Iphoto 'freezes' if print option selected, cannot force quit

iphoto 'freezes' if printing option selected and cannot resolve even by restarting imac as iphoto seems to stay in printing mode and wheel carries on turning!

Michael hello,
welcome to the Apple Discussions there is something else running that wants to use iTunes, shut down 1st and then quit...
The most likely candidates will be the iTunes widget in dashboard or a plugin or another program or script... use Activity Monitor from Utilities and show 'active Processes' this will tell you what is running...
take care Michael.... TP

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Imac freezing and cannot force quit

Imac keeps freezing upon startup and I cannot force quit anything. It just sits and wheel of death. Is this a hardware failure?

How large is your HD & how much space do you have left?
Care to share which OS you are using?
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I currently use a iMac OS X 10.6.8 and I cannot open iPhoto. Every time I click on iPhoto the coloured wheel comes up and lets me go no further, leaving me with no other option but to force quit the application. HELP!!

i currently use a iMac OS X 10.6.8 and I cannot open iPhoto. Every time I click on iPhoto the coloured wheel comes up and lets me go no further, leaving me with no other option but to force quit the application.
it is showing all my existing photos but will not let me click on any of them, nor will it allow me to import any new photos into iPhoto.
I am really worried that I cannot access all of my photos and even more worried as I need to back them up!!
HELP!!

Try repair the Library:
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places 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.
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TD

The volume for "021_21.JPG" cannot be found keeps showing up on my iPhoto and I have to do a forced quit to shut the laptop off.

this is driving me nuts..I don't know how to get it off...I can't use iphoto and I have to do a forced quit of the whole computer just to get it off the scrren. I don't even know what it means.

It means that when you imported this photo you didn't allow iPhoto to copy the image to its Library, but chose to store it somewhere else. Now iPhoto is looking for it. Where is the disk you chose to store it on?
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TD

"Blocked Plug-in" cannot force quit

I have an application called "Kidzui" that I use to let my kids browse the internet. Today I upgraded from 10.6.8 to Mountain Lion, I'm assuming since I got it out of the app store today, that it is the latest version of Mountain Lion.
When I launch Kidzuii, the application uses the entire screen, but now displays the words "Blocked Plug-in". Some research revealed that this issue is likly caused by an older version of Adobe Flash. However; here is the problem.
I cannot force-quit the application. I have read a bunch of handy articles on using short cut keys to force quit an application. None of them work. The cherry on top is that when I power off the machine, it restarts and very helpfully launches the exact same applications that I had open before, which immediatly puts me right back where I was.
Does anyone have any ideas? I can't get to anything and even a power off and restart isn't helping. The caps lock key still functions, and the mouse works well too.
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Select  ▹ Force Quit from the menu bar, then select the frozen application from the list and press return.

The finder app on my Macbook is always open, no quit option and no force quit option. any ideas?

The finder app on my Macbook is always open. No "quit"option appears, and Force quit doesn't work to make it quit. Any ideas?
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There's absolutely no reason to quit it, just for curiosity maybe.
Most people think Finder runs the Mac GUI and that's why you can't quit it, but they are wrong. This is for Windows and Windows explorer. Mac is way stronger than Windows, thus doesn't need to run it's GUI on finder. There's no option to quit finder for pure symbolism, because Finder doesn't bother anyone and is the way the OS uses to manage files. However, if your curiosity is too strong, you can do this:
Enable Voice Feedback, Voice control, whatever you call it.
Put it to always work with a Keyword active.
Put focus on Finder and say "(Keyword), Quit this application".
Mac will quit finder. BOOM.
Nothing else will happens, the Mac will keep running and Finder won't start again until you (or some app) open it.
That was made on OS X Mountain Lion.

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IPhoto freezing on print command before print menu appears

Has anyone encountered iPhoto freezing when selecting "print" from the file menu, before the actual print menu appears? I'm not using huge files here -- 600 KB photo, for example -- but I get the spinning beach ball of death every time I try to print a photo.
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Sound like a preferences file problem, for example? Any advice anyone can offer would help immensely.
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That's a whole different animal. You didn't move or rename any of the files from the Finder did you?
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IPhoto freezes when Preferences/Accounts selected

I am using iPhoto '11, ver. 9.2 (626) with OSX 10.7.4. I used iPhoto Library Manager to rebuild my Library and everything seems to be working just great except when I select Preferences - Accounts. When the screen displays, it highlights MobileMe and shows "iDisk Usage" and the twirling rainbow wheel starts. I have to force quit to get out. I know MobileMe is no longer available but how do I get into Preferences to remove the account?
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Try this: launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and create a new, test library. Import some photos and check to see if the same problem persists. If it doesn't then it's your current library that's the culprit.
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Fix #2
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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
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Click on the Create button.
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Smartforms : Print options selections

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OS X freezes whenever I cannot force quit an application

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I think I am on my 20th powerdown this way and it drives me nuts.
This is my first Mac and it has been like this the entire time.
Support has no answer form me other than reinstall everything. (BTW they wont support me since I reported the problem too late, how was I supposed to know this was unusual, I was using XP before and this was normal)
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Safari hangs, freezes, and then i have to force quit

coming up on on my computer's first week anniversary and i have issues. this is not a good sign. help me love my computer again.
so, i open safari (3.1.2) and everything is going well. then after a few minutes, i click on a link or type in a url and everything stops. the program looks like it is loading slowly, then the spinning beach ball shows up and ruins the party. i have to force quit, which takes a little longer than it normally should. sometimes, this freezing will cause other programs i have open to close as well (itunes, firefox, etc.). any ideas?
(p.s. : i tried posting the report, but i got an error message saying the report was too long to post. weird. otherwise, i would have included it.)

Hello,
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Adding a new user account to your computer
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Click Add + and type the user's name.
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Type the user's password in the Password and Verify boxes.
Type a hint to help the user remember the password if they have trouble remembering it at login.
Click Parental Controls and select options to determine what the user can do with the computer.
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Cannot "force quit" Maybe keychain problem?

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lozee,
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Acrobat Pro Freezes completely so I need to Force Quit

I hope I am posting in the right place. Please let me know if I should move this. I am so desperate-- I have tried everything I can think of and I hope someone has another idea I can try.
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