Iphoto library format

My iphoto library and the other albums are only showing one photo at a time.There is nothing I can see in the preferences or otherwise to remedy this recent problem. I hope it can be rectified.
Much aloha,
Bill

Shazam! That did john, iphoto program is working great, it was obviously a cockpit error.
Mahalo,
Bill

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Feedback about backuping up iPhoto Library

I am trying to come up with a good plan for backing up my iPhotos. I keep my photos in "Events" in iPhoto, and in the past exported and burned them to a CD when my drive got too full. I recently got a huge external drive to store photos on and am trying to come up with a plan. I don't want to designate the external drive as my permanent iPhoto Library, because I like to be mobile with my laptop and import photos when on trips, etc. without having the EHD with me. I'd appreciate some feedback on my photo storage plan:
1. Make a copy of Events to a DVD (still in iPhoto Library format). I noticed, however, that the labeled events go away when I do this and all the photos are merged into one event on the DVD. Dang!
2. Export the photos to an external drive, where I am beginning to build photo categories (flowers, wild animals, domestic animals, sky, etc.) for copies of my "best shots." Otherwise they are just put in a directory with the date in a set format (2008July or 2008Canada, 2007Christmas).
3. Then when my drive starts to get full, I delete them off of my laptop drive.
4. I also have an EHD (a separate one) designated for time machine.
So here's what I'm wondering about:
1. Does this seem like a good system?
2. I like to make slideshow movies, and burn them to DVD using iMovie and iDVD. I recently bought a program called FotoMagico, that I hear has better quality output that iMovieHD. I tested it and I can bring the exported files from the external hard dive into FotoMagico to make the movie - and FotoMagico states that I can export directly to iDVD when I've built the movie. So I think this should work. I don't have enough room on my laptop's drive to have the photos and build the project -- so I'm hoping to be able to move all my photos from the laptop, to the EHD, to have space on my Laptop to build the project. Does this make sense? Do you see any problems with my plans?
Sorry this is such a huge post, I hope you can follow it. :- ) Thanks for any suggestions, feedback you can give me.

I use SuperDuper to make a bootable backup of my drive, too. Geez..do I sound obsessive? I run it once a month.
I run the smart update daily
The problem though, is my iPhoto Library is different from one month to another - so the backup doesn't really have my full library (I delete photos after I copy them to a DVD to make room on my drive). Hence, my need for the external drive and the time machine drive to back it up. Whew!
So I read about the Library Manager software you recommended. It seems like a great solution. Much simpler than what I had in mind to do. And, it keeps the files in iPhoto format so I don't have to mess with exporting and importing them. Should still work nicely with FotoMagico I presume (I should never do that!).
A question, however -- would I be able to NOT have the EHD connected to the PC and still have iPhoto work normally (able to import photos, etc.)? I couldn't find the answer to this on the website.
No you would have multiple iPhoto libraries including one on your Mac Laptop - you would use IPLM to move photos off your laptop to the EHD when you get back to town - and while you have the EHD connected you can switch between libraries on the fly with IPLM
LN

Restoring iPhoto Library from DVD

I having been backing up my iPhoto 5.0.4 library to DVD peridodcially using the Share command. The library is on 2 DVD's, is in the iPhoto Library format with other data files as well. If I want to restore the library to one of my Macs, how is this done so that I don't wind up with an entire library of grayed-out photos?
Thanks -

On the Mac you want to restore the library to open iPhoto and create a new library (or use the existing one if that's what you want to do) and insert the DVD. The DVD will show up as a disc icon directly under the main library icon in the Source window. You then expand the disc icon and drag the roll icons onto the library icon. This will copy the rolls into the library on the Mac. If you burned by album you can select them and drag to the Source window (I believe that will copy them as an album - not sure because I haven't backup via albums). In either case you'll be able to copy your photos into the "new" library and maintain the organizational information. However, you may not retain the keyword correlation as that's been a reported bug in burning to disc with V5.
Hope this has been of some help. Good luck.
OT

How can I move my old iPhoto library into a Referenced Library format and use that as my default?

Hi, I have been using iPhoto for photo management where all the jpegs have been living, in organized events by date and subject for some time. I recently upgraded to aperture and am using the same iPhoto library. The issue I have is that I use Carbonite for my cloud back up and I am able to look at the pictures I have on my PC with the same folder organization I have them on my PC hard drive. This is apparently not possible for iPhoto library. The only way to access a picture on the iPhoto library in the cloud is to go through the master and hope you can find the specific picture since they are not organized in a comprehensible manner (like events or folders) in there.
So the only solution I can think of is to move the current iPhoto library to a referenced image library and use that as my default library from now on. This way I get cloud access and the events will hopefully turn into folders with dates and subjects that I can continue to keep organized to satisfy my OCD tendencies.
So the question I have is that:
1. How can I make a reference Library for Aperture/iPhoto?
2. How do I move the current library to the Referenced Library in an Organized manner? My wish list would be a series of folders labeled with the date and the subject, like I have in my iPhoto library right now.
3. If there is any alternative, your suggestions and recommendations would be much appreciated.
My computer: Mac Mini (Mid 2012), Lion, 16GB RAM.
Thank you kindly,

Or is there a way to go through aperture to make a new reference library that I can move the masters into later?
you do not move the masters into a references library - you turn your current library into a referenced library. As Terence Devlin said:
File -> Relocate Masters
What you should set up:
Select a folder, where you want to store your referenced files - probably on an external drive.
Decide on a hierarchical folder structure inside this folder - that is completely up to you.
Select a project from your library and use the command "File -> Relocate Masters/Originals" to move the original image files to the folder where you want to go them to. Only take care not to send two projects to the same folder.
Alternatively, if you do not care about the folder structure Aperture will use, select all images at once from the "Photos" view and let Aperture decide how to assing the folders - in the "Relocate Originals" dialoge you can specify a subfolder format.
Regards
Léonie

Moving iPhoto to external drive; have formatted external disk to Mac OS Extended (Journaled), moved the iPhoto library to external drive; when trying to change the library, the iPhoto file on new external is greyed out can't be selected.What went wrong?

Must have done something wrong..
1. formatted external disk to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) - required a partition, but that went fine. Entire new external disk was included in the partition formatted to Mac OS Extneded (journaled).
2. moved iPhoto library to new external disk
3. Holding Option key down, opened iPhoto
4. Choose library feature appeared, however when new library function option appeared and "choose library" selected, the iPhoto folder appearing in the new external drive was greyed out and not able to be selected. Therefore the default library remains the original iphoto library on the Mac.
I've moved the original iphoto library to the trash and then tried to start iPhoto. A message comes up that the iPhoto is in the trash and needs to be pulled out before iPhoto can start (clearly the new iphoto library on the external drive is not being seen.
Can anyone suggest where I went awry? Thanks!

Try trash the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from the HD/Users/ Your Name / library / preferences folder.
(On 10.7 or later: Hold the option (or alt) key while clicking on the Go menu in Finder to access the User Library)
(Remember you'll need to reset your User options afterwards. These include minor settings like the window colour and so on. Note: If you've moved your library you'll need to point iPhoto at it again.)
What's the plist file?
For new users: Every application on your Mac has an accompanying plist file. It records certain User choices. For instance, in your favourite Word Processor it remembers your choice of Default Font, on your Web Browser is remembers things like your choice of Home Page. It even recalls what windows you had open last if your app allows you to pick up from where you left off last. The iPhoto plist file remembers things like the location of the Library, your choice of background colour, whether you are running a Referenced or Managed Library, what preferences you have for autosplitting events and so on. Trashing the plist file forces the app to generate a new one on the next launch, and this restores things to the Factory Defaults. Hence, if you've changed any of these things you'll need to reset them. If you haven't, then no bother. Trashing the plist file is Mac troubleshooting 101.
Then try select it again.

Have I formated my External Hard drive wrong? Can't get to my iPhoto library.

Hello,
I have recently rebooted my old iMac 2008, and am attempting to start using it again fro photo editing with iPhoto and Aperture. My photos are on an external Harddrive called MY BOOK. The problem is that neither iPhoto nor Aperture recognices the photo library on my EHD any longer. When I try to open iPhoto with the old library from the EHD, I can see the "package" there, but cannot highlight it.
When I started using the EHD about a year ago, I was recommended to reformat it to Mac OS Extended, which I did. But now, when I look at the EHD in diskutility, I see the hard drive on 2 lines. The top line states:
3 TB WD My book 1130... and format: Mac OS Extended
The lower line says:
MY BOOK and format: MS-DOS (FAT)
And when I have a look under the info tab in Finder, it says MS-DOS (FAT32)
I suspect I must have done it wrong when I did the original partitioning.... but I was able to use the library from the harddrive, so wasn't aware of the problem.
How am I going about to correct my problem, so that I can read my picture-library again?
I am using OS X 10.8.5
I have posted this question in the iPhoto forum, but was told that this probably is an OS X problem... can you help?

If you see a message about rebuilding your thumbnail cache
Over time, iPhoto can become less efficient at accessing the photos in your library. Rebuilding the cache can help iPhoto display your photos faster, and can also resolve issues such as thumbnails that appear to be dimmed or missing.
After upgrading iPhoto, you might see a message asking if you want to rebuild your thumbnail cache. You can choose whether to do it then or come back to it later.
Important: You should back up your iPhoto library before rebuilding your thumbnail cache.
Hide
To rebuild your thumbnail cache:
If iPhoto is open, quit it.
Hold down the Option and Command keys while you open iPhoto (click the iPhoto icon in the Dock).The Rebuild Photo Library window opens.
Select at least these two checkboxes:
Rebuild the photos’ small thumbnails: This option rebuilds only the small versions of the thumbnails, such as those that appear in the photo browser when you are creating a book or slideshow.
Rebuild all of the photos’ thumbnails: This option rebuilds all the thumbnails associated with a photo, including the small ones and the thumbnails that appear in a photo album or an Event.
For information about the remaining checkboxes, visit the iPhoto Support websiteand search for “rebuilding the iPhoto library.”
Click Rebuild.Rebuilding the thumbnail cache may take several minutes.

I have a huge iphoto library and an HP simple save hard drive which has been mac formated.

the discssion board states to close iphoto, go to folders, locate, click and drag library to new location (ie-my HP simple save which has been formated to mac) When I look in my libraries, I have several for libraries, including some that say 6.
When I open one, not all my photos are contained, only a part of my entire iphoto library
which one do I use--and how can to confirm that ALL my photos are on my external hard drive?
thank you for your help---
[email protected]

Open a Finder Window and go to your Username then to the Pictures folder. In there you will find a file, actually a folder but I won't get into that, called "iPhoto Library.photolibrary". It is that files (Folder listed as a Package) you need to Copy to your external drive.

HT201250 How to recover iPhoto Library after format of hard drive?

I've recently reinstalled Lion onto my hard drive but I forgot to backup my iPhoto library. Is there any way of recovering this library? I also have an external hard drive that had Time Machine Backups but that hard drive has since gone through formats as well. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you

SOLUTION : iPhoto folder recovered after formatting hard drive by mistake.
I was able for recover my iPhoto library ( intact ) after formatting the hard drive by mistake.
On top of that I formatted it in FAT32 format. My iPhoto folder was huge 100GB with file and movies of all sort of formats. I kept it on a secondary hard drive of 500 GB. one day I was formatting flash drive for somebody which was 500Mb, seems similar to my 500GB and I formatted my hard drive by mistake. I realized the mistake a week after the person called me and said there is nothing in flash disk and I find a single file on my hard drive. Needless to say the earth disappeared underneath me. All my pictures for 10 years , 8000 thousand of them, cherished memories all gone. But was I determined to find them back and I know they are intact somewhere. My biggest fear was that formatting on MS-dos format might have really deleted them , but they were there. and here is how I got them back.
First I tried the Data recuse 3 software. I got the photos back, but they were all jumbled up. Long numerical file names and original dates were gone. No way I could sort it out back to the way it was before . So my target was to recover the iPhoto folder intact.
- I bought an external hard drive with 1tb space to retrieve the data.
- The software which did the miraculous job is called " STELLAR PHOENIX MAC DATA RECOVERY" .
- I ran a deep scan all night and came up with many volumes. volume-1 was the MS dos , volume 2 was a mac system,
- I tried MS dos volume first and there was nothing on it.
- I tried the 2 volume with mac system. It got all my files and some other system file.
- I could see the iPhoto folder and click on that only to recover. After that I went for my doc and other files later.
- It took hours to retrieve my iPhoto folder intact, The folder size was right and file were there in master folder.
- I checked in FINDER , opening iPhoto with "show content " and all my picture file were there with original date.
- BUT when tried opening it in iPhoto , there was nothing. it keep showing the wait icon and nothing shows up. Empty iPhoto.
- I tired starting iPhoto , holding command -option and tried building and repairing database, nothing worked.
- Then I got this software " iPhoto library manager" .
- downloaded, installed it and pointed it towards my iPhoto folder.
- It asked for space to rebuild a new iPhoto library with existing picture and folder.
I had another external hard drive , I used it to make a rebuild iPhoto library.
and there I GOT IT. only took three night of pain.
IMPORTANT:
I never touched my original formatted hard drive. Don't write anything on it until you are sure you have recovered everything. open and see files with your own eyes.
- I recovered the iPhoto on another hard drive and then built it on another hard drive . Yes its pain in the neck but well worth fixing your stupid mistake of not making a back up in the first place.
I hope this helps all who are looking for iPhoto recovery and their lovely memories.

I have my photos iPhoto but my iPhoto library is empty. when clicked message reads could not be opened image capture cannot open files in the photo library format. How do I get my photos back into my library?

I have my photos in iPhoto but my iPhoto library is empty.When clicked message reads could not be opened image capture cannot open files in the photo library format. How do I get my photos back into my library?

When what is clicked?
There are 9 different versions of iPhoto and they run on 9 different versions of the Operating System. The tricks and tips for dealing with issues vary depending on the version of iPhoto and the version of the OS. So to get help you need to give as much information as you can. Include things like:
- What version of iPhoto.
- What version of the Operating System.
- Details. As full a description of the problem as you can. For example, if you have a problem with exporting, then explain by describing how you are trying to export, and so on.
- History: Is this going on long? Has anything been installed or deleted? - Are there error messages?
- What steps have you tried already to solve the issue.
- Anything unusual about your set up? Or how you use iPhoto?
Anything else you can think of that might help someone understand the problem you have.

Hello. I keep my IPhoto library (about 90GB) on an external HD and am trying to back it up to another external drive. Both are formatted Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled). Recently, backup has failed from the start due to error 36. Howtoresolve?

Hello. I keep my iPhoto library (about 90GB) on an external HD and am trying to back it up to another external drive. Both are formatted Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled) and both check out when scanned with Disk Utility. Recently, backup has failed from the start due to error 36. Any ideas how to resolve? Also, what's the maximum recommended size for an iPhoto library file? Thx!

Since you can't drag the library to the other EHD for the backup see if you can duplicate it (if you have enough room on the drive) by selecting it and typing Command+d (duplicate).
If you do rebuild the library without a backup and it goes awry you won't lose your photos but you may lose your orgnaizational efforts. So try the following:
Fix #1
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Select the options identified in the screenshot.
Fix #2
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 in the location of your choosing 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.
NOTE: Fix 2 above might be the method you might want to try first with iPLM creating the new library on your second EHD. If it works that would get your backup copy on the second EHD at the same time as repairing it. If it does'nt work then go back to Fix 1.
OT

Recovered deleted iPhoto library is in wrong format?

My iPhoto library was deleted so I used Disk Drill Pro and seemingly successfully recovered them. I recovered them and saved them to a USB drive but when I click the recovered library, iPhoto says it doesn't recognize the format.
This is what the contents on the USB drive show:
For 'iPhoto Library.photolibrary' I selected 'show contents' and this is what it reveals:
in 'albums' it shows .apalbum named files that are Unix Executable Files, all of which are exactly 2KB in size.
in 'apdb' it shows .apdb-journal named files that are also Unix Executable Files
in 'folders' it shows .apfolder named files that are also Unix Executable Files
When I double click 'iPhoto Library.photolibrary', iPhoto launches but gives this error message:
Any help will be appreciated!

Here's the thing: Picasa claims to work with the iPhoto Library but it uses a hack rather than the supported APIs to do it. So as the OS and the app get updated from time to time, the effect of Picasa on the Library can change. Personally, I simply would not allow Picasa to run on the iPhoto Library. Instead, export the pics from iPhoto, do what you wish in Picasa and then import the product back to iPhoto.
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. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords 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

IPhoto Library sharing in raw format

I share my iPhoto library on a MacBookPro in my local network. They are mostly in raw format. However, on my iMac, when looking at pictures from my MacBookPro, they are shown as jpegs, not raws.
Can I somehow modify the sharing preferences - or whatever it is that makes this happen - to share raw photos in their original format?

yeah, I can follow you there, it may not make sense for a lot of people to share raws. On the other hand, the option to do that would do no harm as far as I know so from my point of view it comes as lack of functionality.
I could understand it if apple says, this option is reserved for our pro app and not the consumer one, that's why I was asking about aperture.
It's just that I don't want to organize my library and that of my wife that much. It would be quite handy if I could just share my pictures as they are and where they are and not having to export / import / convert them.
So this might not be my way then. I think I'll have a look into iPhoto sharing a library among multiple users, maybe that works for me.
Thanks for your insights, i appreciate you taking the time.
Cheers,
SonicBusty

I Just converted my iPhoto library to Photos. Now I can't find my RAW files. I need to have all the images in my old library show up in their RAW format.

I Just converted my iPhoto library to Photos. Now I can't find my RAW files. I need to have all the images in my old library show up in their RAW format.

Unfortunately no - Photos use extensions and the vendor (adobe) will have to implement the extension to allow external edits in PS or PSE
For now you must export the photo, edit and then import - not great but a work arond
And you can continue to use iPhoto until Photos meets your needs - launch it in your applications folder - if you need assistance on this see Why won't my iPhotos open?
LN

I have iphoto 6 and my pictures are no longer showing. I have tried importing them but it just give me an error msg. (file format not recognized) I have tried rebuilding the iphoto library but that doesn't work either. Any suggestions?

I have iphoto 6 and my pictures are no longer showing. I have tried importing them but it just give me an error msg. (file format not recognized) I have tried rebuilding the iphoto library but that doesn't work either. Any suggestions?

How did you rebuild?
Try these in order - from best option on down...
1. Do you have an up-to-date back up? If so, try copy the library6.iphoto file from the back up to the iPhoto Library allowing it to overwrite the damaged file.
2. Download <a href="http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/"><b><u>iPhoto Library Manager</b></u></a> and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords 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.
3. If neither of these work then you'll need to create and populate a new library.
To create and populate a new *iPhoto 6* library:
Note this will give you a working library with the same Rolls and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, modified versions, books, calendars etc.
Move the iPhoto Library to the desktop
Launch iPhoto. It will ask if you wish to create a new Library. Say Yes.
Go into the iPhoto Library on your desktop and find the Originals folder. From the Originals folder drag the individual Roll Folders to the iPhoto Window and it will recreate them in the new library.
When you're sure all is well you can delete the iPhoto Library on your desktop.
In the future, in addition to your usual back up routine, you might like to make a copy of the library6.iPhoto file whenever you have made changes to the library as protection against database corruption.

Will the new photos app and icloud photos library support all formats of pics and videos from my iphoto library?

I will be migrating my whole 200gb iPhoto library 9.5.1 mavericks over to Yosemite iPhoto 9.6.1 and then migrate to the new photos app and hopefully to the icloud.photos online. Does this all support all of my formats such as AVI videos in my iPhoto library. I don't want to lose those through migration.

I have this 31% issue too - when I attempt to update my iPhoto library to the new Photo app.
I have a few libraries - one on my mac, and two on a NAS. I access the NAS via wifi.
The mac based library did update, but the two network albums have yet to be successfully migrated over to Photo.
It's driving me insane!!!

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