IPhoto 8.1.2 hangs on opening preferences?

Every time I open the preference pane for iPhoto 8.1.2 under a new Mountain Lion install the iPhoto app hangs and becomes unresponsive and requires a force quit.

Here's the link to get the download: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1562
If your version is from iWork '09, I believe there will not be a charge. Otherwise, there will, and you would probably have to purchase iPhoto through the App Store.

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while i reallly like most of the new features and clean ups for iPhoto, i keep running into spinning beach balls - usually for 5 minutes or more at a time. it's not just iPhoto, but other parts of iLife as well, but iPhoto is where it hits me hardest. and it seems to be iTunes related. Yes, i have a large library, but WHY does it take iPhoto so long to read the same library file the iTunes does in a few seconds? And WHY does it happen every time i open preferences after logging in? 5 minutes is way too long to wait to use a program i routinely use each day.
also, after making a number of edits on a number of pictures, iPhoto slows down to a crawl. it beach balls between images for minutes, then at last never comes back. i have to do a force quit.
what's up with this strange behavior? is it going to be fixed REAL SOON? and it sounds like i can't even go back to 06 since the libraries have changed. Any advice?
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Dale:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. I believe TD's suggestion was directed primarily towards the editing issue. The preferences and accessing iTunes from iPhoto issues we'll have to live with until iPhoto issues a fix via an update.
Boot into Safe Mode and try the editing again. If the problem goes away there there's an issue with your account. If it persists then it's either the library or the application.
If the edits work OK in the Safe Mode then create a test library, import a couple of photos and see if the editing issue continues. If not, import some more and try again. You can use the paid version of iPhoto Library Manager to copy events from the problem library to the new one and keep your keywords, comments and titles intact. If the new library continues to be able to edit OK as you continue importing via iPLM then you may want to continue until the new library is complete and trash the old one.
If the editing problem continues in the test library then a reinstall of iPhoto might be warranted. To do so you'll have to delete the current application and all files with "iPhoto" in the file name that reside in the HD/Library/Receipts folder. Then reinstall from the disks that iPhoto came on.
Do you Twango?
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.
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Hi,
Have recently, after updating to iLife 2009, encountered two problems.
1. I cannot, anylonger, upload photo's to the me.com gallery, but uploading to Flickr is no problem.
2. iPhoto freezes when I open the preference pane.
Any advice?

Quit iPhoto and delete the iPhoto preference file ("your username" ==> library ==> preferences ==> com.apple.iPhoto.plist) - launch iPhoto which will create a new default preference file - reset any personal preferences you have changed - and if you have changed the location of the iPhoto library repoint iPhoto to it
LN

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When you see the gray Apple logo, release the shift key.
If you are prompted to log in, type your password, and then hold down the shift key again as you click Log in.
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I have around 1500 Census files which are JPEGS, and they opened nicely with Preview. Today, I loaded most of iLife (iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD and iWeb). Now, for some reason, every one of those files wants to be opened with Adobe Illustrator which is far from optimal for viewing them. Preview is not even recognized now by the operating system as a means of opening JPEGS, and it refuses to open them even though it is open and running.
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Kappy, that did not work. I did a Google search on the subject and learned about an app called RCDefaultApp. I downloaded that and placed it in my Library file as directed. I then closed System Preferences and reopened it. The app showed up on the far left of the "Other" line of System Preferences.
This let me set default apps for each "extension." Sure enough, Illustrator was set to open jpeg, jpg, JPG, JPEG and PNG files. I changed all of them to Preview. Well, it still didn't work. Even though Preview was open and actually allowing me to view one of these files, it would not let me open another one of them.
About ready to tear my hair out, I decided if all else fails restart the computer. That fixed the problem. It appears the opening preferences got returned to their original values. The files now open with Preview.
Interestingly, when I started installing iLife, there was a warning that I would have to restart my computer when the software was loaded. I omitted GarageBand which I don't need. There was never any alert that the software was loaded and I should restart my computer. So, I didn't. Maybe some corruption crept in as a result.
While at it, I also went into Finder preferences and checked the block under Advanced to show all extensions. Quite a few of those census files had none, and they do now.
Preview is working now and is opening all those files. I also tried two small PNGs which I trashed because they would not open, and they work, too. Happiness!!

I can see my thumbnails for my events in iphoto, but when I click to open the folder, no photos show up. However, when I hover over the thumbnail, it shows the flicker of images that should be inside the folder, as well as

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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. (In Library Manager it's the FIle -> Rebuild command)
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Also have some problem with black pictures - but when I click them they show up - but corrupt (several pictures merged into one).
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Are you running the latest version of iPhoto, 7.1.4? If not update to it. Also do Smtr's suggestion of deleting the pref file.
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