Iphoto 4.0.3 damaged or incomplete
i am having a problem with my iphoto 4.0.3 as when I click on it in the applications folder it keeps coming up damaged or incomplete. I am wondering what I can do to restore it as the photo files are still there. I have the 2 installation cds that came with my computer but am afraid to use them incase the damage the other applications. Can anybody help with this matter and what is the best thing to do? I would be really grateful for any advice.
Hi, Leaoc65. Based on your further description of the symptoms, I think you should take the message at face value and reinstall iPhoto from your original source CD or DVD. But first, since it may have been corrupted as a result of a damaged hard drive directory, I suggest making sure the directory is in good shape.
Start up from your latest Mac OS X Installer Disk 1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities menu, select your hard drive (the line with the drive manufacturer's name and product number in it) in the left pane of DU, click the First Aid tab in the right pane, and click the Repair Disk button at the bottom of the right pane. If DU reports having repaired anything, run it again until it doesn't find any errors to repair. Then click the Repair Permissions button and wait for permission repairs to be completed.
Quit DU, restart the computer normally, and drag the iPhoto Library folder from Hard drive > Users > your account folder > Pictures out onto the desktop. Then reinstall iPhoto. When the reinstallation is complete, open Disk Utility (Hard drive > Applications > Utilities) and Repair Permissions again. Now open iPhoto. It should open to an empty library: a new one that has just been created. If it does, fine — all is working properly. Quit iPhoto and drag the old iPhoto Library folder back into the Pictures folder, replacing the new folder with the same name. Open iPhoto again, and you should be back in business.
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1. Put the iPhoto.app in the trash (Drag it from your Applications Folder to the trash)
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If iPhoto was installed on your Mac when you go it then it’s on the System Restore disks that came with your Mac. Insert the first one and opt to ‘Install Bundled Applications Only.
*Sometimes iPhoto is not visible on the Purchases List. it may be hidden. See this article for details on how to unhide it.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4928
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1. Put the iPhoto.app in the trash (Drag it from your Applications Folder to the trash)
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2b: On 10.6: Those receipts may be found as follows: In the Finder use the Go menu and select Go To Folder. In the resulting window type
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To re-install iPhoto
1. Put the iPhoto.app in the trash (Drag it from your Applications Folder to the trash)
2a: On 10.5: Go to HD/Library/Receipts and remove any pkg file there with iPhoto in the name.
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3. Re-install.
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If iPhoto was installed on your Mac when you go it then it’s on the System Restore disks that came with your Mac. Insert the first one and opt to ‘Install Bundled Applications Only.
If you purchased it on the App Store you can find it in your Purchases List. -
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1. Put the iPhoto.app in the trash (Drag it from your Applications Folder to the trash)
2. Download it from the App Store to reinstall It's on your Purchases List* there.
For older versions that have been installed from Disk you'll need these additional steps:
2a: On 10.5: Go to HD/Library/Receipts and remove any pkg file there with iPhoto in the name.
2b: On 10.6: Those receipts may be found as follows: In the Finder use the Go menu and select Go To Folder. In the resulting window type
/var/db/receipts/
2c: on 10.7 or later they're at
/private/var/db/receipts
A Finder Window will open at that location and you can remove the iPhoto pkg files.
3. Re-install.
If you purchased an iLife Disk, then iPhoto is on it.
If iPhoto was installed on your Mac when you go it then it’s on the System Restore disks that came with your Mac. Insert the first one and opt to ‘Install Bundled Applications Only.
*Sometimes iPhoto is not visible on the Purchases List. it may be hidden. See this article for details on how to unhide it.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4928
One question often asked: Will I lose my Photos if I reinstall?
iPhoto the application and the iPhoto Library are two different parts of the iPhoto programme. So, reinstalling the app should not affect the Library. BUT you should always have a back up before doing this kind of work. Always.
Important:
As you're on 10.9.3 you'll need to update iPhoto to v9.5 before opening it. Use Software update. -
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Anyone out there able to help?Go to the App Store and sign in with your Apple ID
Click on the Purchases List
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Regards
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IPhoto may be damaged or incomplete
Hi all,
I'm trying to finish a project for school (a video) that is due in two days (on Thursday), so I need help really soon. We had video taped everything we needed, I had all of the videos in iPhoto, so I deleted them off of my camera. After installing the new iLife '11, I started editing our video in iMovie, but I had only finished 30 seconds of it when Ihad to go to bed. Then today, when I turned my computer back on, I tried to finish the video but "New Project 2" in iMovie was completely gone. However, "New Project 2" and all of my iPhoto videos and pictures were found when I went to Finder->Search for->Yesterday and Past Week, but I couldn't open any of them. When I tried to start over on the school project, none of my iPhoto videos would show up in iMovie. So, I tried opening iPhoto. When I did this, a message appeared saying "You can't open the application iPhoto because it may be damaged or incomplete.
Any advice? And thanks in advance for any help you can give me!
P.S. I have a backup of my iPhoto library on my desktop, if that info is any help. Also, I just got my MacBook in December, so I'm still a bit confused with Apple technology.I'm having the same exact problem with my iPhoto! I live, breath and speak apple, from my mac to my ipad, to my itouch, iphone and ipod! I never had 1 complaint until now. I bought my iLife '11 before the mac app store so, just like you, I installed the cd and the first couple of hours after I installed it I was on iPhoto, then i shut down for the night. the next morning Iphoto kept freezing when it opened and had to force quite itself and now the app cant even be clicked on!
I think your best bet is 1 of 4 options:
1.) Go to finder and look up iPhoto library recovered photos. Its a folder that should contain any recovered documents that werent damaged. You should be able to import those to iMovie.
2.) You can go back to finder and search all documents. It seems like a lot of work, but you'll find the videos. The glorious thing about mac is that NOTHING gets deleted unless you press empty trash. I still have all my iPhoto pictures and movies even when iPhoto broke on me. So, if you have patients.. GO FOR IT!!
3.) Now there's an app store for mac. This means 3 major things
a.)We waisted $50 on iLife-The app store sells iPhoto for 15 bucks!
b.)No long wait for the software in the mail!
c.)No Screwing up with disks and manuals and cds
-this brings us to your best probable solution-RESINTALL IPHOTO!
put your old iPhoto in the trash. Only the app should be deleted when you drag it to the trash, not the documents. So if you spend and extra $15 It'll install right into your computer and the videos should come up just fine. I've seen it happen in many cases.
4.) If you dont trust me, are skeptical about reinstallation or your just plain confused and helpless, theres a plan B... or in this case plan #4! CALL APPLE CARE! Their super sweet and awesome.....and their professionals! They are your fastest, most reliable source. And I'v seen many people in the same situation as you so i bet apple has already gotten a ton of calls from people like you, dealing with the same thing. they should be pro at this by now! (but if you do call, you have to talk to a machine for like 2 min.,but then an apple person comes on.
Well, good luck with your project! (I also have 1 due thursday so your not alone We'r in this together! haha.) Just don't stress yourself. These things are fixed easy. -
Just purchased a new mac with Mountain Lion installed. My iPhoto isn't working. Error message says "you can't open the app "iPhoto" because it may be damaged or incomplete.
First try this: launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and create a new, test library. Import some photos and check to see if the same problem persists. If it does then make a temporary, backup copy (if you don't already have a backup copy) of the library and try the following:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
User/Home/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
User/Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder (Snow Leopard and Earlier).
or with Mt. Lion from the User/Library/Containers/com.apple.iPhoto/
Data/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder
3 - launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding down the Option key when launching iPhoto. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
NOTE 2: In Lion and Mountain Lion the Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and hit the Enter button - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
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I just downloaded an old version of iDVD from a disc I purchased from Amazon. I downloaded only the iDVD portion of the disc. Now when I go to open my new version of iPhoto, I get a message that I cannot open the application because it may be damaged or incomplete. What can I do to get this resolved?
To re-install iPhoto
1. Put the iPhoto.app in the trash (Drag it from your Applications Folder to the trash)
2a: On 10.5: Go to HD/Library/Receipts and remove any pkg file there with iPhoto in the name.
2b: On 10.6: Those receipts may be found as follows: In the Finder use the Go menu and select Go To Folder. In the resulting window type
/var/db/receipts/
2c: on 10.7 or later they're at
/private/var/db/receipts
A Finder Window will open at that location and you can remove the iPhoto pkg files.
3. Re-install.
If you purchased an iLife Disk, then iPhoto is on it.
If iPhoto was installed on your Mac when you go it then it’s on the System Restore disks that came with your Mac. Insert the first one and opt to ‘Install Bundled Applications Only.
If you purchased it on the App Store or have a Recent Mac you can find it in your Purchases List. -
Does anyone know what to do if you try to open iPhoto and the box comes up and says "You can't open the application iPhoto because it may be damaged or incomplete." Previous to this I added some pictures and documents that were scanned from my Lexmark all-in-one. Now I can't open iPhoto.
To re-install iPhoto
1. Put the iPhoto.app in the trash (Drag it from your Applications Folder to the trash)
2a: On 10.5: Go to HD/Library/Receipts and remove any pkg file there with iPhoto in the name.
2b: On 10.6: Those receipts may be found as follows: In the Finder use the Go menu and select Go To Folder. In the resulting window type
/var/db/receipts/
2c: on 10.7 they're at
/private/var/db/receipts
A Finder Window will open at that location and you can remove the iPhoto pkg files.
3. Re-install.
If you purchased an iLife Disk, then iPhoto is on it.
If iPhoto was installed on your Mac when you go it then it’s on the System Restore disks that came with your Mac. Insert the first one and opt to ‘Install Bundled Applications Only.
If you purchased it on the App Store you can find it in your Purchases List.
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