IPhoto bombs on upgrading library
I have installed iPhoto6 by first removing the version 5. I am now trying to run it and I get this during upgrading of the library:
Unable to upgrade this photo library because the current user does not have access. If possible, repair permission for the iPhoto Library folder and try again.
The path of the item that failed is “/Users/rharding/Pictures/iPhoto Library/2002/09/24/CD706424-4C66-11DA-B94B-00145119CB76-313-00000007067EC3CB”
Now the permissions on that item are 777?!
-rwxrwxrwx 1 rharding rharding 66065 Aug 22 10:18 CD706424-4C66-11DA-B94B-00145119CB76-313-00000007067EC3CB
I have tried doing a repair permissions from the disk utility with no success. What do I have to do to get this going please?
Thanks for the help.
17" PB Mac OS X (10.4.4)
Ok. I looked through some of the other topics and found one similar to our situation. I was able to follow some of the instructions to get me most of the way toward a solution and then I brute forced it using the unix shell environment (Terminal app.). You shouldn't have to though if you're not comfortable running under the Unix shell.
The folder that iPhoto was complaining about in my case must have been written to a bad spot on the hard disk -- loose theory here.
I made a copy of the directory (01.back) in the shell environment and deleted the original directory (01). I then renamed 01.back to 01.
I then used Finder's Get Info (apple 'i' key) on the new folder (01) and changed all the permissions to Owner Read Write, Group Read Write, and Others Read Only. I made sure the lock next to the Owner selection box was unlocked and hit the "Apply to enclosed items..." .
I was asked to confirm that that was what I really wanted and then I was asked for my password -- assuming you are the only one using the system that would be your password.
At this point I heard a little bell sound which meant that it was happy.
I then fired up iPhoto '06 and it successfully converted the Library but now I'm in the same boat as a few other folks and it's asking me about "importing duplicate photos"
If you still have troubles or are unfamiliar with changing file permissions let me know and I'll try to explain in better detail.
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Path: /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier: com.apple.iPhoto
Version: 9.2 (9.2)
Build Info: iPhotoProject-626000000000000~1
App Item ID: 408981381
App External ID: 4336308
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [1288]
Date/Time: 2011-10-29 07:25:58.362 -0400
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.7.2 (11C74)
Report Version: 9
Interval Since Last Report: 36242 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 11
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 429 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 3
Anonymous UUID: 3D797229-FEA3-401E-87B7-B48552667E0A
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x000000001bed6cbe
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__TEXT 000000001be00000-000000001bed0000 [ 832K] r-x/rwx SM=COW /Library/Application Support/3ivx/*.dylib
--> __DATA 000000001bed0000-000000001bf0a000 [ 232K] rw-/rwx SM=COW /Library/Application Support/3ivx/*.dylib
__DATA 000000001bf0a000-000000001bf2a000 [ 128K] rw-/rwx SM=PRV /Library/Application Support/3ivx/*.dylib
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0 ??? 0x1bed6cbe get_feature_flags + 0
1 lib3ivxEnc.dylib 0x1be562d8 InitHooks + 5064
2 lib3ivxEnc.dylib 0x1be580ac InitThrivex + 68
3 lib3ivxEnc.dylib 0x1be6bdc0 l3_init + 11
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5 com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x97977514 callComponentStorage_44 + 25
6 com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x97a2645d _ZL38CallComponentFunctionCommonWithStoragePPcP19ComponentParametersPFlvEm + 45
7 com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x97a2649d CallComponentFunctionWithStorageProcInfo + 30
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Identifier: com.apple.iPhoto
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Build Info: iPhotoProject-626000000000000~1
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Interval Since Last Report: 36896 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 13
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 516 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 4
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