IPhoto has lost my photo library?!
iPhoto says I have 6000 photos, which I do, but only 800 appear anywhere on the site. One day they were there and a couple weeks later, the next time I wanted to get to them, they were gone. Help?
I have an aperture library of work photos and 2 of my personal photos. And what's on the cloud. And don't even get me started on Dropbox, which imported every work photo I have two, three, sometimes four times, thereby maxing out my dropbox account--and I had told it no before it took them all. At least it only took the work photos. Trying to get them off is an absolute nightmare.
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One event in iPhoto version 9.6 has lost all the original photo information, and views the photos as very small.
started in 2007 and transferred to my latest Mac in 2012.
How did you transfer the library to the new Mac?
How did you upgrade the iPhoto application and library after upgrading to Yosemite? -
My iphoto has disappeared and photo library
I have been looking at similiar problems but nothing seems to be exactly like my problem. My iphoto has disappeared from my doc. There is no "iphoto" in the applications. When i go to my iphoto library I get this message. "There is no application set to open the document "iphoto Library". I do not have back-up for photos. I do not want to lose them if at all possible. I do have my start up disks for my computer.
HELP!Well put in the applications install Disc. Received this message:
"The installation failed." An unkown installation error occurred.
The installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail.
Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
I tried this several time and have come up with the same message each time.! -
IPhotos has lost my Photos when upgrading to Yosemite
When I upgraded to Yosemite like many people I have seen on forums there was a issue with upgrading the iPhoto library when upgrading to 9.6. Finally it looked like it had worked but now all of my photos do not appear in iPhoto. The files seem to be there still as the iPhoto library file is still1.26TB in size (i have a lot of photos). I have tried doing a full rebuild of the Library but it did nothing. I also purchased iPhoto Library Manager but this does not help either. Please can anyone help?
I am using iPhoto 9.6, OSX 10.10 (Yosemite) on a iMac (27-inch, Late 2013). The Library is stored on a "My Book Thunderbolt Duo", 8TB in raid 1 configuration.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. -
When I start my iPhoto it says: "Your photo library is either in use by another application or has become unreadable". I don't have a back-up of my library and I don't know what to do! Thanks
Try to restart your Mac. If the library is really in use by another application, that can clear it.
Tell us more about your system. Which version of iPhoto are you using? Which version of MacOS X?
Where are you storing your iPhoto Library?
What happened before this problem first started? Did iPhoto crash? Did you move the iPhoto Library somewhere else?
Try Terence Devlin's fix here: Re: IPHOTO LOCKED
Go to your Pictures Folder and find the iPhoto Library there. Right (or Control-) Click on the icon and select 'Show Package Contents'. A finder window will open with the Library exposed.
Look there for a file called ‘iPhoto’Lock.data or similar. Drag it to the Desktop. Make no other changes. Start iPhoto. Does that help? -
I'm running iPhoto '08 on an eMac G4 using OS 10.5.8 and have lost my photo library. Any ideas as to how to find it and /or rebuild it? I know it is there on my disk.
However, in pictures there seems to be a complete set of my photos(?).
I'm don't understand what you're saying here.
In the iphoto window I somehow managed to open a type of "photo library" that includes every photo I've every downloaded on my computer in multiple and entirely random order.
This can happen if someone inadvertently drags the HD icon or even the home folder icon to iPhoto Window. The best soluion for that is to restore from your back up.
Regards
TD -
When I open iPhoto this appears- "Your photo library is either in use by another application or has become unreadable" I have not used iPhoto before on this computer. I downloaded iPhoto Library Manager as suggested but nothing happened. What should I do?
I think the usual advice is to use the Rebuild command in Library Manager.
Regards
TD -
Iphotos has lost all my photos
Iphotos has lost all my photos, I've tried importing them from the libary but it keeps telling me it doesn't recognise it or the files can't be imported???? Ive also tried Iphone libary manager to retrieve the photos with no luck.
Sorry but you need to provide details
What version of iPhoto and of the OS? What recently changed?
With no information the only possible solution is to restore yoru backup from just before what ever happened happened
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Had to replace my hard disk on iMac and was able to successfully restore from timecapsule/time machine. I checked for recently added pictures and all were present, I then upgraded from iPhoto9 to iPhoto11 as prompted by the application, after which one of the recently added events (but previously recovered) disappeared. I have the pictures on my iphone5 as I have not synced my photo's on this since upgrading to iPhoto11, but the pics have been removed from my ipod touch and ipad when they synched. I am confident the pics are on my timecapsule and so should be possible to recover them, but it is not clear a) how i can look or search for individual photo files within the iphoto library, I assume there must be a way of doing so but it is not apparently obvious.
Clearly the issue was caused by upgrading to iPhoto11. Does anyone know how I can find individual photos via finder and how I can search and recover photos from time-machine from my timecapsule.
Thanks in advance for any help or advice.
Michael,In the Event Mode set the View options as follows:
Then look at the top/beginning of the list of Events for your missing Event.
If you stil can't find the photos and in case the photos are still in the library package but iPhoto has lost connection with it try the following: make a temporary, backup copy of your library if you don't already have one (Control-click on the library and select Duplicate from the contextual menu) 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
1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 - click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
3 - 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.
4 - In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
5 - 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. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
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iphoto has been importing photos for over n hour and I can't get it to stop. Can't get out of iphoto and can't shut down computer.
iPhoto works best when the source (Pictures folder) is on a different disk drive than the iPhoto Library is on.
And you need to have enough free disk space to work with, the faster the better.
Also, do not keep your media folders and those in your home folder on the same drive as the system, also another bottleneck.
Until or unless you have everything on 1400MB/sec SSD PCIe controller, you want
System boot drive
Media and data folders and such
scratch
backup
etc
I put iPhoto on an SSD off an SSD PCIe Sonnet Tempo card
If you stop- it, you will need to trash the Library it was creating.
Reading and writing to/from the same hard drive will be slow.
You don't mention which Mac, or how large you are trying to import etc
Also the support page and link to the iPhoto Commuinity is off this page:
http://www.apple.com/support/iphoto
Take a look in Activity Monitor. See what the % being used for iPhoto, how many pageouts, how much free space on the various disk drives, and how much RAM do you have installed?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1342 -
many of the functions of iPhoto are lost in Photos. Why delete it? its better to remove Photos than iPhotos.
Please use the feedback form to let the Apple developers know:
Apple - iPhoto - Feedback
Brushes, tags, captions, info panels are all essential for a photo library. -
When I did my last back up I also upgraded iTunes. I now find that iPhoto has lost all the event titles - originally merging all events into one, but AUTOSPLIT has separated them, although not into the original list, and dates only - no titles. I have a copy of the originals on a back up drive. Is it possible to restore from that and recover the titles?
I have a copy of the originals on a back up drive. Is it possible to restore from that and recover the titles?
The Event titles? You can't restore them unless you have a back up of the iPhoto Library and not just the original files. Do you? -
Iphoto has stopped uploading photos and frozen. I have paid online for the book - what to do?
Hi there.. iphoto has stopped uploading photos and the programme has frozen on me. It assembled the book (step 1.), then did not complete the upload (step 2). Prior to these steps I provided my C/C detals and paid for the book. i had to Force Quit the iPhoto app, and now wondering what to do!? If I try to buy the book again, then it asks for my C/C details...
Did you get a confirmation email from Apple? Click on the Store button at the top of this page and use the Account ➙ Track a Purchase link. That will tell you if they received your book. Apple doesn't charge the card until it is shipped. You can also check with your credit card company to see if there's been a charge from Apple.
Try previewing the book by Control-clicking in the background of the view all pages in iPhoto and select Preview Book or Save Book as PDF:
If that process fails then there's a work around for it. Boot into Safe Mode and preview the book again to make sure you can get a PDF of the book. If you can then order the book while still in Safe Mode. Save the PDF file to compare with the printed book. If the PDF file is satisfactory the printed book should match it.
What size book are you ordering? Xtra large?
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Downloaded OS 10.10. Was instructed to download iPhone 9.6. After 9.6 was downloaded iPhoto requested to update photo library which it will not do. How do I upgrade the photo 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.
Regards
TD -
My friend has lost her photos on iPhone how can I access her icloud on my iPad to help retrieve them
How can I access my friends icloud account on my iPad to see if I can retrieve her photos from I cloud as she has lost her photos from her iPhone please help. ASAP as she only at mine for a little while. Thank you x
If she have an iCloud Backup, she can restore from iCloud backup.
1. Settings>General>Reset>Erase all content and settings
2. Tap Erase
3. You'll see Apple logo and progress bar
4. Hello
5. Slide to set up
6. Set language
7. Set country
8. Choose Wi-Fi network; enter Wi-Fi password
9. (a) Use Location Service (b) Don't Use Location Service
10. Select option
11. (a) Setup as New iPad (b) Restore from iCloud Backup (c) Restore from iTune Backup
12. Selected Restore from iCloud Backup
13. Enter password for iCloud
14. Agree to Terms and Conditions
15. Setup Apple ID
16. Select backup
17. Restoring from iCloud
18. Hello
19. Restore Completed. Your iPad was restored successfully. There are just a few more steps to follow and then you're done!
20. Continue
21. Finish setting iCloud enter Password
22. Updating iCloud settings
23. Create a Passcode
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25. Get Started
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27. Enter Apple ID and Password
28. Notice: Restore Incomplete, some items could not be downloaded from the Store. If they are on your computer, you can restore them by syncing with iTune
29. Connect iPad to iTune to sync with computer
30. Sync Music, Videos and Album Artwork
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