IPhoto Trash Problem
I have iPhoto 11. v 9.1.5 (615)
I have just split off a large section of my Library into another Library with iPhoto Library Manager (great prog bye the way). I now have 86,715 photos to delete from my original Library but when I "Empty iPhoto Trash" the process starts and after a time freezes about 75% of the way through. I have to quit or even sometimes force quit the prog in order to gain access again. However, on looking, all 86,715 are still there, none have gone!
How do I get rid of all these now, duplicated, photos?
TIA
So, just tomake sure I have it right!
In Library Manager make a new Library.
Copy over to it the photos I want to keep from the one that has the trash that won't empty.
Then delete the old library together with all those trashed photos.
I'll back up and give it a go.
Tx!
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ICloud, iPhoto, Trash -- problems
I would like to get answers for a few questions which have been bothering me too much ever since I started purchasing apple products.
Firstly, every time I get a new apple product, the icloud backup space is altered in random ways. Also, I don’t know why when I change contacts in one iphone in the other iphone also everything seems to have got erased which is the most irritating part. Even if I switch off all the icloud backup and synch , this happens.
Secondly, in the mac, long back I deleted some backup and now it does not remove itself from the trash!! Moreover I would like you to guide me to organize iphoto which keeps on saying about some recovered photos every time I open it. It doesn’t go whatsoever and I cannot reset iphoto or something of that sort. And why on earth do apps get downloaded on all devices even if icloud is put off from synching??iPhoto is known chocking when trying to delete large numbers of photos at a time. It's best to do them in batches of 100 or so at a time.
First try going into iPhoto's General preference section and deactivating the Item Count option and then try again. Another user reported that fixed it for him.
If that doesn't work iPhoto is known to lock up if you try to delete a large number of photos at a time. Here's how to get out of the predicament you're in:
If you don't use the Rating stars you can do the following: select all of the photos in the trash and Control-click to bringup the contextual menu. There will be the 5 stars for the ratings. Select either 5 or 1 to apply that rating to the photos.
Next create a smart album with the criteria:
selecting the number of start you applied to those in the Trash bin.
Move the photos from the Trash bin to the Library and the Smart Album will immediately be populated with those photos.
You can now select about 100 photos or so at a time and use the Command+Option+Delete key combination to move them back to the Trash bin and empty it. Repeat with groups of about 100 or so photos till they are all deleted. Then delete the Trash bin in the Dock to completely remove them from your hard drive.
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Massive iPhoto Library Problems: cannot empty trash or delete photos
I did something really stupid: imported another iPhoto library into my existing one. The latter is now approx 200 GB -- and I think potentially half of it consists of duplicate photos. (I had about 30GB and then imported about 70GB and was shocked to find a new total of double what I expected!)
I have Duplicate Annihilator and I'm thinking of using it to delete the duplicates.
However, I'm unsure whether to use DA yet -- or even at all. This is because iPhoto currently will not let me: (1) delete any photos or (2) empty the (very small) iPhotos trash. If I presist and repreatedly try to empty the trash or delete a photo it finally crashes.
Should I fix the deleting/crashing problem first, before using DA? Or should I not even use DA at all but use a Time Machine backup to restore my original library and then import the other library properly (using perhaps iPhoto Library Manager)?
Basically, I just want to get rid of those tens of thousands of duplicates and reduce the librarty to what should be its genuine (non-duplicated) size of approx 100GB.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Many thanks!
PS. I forgot to add that the rebarbative "Faces" is of course running and I can't figure out how to stop it trying to match 10, 000+ faces. I suppose it could be causing or adding to the problem.
PPS. For those techies who understand such things, here's the crash report (I should stress that I'm not competent and therefore not prepared to use command-line entry in Termminal to fix this):
Process: iPhoto [416]
Path: /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier: com.apple.iPhoto
Version: 9.3.2 (9.3.2)
Build Info: iPhotoProject-670063000000000~1
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [150]
User ID: 503
Date/Time: 2012-08-04 13:06:12.252 +0100
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.8 (12A269)
Report Version: 10
Interval Since Last Report: 382028 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 7
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 21918 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 6
Anonymous UUID: 758DF0E6-5791-4358-B2F5-F3C8A7EA8B0A
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.photoapps.queryresult
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Application Specific Information:
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSGenericException', reason: '*** Collection <__NSArrayM: 0x3d67d400> was mutated while being enumerated.'
Performing @selector(buttonPressed:) from sender NSButton 0x3d6c4de0
Application Specific Backtrace 1:
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5 RedRock 0x02219963 __-[RKQueryResult filteredVersionIds]_block_invoke_1 + 51
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Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.photoapps.queryresult
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45 com.apple.iPhoto 0x00010f40 0x1000 + 65344
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0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x929a48e2 __psynch_cvwait + 10Or should I not even use DA at all but use a Time Machine backup to restore my original library and then import the other library properly (using perhaps iPhoto Library Manager)?
Is what you should do.
Note that you'll need the paid version ($20) of Library Manager to merge the libraries. -
Problems emptying iPhoto trash
I've cleaned up my iPhoto library and am trying to empty the iPhoto trash to get rid of the 33k photos in there. It quits with an error before finishing. What can I do? Is there another way I can get these off my computer so iPhoto won't be so slow and bogged down? Thanks for any tips and advice!
iPhoto is known chocking when trying to delete large numbers of photos at a time. It's best to do them in batches of 100 or so at a time.
First try going into iPhoto's General preference section and deactivating the Item Count option and then try again. Another user reported that fixed it for him.
If that doesn't work iPhoto is known to lock up if you try to delete a large number of photos at a time. Here's how to get out of the predicament you're in:
If you don't use the Rating stars you can do the following: select all of the photos in the trash and Control-click to bringup the contextual menu. There will be the 5 stars for the ratings. Select either 5 or 1 to apply that rating to the photos.
Next create a smart album with the criteria:
selecting the number of start you applied to those in the Trash bin.
Move the photos from the Trash bin to the Library and the Smart Album will immediately be populated with those photos.
You can now select about 100 photos or so at a time and use the Command+Option+Delete key combination to move them back to the Trash bin and empty it. Repeat with groups of about 100 or so photos till they are all deleted. Then delete the Trash bin in the Dock to completely remove them from your hard drive.
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IPhoto Trash Can deleted my entire library
I bought a brand new 27" iMac at the end of Oct 2010, which came pre-loaded with iPhoto '11 (Version 9.1 (475). I copied photos from my old iMac onto CD-ROMS and then imported them directly into my brand new iPhoto '11 by the select, drag and drop method. I deleted maybe 5 photos which the trash can correctly counted. However, when I deleted my trash can, it included ALL the photos in my entire iPhoto library (4000+) and deleted my entire library. These photos were not visible in the trash can before I hit the delete button.
After that happened, I thought maybe I did something wrong, so I manually transferred the photos to my iPhoto '11 all over again. This time, photos which I haven't even deleted appear in the trash can and when you try to empty the trash can, the message says something like "Are you sure you want to delete 4000 photos?" (i.e. my entire library). Plus it seems that I can't manually move things out of the trash can because they just magically reappear in the trash again. Why is this happening?
BTW I just downloaded and installed the latest iPhoto update, but the problem still persists.
As a side note, before deleting my iPhoto library, I had used Migration Assistant to transfer some files from my old iMac G5 (circa 2005/2006) to my new iMac using a firewire cable. However, as I did not transfer any applications, I don't think this would have affected my iPhoto '11, right? It was only after I noticed that my iPhoto library didn't get transferred to my new iMac that I decided to import photos to my new iPhoto '11 manually.
Apple products seem to be getting worse. I've filed a report with Apple, so hopefully they can fix the software. But what can I do in the meantime?same thing here. out of the clear blue my trash said it had 800 photos in it (my library has 9000 photos in it). I looked at the ones in the trash and they appeared to be still in the real album, as though I had duplicated some of my photos then trashed them. If i tried to empty iPhoto trash it asked me if I wanted to delete my entire 9000 photos (even though only 800 were in iPhoto trash).
I rebuilt the entire iPhoto album (option command button on launching iPhoto) and picked all rebuild etc. options, took a couple hours) but the problem persisted. Fortunately I was totally backed up from a day or so ago, I checked the backup to make sure it did not have the trash problem, and then had iPhoto empty the trash of the one with with trash problem, and like others it dumped the entire iPhoto library! Yikes
Now there are 2 things on my computer that i could not afford to lose, 20 years of photos, and 20 years of quicken data, so I am VERY careful with those, and fortunately it paid off.My back-up is good and I rebacked up that file, but what a disaster that would have been had I lost all m photos.
so, This is not a minor glitch but a huge software issue that has to be fixed fast, not everyone, despite being told so, has good regular back-ups.
roger -
I deleted unwanted photos from my iPhoto library, emptied iPhoto trash & Finder trash... this did not free up disk space. please help!
I have a 15-inch MacBook Pro (Late 2011) with OS X Mavericks 10.9.5
Last week, my 500 GB Harddrive had 120 GB free space. I was feeling crumby and decided to make productive use of taking a day off to lounge around. I snuggled up with my laptop and dedicated hours to meticulously combing through my iPhoto Library. I had 13,000 pictures, and I got rid of those I didn't want. Having said "sayōnara" to about 6,500 pictures, I then emptied the iPhoto trash and the Finder trash. I took delight in the iconic paper crumpling sound of them vanishing into the digital void.
Everything seemed perfect: the photos I loved were still there, the photos I loathed were gone, both trashes were beautifully empty. Having thrown away all of those awful, boring, and unflattering images of poorly light lunches and selfies gone wrong, my iPhoto library was half the size as before! I felt renewed, a little lighter, somehow more free, and I expected my hard drive to be a bit different to.
I eagerly checked my storage stats. My heart sank to see that my 120 GB of free space, was still only 120 GB of free space. I restarted my MacBook; this did not help. I restarted it the next day; this also did not help. It's been 5 days and the hard drive still has 120 GB free space. This is not an emergency and it will probably be a good while before I clutter my laptop to the brim. Yet while I am glad I don't have to see cringeworthy pictures of my ex's unmentionables every time I'm showing off things I do want to remember, I'm still disappointed and now obsessed with solving this mystery.
What is going on? I don't see them, so where are they hiding? How do I get the free space I should have earned from throwing away 1,000's of photos?!Thank you, Terence!
Yes, I only emptied the trash when it was really full, once I waited until the trash cans contained 2,600 photos and then I emptied them - Oooops! In the future, I'll keep in mind your suggestion of deleting less than 100 photos at a time.
I downloaded the iPhoto Library Manager and used it to rebuild my iPhoto. After a few hours of rebuilding, it generated a new copy of my iPhoto Library. This versions was nearly identical to the original (it was missing 5 photos and was therefore only 5 mb smaller). I guess my Library wasn't defective.
I checked my storage stats, and interestingly, using iPhoto Library Manager did help with the problem that developed after I re-indexed my hard drive. My hard drive is able to properly recognize data categories again, instead of listing almost everything as "Other". Understandably, my free disk space changed from 120 GB to about 60 GB, because my hard drive now contained a second copy of my iPhoto Library as well as iPhoto Library Manager. It seemed like all I needed to do was throw these away, but when I emptied the trash, my problem was not solved. My Hard drive now looked like this:
It appears to me that when I empty the trash, the things I throw away are just hanging around as backups instead of leaving! I went into System Preferences and turned of my time machine OFF. Now my hard drive looks likes this:
The back ups of the iPhoto files, and the program which I deleted, are still on my hard drive some where but now they are listed as "Other" instead of "Backups". Do you know where they might be and how I can delete them for good? -
Deleting photos from iphoto trash can
I can not delete photos from iphoto trash can, I get a notice that they are locked.
these photos were deleted along time ago from the hard drive.
I was surprised to see them, where are they ? so I can delete them,I can't do it from the trash can.Try the following:download and run BatChmod on the iPhoto Library folder with the settings shown here, putting your administrator login name in the owner section and Staff in the group section. You can either type in the path to the folder or just drag the folder into that field. Then try emptying the trash bin again.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. Just put the application in the Dock and click on it whenever you want to backup the dB file. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
Note: There's now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.
ize. If it does -
To quote Charlie Brown, "ARRRGGGHHH!!!" Now that I have that off my chest. I, too, am experiencing a problem deleting images from iPhoto 5. Like the proverbial bad penny, they keep coming back. Whenever I move images from the iPhoto main library to the iPhoto trash and select "empty" iPhoto crashes and will only respond to "force quit." I have left the pastel pizza spinning for hours. Only force quit will stop the show. I tried selecting individual images and using control, option, delete. The images do disappear from the library and the total count (now at 11,754) is reduced by the number of images selected. When I close iPhoto and then reopen it, the images are back. I tried deleting images and thumbnails from the iPhoto folder in "pictures" only to have those show up as empty rectangles in the iPhoto library. If I click on one of the empty rectangles I get all the usual information concerning the missing image in the iPhoto menu box but no image. I have tried everything I can think off short of reinstalling iPhoto. I would do this but some of the images cannot be replaced and, since the images in the various sub-libraries were taken over extended periods of time and share DSC numbers, my iPhoto will not export them to any other location or back up device. I am prompted that the duplicate numbers are "busy." My question is: Am I missing something basic, some magic bullet that will allow me to restore function to iPhoto while retaining the desired images or must I have a supreme zen moment of non attachment and start anew?
rix foto
Welcome to the Apple user discussion forums
I tried deleting images and thumbnails from the iPhoto folder in "pictures" only to have those show up as empty rectangles in the iPhoto library. If I click on one of the empty rectangles I get all the usual information concerning the missing image in the iPhoto menu box but no image.
This is a cardinal sin in iPhoto (or in any database program) - by doing this you have corrupted your library - you should never modify the contents of the iPhoto library directly - only via the iPhoto program
You can try rebuilding your library using iPhoto and if that does not work using iPhoto library manager - http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/ - but probably you are going to have to start over
Reinstalling iPhoto will not help because you have corrupted the data - the program is fine
If rebuilding does not work, you need to go to a backup before you corrupted your library or you need to start a new iPhoto library as follows - quit iPhoto, drag the existing iPhoto library to the desktop, restart iPhoto with a new, empty library and drag the originals folder from the iPhoto library on the desktop to the iphoto icon in the Dock - this will import all of the original photos form your old library (not the modifications, albums, folders or projects)
In the future never modify anything in the iphoto library and do not try to delete more than a small number (say 100 ) photos at a time
Good Luck
LN -
Hi,
i deleted an old copy of Iphoto and moved to the trash.
When trying to erase from the trash...it states that certain items are in use and will not delete.
I have tried from finder to secure delete and this does not work either.
Any suggestions please?Keep the drive mounted. Reboot and see if you can emptry the trash then.
If that doesn't work try Trash It!.
Some info on trash problems: The X Lab: Solving Trash Problems -
Incorrect photos in iPhoto trash
Don’t know if this is the correct forum. I can’t find a specific forum for iPhoto 5.
iPhoto 5 is being used for a particular library for compatibility with another user who is limited to this version of iPhoto (PPC, G5, OS 10.5).
The problem is that the iPhoto trash contains numerous photos that should not be there. Most of the photos in the trash are actually duplicated in the main iPhoto Library and albums. Some of the photos in the trash are not in the Library but should be. I don’t know how this occurred. It was not done deliberately.
This iPhoto library is being used as a container for photos used in a Final Cut Express project. When I did empty the iPhoto trash, FCE complained that certain files were offline, probably those that were in the trash but not in the top level of the Library. Fortunately, I have a current backup, but I am still back to “Square One”.
How do I fix this problem of iPhoto trash containing incorrect photos so I can empty the trash without an adverse effect upon the FCE project using these photos?Hi Larry, thanks for the response.
LarryHN wrote:
In all versions of iPhoto it is critical that no changes of any sort be made to the structure or content of the iPhoto library using any program except iPhoto.
Yes, I'm aware of that.
Is there any chance that FCE was used to make any modifications to the iPhoto library?
It is my belief that FCE does not interact with iPhoto. When dragging a photo from the iPhoto window to FCE, it simply creates a pointer to the location in the Finder where that photo resides. If something happens to that photo such as moving it or deleting it, FCE will complain with an "Offline" message. Possibly someone else could confirm that.
In the iPhoto library is the preference to copy imported items to the iPhoto library checked?
Not sure. I'll have to boot into OS 10.6 to check since iPhoto 5 won't run in Mountain Lion. I'll report on that later, but I don't think that will be an issue. I have been using this iPhoto library for more than a year, working on a large project.
The general answer is to restore your backup, select the photos you want in FCE and export to a desktop folder for use by FCE (or any other program)
LN
This would be a monumental task, something I was trying to avoid. I have been using iPhoto libraries (and iMovie projects) as containers for FCE projects for more than a dozen videos and never had this problem before.
There is something wrong with the iPhoto trash with this particular iPhoto library and I was hoping that someone might know what could have caused it and possibly suggested a fix.
Ralph -
How do you empty iPhoto trash? Selecting the photo in trash has only restore photo under "Photos" and I cannot find delete or move to trash under any menu item.
Thanks for your help.
VernonBrooke
Welcome to the Apple user to user assistance forums
I am getting "start-up disk" warnings and I am convinced it has something to do with the photos files.
It has to do with ALL of the data files on your computer - you must have 10GB or more of free disk for OS X to work properly
If you are getting low disk warnings you are risking major system problems
You can gain space by deleting unneeded language support (Monolingual - http://monolingual.sourceforge.net/ - is a good program for helping with that
You can delete unneeded applications
You can delete caches - OnX is helpful for that
is the question: When I try to "dump" files onto an external drive, I only end up with thumbnails on the external drive. Can someone walk me through the process simply?
You can move the iPhoto library to an external drive - quit iPhoto and drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity to the external drive, launch iPhoto while depressing the option (alt) key and point tot the new location. DO NOT move files or folders form the iPhoto library - drag the intact iPhoto library over.
Should I use the files from iphoto or from my hard drive?
You iPhoto library is on yoru hard drive
Also, did I read that the iphoto trash is separate from the finder trash? Would emptying the iphoto trash help to free up even more space?
It is and yes you must empty it for the files to be deleted -- iPhoto menu ==> empty trash
LN -
After problems with iPhotos I emptied my iPhoto trash but it tells me there are still over 300 photos in the trash yet it looks empty and I can't find apparently still existing photos. How can I make the number go and tells me my trash is on zero?
First ry the following:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
User/Home/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
User/Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder (Snow Leopard and Earlier).
or with Mt. Lion from the User/Library/Containers/com.apple.iPhoto/
Data/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder
3 - launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding down the Option key when launching iPhoto. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
NOTE 2: In Lion and Mountain Lion the Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and hit the Enter button - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
If the above doesn't help continue with the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Since only one option can be run at a time start with Option #3, followed by #4 and then #1 as needed.
Fix #2
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 - click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
3 - 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.
4 - In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
5 - 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. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost. 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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Since March 2012 my iphoto 11 trash folder says that I have 13,346 photos in the iphoto trash, but there are no thumb nail copies in the viewer window. I can delete additional photos but clicking on the "empty trash" button.
My system trash finally emptied when I discovered "trash it!" is not longer supported by the most recent osx. Then I found an updated version of Onyx that did work with that trash emptying problem.
I have a total of 5,723 photos in my library. A macdevelopers group recently started suggesting a multi library manager for iphoto to overcome some kind of library quota limitations with iphoto as opposed to "more advanced" photo handling, storing and editing programs. If I went to a mult library manager for iphoto would that cure the apparent incongruent data retrieval problem in iphoto 11 regarding 13,346 phantom photos that will not securely delete?
Are there any other possible solutions out there?Try the following:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
User/Home/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
User/Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder (Snow Leopard and Earlier).
or with Lion and Mt. Lion from the User/Library/Containers/com.apple.iPhoto/
Data/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder
3 - launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE 1: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding down the Option key when launching iPhoto. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
NOTE 2: In Lion and Mountain Lion the Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and hit the Enter button - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
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I've seen a couple of postings on this but it doesn't solve my basic problem.
I recently bought a new Macbook and tried to transfer photos from my old computer to my new one. I'm not sure what I did as I started the transfer before going to bed one night, but it ended up tranferring (or creating, via duplicates) over 100K photos into my new iPhoto. This was obviously a mistake so I decided to delete everything and start over (all of my photos are safely in iPhoto on my old computer). However, even though I have "deleted" all of the photos, they are still on my computer hogging up space...because I can't empty the trash folder in iPhoto.
How do I recitfy this? Do I just delete iPhoto altogether and reinstall it? Is there any other way I can get to these "hidden" files and delete them permanently from the hard drive? They are also slowing down my computer - when I open it up in the morning, the screen is "greyed out" - I have to wait for a status bar to complete to get the screen back to normal. Then I have to wait at least a minute before I can even move the cursor (the wireless will disconnect and reconnect during this process).iiPhoto is known to lock up if you try to delete a large number of photos at a time. Here are a couple of ways to get out of the predicament you're in:
1 - go into iPhoto's General preference pane and uncheck the Show item counts checkbox:
and then try emptying the iPhoto Trash bin again. This method is iffy and doesn't work for everyone.
2 - If that fails and you don't use the Rating stars you can do the following: select all of the photos in the trash and Control-click to bringup the contextual menu. There will be the 5 stars for the ratings. Select either 5 or 1 to apply that rating to the photos.
Next create a smart album with the criteria:
selecting the number of start you applied to those in the Trash bin.
Move the photos from the Trash bin to the Library and the Smart Album will immediately be populated with those photos.
You can now select about 100 photos or so at a time and use the Command+Option+Delete key combination to move them back to the Trash bin and empty it. Repeat with groups of about 100 or so photos till they are all deleted. Then delete the Trash bin in the Dock to completely remove them from your hard drive.
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How do i view photos in iPhoto trash before i empty trash?
How do i view photos in iphoto trash before I empty it?
Click on the trash icon in the iPhoto Window
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