IPhoto Library Upgrader causing problems?

I opened iPhoto and got a message "cannot view pictures with current version. Install iPhoto Library Upgrader" (something like this). After installing it, my whole library disappeared. Could they be in another folder? I can't time machine. Backup HD down.

Download and run Find Any File to search for a file named "Library6.iPhoto" which is unique to iPhoto libraries.
FAF can search areas that Spotlight can't like invisible folders, system folders and packages. If there's a library hiding somewhere on your hard drive FAF will find it.
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HT5037 problems after using iPhoto library upgrader

i can't open iPhoto library after using iPhoto library upgrader for a disk with a few pictures from an old iPhoto library on it. please help

did you execture the library upgrader (in the APplications folder ==> utilities double click on it)? What exact problem are you haveing?
LN

Upgraded to Yosemite. Iphoto Library Upgrader problems

I've downloaded the iPhoto library upgrader from App store and installed it, but when I go into Finder and Utilities, the only thing I find sends me back to installing the upgrade. What am I doing wrong?

Exactly what do you find and how does it send you somewhere?

I accidentally ran iPhoto Library Upgrader on my Picture folder and now I have to right click on it to "show contents" instead of looking at it in Finder. Help!

Help! I have 2 problems related to iPhoto:
1: I accidentally ran iPhoto Library Upgrader on my Picture folder and now I have to right click on it to "show contents" instead of double clicking on it and looking at it in Finder. I cannot figure out how to fix my Pictures Folder so that I can click on it and view it in Finder, when I double click on it Terminal opens up with this message "Pictures - Bash 80x24" and
Last login: Mon Nov 3 14:00:05 on ttys000
Christinas-MacBook-Pro:Pictures christinagrierson$
It will not let me replace or delete the folder... I got to my files and backed them up, but trying to avoid reinstalling my OS.
2: When I try to Upgrade my Library.iPhoto file so I can open it in iPhoto it says I need to finish by opening in iPhoto, but then when I do, it tells me it first needs to be upgraded in the iPhoto Library Upgrader... Vicious circle. Please, help! Just trying to recover about 3 years worth of photos...

Hi! Thanks for responding!
I have iPhoto 9.5.1, I am on OS X Version 10.9.5 on a MacBook Pro with 2.66 GHz
My current "iPhoto Library" file is OK (I can open it with iPhoto), however I cannot access the old one from iPhoto 6 titled Library.iPhoto
I tried right clicking and choosing the application, it did not work.
"exactly how did you "I got to my files and backed them up"" - I showed the contents of my Pictures folder, and it opened up the folders in Finder and I copied them to an external hard drive. In my Picture folder I have several folders of Photos plus the iPhoto Library files (old & current)
I do have old back ups, but they are from April, and I recently imported 5 months of photos from my iPhone, so the iPhoto Library I copied after showing contents is the one I need.

My iPhoto library won't open because "it first needs to be prepared," but running the iPhoto Library Upgrader does not change anything. What gives?

I'll try to be as detailed as I can:
I have a mid-2010 iMac. I backed-up and then wiped my Mountain Lion hard drive so that I could have a clean install of Mavericks. I am now in the process of importing my backed-up files, like iTunes and documents, from my external back-up to my new Mavericks machine. Everything in this process has worked so far. I moved the iPhoto library over from the external back-up to the proper location (Users->Pictures->iPhoto Library). Two hours later when the transfer was complete, rather than having a normol iPhoto Library icon (stack of pictures with a photo of a flower), the library appeared as a folder with a half done progress bar and an "x" close button in the corner.
This library would not open so I deleted it and started the whole thing over. Two hours later, same thing. I then restarted my machine and got a regularl looking iPhoto Library icon, but now when I try to open it I get a prompt that says "To open your library with this version of iPhoto, it first nees to be prepared: to prepare the library, use the iPhoto Library Upgrader avaliable from Apple." I downloaded the iPhoto Library Upgrader from Apple, ran it, and it says that the library has been updated and can now be used. But when I try to open iPhoto, I hit the same problem, iPhoto doesn't open and I instead get a prompt saying that the library needs to be prepared.
One more thing, when I run the iPhoto Library Upgrader, there is a un-progressing progress bar (a sideways barber shop poll) that says the program is building thumbnails, but then Upgrader gives me a prompt that the library has been upgraded (even though the progress bar is still cranking along). PLEASE HELP.

What version of iPhoto were you running prior to Mavericks? First boot into Revovery volume (boot with the Command + R keys held down) and repair the disk and disk permissions. Then reboot back into Mavericks.
Two hours later when the transfer was complete, rather than having a normol iPhoto Library icon (stack of pictures with a photo of a flower), the library appeared as a folder with a half done progress bar and an "x" close button in the corner.
There was a problem with copying the older iPhoto library from the backup. Delete the library and drag it once again from the backup drive to the Pictures folder. Run the upgrader again. Is this what you see when your first launch the upgrader?
OT

IPhoto library upgrade failed, one third of the photos lost, but the library works as normal. No corruption.

Hello! I recently replaced my tragically crashed Macbook Pro 2008 with a newer model and transferred my volumous iphoto library of 20 000+ photos to my new machine. To be able to use my iphoto '08 library with Aperture I had to upgrade the library in the iphoto '11 version. I left the computer on during the day, and when I got back it seemed to work fine. I browsed my library in Aperture and could see all the thumbnails, but looking closer I noticed a small yellow warning triangle with an arrow in the corner of some pictures. Turns out all pictures from before ~2010 are lost! When I wiev the photos I see nothing but the infinite black of the data void.
Here's how I've tried to fix the problem:
1. Opening the iPhoto Library package in Finder. All the folders for the earlier dates are there, but they are empty. I notice no incorrect or impossible dating, which seemed to be a common problem among users who's libraries where corrupted during the upgrade process.
2. Rebuilding the iphoto library in iphoto. No effect.
3. Recovering the iphoto library from my Time Machine Backup. SInce my old hard drive was just 200 GB, I stored all pictures older than one year on my external hard drive (note that about half of those pictures were successfully imported/upgraded). Both the internal and the external hard drive where backed up using Time Machine on a NAS from Seagate (Black Armor 110, 3TB). I was able to access backed up files on my external drive through Time Machine on my old computer, but since it is now rendered unbootable I tried using Migration Assistant to let my new computer inherit the old backup. However, I could not find the backup of the external drive in Migration Assistant, just my old internal drive. When I tried to access the backup volume on my NAS through Finder it didn't show up (I could find it that way on my old computer).
4. Googling "iPhoto library upgrade failed", or "Inheriting Time Machine backup of external drive", and similarily desperately specific phrases - Nothing useful. Other people seems to have had problems with corrupt Libraries, but I'm not sure that's the case here.
My pictures must exist somewhere on my computer and in a backup on my NAS. I just can't find them! Do anyone have a clue to what may have gone wrong? I'm afraid the computer might have gone to sleep during the upgrade, because I didn't thinkabout adjusting the power saving settings before starting it. But since pictures 1-8000-something are missing, it doesn't seem to have worked properly during the whole beginning of the upgrade, not just during the middle. As I knew I had a backup of the library I didn't worry about upgrading the single functional copy. From now on I will think thrice before doing anything as serious as this.
I am eternally grateful for any answers that might help me recovering my photos!
//Teodor Nilson

b) I split up my photo collection into two iphoto libraries. One for the new photos stored on my internal HD            and one for photos older than one year stored on my external HD
And exactly How did you Split up your iPhoto library?
c) I used Migration Assistant in an attempt to access the Time Machine backup of my old MBP from my new      MBP (by inheriting the backup). When I made my backups, I made sure Time Machine included the external      HD. But Migration Assistant could only find the backup of my Internal HD with the library of new photos!
And again
You should not use Migration assistant on an iPhoto library - it generally does not work
and
     d)   When signing in and mounting the NAS in Finder, I used to be able to see a Time Machine backup      folder/icon. Now I was unable to locate it.
I believe you are using your NAS for your Time Machine backup. If your Time Machine backup and/or your iPhoto library is on a NAS you will have problems - both need to be on Mac formatted volumes - the least troublsome is a volume formatted Mac OS extended (journaled)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Manually preparing a new disk for Time Machine
If you want to erase a disk before using it with Time Machine, follow these steps:
Open Disk Utility (located in the Utilities folder).
Connect the disk if it isn't already attached.
In the left side of the Disk Utility window, select the disk you want to use with Time Machine.
Optional: If you want to partition the disk, click the Partition tab and select a layout. Make sure "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" is selected in the Format menu for the partition that will be used for backups. Click Apply.
Click the Erase tab.
Optional: If you want to securely erase the disk, click Security Options to configure, then click OK.
Click Erase.
After erasing, open Time Machine preferences in System Preferences and configure as described in the section above.
Are the iPhoto libraries kept on an external drive formated Mac OS extended (journaled)? Or are they on the NAS? - If you are using the NAS for iPhoto and/or Time Machine that is the source of your problems
LN

Can't open iPhoto "To open your library with this version of iPhoto, it first needs to be prepared. To prepare the library, use the iPhoto Library Upgrader available from Apple." Doesn't work...

I've tried to open my iPhoto and a message box opens up and reads "To open your library with this version of iPhoto, it first needs to be prepared. To prepare the library, use the iPhoto Library Upgrader available from Apple." I update this and this message continues to pop up. I've even tried to rebuild it, but no matter what I do the same message appears and iPhoto still wpn't open. Can somebody please help me?!

i'm having the same problem with my iMac (Mac OS X 10.7.5) . i haven't really made any updates to it and yesterday when i tried to access the iPhoto library of my MBP (from my iMac) is when problems started. The iPhoto on the iMac initially said I need to install the recent version of the iPhoto. Since I can't find a 9.0 download, I went to buy the iPhoto on the App store.
When I tried to install iPhoto (version 9.4.3) to the iMac, I got this message:
The iPhoto Library Upgrader is a tool that prepares libraries from iPhoto 5 or earlier, so you can upgrade them with the current version of iPhoto. You can download the tool here.
Note: If your library is from iPhoto 6 or later, this tool is not required."
I then installed the iPhone Library Upgrader, but I got the same prompt:
'You can't open your current photo library using this version of the iPhoto. You have made changes to your library using a newer version of iPhoto. Please quit and use the latest version of iPhoto."
I guess this takes me back to square one? I am inclined to buy the iLife on eBay with the iPhoto 9.0 version, but needed to know if this is the case before I unfortunately bite the bullet.

How do you apply the iphoto library upgrader to iPhoto?

I just upgraded to Mountain Lion which was fine. However, afterwards I upgraded to the latest iphoto version and now it says that I need the iPhoto Library upgraded. So I downloaded that application. However, I have no idea how to make the "upgrader" do whatever it needs to do to the iphoto application? Any ideas? I tried dragging the iPhoto Library Upgrader application onto iPhoto but that did not work.

Hello, I have the same problem...but when I go to Applications/Utilities/iPhoto Library Upgrader - then double click on it, it gives me this message.
When I try to open my iPhoto it still gives me this message:
I really don't know what to do. I tried everything possible.
Maybe someone has experienced it also?
Thank you in advance for any suggestions!

Where is iPhoto library upgrader

I read all of the forum posts. Iphoto library upgrader is NOT in the utilities folder of my applications folder. I am not a dummy. I looked. It is not there. I also ran a search of my entire drive and it is not there. I have, ostensibly, downloaded the new iphoto after being not told that would be necessary after upgrading the OS. If it is not already in the folder (the library upgrader) where is allegedly is supposed to be, does that mean iphoto did not properly install. I have the icon. When I double click it pulls the app up, directing me I need to upgrade my library and then gives me the spinning wheel and closes the program all together. This is BS. Thanks for any assistance.

TD: Thank you for your reply. Given the number of posts you both have, and the fact that this is on the apple site, and as this as more or less the only support apple has, I assumed this was subsidized, etc., by apple. If you are all just people sitting at home, thank you. I will say though, that the comments on the app store are fairly valid. Apple dumps a bunch of "stuff" out there (as you don't like language only unsitable for anyone under 18) requires an upgrade, and then waits for the users to sort it out and fix their problems. "Enabling" comes to mind, given how many post you and some of your well intended friends have debugging problems apple should fix for itself.
So again, thank you very much for your time and assistance. I, however, do not have time to waste on this BS (not you, this product)   Could I spend 5 hours doing it and fix it. Probably. But my time is more important so I will take my machine to my IT guy and let him figure it out.
You might consider, having drunk as deeply from the Kool-aide apple is serving up, that Apple given its market cap could easily handle and resolve all of this itself. You are, for ulturistic and likely technologically religous reasons, are doing something that would be unheard of in any other context and in so doing perpetuating Apple's arrogance in releasing such a messed up product.    It would be like my dad, who loves fords, voluteering all of his free time to fix defects in new fords trucks instead of ford properly fixing its own problems. If ford new current owners would fix all of the problems with new trucks, they would just send them all out defective knowing they will be fixed for free. I could go on, but I suspect you get my point.
So again, on a personal level: thank you, thank you, thank you. Truly thank you .   But I do respectfully suggest 'you,' not you personally but this whole process of apple offshoring its repsonsibility to user driven chat, is an enormous part of the problem.

HT5037 iPhoto Library Upgrade Issues

I recently purchased a new iMac that came with iPhoto 9.3.1 installed. I migrated files from an older Mac to my iMac. When I try to open iPhoto I got a message the I needed to install an iPhoto Library Upgrade. I found the upgrade and installed it. I still received the same message. I discovered an iPhoto update to 9.3.2 in the Mac App Store and installed it hoping that it would fix the problem. No such luck. I still receive the iPhoto library upgrade notice. So I downloaded and installed the library upgrade again. Still no luck. In the end, I removed my iPhoto libraries from the Pictures directory and iPhoto started right up. All of my photos are still in tact, only the libraries I organized them into are lost. If you are not able to revert back to an older version of iPhoto, which I am not able to do, this appears to be the only way to fix this problem. Fortunately, I did not have many libraryies set up in iPhoto.
I hope this is helpful to some of you who are in the same boat.
Paul

Backup your iPhoto library, depress the option and command keys, launch iPhoto and rebuild the library
LN

IPhoto Library Upgrader loop of frustration!!!

So I want to start by saying I've read numerous threads on here & followed any sort of directions I've found in other discussions that seemed relevant to my problem. So far nobody seems to be having the exact same issue I am. All of this started happening after upgrading to Yosemite.
When I click the icon to open iPhoto (version 9.6) I get a message saying "To open you library with this version of iPhoto, it first needs to be prepared. To prepare the library, use the iPhoto Library Upgrader available from Apple." with the buttons "Learn more" and "Quit". When I click "Learn more" it takes me to the support page for 'iPhoto '11 or later: About the Library Upgrader' where I can download the upgrader (version 1.1).
Following the instructions on the page mentioned above I downloaded the upgrader & installed it. I went into my Utilities folder to locate the installer & run it. This brings up a window saying "This tool prepares libraries from iphoto7 and earlier so they can be upgraded with the current version of iPhoto. Click continue to upgrade the library in the following location: /Users/**my username, censored for privacy**/Pictures/iPhoto." So I click continue and get a window saying "You can't open your current photo library using this version of iPhoto. You have made changes to your photo library using a newer version of iPhoto. Please quit and use the latest version of iPhoto." and a button to "Quit". Being the only option available I hit "Quit" and a window pops up saying "Your library can now be upgraded by the current version of iPhoto. Do you want to launch iPhoto?" and buttons for "Quit" and "Launch iPhoto". I click "Launch iPhoto" and get a window saying the original message "To open you library with this version of iPhoto, it first needs to be prepared. To prepare the library, use the iPhoto Library Upgrader available from Apple."
It's a loop, I'm stuck and have exhausted all the options I've found online trying to fix similar issues.
Please help! This is super frustrating & driving me crazy! Makes me regret upgrading to Yosemite :/

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.

My iphoto will not work after downloading iphoto library upgrader.

I have a new macbook and just tried to use iphoto and it told me I had to download the iphoto library upgrader or quit. I downloaded it but still can not open iphoto.

You have to download and RUN the iPhoto library upgrader - if and only if your old version of iPhoto is iPhoto '08 (version 7.x.x or earlier) - and as always backup your iPhoto library prior to any update or upgrade in case of problems
LN

IPhoto library upgrade fail

Hello,
First , i have a
iMac (24-inch Mid 2007)
Processor 2.4 GHz intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 4GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Storage Capacity 32.23 GB free of 319.21 GB
I haven't try any temporary fixes other than restart and download again.
Problem: I update from Mavericks to SO Yosemite without back-up. Everything is great but now iPhoto will not open even after I downloaded the iPhoto Library Upgraded available from Apple.
Question: Anyone else having the same problem and if so how do i fix this?
Problem: I have an external hard drive of 500 GB for my Time Machine but afraid to use it because it might delete my previous work and photo.
Question: How can i recover my photos?
Thanks,
Eric

Do you mean iPhoto App or iPhoto Library? These are two different items. Your iPhoto Library is kept in your pictures folder. If you having issues installing iPhoto App then I would reinstall from the App store.

Cannot open iPhoto after update to 9.5.1 from App-Store. I use OSX 10.9.5. Note:"to prepare library use iPhoto Library Upgrader available at Apple, but I cannot find it. On button "more info" comes: "we cannot find this page". Who can help? Thanks

iPhoto Library Upgrader

There is a download link on this page: iPhoto '11 or later: About the Library Upgrader - Apple Support
iPhoto Library Upgrader 1.1

Can't open iPhoto after using iPhoto library upgrader

I used the iPhoto library upgrader today, hoping that I could then use a newer version of iPhoto. I have iPhoto 6.6 I think. But now iPhoto won't open, so I can't see any of my photos. Where can I download a newer version of iPhoto so I will be able to see my photos again? My iMac is running OS X 10.7.5 and cannot be upgraded to a newer operating system as it is a late 2006 iMac. Please help, I am so upset at losing all my family photos I can barely type this.

1. Make a back up first thing.
Most Simple Back Up:
Drag the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to another Disk. This will make a copy on that disk.
Slightly more complex: Use an app that will do incremental back ups. This is a very good way to work. The first time you run the back up the app will make a complete copy of the Library. Thereafter it will update the back up with the changes you have made. That makes subsequent back ups much faster. Many of these apps also have scheduling capabilities: So set it up and it will do the back up automatically.
Example of such apps: Chronosync - but there are many others. Search on MacUpdate or the App Store
2. If you have iPhoto 6 why are you using the upgrader?

IPhoto Library Upgrader causing problems?

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