Iphoto blank in edit
Hello friends
Problem: Library appears intact but when image is selected and Edit is selected, a blank page appears, either a white blank or a black blank. This is true for all but the last import.
Action before: There were MANY, perhaps 200+ photos imported into my iphoto library from a friends' travel pics. I went thru the library and the albums and deleted all of these and emptied the trash. I did not delete any of my original photos or change the names.
Question: the version of iphoto that is currently installed is 5.04. I am afraid if I upgrade it will only compound the problem. Is there a way to retrieve these photos? Should I wait to upgrade?
Hi Allison,
when you navigate through the iPhoto Library folder
in the finder do you see the images that appear as
blank in the edit mode within iPhoto?
If you do, can you double click these photos to open
them in Preview?
Within the finder, in the iphoto library, I CAN double click on the images and they will open in preview. Yes.
Next, check the permissions for the iPhoto Library
folder.
Yes. I cked permissions, and after putting the "info" icon into the menu bar, I opened the permissions fold down, "unlocked" to make sure my name would go bold, as it was in gray, and in "unlock" it was bold. I made sure it was "read-write" which it had been, and then reset, or selected save changes at the bottom.
Now do I need to do something to the iphoto application? It does seem quite confused.
Thanks for your help.
Allison
Get info on the iPhoto
Library folder
screenshot of how the "get
info" window should look for your user
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