IPhoto is not maximizing picture

On the scroll in the bottom right corner, previously in iPhoto '08 when the curser was all the way to the right it would zoom in on just one picture. This made it very easy for me to see the picture blown up individually and allow me to scroll through the pictures one by one by using the arrow up and down keys.
Now I'm in iPhoto '09. The same curser does NOT allow me to zoom in on one picture. It only zooms in to 2-in-a-row which is not ideally what I want. Am I looking at this wrong? Or was iPhoto '09 a downgrade? Or is it just not zooming in all the way because I just loaded iPhoto '09 and it's taking an our recognizing all the faces?
Any help would be appreciated.

Oh I get it. Now I just have to go into iPhoto > Preferences > General and make sure it's clicked on "Magnifies Photo" in the Double-click photo. Then I go into an event, double click any photo regardless of how much the photos are currently magnified, and I can easily navigate through the pics by use the left and right arrow keys and can easily delete unwanted photos on a new batch with the delete key. So it is just like iPhoto '08....just slightly less user friendly at first glance...but a little more easy once I finally figure it out.

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Any pictures I change in an external editor, I saved it as the orginal file would update in iPhoto, i.e. the picture would change to reflect the changes.
In 6, it does not, if you select it and go full screen the corrected image will show, but in the main window it remains as the old picture.
Is there a fix for this?

Gary:
To have iPhoto recognize edits made my a 3rd party editor like Photoshop Elements you must set iPhoto's preferences (in the General section) to open that 3rd party editor when you double click on the thumbnail. Then if you edit and save with the same file name and extension iPhoto will recognize the edit, both in the media window and in the thumbnail window. If you create a layered file or do an edit that requires a different extension you must either flatten the file and save in the original format or save to the desktop and import the new file.
If you want to have both the 3rd party editor and iPhoto's without having to go into the preferences each time just set the preferences back, to edit in the main window. Then when you want to use the 3rd party editor just Control-click on the thumbnail and select Open in external editor from the drop down menu. That way you can have the best of both worlds.

Iphoto does not import pictures or detect them.

Hi, we have a tutoring program where I work and we wanted to use apple's "fixup" pictures in the class. To make the experience more realistic for the users, we plan on putting the pictures onto memory card readers (with memory cards already in them). We would like to recreate putting the memory card readers into the computers and importing from iphoto. The memory card readers are: Multi Flash Media Reader.
We first tried to make a folder called DCIM for iphoto to recognize when we open up iphoto. When we had this initially setup iphoto would recognize if you put ONE photo into the folder at a time (From the computer to removable disk). However when we put in multiple pictures (say all of the pictures from the "Cayman Trip") iphoto came up with an error stating that basically that it could not recognize the photo type. When we looked at the name of the file paths however, it was not the file path that we had set up. Unfortunately I can't recreate the error right now because we have reformatted the photo disk in hopes that that would resolve the issue.
Now that we have reformatted we have recreated the DCIM Folder, and now Iphoto will not detect the photos in the folder at all.
Any help would be appreciated.

Do you have a camera that you could use to reformat the card, take a few shots and then replace those files with your jpgs? See if that would clean up the path and recognition.
However, you might want to teach the students to import the photos manually into iPhoto as that's a safer way of doing it, particularly if you're coming direct from a camera. That saves wear and tear on the camera and battery and avoids possible shutdown of the camera due to low battery in the middle of an import. That can damage a library. Also never have iPhoto erase the memory card after import as there have been too many reports of incomplete or no import and complete erasures.
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.≤br>
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I've tried to see if there are any updates but the iphoto will not upload photos to Facebook. It either continues saying uploading thumbnails with no movement or iphoto crashes. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

+1 for amöbea's response; switching photostream off and then back on again under iPhoto-->Preferences--> Photo Stream seems to fix this problem.

Iphoto event not showing pictures

I had to restore from Time Machine my entire disk. However, since I have done the restore one event in Iphoto appears with no thumbnails and is grey yet all others are fine. When I open the grey event, all other photos in that event are blank (Grey) and I cannot select the individual pictures or videos. The metadata about the photo is still there (eg file name, date...)
I tried rebuilding the thumbnail cache by doing the CMD Option and selecting the first option but that did not work. Any Ideas? I'm concerned about going further and destroying my other events.

Control-click on one of the thumbnails of a missing photo and select "Show File" from the contextual menu. That should take you to the folder in the Finder that contains the file. If it does then you need to fix the database file for the library. If there's not file found the original files are missing.
If the files are found then launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed to rebuild the library. Select the *+last three options+*.
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If that doesn't help rebuild the library using iPhoto Library Manager as follows:
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 User/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.
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IPhoto 5 not loading pictures

I recently downloaded iLife and am trying to open it, but when I open it, it says the pictures need to be reformatted, but when I click OK to upload them, it takes about 15 minutes, then nothing happens and it says it is not responding. I also tried burning my photo library to a disc, opening iPhoto with the option-command buttons depressed and loading them that way, but it says the files are unreadable.
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Hi Dani,
When you say you recently downloaded iLife, what do you mean by that?
iLife has to be installed from the iLife CD/DVD? Is that what you mean?
If you launched iPhoto 5 it should say it needs to "upgrade" the library to work with the newer version of iPhoto.
If you do have an older library that you are trying to upgrade do this:
Navigate to ~/Pictures/iPhoto Library
Drag out the three thumbnail files you see in there to the desktop.
Drag out the Albums folder and the Albums.xml file to the trash.
now launch iPhoto and see if it will upgrade your library.
If iPhoto will still not upgrade your library then you can easily create a new library and import your images from the old library.
Close iPhoto
Rename your messed up iPhoto Library to "iPhoto Library_old"
Drag this library to your desktop
Hold down the Option key and launch iPhoto
This is the window you will get
Create a new library or choose a library to open
Choose to create a new library
Once this new empty library is open it is time to import the images from your old library
Go to File>add to library
Navigate to the old library on your desktop and choose it.
iPhoto will start importing the images from your old library
This is what to expect:
Your images will be imported in nice dated rolls. (make sure your view is set to sort by rolls to see it) There are a couple of caveats to this. You will get rolls named "Originals" These rolls will contain your video clips and your original images that you had edited. If you had RAW files they would be in those rolls too (I don't do RAW, so I don't know for sure) Delete what you don't want from those rolls. You will also get the jpeg pointer files to your video clips imported. They will just be jpegs and will not point to the video clips anymore as iPhoto made new ones when the clips were imported again. You can delete those. they should be in a roll right next to the newly imported video clips so they are not hard to find. The thumbnail files don't get imported as iPhoto makes new ones when the images are imported.
Once all you images have been imported, check through the library and make sure everything looks ok.
You can now start making your Albums, and do your keywords or any other organizational steps.
You can also delete the old library on the desktop.
It is also a good time to backup this new library to CD/DVD by burning the iPhoto LIbrary folder in the Finder, or copying the iPhoto Library folder to an external drive formatted for Macs, or copying the iPhoto LIbrary folder to an iPod.
Good luck!
Lori

Can I delete pictures from iPhoto and not have them removed from the "Picutres" folder on my computer?

I am trying to save space on my computer if I can...

Simple answer: yes.
But... you need to proceed very carefully or you might delete the wrong things.
Are you running a Managed or a Referenced Library?
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A Referenced Library is when iPhoto is NOT copying the files into the iPhoto Library when importing because you made a change at iPhoto -> Preferences -> Advanced. (You unchecked the option to copy files into the Library on import) The files are then stored where ever you put them and not in the Library package. In this scenario you are responsible for the File Management.
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IPhoto - My iPhoto is not responding. When I click on iPhoto I get a never ending spinning beachball. I almost think it is looking in the wrong place for the pictures. How do I redirect it back to the Mac hard drive?

My iPhoto is not responding. Whenever I click on the iPhoto icon I get a twirling beachball. It is as if the machine is looking in the wrong place for the photos. How can I see where the machine is looking to find out if this is really the problem. How can I see the path?

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Fix #2
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Pictures in iPhoto do not show up after being moved to external hard drive.

I moved an iPhoto library to an external hard drive. When I created this library I did not tick on "Copy items to the iPhoto library" when importing. I wanted to keep the pictures in the folders neatly. These folders were moved to the external hard drive along with the iPhoto library. However, when I tried to go to Find -> Original File/Modified File it said that the picture was not found. When in actuality, the folders of the original files had been moved to the external drive.
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This is the primary reason why experienced users recommend not using a referenced library. Simply, there is no way to move it without braking the path to the photos, and short of hacking the SQL database, there is no way to update the paths except for each photo, one by one.
I wanted to keep the pictures in the folders neatly.
Doing what you have done means more work, moe complexity and no extra power at all. It's uttterly unnecessary. iPhoto keeps the files quite neatly itself. But that simply doesn't matter as you never access the files via the FInder anyway.
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If that worries you from the point of view of accessing the files then have a read of this:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4491
If you purchase Aperture ($70 on the App Store) then you can use it's Relocate Masters command to move the originals and the Library to the external.
Or, if you feel like hacking an SQL database you can read how to do that here
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3216539?tstart=30
Not for the faint hearted, and be sure to back up first.
For my money: rebuild as a Managed Library. It's easier going forward, saves work, and means you never have to face this issue again.
Regards
TD

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And I cant work out why all of my pictures are not diplaying in iphoto?
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Fix #1
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Fix #2
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3 - 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.
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