IPhoto is not finding my photo library. I can't recall how to point it to
the drive where I keep everything. simple, I know....just can't remember how to tell iPhoto where my library is. thanks.
Start iPhoto while holding the option key down and navigate to your iPhoto library (this is in the iPhoto help if you need it in the future)
Larry Nebel
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IPhoto does not find some photos.
I use a desktop iMac (20-inch, early 2008), OS 10.7.5.
The iPhoto search feature refuses to find some of my photos from a recent upload.
I have eight recent photos of a Crane Hawk in my iPhoto library. I imported them and then labeled them, adding tags, as I've done with 10's of thousands of other photos. I wanted to find them using the search feature rather than digging through a large Event, but when I enter the words "Crane Hawk," I quickly get the five other Crane Hawk photos I've taken over the years, including two even more recent, but not these 8 that I was looking for. I know what event they are in and when I took them, so with some more time, I can go find the photos. But I should be able to bring them up with all my other Crane Hawk photos with the same search.
When I looked further into this, it appears that most if not all of the photos from this same upload won't appear with a search (I have filed them in different events).
I've checked for odd characters, typed, and retyped the photo title, even copied the photo title and pasted it into the search field – and they still won't appear. When I search using the file name (which I find by hovering the pointer over the image title in the upper right), it comes up fine. The search function just can't see the title of any of these photos. When I added the words "Crane Hawk" to the description field of one of the photos, it appears iimmediately with the search, but there are about 500 photos from this recent upload that search won't find.
I've tried suggestions on adding the Pictures folder to the Spotlight privacy panel, then removing it, but that doesn't help (is the search function within iPhoto really Spotlight anyway?)
Thanks for your time.
RichOption 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
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Photobooth can not find my photo library
When I opened photobooth today, it told me that it was unable to find my library.
It forced me to create a new library to store photos.
When I did so, all my previous pictures were gone!
I have a Macbook Pro 13" 10.7.4
How do I retrieve my old photos and videos on my photobooth!?
HELP PLEASENeed more infor that that. What system and iPhoto versions are you running? Did you apply any updaters or upgrades just before you lost the library? What happens when you launch iPhoto with the Option key held down? Do you get a window like this showing all available libraries on your hard drive(s)?
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i am having macbook air recently my iphotos did not open and was showing report apple and reopen but i came to know that by pressing alt and iphotos i open an new photo library and stored the pics but now how can i get the pics which i had in the earlier photo please help me to recover my photos
Well I'll guess you're using iPhoto 11:
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
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"Your Photo Library was not found. Do you want to find your photo library?"
... Actually, until recently, Mr. iPhoto, you were finding your own library just fine...
This happens now every time I launch iPhoto. I have to tell it where the library is. I've never moved it ("~/Pictures/iPhoto Library/"), and this started happening recently after a DiskWarrior maintenance routine.
The problem will even happen in a working iPhoto session (after I've supplied the library directory path) if I try to import photos. I drag a JPG onto the iPhoto icon, and this dialog appear.
I've tried trashing these user prefs here:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iPhoto*
.. but it didn't fix it.
This particular machine is my Dual G4 1 Ghz, MDD, running 10.4.11 and iPhoto 2. I'm suspicious of the PRAM battery, since I've not changed it in the nearly 7 years I've owned this machine. Don't know if that's useful info or not.
Thanks for any replies.Nope. Never got this fixed. I just keep re-connecting my library when it asks.
I've fixed permissions, deleted preferences. I've not replaced that PRAM battery yet, but I can't imagine how that would create this problem.
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I imported photos from an old iPhoto (2001) to photo library and can now see them only as thumbnails but not when I click on them. The screen is black cannot see or print either. Is there any way to salvage those old photos? I now use iLife09. OS 10.6
Did you import the old iPhoto library into the new one? That's not what you want to do because you will import all of the original, modified and thumbnail files as if they were original files. Lots of duplicates and useless small photos.
Do you have a backup copy of the library that you imported into to? If you do then bring it in and then use iPhoto Library Manager to merge the two libraries into a new, 3rd library.
If you don't then you'll have to try to fix the current one and then cull out the duplicates and small useless photos as follows: make a temporary, duplicate copy of your library and apply the three fixes in order as necessary.
Fix #1
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your HD/User/Home()/ Library/Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your HD/User/Home()/Library /Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder.
3 - launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding down the Option key when launching iPhoto. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
Fix #2
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Select the options identified in the screenshot.
Fix #3
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 this doesn't fix the problem you'll have to start over from scratch and create a new library from the files inside the Originals folder of your current library. But first you should cull out the small photos that would be the thumbnails from the 2001 library.
Move the Originals folder to the Desktop, open and do a search for Kind=photo, File size is less than 10 KB. That should find all of the thumbnail files which you can then drag to the Trash. You might have to make that less than 50 KB. Then Import the remaining photos into a new iPhoto library.
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I just downloaded more then 2000 photo's from my NIKON camera into iPhoto. Shortly after that my battery life was depleted and so I plugged the computer back into power and after I opened iPhoto later, I could not find those photos anymore!! Help where are they? How can I retrieve them or are they lost???
Please help me!!!Do you see more photos, when you enable "Hidden Photos" in the "View" menu?
And that was afetr I took the connection with the NIKON out of my laptop.
Check, if you really imported into your iPhoto library - is the preference setting "Advanced > Importing: Copy items to the iPhoto Library" active? If not, connect your Nikon again - do you now see more photos?
If you imported into the iPhoto Library, check inside the package:
Select your iPhoto library in the Finder, ctrl-click it, use the command "Show Package Contents".
There will be a folder named "Masters" inside, with subfolders named by year - month - day. Look for the date you did the import and check, if the photos are inside.
If yes, copy this folder to a folder on your desktop to save the photos.
If not, search for a folder "Importing" inside the library. Is it there? Then copy these photos to a folder on the Desktop.
If you found your photos, backup and rebuild your library.
See Old Toad's post here: Rebuild iPhoto Version 11 -
I upgraded to Maverick O/S and I can no longer right click on iPhoto images to find my photo files. My photo files are not where they were before upgrade.
Have you checked the sorting settings to make sure they are as you expect?
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Hi, I just updated my mac from version10.6 to 10.9.3 os mavericks. i went to open iPhoto and it says "Your photo library will not be readable by previous versions of iPhoto after the upgrade." does this mean I have lost all photos i had in there? It does not give me a choice, it just says quit or upgrade? p.s. i didn't realise ther was a way to back up my computer beforehand, which i am guessing this is time machine?
1. No, you haven't.
2. Back up the iPhoto library(this can be done through Time Machine or by dragging it to a drive, partition, or disk image formatted as Mac OS Extended) and then click Upgrade.
3. Aside from Time Machine and drag-copying items from your home folder, programs such as the Disk Utility, Carbon Copy Cloner, and SuperDuper can make backups.
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Iphoto can't find my photo library. What should I do?
Iphoto can't find my photo library. WHat should I do?
Tell it where is it - depress and hold the option key while launching iPhooto and use the select ibraray window to tell iPhtoo where you library is
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When trying to open iPhoto the computer says:
‘The photo library needs to be upgraded to work with this version of iPhoto.’
So I click ‘upgrade’
Then it says: ‘You can’t open your current photo library using this version of iPhoto.’
Etcetera...
What to do??
TheoIs your Apple Intel-based, poppelmacbook? If not, you should consider treating yourself to a new Mac. Last December I gave up my old because it just could not update...anything because it was not Intel-based. Updating everything on this OS to 10.9 has been confusing for me, but I just could not work with that old Mac because the updates were too smart? for my 10.6. It is upstairs now...for visiting family: games, garage band, etc.--things I never did use. Apple refurbished and purchase the extended warranty. Apple loyalist since late 1980's.
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iphoto will not import my photos from my digital camera because it says it is having a problem downloading my photos. I'm using the same digital camera I have always had and have the current version of iphoto and am using snowleapord 10.6.8. Any thoughts?
As a Test:
Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Create Library'
Import a few pics into this new, blank library. Is the Problem repeated there? -
After iPhone connects to iTunes, can not find the photos tab for sync
After iPhone connects to iTunes, can not find the photos tab for sync. Thus, I can not copy some phototes from my Macbook to iPhone, But my iTouch can do this. I don't know why.
If you are using a mac, you use iphoto.
If you are on windows, you use whatever camera software windows uses.
Itunes does not import photos. -
Hi when I open iPhoto it's says "What photo library do you want to use" Have I lost all my photos? I don't know what to do here can anyone help please?
Is there an item named "iPhoto Library.photo library" or similar in your "Pictures" folder, showing with an icon like a fan of pictures?
Or did you store your iPhoto Library in a different folder, perhaps on an external drive?
if you cannot find your iPhoto Library search for it with Find Any File, as described by Old Toad in this post:
Re: My iphoto library has disappeared. How do I find it?
Old ToadFeb 4, 2014 9:05 PM
Re: My iphoto library has disappeared. How do I find it?in response to onpurpose
Download and use Find Any File to search for a file named "iPhoto6.Library". It's a file unique to all iPhoto libraries.
FAF an search areas that Spotlight can't like invisible folders, packages and system files. If there's another iPhoto library hiding somewhere on your hard drive FAF will find it.
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Remote could not find my itunes library
I have try it pairing the remote app with itunes library but without succes i have delete the app few times and start over turning on home sharing in all my devices apple tv itunes and my iphone 4s but still REMOTE could not find the itunes library what else i need to do any help?
I am taking a complete guess on this one, as I am fairly new'ish to OS X.
Firewall switched on at the imac? Would that cause this issue?
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