Iphoto not displaying imported photos

hello i would appreciate it if someone could give me an idea of what is happening with my iphoto programme.i transfer photo from the camera via usb iphoto displays the photos in abumn format but as soon as i click on it to make it viewable as a large photo i get what looks like a picture of a keyhole and my original picture wont display is this a data transfer problem or an iphoto problem and hints would be greatly appreciated thankyou

Sharron
Are you running a Managed or a Referenced Library?
If you're running a Managed library, then it's the default setting, and iPhoto copies files into the iPhoto Library when Importing
If you're running a Referenced Library, then you made a change at iPhoto -> Preferences -> Advanced and iPhoto is NOT copying the files into the iPhoto Library when importing.
Download BatchMod from
http://macchampion.com/arbysoft/
And apply it to the iPhoto Library Folder using the settings found here:
http://homepage.mac.com/toad.hall/.Pictures/Forum/BatChmod.png
(Credit to Old Toad for this one).
Regards
TD

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