Iphoto library pictures all fuzzy

All was fine until I upgraded to iOS4.0. The pictures that are synchronized with iphoto library (one folder of about 1000 pictures) are all fuzzy and out of focus. The pictures (some of the same picture) still on the camera roll are fine in the iphone but all the archived pictures are too fuzzy to use.

oups! sorry!! i thought i had synchronized already but did not!!
the problem has been fixed

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Connect the two Macs together (network, firewire target mode, etc) and drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity from the old Mac to the pictures folder of the new Mac - launch iPhoto on the new mac and it will open the library and convert it as needed and you will be ready move forward.
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And this may be the cause of the database corruption. In simple terms, you should access your pictures via the iPhoto Window - end of story.
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In reads a file in the iPhoto Library Folder called the library6.iphoto file. That files tracks things like picture titles, albums, smart albums etc., pretty much everything except the actual photos. The photos are in the Original (and Modified) Folders, the thumbnails in the Data folder.
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However, as you had begun adding files to the damaged library, that was no longer possible, Think of it this way. Suppose you have a Petrol car, and you inadvertantly put diesel into the tank. What's the solution? Clean out the tank? Or just put more Petrol into it on top of the diesel?
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So, my next suggestion is that - because you back up daily - to restore your entire iPhoto Library Folder from the back up. What does that achieve? It brings things back to the point before all this happens.
However, I don't use Back Up. So I can't give you instructions on how to restore with it. So I sent you to the Back Up forum.
Many people back up as a sort of virtuous activity. I've backed up, so my data is safe. However, backing up is a two part process: Creating the back up and then restoring the data in the event that you need to replace lost or damaged data. As things stand, you run your application every day, but are you sure it's actually backing anything up? If your photos are important to you, then I truly suggest that you investigate this element of backing up.
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions. You can use SubrosaSoft FileSalvage to recover deleted files from your HD. It will let you run it in the demo mode to see what files it can recover before you have to pay for it.
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Move the iPhoto Library Folder to the desktop
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