IPhoto update wrecked my iPhoto library!

iPhoto was updated when I installed Yosemite. I lost my Events structure and 20,000 photos became individual files. I lost Faces completely. Rebuilding the iPhoto library failed. Time Machine back up failed. How can I get my structure back. The photos are still there

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.

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IPHOTO Library file will not open after update of iPhoto 9.6.1

I am trying to open up my IPHOTO Library in IPHOTO 9.6.1 with not success.
My computer is a Mac (27-inch, Mid 2011), 2.7 GHZ Intel core i5 processor, 8 GB ram, AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB graphics card, 1TB Hard Drive.
My iPhoto 9..6.1 appears to be created on March 16, 2015 and was modified on March 20,2015 which I assume is from a security update 2015-003.
My iPhoto Library was created March 22, 2012 and was last updated March 1, 2015. To the best of my knowledge, it has not been open since it was last updated. Unfortunately there are no current backups to the file.
When I launch IPHOTO the screen shows a rotating sprocket then after a period of time I receive a message:
Your photo library is either in use be another application or has become unreadable. Shut down and restart your computer, and then open iPhoto again. If the problem persists, try rebuilding your iPhoto library, to do this , quit iPhoto, and then reopen it while keeping the Option and Command keys pressed. You can also try restoring your photo library from a backup.
When I follow this am left with four items to chooses from: repair permissions, rebuild thumbnails, repair database, rebuild database. The first is selected and assume this is by default. I am not sure what the best choice is to select. Secondly since i have no backup of the file and I am not sure the file is corrupted, I started trying to create a copy on on an external drive however the file (192GB Size) new completes a copy routine. I considered a backup process which would take multiple hours.
Looking for direction.

1. make a back up. No matter how long it takes.
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.
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
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.
Regards
TD

Several months ago I kept getting prompted to "update" my iphoto library. I finally gave in and clicked on the update button and EVER SINCE THEN, ALL of my photos have been 'grayed out' and I can't see ANY of them unless I click on the photo and open it

Several months ago, I kept getting prompted to 'update' my iphoto library. When I finally clicked on the 'update' button, it 'greyed out' ALL of my photos. Now ALL of my photos are grayed out and I can't see ANY of my pictures unless I click on each grayed out photo individually and open them, ALL of the thumbnails are greyed out. It is THE WORST!! I have no idea how to fix this problem and its been MONTHS AND MONTHS of *** pain. Anyone?? Please help!!!
Thanks so much!!!

Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - rebuild your iPhoto library database
and please tell us what version of iPhoto and of the OS you have
LN

I downloded iphoto 11 9.2 and when opened it for the first time and the program started to update my iPhoto library the file got corrupted. That has happened in the two macs I have (both of them rather new and updated to last Lion version 10.7.2).

I downloaded Iphoto 11 9.2 from the apps store (was on iphoto '09 before version 8.x) and when opened it for the first time it tried to update my photo librery and ended up corupting it to the extreme that I had to get a backup from time capsule and downgrade my iphoto version. I spent yesterday 6 hours at the genius bar in an apple store and they were not able to provide me with any other solution. In the emantime, I have to forget about about photo streaming... Any idea, is this a bug that somebody knows how tp fix?

In fairness, this isn't an issue in iPhoto 11 but one in your Library. Some file or other in there is damaged and that's what causes the crash during the upgrade.
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.

Why can't I open photos after updating an iphoto Library on new computer?

I have saved a 13,000 photos from my old Mac onto a hard disc, and am now trying to import those photos onto a new Mac computer.
When I copied the 2012 iPhoto Library onto my new computer, a prompt came up to tell me that the Library needed to be updated in order to be used on this computer. So I followed the steps and it seems to have successfully updated itself. But see all the photos when I scroll through the Library... but, when I try to click to open it, I get a HAZARD sign -- triangle with a big exclamation mark.
Please, can someone advise how I get my old photos onto my new computer?
Thanks. Corinna

That sign turns up when iPhoto loses the connection to the actual file.
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
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.
Regards
TD

How do I use an Older iPhoto Library with an Updated iPhoto application?

Hey Everyone! I seem to be stuck.
My MacBook Pro was running OS X Lion and I needed to reset the computer. When I was exporting the photos, it would stop and say it was not able to export the photos. So I just copied the actual file from the Pictures folder in my user and after wiping the hard drive and starting with a clean install, I downloaded again iPhoto, updated it to the newest update available, and dragged the file to the Photo folder. When opening iPhoto, a message appeared saying "You have made changes to your photo library using a newer version of iPhoto. Do you want to quit and use the latest version of iPhoto, or do you want to create a new photo library?"
What am I supposed to do?!?
PLEASE HELP!
Thanks
Matt

So I just copied the actual file from the Pictures folder in my user
By this do you mean you copied the iPhoto library (a package - not a file)?
updated it to the newest update available,
What version of iPhoto do you have now (the latest is version 9.4.2)? What version did you have?
One thing to try is Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - rebuild your iPhoto library
LN

I recently updated iphoto 11 and now I can't view my photos in the iphoto library. Screen is blank, but photos will show if played as slide show. What's going on? ? ?

On Friday, October 28th I updated my iphoto 11 because I received notice from Apple that I should do so for better stability in the program.    Today I opened I photo and found that although all my events show they are present and the number of photos in the library appears correct, when I click on an event to view the contents, I get a black screen.   I am told there are no photos in the event.   When I return to the iphoto page it again shows all my events with pictures of the photos in the event thumbnails and the number of pictures in each event.    I can not actually view these photos individually.      Now here's the strange part, when I select an event thumbnail and right click, I can choose to view the event as a slide show, complete with music and special effects and it will play normally.   But no way can I view the event photos individually.     I have one event that claims to be empty, no photos in it, yet when I click on that event all 346 pictures pop up for individual viewing, but will not play as a slide show.    I am totally confused and want my iphoto put back to normal.
Has anyone else had this problem?
How do I uninstall the update, or failing that how do I get my photos back? ?

Hi Liz,
Sorry to hear you are having a similar problem. Last night I went to the tool bar at the top of iphoto, clicked on "File", then clicked "Browse Backups" in the drop down menu.    I have an external hard drive that is set up to Time Machine.   The Browse Backups opened the iphoto pages in the Time Machine. I selected a date one day ahead of the day I performed the now infamous update, and it showed my iphoto library as it had existed that day.   I then clicked "Restore Library" at the bottom right corner of the Time Machine screen.   Roughly 2 hours later my iphoto was back to normal.   When I opened iphoto there was a message saying I need to upgrade my program to be compatible with the new version of iphoto(version 9.2.1). I clicked "Upgrade" and within seconds it had done whatever upgrading it needed to do.
The only glitch in the restoration was that it restored the library as it appeared last week, so I no longer had photos I had imported this past weekend.   I simply went back to the Browse Backups in the drop down menu, when Time Machine opened I selected the page showing my pictures from this weekend and again said to Restore Library.   Roughly 45 minutes later the library was restored including the most recent photos.
I am now a happy camper.
I don't know if any of this will be of help to you because your email says you are having trouble with photos imported after the upgrade was performed.   Have you had any pop up notices when you first open iphoto, that tell you you need an upgrade to be compatible with the new iphoto?     If so have you clicked "upgrade"?
Good luck Liz, if you have Time Machine running as a back up to your library, maybe you wil be able to get help there, by following my instructions above.   Otherwise,   good luck with your investigations.   I'd be interested in hearing how you make out.
Karen

If I use a backup machine that has a folder of my iphoto library, can I delete my Iphoto library without the machine updating and deleting the photos as well?

Hey everyone, I have a Lacie 1 TB back up machine that I use to backup every once in a while everything I have in my macbook pro.
I don't know if there's a difference between a hard disk in which you save whatever you want or a back up machine that backs up whatever you have in your computer once you connect it, so, My question is the following:
Having backed up my Iphoto (I checked if there's a folder in the machine with all my photos), can I now get rid of all my photos in the laptop so there's more space? If I delete my photos (in Iphoto), does the back up machine automatically update its folders and delete my saved iphoto contents as well?
Thank you!
I'm doing this because my laptop is running really slow lately and makes a lot of noise (like an airplane getting ready for take off) even though I've used it for a year.
I use a Macbook pro 15''
OS X Version 10.8.4
processor: 2.2 GHz intel core i7
Memory 8GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Startup disk : macintosh HD

Okay:
Except an arrow turning in circle near the ''wireless'' or ''sound'' symbols on the top of the screen. If I click on it, I see ''enter time machine'', ''back up now'', ''open time machine preferences''.
You're using Time Machine to back up to the External Disk.
Back to your first question:
Having backed up my Iphoto (I checked if there's a folder in the machine with all my photos), can I now get rid of all my photos in the laptop so there's more space?
No.
Time Machine keeps a rolling back up of your data. Eventually, anything you delete from your Mac will be deleted from iPhoto too.
If space is an issue then get another HD. They're not expensice and you can put your iPhoto Library on it.
Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
Regards
TD

Please help, Iphoto crashes when trying to update my iphoto library

i recently upgraded my operating system to Lion OS x 10.7.3, and I bought the IPhoto 11' (9.2.1) from the app store. Now it crashes when I try to open after telling me it needs to update my library (version 8.1.2). It starts updating, but then crashes. I have tried rebuilding my library with IPhoto Library Manager, so I can get the program to work with this, but it also crashes in the attempt to rebuild. I can open the program with an empty library, but then I can't get to my old photos. I have also reinstalled Iphoto, without this helping. And I have tried to find these "receipts", and have deleted these. I also have deleted the QuickTime 7, which I still had, and I'm now only running the QuickTime Player 10.1. Now I have to ask you for help. Here is a copy of the first part of the crash report:
Process:         iPhoto
Path:            /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier:      com.apple.iPhoto
Version:         9.2.1 (9.2.1)
Build Info:      iPhotoProject-628000000000000~1
App Item ID:     408981381
App External ID: 4641130
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd
Date/Time:       2012-02-07 00:21:47.057 +0100
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.7.3 (11D50)
Report Version: 9
Interval Since Last Report:          6927 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           24
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 368 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   3
Anonymous UUID:                      12B2839F-DC73-4348-85DF-937FB3ADEDFB
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Application Specific Information:
objc[57475]: garbage collection is OFF
Dyld Error Message:
Symbol not found: _ValidateAudioChannelLayout
Referenced from: /Users/USER/Library/QuickTime/QuickTimeComponents.component/Contents/MacOS/Quic kTimeComponents
Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/QuickTime.framework/Versions/A/QuickTime
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   dyld                               0x8fe52071 dyld_fatal_error + 1
1   dyld                               0x8fe55df4 dyld::bindLazySymbol(mach_header const, unsigned long) + 129
2   dyld                               0x8fe643ce stub_binding_helper_interface2 + 20
3   com.apple.QuickTimeComponents.component     0x05fe132a CopyAndExpandStreamLayout + 48
4   com.apple.QuickTimeComponents.component     0x05ff2e60 AudioContextProcessorOutputDevice::GetLayout(unsigned long, unsigned long, AudioChannelLayout**) + 930
5   com.apple.QuickTimeComponents.component     0x05ff5ad5 AudioContextProcessorOutputDevice::CreateProcessor() + 1013
6   com.apple.QuickTimeComponents.component     0x05fe94b5 AudioContextChannel::AddProcessor(unsigned long, AudioProcessorDescription*) + 413
7   com.apple.QuickTimeComponents.component     0x05fe2b39 AudioContextBase::ComponentEntryDispatch(ComponentParameters, AudioContextBase) + 1309
8   com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore     0x92f5345d CallComponent + 223
9   com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore     0x92f534a6 CallComponentDispatch + 29
10 com.apple.QuickTime                0x96d601fb AudioContextAddProcessor + 49
11 com.apple.QuickTime                0x96d5fcae AudioContextManager::CreateContext(ComponentDescription, AudioProcessorDescription, ComponentInstanceRecord**) + 408
12 com.apple.QuickTime                0x96d5fb0f AudioEngineCreateContextWithDeviceDescription + 47
13 com.apple.QuickTime                0x96d5f1b1 QTAudioDeviceContextCreate + 255
14 com.apple.QuickTime                0x96d5f016 QTAudioContextCreateForAudioDevice + 66
15 com.apple.QuickTime                0x96d2f6e4 SetMovieActive_priv + 480
16 com.apple.QuickTime                0x96d35829 QTOMovieObject::SetProperty(unsigned long, unsigned long, void const*) + 8365
17 com.apple.QuickTime                0x96d26d02 DispatchQTMsg(void const, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, QTOGenericObject) + 324
18 com.apple.QuickTime                0x96d26b1e QTObjectTokenPriv::SendMessageToObject(QTMessagePriv*, unsigned long) + 188
19 com.apple.QuickTime                0x96d2650a QTObjectTokenPriv::DispatchMessage(QTMessagePriv, void const, __CFAllocator const, unsigned long, unsigned long, ComponentMsgParam, unsigned long, unsigned long) + 1526
20 com.apple.QuickTime                0x96d25ebb QTSendMessageToObject + 141
21 com.apple.QuickTime                0x96d33760 QTSetObjectProperty + 272
22 com.apple.QTKit                    0x9783eec1 -[QTMovie_QuickTime setActive:] + 100
23 com.apple.QTKit                    0x9784bd03 -[QTMovie_QuickTime initWithQuickTimeMovie:disposeWhenDone:delegate:attributes:error:forParent:] + 648
24 com.apple.QTKit                    0x978033e4 -[QTMovie_QuickTime initWithAttributes:error:forParent:] + 6018
25 com.apple.QTKit                    0x97801585 -[QTMovie initWithAttributes:error:] + 1058
26 com.apple.QTKit                    0x97822e36 -[QTMovie initWithDataReference:error:] + 181
27 com.apple.QTKit                    0x978230d0 -[QTMovie initWithFile:error:] + 209
28 com.apple.iPhoto                   0x0025ab28 0x1000 + 2464552
29 com.apple.iPhoto                   0x0003eafb 0x1000 + 252667
30 com.apple.iPhoto                   0x000393ef 0x1000 + 230383
31 com.apple.iPhoto                   0x000386bc 0x1000 + 227004
32 com.apple.iPhoto                   0x00036098 0x1000 + 217240
33 com.apple.iPhoto                   0x00035e50 0x1000 + 216656
34 com.apple.iPhoto                   0x000356c1 0x1000 + 214721
35 com.apple.iPhoto                   0x00033a4f 0x1000 + 207439
36 com.apple.Foundation               0x93a11e25 __-[NSNotificationCenter addObserver:selector:name:object:]_block_invoke_1 + 49
37 com.apple.CoreFoundation           0x938a7cb3 ___CFXNotificationPost_block_invoke_1 + 275
38 com.apple.CoreFoundation           0x93872a38 _CFXNotificationPost + 2776
39 com.apple.Foundation               0x939fd012 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 92
40 com.apple.AppKit                   0x93d8775d -[NSApplication _postDidFinishNotification] + 259
41 com.apple.AppKit                   0x93d87453 -[NSApplication _sendFinishLaunchingNotification] + 84
42 com.apple.AppKit                   0x93d85f74 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpenEvent:] + 277
43 com.apple.AppKit                   0x93d85c8a -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleCoreEvent:withReplyEvent:] + 377
44 com.apple.CoreFoundation           0x938c0298 -[NSObject performSelector:withObject:withObject:] + 72
45 com.apple.Foundation               0x93a370f6 __-[NSAppleEventManager setEventHandler:andSelector:forEventClass:andEventID:]_block_invoke_1 + 121
46 com.apple.Foundation               0x93a35ea9 -[NSAppleEventManager dispatchRawAppleEvent:withRawReply:handlerRefCon:] + 476
47 com.apple.Foundation               0x93a35c7d _NSAppleEventManagerGenericHandler + 234
48 com.apple.AE                       0x95775045 aeDispatchAppleEvent(AEDesc const, AEDesc, unsigned long, unsigned char*) + 202
49 com.apple.AE                       0x9575eb67 ZL25dispatchEventAndSendReplyPK6AEDescPS + 43
50 com.apple.AE                       0x9575ea54 aeProcessAppleEvent + 253
51 com.apple.HIToolbox                0x9991e5d6 AEProcessAppleEvent + 103
52 com.apple.AppKit                   0x93d82d0b _DPSNextEvent + 1301
53 com.apple.AppKit                   0x93d82306 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 113
54 com.apple.AppKit                   0x93d7e675 -[NSApplication run] + 911
55 com.apple.AppKit                   0x94012261 NSApplicationMain + 1054
56 com.apple.iPhoto                   0x0001159a 0x1000 + 66970
57 com.apple.iPhoto                   0x00010a29 0x1000 + 64041

I did as you suggested, and finally I got to reinstall Lion, but the problem persist. Is there no way I can repair only QuickTime? I tried installing also version QT7.7, but it doesn't seem to make a difference.
Here is the last crash report, but to me it seems like it's the same as before:
After reinstalling Lion:
Process:         iPhoto [331]
Path:            /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier:      com.apple.iPhoto
Version:         9.2.1 (9.2.1)
Build Info:      iPhotoProject-628000000000000~1
App Item ID:     408981381
App External ID: 4641130
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [165]
Date/Time:       2012-02-08 10:39:01.776 -0800
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.7.3 (11D50)
Report Version: 9
Interval Since Last Report:          67729 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           115
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 953 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   9
Anonymous UUID:                      12B2839F-DC73-4348-85DF-937FB3ADEDFB
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Application Specific Information:
objc[331]: garbage collection is OFF
Dyld Error Message:
Symbol not found: _ValidateAudioChannelLayout
Referenced from: /Users/USER/Library/QuickTime/QuickTimeComponents.component/Contents/MacOS/Quic kTimeComponents
Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/QuickTime.framework/Versions/A/QuickTime
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   dyld                                    0x8fe2c071 dyld_fatal_error + 1
1   dyld                                    0x8fe2fdf4 dyld::bindLazySymbol(mach_header const*, unsigned long*) + 129
2   dyld                                    0x8fe3e3ce stub_binding_helper_interface2 + 20
3   com.apple.QuickTimeComponents.component          0x05fe132a CopyAndExpandStreamLayout + 48
4   com.apple.QuickTimeComponents.component          0x05ff2e60 AudioContextProcessorOutputDevice::GetLayout(unsigned long, unsigned long, AudioChannelLayout**) + 930
5   com.apple.QuickTimeComponents.component          0x05ff5ad5 AudioContextProcessorOutputDevice::CreateProcessor() + 1013
6   com.apple.QuickTimeComponents.component          0x05fe94b5 AudioContextChannel::AddProcessor(unsigned long, AudioProcessorDescription*) + 413
7   com.apple.QuickTimeComponents.component          0x05fe2b39 AudioContextBase::ComponentEntryDispatch(ComponentParameters*, AudioContextBase*) + 1309
8   com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x91b7945d CallComponent + 223
9   com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x91b794a6 CallComponentDispatch + 29
10 com.apple.QuickTime                     0x910631fb AudioContextAddProcessor + 49
11 com.apple.QuickTime                     0x91062cae AudioContextManager::CreateContext(ComponentDescription*, AudioProcessorDescription*, ComponentInstanceRecord**) + 408
12 com.apple.QuickTime                     0x91062b0f AudioEngineCreateContextWithDeviceDescription + 47
13 com.apple.QuickTime                     0x910621b1 QTAudioDeviceContextCreate + 255
14 com.apple.QuickTime                     0x91062016 QTAudioContextCreateForAudioDevice + 66
15 com.apple.QuickTime                     0x910326e4 SetMovieActive_priv + 480
16 com.apple.QuickTime                     0x91038829 QTOMovieObject::SetProperty(unsigned long, unsigned long, void const*) + 8365
17 com.apple.QuickTime                     0x91029d02 DispatchQTMsg(void const*, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, QTOGenericObject*) + 324
18 com.apple.QuickTime                     0x91029b1e QTObjectTokenPriv::SendMessageToObject(QTMessagePriv*, unsigned long) + 188
19 com.apple.QuickTime                     0x9102950a QTObjectTokenPriv::DispatchMessage(QTMessagePriv*, void const*, __CFAllocator const*, unsigned long, unsigned long, ComponentMsgParam*, unsigned long, unsigned long) + 1526
20 com.apple.QuickTime                     0x91028ebb QTSendMessageToObject + 141
21 com.apple.QuickTime                     0x91036760 QTSetObjectProperty + 272
22 com.apple.QTKit                         0x964ddec1 -[QTMovie_QuickTime setActive:] + 100
23 com.apple.QTKit                         0x964ead03 -[QTMovie_QuickTime initWithQuickTimeMovie:disposeWhenDone:delegate:attributes:error:forParent:] + 648
24 com.apple.QTKit                         0x964a23e4 -[QTMovie_QuickTime initWithAttributes:error:forParent:] + 6018
25 com.apple.QTKit                         0x964a0585 -[QTMovie initWithAttributes:error:] + 1058
26 com.apple.QTKit                         0x964c1e36 -[QTMovie initWithDataReference:error:] + 181
27 com.apple.QTKit                         0x964c20d0 -[QTMovie initWithFile:error:] + 209
28 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0025ab28 0x1000 + 2464552
29 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0003eafb 0x1000 + 252667
30 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x000393ef 0x1000 + 230383
31 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x000386bc 0x1000 + 227004
32 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00036098 0x1000 + 217240
33 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00035e50 0x1000 + 216656
34 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x000356c1 0x1000 + 214721
35 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00033a4f 0x1000 + 207439
36 com.apple.Foundation                    0x94567e25 __-[NSNotificationCenter addObserver:selector:name:object:]_block_invoke_1 + 49
37 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x99525cb3 ___CFXNotificationPost_block_invoke_1 + 275
38 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x994f0a38 _CFXNotificationPost + 2776
39 com.apple.Foundation                    0x94553012 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 92
40 com.apple.AppKit                        0x9040275d -[NSApplication _postDidFinishNotification] + 259
41 com.apple.AppKit                        0x90402453 -[NSApplication _sendFinishLaunchingNotification] + 84
42 com.apple.AppKit                        0x90400f74 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpenEvent:] + 277
43 com.apple.AppKit                        0x90400c8a -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleCoreEvent:withReplyEvent:] + 377
44 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x9953e298 -[NSObject performSelector:withObject:withObject:] + 72
45 com.apple.Foundation                    0x9458d0f6 __-[NSAppleEventManager setEventHandler:andSelector:forEventClass:andEventID:]_block_invoke_1 + 121
46 com.apple.Foundation                    0x9458bea9 -[NSAppleEventManager dispatchRawAppleEvent:withRawReply:handlerRefCon:] + 476
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Old iPhoto Library won't update

I have an old iPhoto library from iPhoto 9 that won't update to iPhoto 11 and won't open. How do I fix this or can I retrieve the photos from the old library without opening it in iPhoto?

Honestly I'm not sure what it is then. There is a forum for iPhoto, I would repost there and let them know what you have already tried, hopefully someone there knows what to do. You can find that forum at:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/ilife/iphoto

My Iphoto Library won't upgrade / update after Lion install.

Ok so i updated my OS X to Lion and everything seemed fine but the Iphoto Library had an update and I installed it after this. Now i'm getting a message that my Iphoto library needs to upgrade to be able to run on this version of Iphoto. It starts to upgrade fine but never stops i just have a wheel as pointer like its thinking or trying to upgrade. It will go like this for days. I have GB's worth of photos i can't seem to get to. Help

To repair the Library:
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
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.
Regards
TD

IPhoto Library won't update

I have an old iPhoto library from iPhoto 9 that won't update to iPhoto 11 and won't open. How do I fix this or can I retrieve the photos from the old library without opening it in iPhoto?

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.
Regards
TD

IPhoto Library Won't Load After 10.4.10 Combo Update (PPC)

After updating to 10.4.10 on a G4 desktop the iPhoto library will no longer load. Tried several times to rebuilt it and program quits unexpectedly just as it finishes rebuild. Ran repair disk permissions from HD and Repair Disk from DVD and re-installed 10.4.9, but problem remains. Had some trouble importing the last few photos (downloaded from an e-mail) before this problem occured (possible it is not related to 10.4.10 upgrade?). Been everywhere looking for a way to solve this, but to no avail. Any suggestions?

Hi, redwood. You had trouble with the emailed photos because they had been compressed by the sender using Stuffit (that's what the .sit suffix indicates), and you didn't unStuff them before importing them. I'm surprised that iPhoto was even willing to try to import them. It certainly couldn't have displayed them in that form.
If you then trashed them and emptied the trash *within iPhoto*, I'm not sure why they should have continued to cause you trouble — but since I don't understand how they could have been imported in the first place, I wouldn't really expect to understand all the consequences.
If, instead, you trashed them from within the iPhoto Library folder using the Finder, doing so corrupted your iPhoto Library database and necessitated a rebuild — which ordinarily produces better results than it apparently did in your case. Perhaps there were files left in the iPhoto Library folder that still referenced the files you deleted, and iPhoto didn't know how to handle references to files that weren't in an image format.
Setting aside what we don't understand and may never understand, I suggest that you leave your present defective iPhoto Library just as it is for the moment, and try to determine whether the backup copy is usable. (Good for you for having one, by the way!):
Connect or insert the drive or disc that contains the backup iPhoto Library folder. Start iPhoto while holding down the Option key, and continue to hold it down until you're asked whether you want to Create or Find a library. Choose Find, then navigate to the backup Library folder and click Open. If it opens normally and everything seems to be in order in it, simply replace the bad library folder inside your account's Pictures folder with a copy of the backup library folder, and you're back in business. It if doesn't open correctly, post back with details of what happened.
Note that the only way to make a successful backup copy of your iPhoto Library is to copy the entire iPhoto Library folder *as a unit* to another storage volume (a volume is a hard drive, a partition on a hard drive that contains more than one partition, a CD, DVD, flash drive, or other storage medium). If your backup wasn't made this way, it won't be usable.
EDIT: Well, I was busily churning out my long reply while you were solving the problem. I'm glad it turned out well.

My iphoto wont open since i updated my mac, please help? it says i need to install an iphoto library upgrader which I have installed but still cant see my photos.

my iphoto wont open since i updated my mac, please help? it says i need to install an iphoto library upgrader which I have installed but still cant see my photos.

What version of iPhoto are you using? 9.6 is the current version.
Do a backup.
Quit the application.
Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.iPhoto.plist. Move the .plist to your desktop.
Restart, open the application and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.
If the application is the same, return the .plist to where you got it from, overwriting the newer one.
Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.

I had original iPhoto app from 2007, but in the last year it stopped working seemingly out of nowhere. Now I just installed iPhoto 9.5.1 but it won't open even after downloading the iPhoto Library Updater. My pictures are lost in the abyss.

I had original iPhoto app from 2007 or 2008, but in the last year it stopped working seemingly out of nowhere. Now I just installed iPhoto 9.5.1 but it won't open even after downloading the iPhoto Library Updater. My pictures are lost in the abyss.
I'm using OS Extended 10.9.5. I don't know what the original version of iPhoto was.

I just installed iPhoto 9.5.1 but it won't open even after downloading the iPhoto Library Updater
Have you run the iPhoto Library Upgrader? You need to direct it to the location of your old iPhoto Library by clicking the "Choose Library" button in the lower right corner of the panel you are seeing when the upgrade starts.

IPhoto update wrecked my iPhoto library!

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