Iphoto deleated all of my photos What do I do?

Ok so updating my Mac book and iPad was terrible. iTunes had to update and iPhoto did too then I had to manually find the 10.7.2 update on apple to further update iPhoto...... After all of that all of my photos are gone! Thinngs I can't get back like weddings and high school reunions what do I do? I did all that updating to use the cloud to have all of my stuff deleated. I don't get it what happened?

See my posts here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3382853
You photos shouldn't be gone.....the library file might be messed up, ie: the catalog, but i'd be awfully surprised if the photo files themselves were gone. Also make sure to read about backing up. the only way to guarantee against the loss of important photos is to have a backup of them.

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HT4890 I had a new I phone and I turned on iCloud and photostream , then only some photos from my old iPhone that I thought it was stored to my iCloud appeared in my new iPhone not all the old photos what can I do to restore my photos

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Can you just back-up the old phone to iTunes and restore it from there?

IPhoto lost all of my photos HELP!

I just opened iPhoto, and it gave me a notification that it had lost it's album file and needed me to create a new one.
I created a new one and all of my photos were gone!
What happened?! I had over a thousand photos and now they're all gone!?
I recently moved all of the photos from my photos library over to an external hard drive (almost none of them were from iPhoto, mostly downloads and wallpapers) would this have caused the problem?
Thanks in advance

If you are going to run the library from the EHD make sure it's formatted as shown in this screenshot:
OT

IPhoto deleted ALL of my photos. It is completely empty. Please help me!

I didn't click delete or anything.
I tried opening my iPhoto, and a window popped up asking me to load an "existing library listed below" or create a new library. However, there was no existing library listed below so I clicked create new library. And to my dismay, ALL of my photos were gone! Please help me! Where are my photos? Where is my old library and how do I get it back?! PLEASE HELP ME. They are very important!!!
iPhoto '09

How much free space on your HD?
Try a search for any of the files that were in the Library:
Try an All Images Search:
In the Finder:
Command - f
Kind: Images
Size: Greater than 300kb (This is to avoid all the thumbnails, icons and so on.)
Set it to search the Mac.
If it does find the images don't move them just try and track their location.
Regards
TD

Iphoto '08: ALL OF MY PHOTOS ARE GONE, What can I do?

I was loading new photos into my iphot 08, then the program stopped working, when i re-opened it, there are not photos in there!!!
How can I get them back?!?!?!
THank You!!
Please help!!

As always: restoring from your back up is the surefire solution.
Try these in order - from best option on down...
1. Do you have an up-to-date back up? If so, try copy the library6.iphoto file from the back up to the iPhoto Library (Right Click -> Show Package Contents) allowing it to overwrite the damaged file.
2. Download <a href="http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/"><b><u>iPhoto Library Manager</b></u></a> 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.
3. If neither of these work then you'll need to create and populate a new library.
To create and populate a new *iPhoto 08* library:
Note this will give you a working library with the same Events and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, modified versions, books, calendars etc.
In the iPhoto Preferences -> Events Uncheck the box at 'Imported Items from the Finder'
Move the iPhoto Library to the desktop
Launch iPhoto. It will ask if you wish to create a new Library. Say Yes.
Go into the iPhoto Library (Right Click -> Show Package Contents) on your desktop and find the Originals folder. From the Originals folder drag the individual Event Folders to the iPhoto Window and it will recreate them in the new library.
When you're sure all is well you can delete the iPhoto Library on your desktop.
In the future, in addition to your usual back up routine, you might like to make a copy of the library6.iPhoto file whenever you have made changes to the library as protection against database corruption.

IPhoto lost all it's photos!

I had an MDD dual and when it died, I put it's drives in a firewire 800 four-bay tower hooked to my new Dual G5. A while ago, the firewire port died and the volume with the iPhoto library on it disappeared from the desktop. So, I bought a new Intel MacPro and all the volumes on the firewire tower have mounted again, but when I go to iPhoto it appears to be linked to the library on the old ATA drive in the firewire tower, but no photos are in iPhoto. It opens blank and the albums are empty.
Can this be rescued and re-linked and what do I do?

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 duplicates all of my photos and doesn't recognize new folders.

I am using a Macbook pro, Mountain lion, and Iphoto. What a nightmare! Iphoto duplicates every photo or folder I import. If I create a new folder it cannot find the folder or the photos within. I have tried updating IPhoto but it appears my IPhoto is up to date.
Is there a fix for this?
If not what is the easiest way to export my photos and uninstall Iphoto?

Unfortunately I have the same problem as DFMitchell.
Whenever I import photos from either my Nikon camera or my iPhone, either the device (which doesn't seem likely given they are two completely separate devices made by two different companies) or iPhoto itself creates a small thumbnail duplicate of the image. The name differs slightly to :*number*.jpg instead of *number*.JPG. as such, when I navigate through Finder to All Images and look at my images in the source folder, I can see a duplicate of every image. When I navigate to the same photo through iPhoto itself, I cannot see that duplicate.
I originally thought this was a problem and so began to manually and painfully delete all these duplicates from the Finder window. However now in iPhoto, the thumbnail image that you can usually see as the 'front' photo on each event folder (ie before you even go into the event) has disappeared. additionally, normally you can move your mouse over an event folder (again before you enter it) and the different images in that event flicker across. Now it's just blank. However when I enter the event i can still see all the photos so I know they're still there.
Question is : why does iPhoto create the duplicate?
Second Question : If my guess is right and the small duplicate is meant to be a thumbnail image which can be seen in the events window, how do I get them back now that i've deleted them? (they're gone out of the trash too)
Note to self - Apple always has a reason for what they do. don't question and don't mess with it especially when you don't understand!!!

IPhoto restoring ALL my deleted photos [ever] after library re-build

Hi. After the last iPhoto update I had to re-build the library. As a result, all the pictures I deleted from iPhoto [ever], are back. I am positive that I have deleted the iPhoto trash as well as the System trash regularly.
Is this normal? does iPhoto keep a copy of these deleted files somewhere deep inside even after emptying both the iPhoto trash AND the System trash?

No it's not normal, and no iPhoto does not keep a copy of the images after trashing them.
My guess is that the corruption in your Library is long-standing and these deletions have failed because of that.
Regards
TD

Iphoto wont start and deleted all of my photos. can i uninstall and reinstall iPhoto?

can i uninstall and reinstall my iphoto and will it fix the problem that i have with not being able to import and look at photos?

Of course you can uninstall and reinstall iPhoto - but it Probably will not help at all
But that is only a wild guess since no one has any idea what you have or what your problem is
Lets start with really simple basics - what version of iPhoto do you have? what recently changed or happened that might be related to this? What exactly does "won't start" mean? Why do you "think" iPhoto deleted all of your photos?
Do you have a good current backup? Note that iPhoto does not "delete" photos - users can but iPhoto does not
You sate numourour problems - please describe each and be concise without editorial comments
1 - iPhoto won't start
2 - iPhoto delete all of your photos
3 - iPhoto will not import photos
4 - iPhoto will not let you look at photos
LN

I upgraded my mac software to mountain lion and lost my iPhoto and all my photos in it!

I stupidly updated my software om my macboook pro to be able to set up icloud.
Now it says I can no longer access Iphoto (so ALL of my photos are suddenly gone!!??!!)
I read that people are just down;loading iphoto again and can access all their old stuff so
I've downloaded iPhoto from the appstore and now have a pop up saying:
"The photo library needs to be upgraded to work with this version of iphoto. Your photo library will not be readable by previous versions of iphoto after the upgrade."
I'm scared to hit 'upgrade' and not be able to access my old photos...
HELP please????

Yes when you go to a new version of iPhoto you must upgrade your library and older versions will no longer be able to access the library
The only way to avoid losing your photos sooner or later is a good, constant backup like Time Machine
LN

Loaded information from hard drive to new computer without iphoto. where are the photos i had in iphoto?

Hi there,
I spilled beer on an older macbook and it was too pricey to repair. I had the Apple store save all files and information from the harddrive to an external hard drive. I moved all the files and information onto a refurbished macbook. The refurbished macbook does not have ilife, particularly iphoto. All of the photos that I had in iphoto on the old computer are gone. Are they still available someplace? How do I get to them? If I can not access them on my new computer without iphoto can I exchange the old hard drive for the new one? Thank you very much.
e

The iPhoto library that was on the hard drive of the damaged Macbook will still be there.
I suggest you take the hard drive out of the dead MB and install it in an inexpensive external enclosure. Something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Vantec-NexStar-2-5-Inch-External-Enclosure/dp/B002JQNXZC
Once you have the drive in the enclosure you can connect it to your new Mac, install iPhoto on the new Mac, and access the library. This step can be tricky, so post back when you are ready.

I upload all of my photos from my iphone 5 onto my macbook air to get more space on my phone, and now whenver i try to upload it says there is no more storage or there was a problem transferring a picture. what can I do to get more space onto my iphoto?

i upload all of my photos from my iphone 5 onto my macbook air to get more space on my phone, and now whenver i try to upload it says there is no more storage or there was a problem transferring a picture. what can I do to get more space onto my iphoto? I've tried putting the pictures on flashdrives, but iphoto would no tlet me transfer.

I don't know how large the SSD (solid state hard drive) is, or how big your iPhone 5 is, but with some iPhones having 64GB and some Airs having as little as 64GB and some having as much as 512GB it's not hard to see how storing the contents of your iPhone 5 on your Macbook Air could run you out of space.
Go to the Macbook Air and bring up a finder window and pull the Go menu down and go to the Computer. Right click on the Macintosh HD and select get info. See if there is any available space on the MacBook Air. If not you are out of SSD space (you're storing more on your Macbook Air than it has storage for). I'm not sure if iTunes can store its library on an external hard drive or quite how you would make that happen. But even if you managed that, when the hard drive was disconnected, you would lose access to your library. Using a smart media card might be possible (I don't know) but it would probably be irritatingly slow. If you have a small Air and a big iPhone you might just have to find a different computer to sync to. Just remember a 64GB iPhone is a big chunk of SSD for a Macbook Air. I did it with my previous and my current Air but even my previous one had 256GB and I really just fit.

I upgraded to iPhoto 11 and I lost all of my photos. What can I do?

I upgraded to iPhoto 11 and I lost all of my photos. Only empty thumbnails show up. I don't have anypther backup. What can I do?

Open your iPhoto Library package as shown in this screenshot,
and look inside the subfolders in the Masters folder to see if you orignal files are still there. If they are try the following: make a temporary, backup copy (select the library and type Command+D) and apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Since only one option can be run at a time start with Option #1, followed by #3 and then #4 as needed.
Fix #2
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
If neither of the above help you'll need to:
Start over from scratch with new library
Start over with a new library and import the Originals (iPhoto 09 and earlier) or the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from your original library as follows:
1. Open the library package like this.
2. Launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and, when asked, select the option to create a new library.
3. Drag the Originals (iPhoto 09 and earlier) or the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from the open iPhoto Library package into the open iPhoto window.
Click to view full size
This will create a new library with the same Events (but not necessarily the same Event names) as the original library but will not keep the metadata, albums, books slideshows and other projects.
Note: your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.
OT

When I upload any photos from iphoto or a folder it overwrites all the existing photos. is there a way to add to the existing library without deleting what's already in the library?

When I upload photos from iphoto or any other folder it overwrites all the existing photos in my ipad. is there a way to add to the existing library without deleting what's already in the library?

No, apart from using the emailing them, to yourself or using a third-party app such as Simple Transfer (in which case the photos will only go into the Saved Photos/Camera Roll album) or the camera connection kit (Imported album). You need to sync all the photos that you want on the iPad in one go, as only the contents of the most recent sync remains on the iPad - not including photos in a sync is how you delete them from the iPad

I have a Powerbook G4, from a friend but he has lost the disc,s in a house move, I have all Apps except Iphoto, and cannot transfer my photo's, what can I do. Running 10.5.8 George.C

I have a Powerbook G4, from a friend but he has lost the disc,s in a house move, I have all Apps except Iphoto, and cannot transfer my photo's, what can I do. Running 10.5.8 Prachal

By all means get iLife but just for the record you don't HAVE to use Apple's photo application;
there are many more around, quite a lot of them free.
This http://download.cnet.com/mac/digital-photo-software/?tag=rb_content;main
is a good site to look through for candidates - some will be free some shareware and some paid for.
Alternatively Kodak provides free photo software - navigate through this site to what's right for you:
http://www.kodak.co.uk/ek/GB/en/Home_Main/Kodak_Store/Software.htm
I think its probably this one:
http://support.en.kodak.co.uk/app/answers/detail/a_id/16434/selected/true
Edit :Just remembered another site for you to explore:
http://www.macupdate.com/
Put "photo" in the search box.....

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