Images lost, help!

I chose to unlock an image to rotate it in image Preview and saved that action, and now all my images show black box, and I cant retrieve them. How can I get them back???

anzzilla wrote:
I chose to unlock an image to rotate it in image Preview and saved that action, and now all my images show black box, and I cant retrieve them. How can I get them back???
Exactly what did you do? What do you mean by "unlock" an image?
You understand that there are no user servicable parts in the iPhotolibrary and you NEVER make any changes of any sort to the structure or content of th eiPhoto library using any program except iPhoto don't you?
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