Iphoto CONSTANTLY crashes - about 1x an hour

Question

Hi all,
Without fail, everytime I use iPhoto it will crash about 1 time an hour. This has been happening since I got my laptop, about 6 mths ago.  Over the course of the past 2 days, I think it crashed 8-9 times during about 8 hrs of photo editing.  I'm not even doing anything "fancy"... I'm simply cropping, straightening, adjusting some colors, etc.  I will be working on it, and it will simply just "crash" and quit.  After a few moments it will give me a message saying something like: "iPhoto quit unexpectantly and do I want to submit a report to Apple."  I have sent Apple all of these reports in the hopes that they'll fix this problem in future revisions (as well as a few choice comments!)
I've done all my due diligence in trying to fix this problem myself, and you're my last hope. 
Sometimes after a crash, iPhoto will simply boot up as normal.  Other times, it'll suggest that I either rebuilt or repair my library.  I've repaired & rebuilt my library at least 4x over the course of all the crashes.  In fact, I'm writing this email now as iPhoto is repairing my library due to yet another crash.
There's a few threads on this forum that have iPhoto issues and I've read them and have tried fixing it using your suggestions but no luck.  Just yesterday I went thru the each of the "iPhoto Library First Aid" steps.  I Repaired Permissions, then after that was done, Repaired Library, and finally Rebuilt Library.  Sure enough that didn't fix it.  It crashed again after working on it for an hour or so. 
I've brought it to the Apple store 3x and the geniuses never seem to live up to their name.  Once the "genius" told me iPhoto could only handle about 10K worth of pics (which I thought was a ridiculously low # - i verified thru this website that indeed that # is far too low).  During those visits, all they've done is repair and rebuilt my library.  They also uninstalled and reinstalled iPhoto.  None of that worked.
I highly doubt it's a virus as I don't download anything on this laptop.  I've only installed 4 programs all from verified sources (Apple and Microsft websites).  As the laptop is pretty new, all the data I have on it is photos and MP3s I've transferred over from my previous laptop (which worked fine but was old).
I'm using a MacBook Pro on OSX 10.8.2 and iPhoto '11 9.4.2.  I have about 9,500 photos. 
Sorry if this is kind of long, but i wanted to make sure you have all the info necessary to diagnose my problem. 
I know I should include the first 50 or so lines of my last crash report but I dont know how to get that info.  Please help me!  It really is driving me nuts, and ******* me off to no end. 
Thanks! 

Answer 1

Hi Larry, I timed how long it took from starting up iPhoto till the crash, and it was 23 min.  I'm not sure if the crashes are happening more quickly or if I always just assumed it was about an hour (I think it's the latter).  After the crash, when I restarted iPhoto, it did not suggest a repair or rebuild of the library. 
Below is the report.  I copied the whole thing but am only posting a portion of it. If you need the full report, let me know.  Thanks for looking into this. 
Process:         iPhoto [1798]
Path:            /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier:      com.apple.iPhoto
Version:         9.4.2 (9.4.2)
Build Info:      iPhotoProject-710042000000000~2
App Item ID:     408981381
App External ID: 11723545
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process:  launchd [150]
User ID:         501
Date/Time:       2013-02-25 23:02:28.324 -0800
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.8.2 (12C60)
Report Version:  10
Interval Since Last Report:          35910 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           3
Per-App Interval Since Last Report:  34545 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   3
Anonymous UUID:                      DB114BF7-8411-6172-08FC-CF6B1A64727C
Crashed Thread:  18
Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x00000000ffffffff
VM Regions Near 0xffffffff:
--> shared memory          00000000ffff1000-00000000ffff2000 [    4K] r-x/r-x SM=SHM 
Application Specific Information:
Performing @selector(toggleInspectorSidebar) from sender IPKButton 0x7a6851c0
Thread 0:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   com.apple.QuickTimeComponents.component          0x99bdfc1d 0x994e6000 + 7314461
1   com.apple.QuickTimeComponents.component          0x99bed898 0x994e6000 + 7370904
2   com.apple.QuickTimeComponents.component          0x99bf24ce 0x994e6000 + 7390414
3   com.apple.QuickTimeComponents.component          0x99bdc6c8 0x994e6000 + 7300808
4   com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x98a11adb callComponentStorage_44 + 25
5   com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x98a02abf CallComponentFunctionCommonWithStorage(char**, ComponentParameters*, long (*)(), unsigned long) + 45
6   com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x98a02aff CallComponentFunctionWithStorageProcInfo + 30
7   com.apple.QuickTimeComponents.component          0x99bdb91d JPEG_CComponentDispatch + 81
8   com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x9897caee CallComponent + 151
9   com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x9897cb48 CallComponentDispatch + 29
10  com.apple.QuickTime                     0x90f00711 ImageCodecBandCompress + 43
11  com.apple.QuickTime                     0x90d84b26 DoBandedCompress + 9301
12  com.apple.QuickTime                     0x90d1126a ICMAction + 144
13  com.apple.QuickTime                     0x90d10fd0 ICMDeviceLoop + 3924
14  com.apple.QuickTime                     0x90d779f0 FCompressImage + 704
15  com.apple.QuickTimeComponents.component          0x99db5d6f 0x994e6000 + 9239919
16  com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x98a1191f callComponentStorage_444 + 32
17  com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x98a02abf CallComponentFunctionCommonWithStorage(char**, ComponentParameters*, long (*)(), unsigned long) + 45
18  com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x98a02aff CallComponentFunctionWithStorageProcInfo + 30
19  com.apple.QuickTimeComponents.component          0x99db4b92 ExportBaseComponentDispatch + 81
20  com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x9897caee CallComponent + 151
21  com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x9897cb65 DelegateComponentCall + 24
22  com.apple.QuickTimeComponents.component          0x99db93e2 ExportJFIFComponentDispatch + 98
23  com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x9897caee CallComponent + 151
24  com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x9897cb48 CallComponentDispatch + 29
25  com.apple.QuickTimeComponents.component          0x9a079825 0x994e6000 + 12138533
26  com.apple.QuickTimeComponents.component          0x99db5125 0x994e6000 + 9236773
27  com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x98a11adb callComponentStorage_44 + 25
28  com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x98a02abf CallComponentFunctionCommonWithStorage(char**, ComponentParameters*, long (*)(), unsigned long) + 45
29  com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x98a02aff CallComponentFunctionWithStorageProcInfo + 30
30  com.apple.QuickTimeComponents.component          0x99db4b92 ExportBaseComponentDispatch + 81
31  com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x9897caee CallComponent + 151
32  com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x9897cb65 DelegateComponentCall + 24
33  com.apple.QuickTimeComponents.component          0x99db93e2 ExportJFIFComponentDispatch + 98
34  com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x9897caee CallComponent + 151
35  com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x9897cb48 CallComponentDispatch + 29
36  com.apple.QuickTime                     0x90f028b7 GraphicsExportDoExport + 43
37  com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00353d10 0x50000 + 3161360
38  com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0037abf9 0x50000 + 3320825
39  com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0029ce84 0x50000 + 2412164
40  com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00538fd4 0x50000 + 5148628
41  com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00538dd9 0x50000 + 5148121
42  com.apple.iPhoto                        0x001699e6 0x50000 + 1153510
43  com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0006e5eb 0x50000 + 124395
44  com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0006e091 0x50000 + 123025
45  com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0093a54d 0x50000 + 9348429
46  com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00122c59 0x50000 + 863321
47  libobjc.A.dylib                         0x979db5d3 -[NSObject performSelector:withObject:] + 70
48  com.apple.AppKit                        0x921e6bd2 -[NSApplication sendAction:to:from:] + 436
49  com.apple.AppKit                        0x921e69e0 -[NSControl sendAction:to:] + 102
50  com.apple.AppKit                        0x921e68ef -[NSCell _sendActionFrom:] + 159
51  com.apple.AppKit                        0x921e4e60 -[NSCell trackMouse:inRect:ofView:untilMouseUp:] + 1895
52  com.apple.AppKit                        0x921e469f -[NSButtonCell trackMouse:inRect:ofView:untilMouseUp:] + 511
53  com.apple.prokit                        0x02351ce0 -[NSProButtonCell trackMouse:inRect:ofView:untilMouseUp:] + 521
54  com.apple.AppKit                        0x921e3db9 -[NSControl mouseDown:] + 867
55  com.apple.iLifeKit                      0x0224e652 -[IPKButton mouseDown:] + 375
56  com.apple.AppKit                        0x921dba21 -[NSWindow sendEvent:] + 6968
57  com.apple.AppKit                        0x921d6a0f -[NSApplication sendEvent:] + 4278
58  com.apple.iLifeKit                      0x0227bc9b -[iLifeKit sendEvent:] + 55
59  com.apple.iPhoto                        0x000d0344 0x50000 + 525124
60  com.apple.AppKit                        0x920f072c -[NSApplication run] + 951
61  com.apple.AppKit                        0x920936f6 NSApplicationMain + 1053
62  com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0005fc99 0x50000 + 64665
63  com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0005f2e5 0x50000 + 62181
Thread 1:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x9887fc02 __select_nocancel + 10
1   libdispatch.dylib                       0x91a3ba08 _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 376
2   libdispatch.dylib                       0x91a3b7a9 _dispatch_mgr_thread + 53
Thread 2:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x9887f8e2 __psynch_cvwait + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x92b99289 _pthread_cond_wait + 938
2   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x92b99512 pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47
3   com.apple.Foundation                    0x93c8c3c6 -[NSCondition waitUntilDate:] + 404
4   com.apple.Foundation                    0x93c8c1ed -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 282
5   com.apple.Foundation                    0x93c91740 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 69
6   com.apple.proxtcore                     0x02006e12 -[XTMsgQueue waitForMessage] + 47
7   com.apple.proxtcore                     0x02005efa -[XTThread run:] + 412
8   com.apple.Foundation                    0x93c5e1d8 -[NSThread main] + 45
9   com.apple.Foundation                    0x93c5e15b __NSThread__main__ + 1396
10  libsystem_c.dylib                       0x92b94557 _pthread_start + 344
11  libsystem_c.dylib                       0x92b7ecee thread_start + 34
Thread 3:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x9887f8e2 __psynch_cvwait + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x92b99289 _pthread_cond_wait + 938
2   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x92b99512 pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47
3   com.apple.Foundation                    0x93c8c3c6 -[NSCondition waitUntilDate:] + 404
4   com.apple.Foundation                    0x93c8c1ed -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 282
5   com.apple.Foundation                    0x93c91740 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 69
6   com.apple.proxtcore                     0x02006e12 -[XTMsgQueue waitForMessage] + 47
7   com.apple.proxtcore                     0x02005efa -[XTThread run:] + 412
8   com.apple.Foundation                    0x93c5e1d8 -[NSThread main] + 45
9   com.apple.Foundation                    0x93c5e15b __NSThread__main__ + 1396
10  libsystem_c.dylib                       0x92b94557 _pthread_start + 344
11  libsystem_c.dylib                       0x92b7ecee thread_start + 34
Thread 4:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x9887f8e2 __psynch_cvwait + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x92b99289 _pthread_cond_wait + 938
2   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x92b99512 pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47
3   com.apple.Foundation                    0x93c8c3c6 -[NSCondition waitUntilDate:] + 404
4   com.apple.Foundation                    0x93c8c1ed -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 282
5   com.apple.Foundation                    0x93c91740 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 69
6   com.apple.proxtcore                     0x02006e12 -[XTMsgQueue waitForMessage] + 47
7   com.apple.proxtcore                     0x02005efa -[XTThread run:] + 412
8   com.apple.Foundation                    0x93c5e1d8 -[NSThread main] + 45
9   com.apple.Foundation                    0x93c5e15b __NSThread__main__ + 1396
10  libsystem_c.dylib                       0x92b94557 _pthread_start + 344
11  libsystem_c.dylib                       0x92b7ecee thread_start + 34
Thread 5:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x9887f8e2 __psynch_cvwait + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x92b99289 _pthread_cond_wait + 938
2   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x92b99512 pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47
3   com.apple.Foundation                    0x93c8c3c6 -[NSCondition waitUntilDate:] + 404
4   com.apple.Foundation                    0x93c8c1ed -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 282
5   com.apple.Foundation                    0x93c91740 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 69
6   com.apple.proxtcore                     0x02006e12 -[XTMsgQueue waitForMessage] + 47
7   com.apple.proxtcore                     0x02005efa -[XTThread run:] + 412
8   com.apple.Foundation                    0x93c5e1d8 -[NSThread main] + 45
9   com.apple.Foundation                    0x93c5e15b __NSThread__main__ + 1396
10  libsystem_c.dylib                       0x92b94557 _pthread_start + 344
11  libsystem_c.dylib                       0x92b7ecee thread_start + 34