open individual photos using their own URL? or I am doing something wrong?
Any help is appreciated.
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Bring up the larger photo and Control-click on it. In the Contextual menu will the be the option to copy the URL for that photo.
OT

I photo won't open after updates.

I photo will not open. Maverick installed then downloaded i hoto update 9.5.1, will not repair library permissions.

If other fixes fail you might try this:
1 - be sure to have a backup of the library.
2 - download and launch http://www.macchampion.com/arbysoft/BatChmod.
3 - click on the File button, locate and select your iPhoto Library.
4 - check the Unlock and Apply to enclosed checkboxes.
5 - make no changes to the other checkboxes
6 - click on the Apply button.
OT

My photos won't open when I click on them,

My photos used to open when i clicked on them, for some reason they now wont open, I have to highlight them and press return, does anyone have any idea what has happenned recently that could have caused this, update maybe, has anyone else got the same problem?

There are 9 different versions of iPhoto and they run on 9 different versions of the Operating System. The tricks and tips for dealing with issues vary depending on the version of iPhoto and the version of the OS. So to get help you need to give as much information as you can. Include things like:
- What version of iPhoto.
- What version of the Operating System.
- Details. As full a description of the problem as you can. For example, if you have a problem with exporting, then explain by describing how you are trying to export, and so on.
- History: Is this going on long? Has anything been installed or deleted? - Are there error messages?
- What steps have you tried already to solve the issue.
- Anything unusual about your set up? Or how you use iPhoto?
Anything else you can think of that might help someone understand the problem you have.

Finder-My Pictures; photos won't open

v. 10.9.2, MacBook Pro:
1. Am I correct in assuming that a white circle and the photo name is a directory?
2. These photos cannot be opened in Finder-My Pictures no matter which View is used.
3. They can be opened in All My Files.
4. How did they get the white circle?

What do you do? Start by providing detailed information
what version of iPhoto>|? Of the OS? what ahs recently changed? why do you think this might have happened? where is your iPhoto library located? Do you have a good, current backup (you should is yoru phoots have any value to you)
LN

Photo won't open

The photo looks ok in thumbnail.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31115424@N02/8028863976/
Double click to open gets this
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31115424@N02/8028863996/
What gives? Thanks

The ! turns up when iPhoto loses the connection between the thumbnail in the iPhoto Window and the file it represents. That's what gives.
What version of iPhoto? Assuming 09 or later...
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In Library Manager it's the FIle -> Rebuild command)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

Can see thumbnails but photos won't open

We have our iphoto library loaded on the shared directory, so that all 4 users can see it (me, my wife, my 2 sons). We each have our own login profile, and all had sharing permissions turned on for iphoto. For whatever reason, Iphoto cannot seem to handle this setup - it seems Iphoto isn't really set up for families / multi - users. Odd, since iTunes does this fine.
For the past 10 months or so, since we got the mac, typically I download jpegs of cameras to the library, and everyone can see, open , use the photos.
Recently my son downloaded his camera while on his login, and although it seemed to download fine and the thumbnails are visible, the images will not open. The images were deleted from the camera, and now seem lost. I am looking for suggestions on any way those images might be recovered ?
I spent three hours at an Apple store today with the 'genius' guys and they couldn't figure it out either. They recommended I move the library to an external drive which does not have permission requirements. So I bought one and moved it with their help, and same result - those pictures downloaded by my son will not open for any user including his login even though they show up as albums and thumbnails, appear to be there. He has lost 6 months of photos, is in tears about it, and I am unbelieveably frustrated.
It is astounding to me that Iphoto allows a download to appear to have worked but the images are not there. It is also confounding how a new $1300 computer is not capable of handling a simple setup where one image database can be accessed and utilized by 4 users withut adding an additional hardware component.
Does anyone have any suggestions on saving those images ?

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.
But even more frustrating - when my son executed the download, the thumbnails showed up, no error message, but images aren't there.
The images that seem to be lost show up as thumbnails in the library, but when you try to open them you get the black screen with an exclaimation point. Highlighting and trying a 'reveal in finder' only winds up showing the library.

CD with photos won't open on Windows computer

I inserted a CD into my Powerbook. I dragged a folder with photos onto it and burned it. On my Macs it opens fine. Someone tried to open it with their Windows computer but couldn't. Any ideas? But I did send a different CD with the same files, made the same way to a different person with Windows and they had no problem.

AFAIK if you burn a disk in OS X like that it will be Mac formatted (HFS).
Go into Disk Utility (Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities). Click the new image button. Set a Volume Name. On the Volume Size drop-down menu choose the disc size (i.e. 660MB for an 80min CD). On Volume Format choose "MS-DOS". Click Create and save to the desktop.
Drag the folder of photos to the disk image that will now be mounted on the desktop. When you're done arranging the files go back into Disk Utility and select the disk image on the left hand pane (recent images are listed). Then choose "Burn" from the images menu.
Personally I use the excellent Roxio Toast for such tasks as it's lot less fiddling and you don't get a large disk image taking up space on your hard drive.
regards
mrtotes
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I-Photo Won't Open (since upgraded to version 6)

Since I bought iLife '06, whenever I try to open iPhoto the only thing I get is it's menu, but not the main window. Intuitively I clicked on "About i-Photo" and got the "unexpected quit" message, and then chose "relounch", only to get the same situation. This time I chose "try again" on the unexpected quit window, and then - and only then - the application opend for real, with all my photos, albuns, etc…
Ever since it first happened I have been performing this very annoing "3 part lounching" of the application, and almost every time it asks me to "rebuild the cache".
On top of all that, when I quit the application I get a message saying "new settings were made for this application. Use the new ones or remain with the original settings?" - although it makes no difference whatsoever, because whenever I try to launch the application I'm back to square one!
Is anyone else experiencing this? Is there a way around it?

Bruno,
First create a new user and see if the new user can open iPhoto fine.
If the new user can, then there is something amiss with your users files.
You can also Option launch iPhoto with the Option key held down until you get a message window. In that window choose to create a new library, name it, and see if the new library will open the iPhoto window for you.
If not, Close iPhoto and option launch again, this time choosing to open another library, then navigate to your original library and highlight it and click open.
Still problems, try a cache cleaner
Tiger Cache cleaner
OnyX
Still no go...
To reinstall iPhoto...
Navigate to /Applications and drag iPhoto to the trash
Navigate to /Library/Receipts and drag all iPhoto receipts to the trash
Navigate to ~/Library/Preferences and drag com.apple.iPhoto.plist to the trash.
Insert your iLife CD/DVD and choose to do a custom install. You will have to kee p on going through the steps of the install before you get to the screen where you can choose a custom install.
Install iPhoto.
Run Software Update and update iPhoto.
If this doesn't work
Download and install the Combo updater for 10.4.6
let me know how it goes as you go through the list of things to try

My Photos won't open with PSE 12!!

I cannot get my photos to open!! I select a photo from the viewer and from PSE itself, NOTHING!! It had worked before, but suddenly...nothing. I uninstalled and reinstalled...nothing!

What do you do? Start by providing detailed information
what version of iPhoto>|? Of the OS? what ahs recently changed? why do you think this might have happened? where is your iPhoto library located? Do you have a good, current backup (you should is yoru phoots have any value to you)
LN

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