IPhoto 6 Missing Pictures and Bigger Library

Please help me if you can, I'm feeling down ...
While I was using iPhoto 5 I discovered there were many missing pictures. Thumbnails were there, but the full-sized images had disappeared. I tracked down most of the originals, and imported them into iPhoto 5 again. Everything seemed fine.
Now, when I upgraded to iPhoto 6, I rebuild my library to ensure everything would be where it belongs. I checked all the optional boxes, to be sure I would not lose those images again. Horrors! Out of 4,500 pictures in my library, approximately 450 full-size images are missing, even thought the thumbnails are still there. Is there an easy way to straighten out this mess, or do I have to track down each image on variouos back-up CDs and re-import them? Please tell me there is an easier way! I don't have that many "extra" hours.
On a related note, with iPhoto's new filing system, I have an excess of folders in my iPhoto library. There's the old folders by year-month-code, and new folders called Original & Modified. My images appear to be in both folders. Is it safe or wise to remove the old folders? Would that save any disk space?
Burned twice, hoping to avoid a third time ...
-Jerry

Dear Old Toad-
Thank you for your suggestion. I tried it, but it appears my problem were not related to permissions.
The further I investigated, the more problems I found with my iPhoto library. The most significant was missing images with intact thumbnails. Others included duplicate images in different folders, and duplicate libraries.
Finally, in desperation, I decided to go back to square one.
First, I searched for all images that were less than 1kb, and created a 10-page list of missing pictures. (That is, the metadata was there, but the images were gone.) Then I chose the library with the most intact images, and exported all to a desktop folder. Then I created a new iPhoto library, and imported 6,500+ images as one roll. Now I'm figuring out how to organize them so I can find the "special moments." Once this is done, I'll search my old back-up CDs for my missing images, and import them to my library.
I imagine there is a better way, but I could not figure it out. If you, or anyone else, does know a better way, please let me and other readers know. This problem may be more common than we think.
-Jerry

Similar Messages

I can't find my pictures from iphoto. I was downloading Iphone pictures and the library disappeared. How can I recover them?

I can't find my pictures from iphoto. I was downloading Iphone pictures and the library disappeared. How can I recover them?

Restoring a backup is specific to the backup program you are using to do your daily backups - consult it's manual, help file or author's support site
Back up your iPhoto library, Depress the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - rebuild your iPhoto library starting with the first option and trying others until you are succesful
LN

I was working with iPhoto downloading pictures and it quit unexpectedly and i lost a bunch of pictures what do i do can they be recovered ? Please can someone help it took me 12 hours between scanning & transferring & dating old family slides

I was working with iPhoto downloading pictures and it quit unexpectedly and i lost a bunch of pictures what do i do can they be recovered some where on my computer?? Please can someone help it took me 12 hours just today not counting yesterday between scanning & transferring with a flash drive then dating old family slides in my iphoto. I lost alot

I was working with iPhoto downloading pictures
Do you mean importing photos? If so what were you importing from? If it is a flash drive why not just re-import from it? Where did you scan them?
As to backups - you really need to always have your backup running - without good backups you will lose all photos sooner or later
LN

Missing Photos and jumbled library and sub folders

Hi. I am having trouble opening photos in iPhoto. The thumbnails are squashed out of shape and when I double click on the image, a different photo appears. There are also blank squares in place of some thumbnails. All the photos in my library are also out of order, most of my subfolders are now empty and if there are photos in a subfolder, they do not correspond to the folder name. Everything appeared to be okay two weeks ago.
Any help in retrieving my lost photos and resetting the subfolders would be appreciated.

Hi Ben,
First try a rebuild:
Try this:
Before doing a rebuild make sure iPhoto's trash bin is emptied. You can do this by control clicking on the trash bin, or from the menu bar under iPhoto.
Close iPhoto
Duplicate the iPhoto Library folder
Drag the duplicate to the desktop (hopefully you have enough room on your hard drive for the duplicate.)
Launch iPhoto holding down the Command and Option keys until you see the rebuild options screen.
Choose the first three options. If you were missing photos in your library, also choose the last option. Be advised that you will get a roll of orphaned photos and it might be quite huge. Most of them will already be in your iPhoto library, but use caution when deleting anything from this roll until you are sure the photos are still in your library in another place. It might be a good idea to share/export this roll of photos just in case you need to import them again.
Back to the rebuild, depending on the size of your library it might take some time. When it is done, hopefully your photos will be there.
You might see some unexpected results as I did when I did a rebuild. Photos had been moved to wrong dates, video clips had lost their duration info and some were even orphaned from the jpg pointer file. It took me some time to straighten it out again.
This is the reason to make a duplicate before you rebuild, in case you do not like the result. If you don't like the result, close iPhoto, then delete the rebuilt library and drag the duplicate back into the Pictures folder making sure the name is iPhoto Library. Launch iPhoto and it should open the library in the Pictures folder.
iPhoto 4 or later: Rebuilding the iPhoto Library
If that doesn't work, create a new library:
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 "import" 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!

Iphoto missing pictures!

I think I just lost all my pictures and don't know how to find it please help I have iPhoto Library on my desktop(I clicked and dragged it there) now when I open it all my pictures are gone! How do I get them back?

Why is the Library on your desktop?
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 (Right Click -> Show Package Contents) 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 and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
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 Events and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, modified versions, books, calendars etc.
In the iPhoto Preferences -> Events Uncheck the box at 'Imported Items from the Finder'
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 (Right Click -> Show Package Contents) on your desktop and find the Originals folder. From the Originals folder drag the individual Event 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

Updated iPhoto (2.0) and photo library upgrade is stuck

I have just updated to iPhoto 2.0 on my iPhone 5. I get a message that the photo library on this device is being upgraded. For the last over 30 minutes. I have tried to reboot, uninstall iPhoto and then redownload load, but same issue. (I have done the same update on an iPad with no trouble.) Anyone have any thoughts on what I could do?
Keith

Mine is doing the same thing. I have 3000 pictures and let it run for almost an hour and no luck. After a bunch of force closing and re launching it I got the message to go away but it shows no pictures. Opened it again and now it shows the same "The photo library on this device is being upgraded". Anyone get past this

HT4236 I successfully synched photos from my mac book iphoto to my new iphone 5 (icloud did not do the job). Now these photos appear on my phone in three places--iphoto, last import and photo library. Does that mean that they take up three times the mem

I successfully synched photos from my mac book iphoto to my new iphone 5 (icloud did not do the job). Now these photos appear on my phone in three places--iphoto app, last import, and photo library. Does that mean that they take up three times the memory? Will that affect iCloud? Sorry for the end-user questions!!

HHi, thank you for the reply. I have checked my iPad and iPhone and neither has iCloud Photo Library (Beta) enabled. Turned off in both. Photostream is turned on.
i tried to sort it out by dragging all the photos to Events on the Mac and then deleting them from iCloud - (left hand side of iPhoto under the section 'Shared'). the photos now show up in Events. I did force quit but the issue remains. The message reads ' photos are bing imported to the library. Please wait for import to complete.'
i can't empty iPhoto trash either. The message read "Delete error. Please wait for import to complete.'
WHen I was moving the photos to the Events I always had a message about duplicates - to the effect that the photos already existed, did I want to import them? I clicked on Yes, import all duplicates. But when it showed the images - duplicates side by side - one showed the photo and the other was blank.
I really don't know what to do! And I don't know how to handle my iOS devices. Is it to do with the large number of photos? Any help, advice appreciated.

Why doesnt ovi scan my pictures and videos library...

I installed ovi last night and specified my music, picture, and video directories (including sub-folders). However, when ovi scans, it only scans my music folder. I don't know if it is simply ignoring the other folders or whether it cant find any supported formats. I'm sure it cant be the latter because most if not all of my images are jpegs. anyone come across this issue too?

If it'll make a difference, I'm using ovi with a Nokia 5800

Iphoto - export pictures and import in an other mac

is it possible to export pictures which are stored on one mac in the iphoto lib and to import them an an other computer. So that i can manually sync the folders.
Or does any one knows an other way to sync (both directions)
Thanks
Hans

is it possible to export pictures which are stored on one mac in the iphoto lib and to import them an an other computer. So that i can manually sync the folders.
Yes - you just export them from iPhoto on computer 1 - move them to the other computer and import them into iPhoto there
There is no way to sync
If the computers are connected in some way you can use iPhoto Library Manager - http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/ - -to move photos between the libraries
LN

Missing pictures and some with interference across them, following upload from Canon 60d

I am getting intermittent images missing and some with interference across them, following upload from a Canon 60d into iPhoto 9.6. on my Macbook Pro. I have uploaded the same pictures to my iMac 2006 and they are all fine. Anybody got any idea as to what might be happening here?
Thankyou
Andy

I am getting intermittent images missing and some with interference across them, following upload from a Canon 60d into iPhoto 9.6. on my Macbook Pro. I have uploaded the same pictures to my iMac 2006 and they are all fine. Anybody got any idea as to what might be happening here?
Thankyou
Andy

My iphoto has disappeared and photo library

I have been looking at similiar problems but nothing seems to be exactly like my problem. My iphoto has disappeared from my doc. There is no "iphoto" in the applications. When i go to my iphoto library I get this message. "There is no application set to open the document "iphoto Library". I do not have back-up for photos. I do not want to lose them if at all possible. I do have my start up disks for my computer.
HELP!

Well put in the applications install Disc. Received this message:
"The installation failed." An unkown installation error occurred.
The installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail.
Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
I tried this several time and have come up with the same message each time.!

Iphoto library was created with an unrelased version of iphoto please quit and ugrade library by opening it in iphoto 2 or iphoto 4

my iphoto 8.1.2 operating system 10.6.8 can't open iphoto...error message says IPHOTO LIBRARY WAS CREATED WITH AN UNRELEASED VERSION OF IPHOTO. PLEASE QUIT AND UPGRADE IPHOTO LIBRARY BY OPENING IT IN IPHOTO 2 OR IPHOTO 4?

Restore from your back up is the simple solution.
Failing that:
Option 1
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. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

IPhoto importing pictures and turning royal blue. Why?

I copied jpg files from a cd to my husband's pc and then wrote these
pics to a flash drive. I then copied the folder from the flash drive
and pasted folder to my imac's desktop. Preview shows the files
as black line drawings on a white background. After importing
these files to iPhoto, the background changes from white to royal
blue. Why is this happening?

Well, "Old Toad", you are my hero of the day. I went to your cellar and downloaded "convert to jpg and embed srgb profile.zip", dragged it to my desktop, dropped a desktop pic into it, imported the pic to
Iphoto, and "wala" a black line drawing with a WHITE background. TADA. So, since I have a copy of the whole file, "Redwork for Iphoto" on my desktop, which has 100 jpgs in it, should I use your cellar's
"embed srgb profile2.zip" or embed srgb profile--Apple script.zip" which is lossless for the whole file?
The file has 100 jpg's that are designs from "Redwork from the WorkBasket", that are pics of the Redwork designs for my embroidery machines. The designs are designed to be embroidered with red thread and the pics in the book are red line drawings on a white background. I have several thousand designs, now, organized into albums (with category dividers) in Iphoto, which I sync to my iphone, so I can see what I have and can use on my embroidery machines. This is the first batch of designs from either the web or from purchased cd's where I have encountered the rgb issue. The royal blue background makes the photos hard to see on my iphone, and you have a way for me to
"redo" my import process, which will be easy. THANKS..
PS I think you helped me with Iphoto, once, when my iphoto lib crashed, after I bought my first Apple product 3+ years ago--an imac. I too, live in Temecula. Do you happen to know if there is an
Apple user group in the area?
PSS If I owned Bernina's Designer Plus software (which I don't, yet), I would offer to thank you by embroidering your Old Toad pic onto a sweatshirt. If you have any free time, you might stop by
Temecula Valley Sewing Center and ask either Aileen or Brian if one of their customers could do that for you.
THANKS AGAIN.

Help me! converting to pdf from word, missing pictures and formating?

I wrote a book, was able to create a press quality pdf without any problem during my free trial of acrobat pro xi, now that I have made edits and have bought acrobat, everytime I create a pdf from this (large) word file, some of the images are missing, some text is blurry, and my formatting is off. It's maddening because it worked so easily before.
Any help is much appreciated.
Also, for a company that charges so much for their products that they basically have a monopoly on, it's very annoying that I can't get some sort of tech support on the phone and this appears to be my only option. VERY ANNOYING.
Anyhoo... thanks for any help from the forums/experts.
-Chris

I don't know what cause this and it's really annoying. I met the same problem when converting pdf from .docx file.
The solution is, re-save your .docx file (Word Document) into .doc file(Word 97-2004 Document) first. Then save the .doc file as pdf. It worked for me.

Missing Sound and Music Library and Photo Library

A student of mine came across this issue. She installed a clean 10.7 FCPX on her Snow Leopard system. Her Sound Library is empty...not even an option for looking in her itunes library. Her photo library is also empty. I've tried adding her folders to fcp via drag and drop, in an effort to get it to "reindex" the files to no avail. The search bar in both is empty so it isn't searching for " " and coming up with nothing. The sound files are exactly where they need to be under the apple folder in the library. What is going on?! I've seen this question posted before with no answers. Anyone know of one? I've attached the frightening photos.

that was not what I was suggesting... But come come to think of it... who know what would happen ? Perhaps worth a try.
Perhaps you could try to repair the disk permissions.
Also perhaps try to delete any cache in
Users/Account-In-Question/Library/Caches
Then delete the FCPx preferences from her user folder...
After that "Reboot WITH shift button held" THEN log in. After that do a normal reboot and log in and check

IPhoto 6 Missing Pictures and Bigger Library

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for