Iphoto has images placed over my photos

Images have been placed over where my photos were, how can I recover my photos?

For this just duplicate it
But you really need to purchase an external hard drive and start backing up immediately. If you do not always have a good back up sooner or later you will lose all of your files including your photos
LN

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my screen looks like a green mesh has been placed over it. It is nearly illegible and comes and goes. Nothing I do can remove it. Does anyone have a remedy?

You have a hardware problem and the only people/place that can fix that is an Apple store or AARP.
So take it into your nearest Apple store or AARP.

IPhoto has re-downloaded all the photos in my photo stream thrice since I upgraded to 10.9

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You might have accidentally used the Command+Option+Delete key combination described below to move them the to iPhoto Trash bin:
Deleting Photos from an iPhoto Library
1 - from an Event or the Photos mode: select the photo(s) and use the Delete key to move the photos to the trash bin. Then empty the iPhoto Trash bin as follows:
2 - from an album, smart album, book, slideshow, card, etc.: select the photo(s) and use the key combination of Command+Option+Delete to move the photos to the trash bin. Then empty the trash bin as above.
NOTE: deleting a photo from an album, slideshow, book, etc., with only the Delete key only deletes that photo from that item. Deleting a photo from an Event deletes ALL occurences of that photo in the library.

IPhoto has wiped all of my photos

iPhoto has managed to completly wipe my whole libary containing around 2000 photos.
when I open it up a box pops up asking what library I want to open but there is no libaries available to select. Normally, plugging my iPhone or an SD card on will automatically open iPhoto to upload the photos to there but this does not work.
Photos are only added into iPhoto, so i don't have them in finder to transfer over
Is there any way to restore these photos, especially as quite few are not backed up?
Any help would be appreciated,
Jake

We need to know more, before we can dare to suggest specific tools. Jake. If there is no hope but data recovery, sop using your mac at once, so that no more disk blocks will be overwritten.
Where did you store your iPhoto library? In the default location in the Pictures folder or on an external drive? What happened, before the library vanished? did you upgrade or update software? Install any new software? Did iPhoto crash?
Have you searched your Mac for "iPhoto Library" with Spotlight or Find Any File? http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/index.php

Using iPhoto or Image Capture to download photos

I'm looking at a new Canon camera and under the Mac compatibility section, the manual says that you can download images from the camera using 1) Image Capture, 2) PTP, or 3) Canon's proprietary software. Does that appear to be saying that you can't just plug in the camera and import photos directly into iPhoto like I can do with my current camera? Or does Image Capture just work as a bridge between the camera and iPhoto more or less transparently? If I do have to use Image Capture for the downloads, then can I take photos from wherever Image Capture puts them and import them into iPhoto using Import to Library?

William:
Which Canon camera are your looking at? All of the Canons that that shoot RAW formate and are compatible are listed here. All the other Canons are compatible.
IMO it's best to use a card reader and manually import to a folder on the desktop first and then import the folder into iPhoto. You can name the folder with identification of the photos inside and the resulting Event will have the same name. The delete the folder from the desktop and have the camera reformat the card for the next shoot. This saves wear and tear on the camera's port and battery and will avoid the potential upload cancellation due to low battery which can damage the library.
You can do the same thing without a card reader with Image Capture. Whatever you do, DO NOT let iPhoto delete the photos from the memory cards. Too many incomplete or aborted imports and complete deletions reported.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

IPhoto has suddenly scrambled dates on photos

Opened iPhoto today and noticed that a ton of 2+ yr. old photos are listed as created on various dates in 12/2007! I have updated as usual - whenever there's a new update, but have not done anything out of the ordinary. Has anyone else experienced this problem? It's days like today that I wish I didn't rely on technology to store my life's events...

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Try rebuilding the library as follows: launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library. Select the first three options.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

IPhoto Has Thousands of References to Photos on an Old Server

My wife and I have been using Apple products forever. When iPhoto came out, we started importing all our printed photos. In the beginning, we put all these photos on my computer to act as a server, and somehow (this was maybe 10 years ago) we got the photos into my wife's computer's iPhoto. What happened was that her iPhoto created references to the photos on my computer, rather than copying them to her computer. So fast forward 5 years - we both have new computers, new versions of iPhoto, and her computer starts spitting out errors after a minute of trying to view most photos - the old computer is missing. So she performs a months-long surgery to find the thousands of missing photos by name on my new computer and copy them over to hers, and then re-link them.
Why not just import everything? She's chosen to keep different photos from me, with different ratings, and organized them all into albums which are different from mine.
So this works for a while and then suddenly, SURPRISE! It happens again. Her iPhoto goes back to missing thousands of photos which it can't seem to find on a computer I haven't had in ten years. Every time she clicks one, it takes 60-90 seconds trying to connect to the non-existent computer (even with my networking completely off) and then complains that it can't find it.
Is she in for another months-long surgery to move these photos over to her drive and re-change all the files AGAIN? This time, it came along with the destruction of most thumbnails. Of the 20,000 photos, about half are blank or a repeat of the same wrong thumbnail.
What we've tried: I got her a new computer. I upgraded her to Mountain Lion. I ran all the non-import special functions you get from holding down command-option and launching iPhoto. They all completed except the "upgrade thumbnails" takes about 6 hours to get about 1/8 of the way through before crashing. I have to set a book on the return key so that the infinite "missing file" pop-ups can be bypassed. I doubt we'll ever get past 1/8 of the way rebuilding.
What can I do? Is there a way to detect which photos are "missing files" without clicking each one? Is there a way to remove the references to "really old server (2)" in the iPhoto database so that at least we can avoid the 60-90 second network-checking wait after each missing photo click? I am a computer professional so I feel competent changing things in the iPhoto database if there is a way to do so.
Help!

If her entire library is a "referenced" library to photos on your old Mac that library is history. She might as well as delete it and start over. If she has photos in that library that are not referenced and are still viewable try using iPhoto LIbrary Manager to rebuild the Library as follows:
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 Library ➙ 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 1: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost.
Note 2: Your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.
Is your library a "managed" library?
If it is you can put it on an external HD that is formatted as shown in this screenshot
and both of you can use the same library (just not at the same time).
If that's not acceptable and her library has no photos salvageable try this:
1 - have your wife create a new managed library.
2 - connect you two Macs by a wired LAN, Target Disk Mode, Transferring files between two computers using FireWire or WiFi.
3 - use the paid version of iPhoto Library Manager to copy those Events from your library into hers. Also copied will be the keywords, titles, places and other metadata.
And I'd not use a referenced library again. It's just not worth the problems it brings up.
OT

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Unitl this problem is resolved you can export the photos to a desktop folder and use a browser to upload from there
The was a post in the last few days with a suggested fix - search for it and give it a try
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Hyperlink placed over a photo in the body of a message.

Some one to help brazilian trouble?
I am trying to place a photo in my body mail message with a hyperlink attached to it, in order once opened the mail ,the reader of this message could click in the photo to go to the related link. Is it possible? When using rich text, PC users cannot read the message , is it true?
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it says they're there but I can't view them
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