IDVD causing iPhoto corruption?

Newly purchased iLife '11. Installed iDVD only ( did not come w/ my Mac )
Now iPhoto has the ø symbol over it and states "You can't open the application
iPhoto because it may be damaged or incomplete" Also updated iDVD to latest
7.1.2

NOTE: In Lion and Mountain Lion the Home/Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and press the Return key - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
For OS X 10.7.5 the latest version of iPhoto that can be run is iPhoto 9.4.3. To get that version install iPhoto from the iLife 11 disk (do a custom Install) to get iPhoto 9.0. Then use the following updaters to get to iPhoto 9.4.3:
update to iPhoto 9.3
update to iPhoto 9.3.2
update to iPhoto 9.4
and finally to iPhoto 9.4.3
OT

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Frustration - Iphoto corrupting image files during import (?)

To begin with, I'm a recent convert from Windows to the Mac. I'm running a mac mini at home, and a Macbook with Boot Camp at work (in addition to my desktop pc). All of my software is up to date...
I take alot of pictures with my digital camera (canon powershot). Saturday I took about 300 pictures, took the SD card out of the camera, put it into my Sandisk card reader, imported the pictures into iphoto and everything worked great. I chose to not delete the pictures after the import as I wanted to bring the card into work and upload the pictures on my pc.
The next day (Sunday) I took another 70 or so pictures. I was able to view all of the pictures on my camera that I had taken over the past two days.
I go to do an import , taking the exact same procedures that I took on Saturday (and that I always do). The first thing it does is identifies that there are duplicate pictures. I choose the option of "don't import duplicates" and apply this to all of the other duplicate pictures.
At the end of the import, I got an error message saying that some of the files were corrupt. Now, there were pictures from Saturday that were still on there (and readable/viewable). However, every picture that I took on Sunday was "unreadable" and did not show up in iphoto. I put the card back into the camera, and now I can't view the pictures (they show as "corrupted data".
I then pulled the SD card details up in Finder, and the "corrupt" files still show sizes of 2.4mb to 2.8mb, consistant with the good pictures. It shows the file's "Kind" as JPG Image... I double clicked on them and Preview comes up saying something to the extent that the file is corrupt,
I've taken the Sandisk card reader, plugged it into my Macbook (using iphoto in osx) and was able to view one or two of the pictures from Sunday.
Once I got to work this morning, I plugged the sd card into my Windows machine and it too says the files are corrupt. It shows them being on the card, it shows the file sizes, but I can't open the pictures in anything...
If this was a one time deal, I'd be thinking it may be something I've done to cause the problem. However, this is the third instance I've "lost" all of my photos because of them becoming corrupt during an import into iphoto. There definately appears to be a pattern.
I have somewhere around 8,000 pictures inside iphoto that I've taken and had no problems with. I mention this to illustrate that I'm not doing anything differently than I've done before. I have another 14,000 on my old Dell that I need to move over, but I'm questioning if I should do that now.
Does anyone have any ideas on what the problem might be? Is anyone else experiencing (present or past tense) this problem? Where I'm new to the mac, I understand that I might be doing something wrong. However, I've imported photos to the software (what seems like) hundreds of times, the same way each time. This makes me want to rule out user error...
One other question, I'm saving the "corrupt files" with the hope that there's a software program which will "fix" the files. Do you happen to know of such a piece of software? I'm hoping that I can get them fixed at some point.
Where I'm taking pictures of my kids, its extremely frustrating to find out that the pictures (memories) I was hoping to make prints of are now "gone". Its almost like rolling the dice when doing a photo import any more. Most all of the time it takes, but every now and then the pics are lost...
I'm hoping to identify the problem (either user error, procedure or software issue) and fix it as I really like the mac.
Any help/suggestions you might have for me would greatly be appreciated!
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.10) Also running Macbook 10.4.10

The Chainsaw
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
First: the corrupt files: download Graphic Coverter, a shareware which is often successful where other software isn't. But first, if the Mac will let you, copy the files off the card to the Mac.
I'm in this board a while now, and I can't recall an issue of iPhoto corrupting images on import. After all, it's just a simple file copy, at heart. I would be more inclined to suspect the card. DO you have more than one? Does the problem also occur with the other cards?
Try use Image Capture to download the pics to the Mac first, then import them, see does that help. Image Capture is in your Applications folder.
Regards
TD

'Send to iDVD" from iPhoto problems - photos don't show up properly

Hi
When I send photos/albums from iPhoto to iDVD using the function: Share->Send to iDVD' iDVD opens up, but the screen is blank in iDVD, the project info shows the photos are there, but there is nothing playing - just the blank screen.
When I do the same action on our Tiger iMac it works as advertised, not so on our Leopard iMac.
All software is up to date - iDVD 08, iPhoto 7.1.4
Any thoughts anyone? Thanks

Thank you. It doesn't actually "fail" in that it crashes or comes up with any error messages etc. It just doesn't show anything in the screen. I have pasted the Console entries that came up when I sent album to iDVD - can't see much evidence in there but you might?
22/09/2008 10:00:53 [0x0-0x86086].com.apple.iDVD[1532] objc[1532]: Class TSAssertionHandler is implemented in both /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/DSPFoundation.framework/Ver sions/A/DSPFoundation and /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD. Using implementation from /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD.
22/09/2008 10:00:53 [0x0-0x86086].com.apple.iDVD[1532] objc[1532]: Class MPEGThreadData is implemented in both /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/DVDBase.framework/Versions/ A/DVDBase and /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD. Using implementation from /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD.
22/09/2008 10:00:53 [0x0-0x86086].com.apple.iDVD[1532] objc[1532]: Class FileReadStream is implemented in both /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/DVDBase.framework/Versions/ A/DVDBase and /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD. Using implementation from /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD.
22/09/2008 10:00:53 [0x0-0x86086].com.apple.iDVD[1532] objc[1532]: Class FileStream is implemented in both /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/DVDBase.framework/Versions/ A/DVDBase and /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD. Using implementation from /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD.
22/09/2008 10:00:53 [0x0-0x86086].com.apple.iDVD[1532] objc[1532]: Class BufferStream is implemented in both /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/DVDBase.framework/Versions/ A/DVDBase and /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD. Using implementation from /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD.
22/09/2008 10:00:53 [0x0-0x86086].com.apple.iDVD[1532] objc[1532]: Class Stream is implemented in both /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/DVDBase.framework/Versions/ A/DVDBase and /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD. Using implementation from /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD.
22/09/2008 10:00:53 [0x0-0x86086].com.apple.iDVD[1532] objc[1532]: Class BitStream is implemented in both /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/DVDBase.framework/Versions/ A/DVDBase and /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD. Using implementation from /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD.

Accessing slideshows (which had missing photos) causes iphoto crash

I have rebuilt the entire library and tried CTRL click and delete. I still can't click or delete about 6 slideshows...any action on or access to these causes iphoto to crash.
I lost photo's about 4 months ago.....found them again...but the slideshows still cause crashes.
Any advice out there?

Hi rsgaither.
I gather you imported the photos back in but the data for the slideshows is not reflecting what you have now.
If the rebuild doesn't help then try creating a new library, which will also create new data files. (In essence you are starting all over)
Close iPhoto
Rename your messed up iPhoto Library to "iPhoto Library_old"
Drag this library to your desktop
Hold down the Option key and launch iPhoto
This is the window you will get
Create a new library or choose a library to open
Choose to create a new library
Once this new empty library is open it is time to import the images from your old library
Go to File>add to library
Navigate to the old library on your desktop and highlight it in the window, then click the "open" button.
iPhoto will start importing the images from your old library
This is what to expect:
Your images will be imported in nice dated rolls. (make sure your view is set to sort by rolls to see it) There are a couple of caveats to this. You will get rolls named "Originals" These rolls will contain your video clips and your original images that you had edited. If you had RAW files they would be in those rolls too (I don't do RAW, so I don't know for sure) Delete what you don't want from those rolls. You will also get the jpeg pointer files to your video clips imported. They will just be jpegs and will not point to the video clips anymore as iPhoto made new ones when the clips were imported again. You can delete those. they should be in a roll right next to the newly imported video clips so they are not hard to find. The thumbnail files don't get imported as iPhoto makes new ones when the images are imported.
Once all you images have been imported, check through the library and make sure everything looks ok.
You can now start making your Albums, and do your keywords or any other organizational steps.
You can also delete the old library on the desktop.
It is also a good time to backup this new library to CD/DVD by burning the iPhoto LIbrary folder in the Finder, or copying the iPhoto Library folder to an external drive formatted for Macs, or copying the iPhoto LIbrary folder to an iPod.
Good luck!
Lori

Transferring photos from camera or memory card causes iPhoto to hang up with the spinning beach ball - why

Transferring photos from camera or memory card causes iPhoto to hang up with the spinning beach ball - why? This happens only on a 5 year old iMac running 10.6.8. It is a recent developmemt. All other machines have no problen with the same card.

I click on the send feedback everytime it pops up with the force quit, so they'er getting it.
That sends a crash report. Its doubtful that these are ever seen by a human being, but more likely datamined. Sending feedback reaches an actual person.
My guess from yourdescription is that the portion of the OS (note, OS, not iPhoto) that manages the importing process is what's crashing.
Regards
TD

Mass Deletion of Photos Causes iPhoto '09 to Crash

I have about 75,000 pictures. Yeah, waiting on Faces was fun...
Anyway, I decided to break up my library into two libraries.
When I try to delete about 35,000 photos out of the duplicated library, iPhoto works REALLY hard for about an hour, then the processors (iStat menu) just show idle activity. iPhoto stays exactly as it was, but is neither using the processors or HD.
I force quit and then reopen it. The photos are still in the Trash. Nothing seems to have been done.
I've rebuilt everything on iPhoto startup (except the nice 'From Backup' option).
I've been dwindling it down to see what amount of photos doesn't cause iPhoto to anuerize (yes, I made it verb). So far, deleting 5,544 will still cause the freeze.
Any suggestions other than deleting 100 at a time or keeping it all in one library? It should have taken 15 minutes at the most to get both libraries up and running, not a day-and-counting!
Anyway, thanks in advance.

Note that I said "when IPLM is updated to '09"
it currently has some functionality with '09 but can not move photos - from the IPLM update page
iPhoto ‘09 initial compatibility report
Posted on January 27, 2009 by Brian Webster
Well, I’ve had a chance to try out iPhoto ‘09 for a couple hours now, and here are the notes I have so far regarding compatibility with iPhoto Library Manager:
Viewing and switching between existing libraries works fine. iPhoto will prompt you to upgrade your library to the new version when you first open a particular library. Note that after you upgrade a library, you will no longer be able to open it in earlier versions of iPhoto.
New libraries created using the current version of iPhoto Library Manager won’t work the first time you open them in iPhoto. For now, hold down the option key while opening iPhoto and use its interface to create a new library if you need to create one. You can then use the “Add Library” button in iPhoto Library Manager to add the library to iPLM’s library list, after which you can use the library normally. This will be fixed in the upcoming iPLM update.
As expected, advanced functions such as copying albums between libraries and merging do not work and will produce an error message. Rebuilding a library will also not work, although the “Extract Photos” function should still work OK. Trying to use these features won’t result in any harm, they just won’t work. Again, these issues will be fixed in the upcoming iPLM update.
iPod Folders appear to work with no problems with iPhoto ‘09
So, that’s what I have for now, I’ll be continuing to test things out and will post any updates on this page. I’ll then be starting work on updating iPLM to fix any of the issues that come up with iPhoto ‘09. That will be a free update for all users, so if you have purchased or plan on purchasing a copy of iPLM, you will be able to update for free when it is available.
LN
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Scrolling down album list in iPhoto causes iPhoto crash

Scrolling down to bottom of the album list in the sidebar in iPhoto causes iPhoto to lock-up with the spinning ball or crash altogether, any suggestions?

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Step 1
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Enter the name of the crashed application or process in the Filter text field. Select the messages from the time of the last crash, if any. Copy them to the Clipboard (command-C). Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.
Step 2
Still in the Console window, look under User Diagnostic Reports for crash reports related to the process. The report name starts with the name of the crashed process, and ends with ".crash". Select the most recent report and post the entire contents — again, the text, not a screenshot. In the interest of privacy, I suggest that, before posting, you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.) Please don’t post shutdownStall, spin, or hang logs — they're very long and not helpful.

I originally bought an iMac 17 which crashed. Have now bought a second-hand iMac20. This has less preinstalled software, no iDVD, no iPhoto, Garageband, no iWeb. Can I use my original discs to restore these options to my new computer? Problems with this?

I originally bought an iMac 17 which crashed. Have now bought a second-hand iMac20. This has less preinstalled software, no iDVD, no iPhoto, Garageband, no iWeb. Can I use my original discs to restore these options to my new computer? Problems with this?

You might be able to depending on the age of the disc and the model of your newer used iMac. Only way to tell is to pop in the DVD and see if you can install the iLife programs.

IPhoto corrupt in all drive disks.

I installed iLife 9 and have been using iPhoto 8.1.1 successfully, in conjunction with iPhoto Library Manager, in several volumes. Quite suddenly I have found the application corrupted in all of them: when I try to open any with any library it will open, but then at some point it reverts to the spinning beachball and I have to force quit. I have tried to rebuild, with both Manager and iPhoto methods, but am not able to do so. For the first time I have noticed an icon "printing" under "recent" in the resource section, and when I click on it the program stalls with the beachball.
I am inclined to dump and reinstall iPhoto from the iLife CD, but am not sure if that should be my first step. Can anyone explain what has happened and suggest a cure?

TD: I have had iPhoto installed in several of the volumes, but since I have had this problem I have removed it from all of them except this one. I believe it is the application that is the problem, because I use iPhoto Library Manager to switch between libraries and I get the behavior described above in any of the libraries that I have tried to use. It is difficult for me to believe that 5 or 6 individual libraries could have suddenly become corrupted all at once. It is easier to believe that I could have made some move that caused that aforementioned printer icon to show up in the source section of iPhoto. I may never know what I did to cause it, but that won't matter if I can get the use of iPhoto back again. I've come to think that a reinstallation from the iLife CD is the only hope. If anyone has any advice for or against that I'd like to hear it. Thanks for your interest - RF.

Sending slideshow to IDVD from IPHOTO

I am losing quality when i export slideshow from iphoto. Quality is good when it is in iphoto but not in idvd

Was any of the music purchased from iTunes? If so, it is possible that this music has the DRM protection which has been know to cause problems such as this.
If you are using iTunes music, you should take these preliminary steps.
1. Burn the music in question to a CD.
2. Reimport the music as an AIFF file using either of these procedures.
If you have iTunes 8.0, go to iTunes Preferences>General>Import settings (drop down menu) AIFF encoder
For earlier versions: iTunes>Preferences>Advanced>Importing>Import using: (drop down menu) AIFF encoder
3. This music can now be imported into your project.
If you are still having problems, I suggest that you start a new topic in the iPhoto or iDVD forum. Your issue is different from that of the original post, and starting a new topic will help to give your question the attention it deserves.
I hope this helps.

Iphoto corrupting files

Hi,
I have a fairly large library of about 10,100 photo's. First off I wonder if this is a problem, can iphoto handle such a load. Secondly I have been discovering random photo's that will no longer open, the ball spins indefinately on a white screen. When I go the jpg itself in the library it won't open as well, it says, "may be a corrupt file." Photoshop will not open these files either. I pulled out my backup library which I'd saved on a separate firewire drive a few months ago and these same photo's are not corrupt and work fine when I replace the corrupt ones. Has anyone experienced this or know how the files may have been corrupted?
Thanks
G5 Mac OS X (10.3.9) 2GB Ram

I too have trouble with Iphoto files going corrupt. I don't know why. I will be working and all at once some or all the phot go blank. I just have a series of outlined blank boxes. I have renamed the Ilibrary foler and created new ones and I still get the problem. I've this happen about 4 times. I am extremely frustrated. I'm getting afraid to do new projects for fear of putting all the time in and then not be able to run IMovie or IDVD because Iphot is messed up. Does anyone know why this corruption is happening? It seems like there are a lot of other people out there having similar problems. I use my Mac mostly for photo projects. Although a loyal fan of macs for years I about to the point I want to give up on it. Sorry about the venting but I'm reallyyyyyyyyyy frustrated.

Iphoto corrupted after March Update

By corrupt I mean the application is nowhere to be found on my Macbook, to add to this when this update occured it also erased my Photoshop application and corrupted my preview application. It seems to have corrupted every photography related application I had installed...please I beg for help, since my advanced photoshop course begins in a month...
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I've seen no reports anywhere of iPhoto updates erasing iPhoto, Photoshop and so on. I wold suspect another cause. However, the simple solution is to re-install the applications, no?
Regards
TD

IPhoto Corrupt

I have an issue which I have seen a number of times on these pages. but the solutions won't quite work in my instance. Can you help...
Just upgraded to 10.9.3 and to iPhoto 9.5 and I am having problems getting iPhoto to see my library. Trying to open iPhoto has corrupted my library, which seems to be caused by an Ampersand (&) in the AlbumData.XML file. This isn't a huge issue as I have a backup of the Library.
While I can change the & to an and in the AlbumData.xml file, the problem is that iPLM can not then see the photos as the Ampersand was in the name of the external hard drive which contains the library. So changing the AlbumData.xml file to Music and Photos means iPLM is then looking for images located on a drive called Music & Photos. How can I change the AlbumData file name to eliminate the Ampersand and still get iPLM to see the volume where the photos are located?
(While I can change the name of the actual drive itself, as the iPhoto Library located there is the corrupt version, I am having to use the backup version. As this was backed up from the original Music & Photo drive, all the photos contained in the library have a location of Volumes/Music & Photos/etc.)
Hope I have explained this clearly! Any help gratefully received.

do you have a default "managed" library (the iPhoto preference to "copy imported items to the iPhoto library is in its checked state) or have you unchecked that opition giving your a strongly not recommended referenced library?
where is your iPhoto library located? If on an external drive wht format is the drive?
Note - you must NEVER make any changes to the structure or content of the iPhoto library using the finder - and if you have a referenced library you must not change the path to the photos in any way - there are no user servicable parts in the iPhoto library
LN

Rebooting caused iPhoto to reset to defaults and erase all my photos

After installing the latest release in December, I had a problem with my Mail account disappearing after a reboot. This week I needed to reboot again and iPhoto started up asking if I wanted it as the default app for my camera (it had noticed my SD card in the reader). At the same time my photo wallpaper disappeared along with a couple desktop icons. Not being careful about the implications, I hit the OK button for iPhoto to start up. When it opened all my previous images (several hundred) were all gone. A search produced nothing. Why would the app erase previous data like that? Of course I hadn't backed up any of the recent images. Apparently, along with Mail, this new OS release is causing the system configs to be changed on reboot. Any ideas on trying to find my missing images? Or why the application behaves this way on startup?

ProfJB
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Are you sure the pics are actually gone? Have a look in your Pictures folder for the iPhoto Library Folder. Inside that you'll see a folder called Originals. Are your pics in there, in their Roll Folders?
If so, then you've got a corrupted database file:
Try these in order - from best option on down...
1. Do you have an up-to-date back up? If so, try copy the library6.iphoto file from the back up to the iPhoto Library allowing it to overwrite the damaged file.
2. Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums back.
3. If neither of these work then you'll need to create and populate a new library.
To create and populate a new library:
Note this will give you a working library with the same Rolls and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, modified versions, books, calendars etc.
Move the iPhoto Library to the desktop
Launch iPhoto. It will ask if you wish to create a new Library. Say Yes.
Go into the iPhoto Library on your desktop and find the Originals folder. From the Originals folder drag the individual Roll Folders to the iPhoto Window and it will recreate them in the new library.
When you're sure all is well you can delete the iPhoto Library on your desktop.
In the future, in addition to your usual back up routine, you might like to make a copy of the library6.iPhoto file whenever you have made changes to the library as protection against database corruption.
Regards
TD

Ken Burns Effect in iDVD without iPhoto?

I was wondering if I can add the Ken Burns Effect in iDVD without having to make a slideshow in iPhoto and exporting.

This seems very inefficient to me. So in order to get motion slideshows, you have to export the slideshow from iPhoto as a .mov file (or iMovie which is even less easy), which takes quite a long time (at least 10min or so?) even on my MBP 2ghz and chewed up 500mb for 5 minutes. I have 17 slideshows I'd like to put in one iDVD project - processing them one by one in this way is a real pain in the neck.
Hopefully, one day Apple will either:
- allow you to queue slideshow exporting in iPhoto; or preferably
- accept motion slideshows is a core functionality for iDVD in the same way transitioning slideshows are. iDVD could just call on the iPhoto app behind the scenes to process the motion slideshows, if they really didn't want to move all that code into iDVD.

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