IPhoto 9.6 won't save edits

iPhoto 9.6 won't save edits. When I edit using Retouch and Crop, the pinwheel of death also shows up. I go to the next photo and return to the one I just edited and it's the original.

Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - from the resulting first aid window repair permissions and if necessary rebuild your database
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So at first I would make edits to photos and they would appear the same in the edit window as they do in the gallery view. Now the edits don't "stick" and when you leave edit view the changes are not there. Say I go to edit a photo, and change it to black & white, it is black & white in the edit view, but when it goes to gallery view it is in color, and if I export it, drag it to the desktop, upload it to Facebook etc., the edits are not there. How can I fix this?

Two things to try:
1 - create a second temp library, import a picture or two and see it if will save edits. If it does then the library is bonkers. If the second library acts the same go to #2.
2 - log into another account and try there. If it doesn't work there then iPhoto is the culprit and requires a reinstall. 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.
If it does work in the other account then your primary account is the culprit. It could be a preference file other than iPhoto's. Here's how to check that out:
Trouble Shooting Preferences in Leopard
1 - Create a folder titled "Preferences A" on the Desktop.
2 - Open the working Preferences folder, HD/Users/your_name/Library/Preferences, and move the contents to the Preferences A folder on the Desktop.
3 - Make a duplicate copy of the Preferences A folder on the Desktop as a precautionary backup.
4 - With the working Preferences folder empty run the application again and determine if the problems is fixed.
NOTE: you may have to drag the contents of the working folder to the trash and empty if moving the contents to the A folder only copies them instead of moving.
5 - If the problem is fixed:
A - open the working Preferences folder (HD/Users/your_name/Library/Preferences).
B - Open the Preferences A folder on the Desktop, select all of the contents and drag them into the working Preferences folder.
C - When the Copy window pops up check the "Apply to All" check box and then click on the Don't Replace button as seen here.
6 - If the problem is NOT fixed, empty the working Preferencess folder and move the contents of the Preferences folder on the desktop back into it.
OT

IPhoto won't save edited pictures

What has happened to iPhoto since the last update??? It will not save the edited pictures, you waste time carefully editing photos just to find out it does not save them.
It also is having problems switching from full screen to regular format, as well as trouble importing pictures.
Apple what have you done???? I'm having nightmare flashbacks of the Microsoft days. Quality control has really gone down.
Is anybody else experiencing these issues?
DC

I had the same problem and after some gnashing of teeth and tearing of hair and barking at the apple support rep was able to determine that I just have too many pictures on my MacBook . Once I started deleting, the editor came back little by little. The editor saves the original plus your new version makes two and if you are too heavy with photos it can't handle one more thing so it just throws its little hands in the air and says enough!!! Watcha do in' to me? I am overfed and ready to vomit!!!

Anyone know why my iPhoto program won't save my edited photos?

I can see them in the album and in the "events" in my library. When I open it that far, I see all of my edited photos, but when I open them individually, they are unedited unless I click on the "EDIT" button....THEN, they show up edited! They are also unedited when I post them on Facebook or if I save them to my desktop or when I actually have one printed! THAT tells me that for some reason, iPhoto is not automatically saving my editing like it says it does! And....I HATE the fact that there is no "SAVE" or "SAVE CHANGES" button!!! Not all of them, but the ones that I recently took in jpeg format and not raw. Bummed! Please help! Thank you! When I first got my camera, I didn't know about the "RAW" setting so I was using JPEG back then and it worked. Why all of a sudden is it not???....FRUSTRATED.

Try trash the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from the HD/Users/ Your Name / library / preferences folder.
(On 10.7: Hold the option (or alt) key while clicking on the Go menu in Finder to access the User Library)
(Remember you'll need to reset your User options afterwards. These include minor settings like the window colour and so on. Note: If you've moved your library you'll need to point iPhoto at it again.)
What's the plist file?
For new users: Every application on your Mac has an accompanying plist file. It records certain User choices. For instance, in your favourite Word Processor it remembers your choice of Default Font, on your Web Browser is remembers things like your choice of Home Page. It even recalls what windows you had open last if your app allows you to pick up from where you left off last. The iPhoto plist file remembers things like the location of the Library, your choice of background colour, whether you are running a Referenced or Managed Library, what preferences you have for autosplitting events and so on. Trashing the plist file forces the app to generate a new one on the next launch, and this restores things to the Factory Defaults. Hence, if you've changed any of these things you'll need to reset them. If you haven't, then no bother. Trashing the plist file is Mac troubleshooting 101.

I have set up photoshop elements as external editor in iPhoto but I cannot get the edited photo to open in iPhoto. When I save the photo Elements asks where do I want to save it and iPhoto is not an option.

I have set up Photoshop Elements11 as the External Editor in iPhoto just as Terence Devlin said. However when I save the edited photo it does not appear in iPhoto. A drop down menu asks where I want to save the photo and I do not know what to choose. Also should I choose, "save" or "save as"? I should be really grateful for your help.

I suggest opening iPhoto and reverting back to iPhoto in the Preferences for photo editing. Quit iPhoto. Restart your Mac for good measure. Open iPhoto and again choose Photoshop Elements in Preferences as the editing app.
As far as editing, I don't have PE, but I have another editing app form the Mac App Store, ColorStrokes. I have been experimenting with using it for editing iPhoto photos and it works flawlessly. After setting ColorStroke as the editing app, I open a photo in iPhoto and click the Edit button in the menu bar below the photo. Color Stoke immediately opens with the photo and I complete my editing. When I have finished editing I choose to Save the photo, leave the name the same and agree to replace the iPhoto photo of the same name. I quit ColorStroke and the photo in iPhoto now has all of my edits from ColorStroke.
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Edited Account Payment Information Won't Save

I'm trying to buy Bad Piggies HD on my iPad2 and somehow I've entered an endless loop of password and account details verification:
1. Click Buy App button in the App Store
2. Verification Required Window appears, I click Continue button
3. Apple ID Password Window appears, I successfully enter my password (without error or feedback)
4. Account Window appears, Asks me to verify my payment information which requires changes, I make the changes and click Go button
5. Account Window closes without error or any other kind of feedback
6. Confirmation Required Window appears, asks me if I still want to buy Bad Piggies, I click Buy Button
7. From here it loops back to step 2, endlessly...
It does a similar thing to me in the App Store on my Mac Mini, I log in, change the account details, it verifies them showing the updated payment details summary, then when I go back to edit them again it reverts all the payment details back to the original details.
The reason I'm changing my account details is that my friend bought an apple dev license with his credit card and his name on my Apple ID. This is the first time I'm making a purchase with my own credit card and name on my Apple ID and it won't save my changes. Why does the app store say "Welcome *name*" where the name is the billing information name and not the Apple ID name?
Could Apple make it any harder for customers to buy stuff from their store?

Hi aljynxy,
I have a couple of articles for you that might help you deal with this issue. The first can be found here, and it will be basic information on changing the credit card information:
iTunes Store: Changing account information
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1918
The next article that I have for you deals with what to do if you are having an issue related to your credit card's security code or zip code:
iTunes Store: My credit card's security code or zip code does not match my bank's records
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1646
Thanks for being a part of the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden

Pics won't save after editing

I do some editing and then cannot close or save as, PSE 10 just does nothing? I have to do a Control Alt Delete to even close the program out as well. Help

Hi,
Did you solve your save problem? I am having the exact problem suddenly. Never happened before and now can't solve it. Did a repair permissions after upgrade to iphoto 06; but can't save anything to desktop after bringing any photo from iphoto to photoshop. The same error is coming up
"Could not complete your request because of a program error"
Folks at Photoshop said it is definately an iphoto permissions problem, not photoshop.
If you figured it out, I'd sure appreciate your solution.

Any way to "save" edited photos in iPhotos as you progress?

I am new to the Mac environment and wanted to know how to manually "save" edits as you do them. I want to have the option to "go back" to an already saved photo, in case I mess up while trying to modify or touch up a photo. I have been working on a photo album project and noticed when using the "Retouching" option, after I complete my edits, I click "done". It goes back into the album page, and the photo doesn't look the same and it looks distorted. I tried closing the app, restarting to see if it was cached memory issue, but it still looks distorted. The only way to go back is the "revert to original", losing ALL changes/edits I spent a lot of time doing! Any help would be appreciated...thanks.

Well, after each edit function you could save by clicking on "done", then create a duplicate of the edited photo to do the next audit function. Then hit "done" and repeat the procedure for each edit function. At some point, you will find out which edit function is causing the distortion. But you will be able to revert back to the previously edited version without wiping out everything you have done.

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ddb1
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
This could be a file permissions issue. Download BatchMod from
http://macchampion.com/arbysoft/
And apply it to the iPhoto Library Folder using the settings found here:
http://homepage.mac.com/toad.hall/.Pictures/Forum/BatChmod.png
(Credit to Old Toad for this one).
Regards
TD

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Hi,
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From: donalbro
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 10:33 AM
To: warren smith
Subject: PDF won't save to computer
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IPhoto Troubleshoot - Lost File Upon Photo Edit

Hello!
I'm having trouble in iPhoto.
Each time I finish editing an image and return to the album or event screen, then click on the photo again, the area that should show the image goes black. When I right click on "Show File" the file is shown with a missing thumbnail and the size is zero bytes. So, it looks like iPhoto loses track of the file contents somewhere during the photo editing or saving process.
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Thanks for your help!
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How do elements organizer and adobe photoshop elements relate? Unclear how/where to save edited photos

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