I recently added many photos to my Library. Now, in place of some event key photos, I have "palm tree" grey images showing a date but no images
I have a large iPhoto library (about 130,000+ images). Recently I added a whole lot from another Library, and now I have a smattering of many grey'ed out "palm tree" images, like events, only just showing drawings of palm trees. I think the photo images are there (I hope they're not lost), but they don't show up in the "Event" format. Even the Photostream "Events" show palm trees and blank. Both libraries are on an external hard drive.
While the additional large number of photos were being added, there was a message, "Import completed" (I believe), but also a message that the whole computer had run out of memory and locked up. I have 8 GB of RAM in a MacBook Pro about a year old.
I've had this problem before (with the Palm trees) but can't remember how to solve it. Something about re-indexing the library by holding down the control, option and/or command buttons while opening..?? Maybe? Would sure appreciate help with this. Thanks
What format is the external drive?
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. Include the option to rebuild the thumbnails. It can take 3 or 4 goes for this to work
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