Iphoto library missing and cannot recreate thumbnail
I cant find iphoto library under the picture folder and so I tried to recreate/repair thumbnails. However, alt+command during the launch of iphoto do not bring up any window for the recreate/repair function . A friend suggested that I reinstall iphoto, I check update and iphoto states that 9.4.3. is the latest (?). Not sure what I shd do now.... to reinstall means I will have to pay for the app? Cos I bought this Mac from someone...
Thanks Terence for your followup.
Actually I haven't loaded anything in before so it is blank.
I manage to create an iphoto library folder jus now and finally I am seeing the iphoto screen with a side bar.
I can see my device in the side bar and they detected that I hv 4106 photos..
but none of the pic is visible on thumbnails and the loading of the pic stopped and hanged at 147 of 4106 without anything visible in thumbnails at all. What shd I do now?
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some photos in iphoto are missing and there are blank thumbnails which when i try to open them show an exclamation sign
The exclamation make is an indication that iPhoto has broken the file path to the original photo.
Make a temporary, backup copy (if you don't already have a backup copy) of the library 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.
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 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.
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I have an old mpg video file, taken with a very early model "smart phone", that opens and plays fine in my newly "rebuilt" iPhoto library. I cannot open, edit it or share it with any other software. How can I fix it, to be able to do anything with it?
Detail:
I've recently purchaced a 4TB Thunderbolt drive to store my "vast" music and photo libraries. iPhoto had an issue reading the moved library, so I bought and used iPhoto Library Manager to "rebuild" it. Apart from much of the original data such as date taken & camera used etc, it appears to be working well. The aforementioned mpg video was taken some 9 years ago, using an early model "iMate" smart phone, and opens and plays fine on iPhoto, but I cannot open it with anything else, (I've tried iMovie, VLC players, Wondershare and Handbrake) nor can I share it. I just want to edit it, and share it with family.
Any help would be appreciated...No - not iMovie, VLC, Wondershare or Handbrake... Quick time starts with a "CONVERTING", then I get
I've looked at the "tell me more" links, tried downloading some of the movie players there. I'm begining to think the file is corrupt.
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Portions of iPhoto library missing
Panic as usual! I opened iPhoto to review pics in one of the folders. When I clicked on the folder, the number showing the quantity of pics in the folder rapidly decsended to zero! Panic! There were no pics in the folder! To make a long story short, I discovered that when the iPhoto library loaded, there were only 1464 pictures of over some 2000 that used to be there. Photos from 5 of my folders were missing. It seems that the latest entered pictures are the ones that are missing. They must be in this computer some where but i don't know how to retrieve them! I have a eMac with a 10.4 Tiger under the hood and iPhoto 2. If anyone can help, I will be eternally grateful and will forevermore back up my data. I have used iPhoto many times and have never had a problem
before, and "No", my five year old grandson didn't play with my computer. Thanks fopr your help! GeorgeGeorge,
You get a "gold star" for your observations. Your interpretation seems crystal clear.
After your first rebuild, the "_1" library folder was made the "current" library. To change to a different library (assuming you have more than one), you must "trick" iPhoto into believing that it has lost track of what it "thinks" is the current library. That's done by changing the current library's name (even slightly) using the Finder.
If the old folder has nothing of interest, you can delete it when the rebuilt folder satisfies you, and the rest of this reply is just academic.
If for some reason both folders have unique images, and you want to combine them into a common library, then you would do as I described in step 5 -- drag the "old" iPhoto Library folder into the "current" iPhoto Library folder (iPhoto must not be active), then rebuild the current iPhoto library folder. Under the circumstances you describe, you do not need to choose a new library, because the rebuilt library you've just created serves that purpose.
Since you no longer have a folder named "iPhoto Library" (you changed it's name by adding "-old", and you will have moved it into the "_1" folder), now when you rebuild again, the new "current" library will get the name "iPhoto Library" by default. When you're done, you will find the iPhoto Library_1 folder still there in Pictures (with "iPhoto Library-old" still inside it), but it will no longer be the "current" library.
The only duplicates you will find will have occurred if "iPhoto Library-old" and "iPhoto Library_1" happen to each contain the same photo(s). Unnecessary duplicates can be deleted from within iPhoto after the final rebuild has completed. If you're satisfied with the rebuild, then you can also delete the "_1" folder. -
After upgrading to 9.4.3 my 3 latest events and iBook (WIP) are missing. The Event folders exist but when I try to look at the files either in the event or in photos they exsist only as a blank image with the original Id intack. None of the dB rebuild options on iPhoto start up have recovered the files or made them readable. Any ideas?
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In Library Manager it's the FIle -> Rebuild command)
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 opened iphoto 6, it asked me if I wanted to update caches,but I chose "later". However, it shows no photos even though files are still there. I relaunched iphoto using alt key and it asked me to either create new library or choose library. I selected choose library and it it opened an old iphoto with files created in 2005 but still no pictures! I can't seem to get back to original iphoto with all my current files.
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
You have a damaged database file.
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 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.
3. If neither of these work then you'll need to create and populate a new library.
To create and populate a new 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.
Regards
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IPhoto library missing. Tried "other library", found iPhoto, clicked open, nothing happened library
iPhoto library missing. Tried "other library", found iPhoto library, clicked open, nothing happened.
Restore your backup - obviously no one here has any idea where anything on your computer is located - by default the iPhoto library is int he pictures folder
You can see all available iPhoto libnraries by depressing and holding the option key and launching iPhoto - the select library window will show all available libraries
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I just created a new iPhoto library with holding the option key down and then opening iPhoto with version 7.1.5. I changed the name of the first library to iPhoto library 1 and now I all my photos are gone. My operating system is Mavericks.
launch iPhoto wile holding down the option key and select the original library - when you create a new library of course it is empty
And you seriously need to backup your iPhoto library and purchase and install iPhoto '11 version 9.5.x from the App store and download and run the iPhoto library upgraded \then run the new iPhoto - 7.1.5 is not fully compatible with Mavericks
LN
PS you also need to update your profile - it states that you have OS X 10.6.8 -
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IPhoto library missing after crash
Had just launched iPhoto to tweak some photos and it froze on me. Attempted a force-quit and it froze my PowerBook. Forced a restart and when i re-launched iPhoto, it reverted to a fresh, newly-launched version; i.e., no library! This was accompanied by a window saying I needed to upgrade and would I like to do that now? Clicked "Upgrade" and it crashed. This would happen everytime I launched it. Guess I'll have to re-install iLife, but does anyone have any ideas on why this happened?
Dino:
Check in your User/Pictures folder and see if you have more than one iPhoto Library folder. If so check the Originals folder of each to see which contains your image files. Then move the one without the image files to the desktop.
Next delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that's in your User/Library/Preferences folder. Launch iPhoto with the Option key depressed and when asked, search for and select the library folder in your Pictures folder to open. If it crashes again, try the following:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your User/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.
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This creates a new library folder which you name and leaves your original library folder untouched. It has succeeded where other methods have not. -
Since my last software update, my iphoto 11 will not import any photos from any source. The circle just spins...when I go to force quit, it says iphoto not responding. Backed up iphoto library, uninstalled and reinstalled iphoto. Still not working. Help!
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 Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
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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. .
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TD -
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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
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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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