IPhoto books disappeared before I could order!

Our beloved cat died two nights ago, and my son and I have made two iPhoto books about his life. My son's book was done yesterday, so we ordered it, which went fine. Today I opened iPhoto to finish mine, and it was missing from "projects" as was my son's, and several other projects.
I tried rebuilding the iPhoto library, but that didn't help. What can I do? I am devastated.

I forgot to mention, iPhoto has also been crashing since last night after we ordered my son's book. I have never used time machine, but I guess that is what I will try next if nobody has any ideas that help. But I hope you do! Thanks.

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Iphoto book disappeared

is there a file for a created iphoto book? i created a book and later when i opened iphoto, it just said loading book and it never loaded. the pictures are still in the library but the book is gone. is there any way to find it now??

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welcome to the apple user to user assistance forums
did you have any problems before the book disappeared?
iPhoto books can be between 20 and 100 pages (10 to 50 sheets of paper) - you can not go below the minimum or above the maximum so that is not the problem
Books do not really exist - they are virtual things that exist only in the iPhoto database - so you can never see them except using iPhoto
Quit iPhoto and depress the option (alt) and command (apple) keys and launch iPhoto - rebuild the library from the last automatic database backup
LN

Help. Need iPhoto Book Specs / Anyone who has order a book or knows?

I'm getting ready to scan my color photos and then place an order for a iPhoto book. I'll set my scanner to decrease or enlarge (75%..100%.. 200%) for whatever size I need. I need to know the specs the photos should be scanned at for max quality and / or the order requirements.
300 DPI CMYK TIFF? (regular offset printer specs)
72 DPI RGB JPEG?
Or other?
Does it matter if it's a TIFF or JPEG? Tiff's can be uncompressed so perhaps better quality, but larger file size to send when ordering a book.
Is there a max about of total megs the book can be or not be for it to be accepted when ordering? Is there a max meg size that I need to stay under for each image?
I'm not looking for a long theory on dpi and ppi, I know all that, just need to know the requirments for these iPhoto books. I'm almost certain it's the first, offset printer specs. Just want to double check before I scan.
Thanks.

Yes. 300 DPI is the standard for printing on an offset press. So is CMYK. I'm positive the printing company that Apple is using is converting the .pdf files to a CMYK profile that matches their printing press. This is the only way for them to make the 4 color plates. If you look at an sRGB image on screen it may look great but when printed in CMYK, as the books are printed, it might look darker.
See this Apple help:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93298%22
To test this, open an sRGB image in PS and go Image > Mode > Convert to profile. Select US Sheet Fed Coated or US Web Coated. You can see how the color shifts. Usually CMYK is darker than RGB. Dark details in an RGB image that looks acceptable can get muddy when printed on an offset printing press in CMYK.
From what I've learned in graphic arts, printers suggest if you're concerned about color shifting, then do the image correction in CMYK and placing images in your document in CMYK. That way you have a better representation of what the final image will look like once it's printed. (aside monitor calibration) This is the standard procedure that I'm familiar with when working with images that will be printed in brochures and catalogs and so on.
Questions:
How did you find out that the images MUST be sRGB?
What would happen if you used a corrected CMYK image?
Did you compare your actual sRGB image to the final printed book and see if there was a color shift?
The reason for my concern is that I have some old photos that have bad shadow detail and color shifted with age. In sRGB they look okay but when they get printed on the CMYK press I'm concerned they might get muddy in dark areas. This is why I wanted to correct them in CMYK, get them to look good, then place them in the book.
Comments?

Why has my iPhoto book disappeared

From a google search it looks like my experience is pretty common. I spend days working on a book and then it suddenly ceases to exist on iphoto. I am using my new macbook pro so it must be the recent iphoto edition. Tried alt/command reload but to no avail. Really really annoying that it seems to be a common problem and it isn't yet fixed.
Anyone know a reliable alternative product to produce books and get them printed in Australia? I don't think I will trust iphoto again.
cheers, Bill

Why has it disappeared? Some form of Library corruption.
Simple solution: Restore from your bck up.
Otherwise: Ths won't get your book back - that's what the back up is for - but it should prevent the issue recurring. 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.

Iphoto book order cancelled - Totally dissatisfying customer service

This message to alert you that Apple might cancel your iPhoto book order for no reason !
This is what just happened to me, leaving me in a totally dissatisfying and frustrating situation, as I did everything to have this book in time for Christmas, had to go through over an hour on the helpline with Customer Services, whose agents are badly informed on the solutions that they can offer you when such mistakes happen ---
I ordered an iphoto book on December 14, in order to have it in time for Christmas.
Nothing was reported wrong or erroneous when I placed the order and uploaded the book. Two days later, Apple cancelled my order without any notification sent to me. I have only learned about it on December 21, worried that my book had not arrived yet. I checked online about my order status, which then said "order cancelled". No explanation why. I waited for Monday December 23 in order to be able to talk from someone at Customer Services. I was then told that my order had been cancelled because one picture and text was overlapping, but they could not tell me exactly which one. It was then suggested to me that I should replace the same order and call back so that they could accelerate the process.
I placed the order and sent the exact same book to Apple again and then called back. Another assistant from Customer Services advised me that there was nothing they could do in order to accelerate the printing and delivery process. All they COULD HAVE offered me was 15% discount, which the first assistant did not mention and which now was too late for me to benefit from since I had already placed the order. Also, I was told that my exact same order did not produce any issue for printing, so that the first cancellation was in fact made without any reason.
This leaves me with the following situation: Although I have placed my first order in time for it to arrive before Christmas, I end up with no Christmas present, over an hour lost on the phone with customer services, no discount, no accelerated printing or delivery process or any other gesture in order for my infuriating situation to be less so, and a photo book that will arrive in early January when I will have already left my family to work abroad again.
I am entirely dissatisfied with the quality of the Apple iphoto book service and Apple customer services. I have not obtained any help or remedy from your customer services although several mistakes had been made on their side.
You are well advised to consider alternatives before spending hours on creating an iphoto book...

Anne, that is really outragious. And I cannot understand why the support did nothing to rectify their mistake and help you to get your book printed in time.The support teams at the Print Products Stores probably will not read these these Forums, these are user-to-user discussions. So, to make Apple listen to your justified complaint, use the feedback form.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphoto.html

Start an iPhoto Book with the Pictures in a certain manual order

I have 200 pictures in a specific order but can not get the Book to load the pictures in that order so I can more easily create the book.
How can I do this?

From your description you left out the most important step: use the Photos ➙ Batch Change ➙ Date menu option and add one mintue between photos.
Without that step you won't be able to get them into the book in the order you'd like.
Note: if you're worried about messing up the photos' dates in the library for general use try creating a separate library just for your book. You can move the album of photos into the new library by using iPhoto Library Manager. This will allow you archive the library for ordering additional copies or editing without having to worry about the book being compromised in your main library. This tutorial describes it in more detail: iP08 - Archiving an iPhoto Book for Editing and/or Ordering at a Later Date

How long does it take to get a iphoto book?

I was wondering if its worth ordering iphoto books now and if they will be here before xmas? I never used the service before, but I'd like to try it out. Anyone know how long it takes from the minute you click order to the time it ships?
thanks

thanks for the helpful reply, nsteklov
My wife just ordered a photo book from Walgreens.com. It was the first photo book order for our family. I was aware of iPhoto books and have seen samples in an Apple Store and remember they looked nice, so suggested an iPhoto book. We really like ordering our 4x6 photos through Walgreens and picking up locally, and we think they have the best quality prints, so that is why my wife thought just order the photo book from them. I expected good quality also since their prints are so nice.
Bah! We were not pleased at all with the Walgreens photo book. Very cheap construction; ultrathin = low quality; photos are dull and even grainy looking (highest quality 6MP outdoor photos, so it ain't the photos). Walgreens service was amazingly fast ... we ordered about midnight last Thursday and they shipped 2-day on Friday morning, got the book Tuesday evening. (fast printing even during Christmas season.) However, the quality was so poor that we could not give it as a gift (a summer vacation we took with the wife's folks). Soooo, that's why we did the iPhoto book last night (stayed up until 3AM) and basically put the same book together. iPhoto is MUCH, MUCH easier to use than those web based services.
We are not meeting them until the evening of Dec. 25, and then will open gifts the 26th when the rest of the family is together. The book is being shipped to their house Express. I am hoping maybe by now orders have died down and they can get this book out pronto. I even have a glimmer of hope for delivery on the 26th or at least the week of the 26th. If not, no biggie, it'll come when it comes. I like the idea of putting the iPhoto book on iDVD and showing it on a DVD. That will suffice until the actual book comes.
My wife will be contacting Walgreens today to see about a refund for the shoddy book they sent us. I wouldn't get the Walgreens book at any price it was so bad (shipped price was about $6 less than the iPhoto book.)

Sharing iphoto book

How can I share my iphoto book so others can buy it? Created a book for the family but I cannot buy books for everyone. I want other family members to view and buy the book.

You would have to give them the iPhoto library you used to create and order the book and they would have to have a Mac and the same version of iPhoto in order to open and use the library.
An alternative would be to create a PDF file of the book and send that pdf file to other family members to view. Then they could order the book thru you.
To create a small library that would be easy to send to others see this tutorial: 09 - Archiving an iPhoto Book for Editing and/or Ordering at a Later Date.
You then drag the archived/small library onto a blank CD/DVD mounted on the Desktop and burn the library to the disc. Do not use the Share ➙ Burn menu option in iPhoto. Then mail the disc to the family members who would drag the book library from the disc to the Desktop and open it with iPhoto to order a book for themselves. Remember only Mac users could make use of the library.
A possible alternate would be to create a video DVD of the book complete with music. How to accomplish that is described in this tutorial: 06 - Creating an iDVD Slideshow From an iPhoto Book. The book could then be viewed on a TV set. I create one of these DVDs go accompany every photo book I create and give as a present.
OT

Swedish letters in an iPhoto Book?

Hi!
I have now finished a 50 pages iPhoto Book. I like to order it but I have used Swedish letter å, ä, and ö. Will they be able to print that? Won't send it away and get the book back with weird looking letter substitutes.
Thanks
Maria

Right click (control click) on the background of a page and select preview from teh menu that comes up - or do a print to PDF
You final print will match the PDF preview
LN

How do I reorder iPhoto Books

How do I reorder iPhoto Books?

You have to order the book and send it again to Apple. But iPhoto Print Projects (books, cards) cannot be opened in Aperture.
So you need to open your library in iPhoto to print/reprint any IPhoto Book it contains.
In Aperture 3.4 you can switch to iPhoto by selecting "File > Open Library in iPhoto",
In Aperture 3.1/3.2 quit Aperture and launch iPhoto with the ⌥ held down, to be able to select the library.
Regards
Léonie

Can I send an iPhoto book to my parents as a PDF? I need their input before I order the ibook.

Can I send an iPhoto book to my parents as a PDF? I need their input before I order the ibook.

You can create a PDF preview of your book, see this link:
iPhoto, Aperture: Previewing an order in iPhoto or Aperture http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1040
The PDF will be too large to email to your parents - copy it to a USB stick or burn it as CD or DVD and send it as a letter. Or upload it to a server for download, your Dropbox, etc.

Why can't I preview a book I created in iPhoto before placing the order

How
do I preview a book i created in iPhoto before placing the order

Hey scottiegal1,
This article explains how to preview your iPhoto book order before placing it -
iPhoto, Aperture: Previewing an order in iPhoto or Aperture - Apple Support
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Happy computing,
Brett L

Could not order iphoto book due to error not enough photos are filled

I am not able to buy the iphoto book , as there is a message that there is no enough photos in the frame , though every page as all the photos filled up . Please help

You do have at lease one unfilled photo frame - usually it is a full page photo page with another full page photos layout over it hiding the missing photo
Click here for a discussion on resolving this
LN

I want to order a second copy of an iPhoto book. Thought created in the smaller format only the larger format is showing. How can I switch an existing iPhoto book back to the smaller format?

I want to order a second copy of an existing iPhoto book. Though created in the smaller format now only the larger format is showing. How can I switch an existing iPhoto book back to the smaller format?

To change a book size duplicate it (select the book in the source pane and press command and D) since text flow and picture placements can change due to the size differences - then click on change themes, select the same theme and the new size
check it carefully
Before ordering your book preview it using this method - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1040 - and save the resulting PDF for reference - the delivered book will match it.
LN

Is it possible to reorder an iPhoto book 2 years later? My hard drive crashed and the photo book is no longer in my iPhoto but Apple printed it for me before the crash. Would Apple still be able to print another copy?

Is it possible to reorder an iPhoto book 2 years later? My hard drive crashed and the photo book is no longer in my iPhoto but Apple printed it for me before the crash. Would Apple still be able to print another copy?

For future books you might consider doing what I do: create a separate library for each book andcopy the photos for the book from your working library to the book library with iPhoto Library Manager.
When the book is completed and ordered burn the library package to a CD, DVD or external HD to archive it so it's available for editing and reordering at a later date if needed.

IPhoto books disappeared before I could order!

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