IPhoto '08 Importing & Events problem. Did I just waste $79 on iLife '08..?

Hey...I would love feedback from the group as I'm trying to determine if I just waste $79 on iLife '08.
When I import photos, they don't seem to be broken into Events as they should be. I have tried to different scenarios and gotten vastly different result, with neither being the desired result.
1) Imported 1,500 pictures that were spread out across 94 folders by dragging the top level folder into my photos library. Import into iLife '08 resulted in the pics being distributed into the same number of untitled Events as folders.
2) Imported 1,500 pictures that were all lumped together in one folder. Imported pictures showed up in iLife '08 as one big Event.
My preference settings are for Events to be broken up based on 'eight hour gaps'. I thought this would result in a new Event being created in my library whenever an eight hour gap in picture timestamps was detected, but neither scenario I tried broke the photos up this way.
I bought iLife '08 for this very function that they heavily advertised and it doesn't seem to be working as I thought it would or as it was demonstrated to do. As I missing something here...input will be greatly appreciated.

Big Sid:
Even though you've set events to an 8 hour gap did you click on the check box in the Events preference pane to apply this criteria to photos imported from the Finder as see here .
Otherwise each folder of photos will be imported as one event.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

Similar Messages

HT5731 I purchased doc mcstuffins on the iPad. Downloaded several times which takes at least a day to do. Still unable to view episodes. Akers for a frustrated mommy & 3yr old. Did I just waste $30????

I purchased doc mcstuffins on the iPad. Downloaded several times which takes at least a day to do. Still unable to view episodes. Akers for a frustrated mommy & 3yr old. Did I just waste $30????

El3ees wrote:
I will be taking my laptop in on monday morning again and im assuming i will be waiting for another 4 weeks maybe more.
Don't take your laptop back. Find out the number for Apple Care in your part of the world and call them. Tell your story to them. If the person on the phone can't help you, ask for their supervisor. Keep asking for supervisors until you get exactly what you want to get. If that mean you want to get the problem fixed without having the computer gone for four weeks, then keep asking for supervisors till you get someone who can do that for you.
Be prepared to be on the phone for a while, so arrange a speaker phone, water to hand etc. Be patient.
As for "crappy computers"--my MBA has worked flawlessly since the day I got it. As good if not better than any Apple laptop I've ever had, and I've had several.This is the thing though, there is a percentage of failure rate that occurs in electronics. It occurs whether we're talking about televison sets or toasters. If it's electric, it has that failure rate. Now sometimes a thing will be bad and in that case the word gets out and everyone knows that particular electronic has surpassed the normal failure percentage. The Airs, however, have not done that. Their reputation, so far, has been incredibly solid and good. So you can assume that you, unfortunately, got one out of that small percentage of electronics that have an issue.
Laptops, let us remember, are doing a lot in a very small area. A lot can go wrong, and it's pretty amazing how many don't, especially given how many are made and sold. Sometimes we get the bad apple in the barrel, it doesn' t mean that the company making it has gone down hill. We hope the manager of the store, or the company, or someone will do right by us. If they don't, then we need to make sure they do. Keep asking for upper management till you get what you want.

IPhoto automatically imported EVENT and its photos?

I imported some photos into iPhoto on my MacBook Air this weekend while away. This morning (I'm back home), I started the MacBook Air with the intent of copying the imported photos to my iMac and eventually into the iPhoto library. So the Air is running, but iPhoto is not running on the Air.
I open iPhoto on my iMac. While navigating back to the All Events display, I notice a new event that I created on my MacBook Air ("Easter 2014") pops up on my iMac. I open that event and there are two photos in it. Puzzled, I scratch my head and another photo is added to the event. "Am I looking at the photostream?" I ask myself. No. This is a new event. After a minute or two, all the photos from the same event on my MacBook Air show up on my iMac in the same event.
So this event from the Air is automatically duplicated into my iMac's iPhoto Library, except for the video files. So just like photostream, except this is not in the typical photostream created event name, such as Apr 2014 Photostream.
I can see this being a huge feature, but I'm not sure how it happened. Anyone else experience this?

Easter 2014
Here were the exact steps:
So before I left, there were 20 departure photos that were in both libaries, referenced by iPhoto.
While out of town, on the MacBook Air, I created the event "Easter 2014." I moved the 20 relevant photos out of Apr 2014 photostream event into this new event. So now these 20 photos exist in both libraries, but on the Air, they are in a new event call "Easter 2014"
I then imported, while out of town, about 14 more photos and 3 videos from an SD card into the Air iPhoto library and merged the imported event into "Easter 2014"
This morning, while back at home, I started the MacBook Air but did not start iPhoto. I then started iPhoto on the iMac. In Finder, I navigated to the photos on the Air and copied them. I went to the folder on the iMac that already had 20 photos in it and pasted the additional photos and videos. I then realized that my camera had started over sequentially with the use of a new SD card, so there were duplicate names in the destination. I skipped overwriting and then pressed cmd-z to undo the copy. While contemplating how to handle this, I brought iPhoto to the front and viewed all of the events, that were sorted by date descending (newest on top.) I noticed an event on the iMac, "Easter 2014" and opened it. There were two photos that were only on the Air and in the Photostream. As I contemplated this, another photo was added, then another until all the photos (but no videos).
Just now, I thought maybe the paste action in Finder while iPhoto was open might have triggered iPhoto to believe those photos were "moved" from the Photostream (since they had the same file name and were already there.)
That's my only guess. Since the original event photos were referenced, and the photos that magically appeared are NOT referenced, I can only assume this is what happened. The photos did not become "unlinked" (If that's the right word) when I "undid" the paste of the photos, they are still present inside the library package.
But I think it is bad guess -- because I've always assumed iPhoto has no association of the name of a folder with an event (in Finder, not in the library package.)

Did I just waste half of my afternoon, or am I missing something...

Adobe Air,
Is it even possible to load a png file from a network location at runtime???
I dont' have any problems loading the png file when it's on any of my local drives, but I can't seem to load that file if it's on a network shared drive...
My AIR app sees the directory and it's content fine, but when I try to use a png from that location it doesn't seem to work.

Maybe it needs to be copied locally first? Have you tried to buffer it locally?
what's worse than wasting half an afternoon on something so silly is also obtaining grey hair to go along with that.......I feel your pain, LOL

Lost ability in iphoto to import photos from my iphone 5

Hi
When I open iPhoto, I am no longer seeing my iPhone 5 that is connected to the computer.
I tried changing phones and cables and have the same problem.
I recently deactivated a Dropbox setting (not in iPhoto) for importing photos. I also just updated to iTunes 11.0.5 and the RAW update 4.08.
Not sure if any of these are relevant changes, but I did all about the same time.
Is there a way to set iPhoto to recognize my iPhone is connected to the computer and prompt me to import photos from the phone
Thanks

Does it show as a device in the finder?
LN

Why does iPhoto now import videos?

I'm shooting a video and production stills with my DSLR. Why does iPhoto '11 import the videos? They just take up disk space. I can't do anything with them in iPhoto. Can I tell iPhoto to import the stills only?

iPhoto has always had the ability to import certain formats of video. Also, iPhoto video can be seen in iMovie for editting. - http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2196.

I feel like I just wasted $300...

Ok, my songs are stopping.
Just dead stopping.
Randomly, I'll go to Safari and the song will automatically stop.
Cover flow- I'll play a song from there, It'll play for about half a second then stop and take me to the home page.
Same it I'm listening to a song and go to contacts, YouTube...anythnig on the Touch.
Can this be fixed or did I just waste $300?

Hi Chelsey, I'm sorry to hear that. I feal your pain, as I have been having the same problems and understand the frustration (and the "I feel like I just wasted...").
Anyhow, there is another thread going on about this same problem, the thread is called "Music stops playing and iPod Touch returns to home screen ". Some people have also suggested there to try a Restore. I haven't tried that, but yesterday I did the following steps and my music playback seems fine now. Probably not all of these steps are necessary, but I was frustrated at the time and just trying lots of stuff. You should probably try just doing the "Restore" from ITunes before doing the steps I describe below--if that works then it's easier.
- Turn it off and then on (the real "off": hold down the top switch until you get the RED slider to turn it off).
- Reset it. (Hold both buttons for 10+ seconds)
- Go into "Settings - General - Reset", and "Reset Network Settings"
- Go into "Settings - General - Reset", and "Reset All Settings"
Since doing that I haven't had it stop. I don't know if the problem will come back, but if it comes back infrequently then this is a problem I can live with, a hopefully Apple will eventually fix the bugs.

DVD Backup iPhoto (video import problem)

I have backed-up all my iPhoto events to DVD's.
Now I have imported a DVD into iPhoto. I have all the events back but the video's have the wrong date and time. Also the events are not the same as the DVD.
Does anybody know what I had done wrong?
When I look to the photo's and video's on the DVD (in iPhoto) everything is alright, but not after import them.

This is the way I have done this:
Back up on DVD:
- Open iPhoto
- Insert blanco DVD
- Select "Events" (with Shift key more events)
- Share -> Burn
When the DVD is ready and I watch the picture's and video's in iPhoto there is now problem. The events, date and time is good.
Import DVD to iPhoto:
- Insert the DVD and open iPhoto
- Drag and Drop; not possible to import the video's. Message: Not possible to import, ... wrong structure (sorry, tranlated from Dutch)
OR
- Import to library; than the video's are imported, but the date and time is wrong.

How do I stop iphoto from creating events automatically when I import photos from an external hard drive?

IPhoto is creating events automatically when I import photos and when I merge events and then go to finder>all images, I see iphoto has created several copies of each picture....I try to delete the extra copies but then the albums or events also get affected, even if there is one copy of each photo left in all images...have someone had this problem?

You don't have a problem at all.
IPhoto is creating events automatically when I import photos
This is how iPhoto works. Every photo is in an Event. Events are the basic organisation of the Library. Every import means at least one new Event. Yes you can merge Events after import and so on, but there is at least one Event created at each import.
I see iphoto has created several copies of each picture....
No it hasn't. It hs created versions of the photos, not copies. There will be a couple of thumbnails for viewing in the iPhoto Window plus the Master and then a edited version for pics that are modified. The icons for each of these may be similar but they are not copies - for a start they are different sizes - and all are required for iPhoto to work.
go to finder>all images
Don't. This is simply a list of all the images on your computer. It makes no account or allowance for the purpose of these images. Really, if you're using iPhoto ignore this because if you
I try to delete the extra copies
Then you are trashing your Library.
So, this is how iPhoto works, there is no problem and stay away from All Images.
Regards
TD

Problem with iPhoto 7 import

Hi,
I find a big problem with iPhoto 7 and import !
I made 53 scan of photos in 1200dpi, modified, cleaned and saved them in jpeg files (1mo to 2mo by photo)
all are in the same folder and some are in grayscale other in colors.
When I want to import (with copying or not) them in iPhoto 7 (already updated) 15 of 53 have not small photo in event they are black, and when I zoom on them they are bug.
It is only in iPhoto.
If I share this event in iMovie small photo is black but if I move this photo in my iMovie project Photo is good...
Then it is really a big problem because I can't use iPhoto for my albums, cards, ...
Have you a solution?
Regards,

all my photos are in jpeg in high resolution
It is very important because if we want to produce an album we must send a high resolution, but they are only 1mo to 2mo by photo not 35mo...
iPhoto not import grayscale? ...
I you produce in RGB photos are biggers...
It is really a bad news
The problem I have some colors photos with this bug...

HT1386 When trying to down load photos I get this message: iPhoto cannot import your photos because there was a problem downloading an image. What should I do to restore syncing my phone?

I can't sync my iPhone 4 photos with my deck top. It all just stoped working. When trying to sync photos I get the following message:
iPhoto cannot import your photos because there was a problem downloading an image.
What do I need to do to get the syncing process back to normal?

Hi there obywon!
I have an article for you that can help you find some other ways to import those pictures from your iPhone onto your computer. You should try a couple of different programs that would import the photos into your computer. This first article can tell you the different programs that you will want to try when attempting to import photos:
iOS: Importing personal photos and videos from iOS devices to your computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4083
If you are still having issues with importing those photos, you will want to see this article for next steps on resolving this issue:
iOS: Unable to import photos to computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3195
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
Cheers,
Braden

I am unable to download all photos to computer. At a certain photo I get the following message: IPhoto cannot import your photos because there was a problem downloading an image. How can I go around this image

I am unable to import all photos to IPhoto on computer. At a certain photo the following message appears: IPhoto cannot import your photos
because there was a problem downloading an image. How can I circumvent this particular image and import all other photos?

I'm having the same issue. i have imported everything but the offending photo from my iPhone. problem is, with over 5000 pics, i have no idea how to find THAT ONE pic that won't import (bc I just get a greyed out pic image - with no data in iPhoto)
any idea how to get "date taken" info of THAT ONE pic out of iPhoto (or any metadata) so I don't have to search 3 years of pictures?
and I do apologize for hijacking.

IPhoto '11 - Calendar not showing imported events

Created a new calendar project, picked the calendars to import into it, everything showed just fine.
I quit iPhoto, opened it up a couple days later, and all the pictures were there, but the events were blank. Nothing on any date. Not even the holidays.
I've done everything to try to get these back.. Unselect/deselect. Trash PList. Create new calendar in Calendar.app. Nothing.
This happened to me last year, and I opened up a bug w/ Apple and received absolutely no movement on it. This year, same thing.
(Last year I had to hand-enter everything into it, even the Holidays.)

Okay, sorta success. I exported my main calendar (which was a local Mac calendar) to my desktop, re-imported it into a newly created iCloud calendar. Picked that from the options tab in the calendar editing view, and the events showed!
... but, once I re-picked "US Holidays" from the Holiday drop-down, my events disappeared.
So, I had to unselect US Holidays to get my calendar's events to show up. (But, this didn't work with a local calendar?) And then hand-enter all these events in, which now look "wrong", because the imported events show up in the top 1/3 of each date cell, but my hand-entered stuff shows up on the bottom 2/3. (Comon, Apple)
Other things that have worked in the past, which don't work now:
1) When dragging a picture onto a date (for instance, someone's birthday), picking a caption location and typing in a caption - resulted in no caption being shown. If I re-click on the date, the option for caption shows "None". (Possible the calendar type doesn't support it?)
2) Click on a date, hand-enter some stuff into the cell - if I click "off" the entry window, the entry window blanks out, but doesn't dismiss, and it retains the same date. (So it appears you zero'd out all text for that date, which isn't true.) This entry window should dismiss, I'd think.

Why does iphoto not import my photos chronologically into events

I have just updated to the latest version of iphoto and infuriatingly whenever I now import photos, rather than placing them at the bottom of the series of events in chronological order, iphoto now imports them as the second event next to photos from 2000, so I have to move them manually down to the bottom, even though the date being shown is correct, can anyone help?

I have the same. I think it changed with iPhoto 11. I drag them all the way down all the time. Try to set the chronological order, under "Presentation" (sorry I work in a French version Presentation is at the left side of "Window") and then right in the middle "sort events" and check chronological order. Hope this helps.

When I create a new event how do I select a video on iPhoto to import into the event.

I am using iMovie 10.0.5. I create a new event and I want to import a video which I can only find on iPhoto. I then have to open iPhoto and it loads everything rather than just the one video I want. Is there a better way of doing this does anyone know. Thanks

Try this link from iMovie 10 Help
http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0/#mov865570171

IPhoto '08 Importing & Events problem. Did I just waste $79 on iLife '08..?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for