IPhoto Upgrade Horror Story

So I upgraded to iPhoto 9.3 (running OS X 10.7.4 and iLife 11) , when the library opened many of my events showed no key photo and when I tried to open them the images we gone. I tried to rebuild and after about 30 minutes of rebuilding, nothing changed. No every time I open iPhoto it wants to rebuild thumbnails, every time. Any help is appreciated. I have tried rebuilding the library and rebuilding the thumbnails.

Seemed to get me part way there. After the rebuild I tried rebuilding the thumbnails. During the process There were several images that iPhoto could not find (not sure why). I still have the issue of rebuilding the thumbnails each time I open the app.

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My new processor arrived today, and I proceeded to install it tonight. I noticed
that the plastic border around the BGA strip was broken, and a piece of it was loose,
but I supposed that it would not affect performance. (Now I think maybe I should
have stopped right then and there.)
I had already updated the firmware days ago, so I just installed the processor following
the instructions in the video, pressed down the PRAM button, closed the computer,
plugged it back in, and tried to start it. Nothing. The fans power on, but that's
about it. I finally gave up after a while, and reinstalled my old processor. Still
nothing. I reinstalled the PowerLogix, and tried again. Same thing. For all purposes,
the computer is completely dead.
eMac, iMac, PowerBook, Power Mac Gigabit (running Tiger, Panther, & 9.2.2) Mac OS X (10.4.9)

All's well that ends well. I finally got a hold of a technician. By lack of experience, as well as the broken BGA frame of the new processor, I had misaligned it during installation, bending several pins on it as well as on the motherboard.
Pins were straightened, mother and daughter cards were properly aligned, and voilà! It works. (I also ran TechTool, just to make sure.)
The moral of the story: Children, do not try this at home. It is not as easy as it sounds, and processors are delicate things --as well as expensive little suckers. If you're extremely confident with your computer skills, do it yourself. But if you have even the shadow of a doubt, have it professionally installed.
I originally posted this looking for help, but now I hope it helps somebody else.
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IPhoto upgrade for IOS5 to get Photostream on your my MacBook.

What's up with iPhoto upgrade for IOS5 to get Photostream on your my MacBook. The reviews are horror stories. Thoughts? Any fixes since these issues started? ~ Byrne51

Welcome to Discussions.
One of the problems with upgrading is that you still have an older machine but if it's working well it could continue to do so for some years. However, newer software may not be able to be used on the older machine.
You haven't indicated which model of eMac which can also make a difference to our advice.
The suggestion to increase the RAM is certainly a priority for more satisfactory performance.
System updates may provide you with new features you will find useful. Check Apple's website for details.
If you need more disk storage the best option is to get a firewire drive with as large a capacity as you can afford. If formatted to Apple's specs you can put an OS on this and use it as the startup. Only the oldest eMacs might have a problem coping with Leopard. It works well on mine. Then you are effectively using your Emac's processing, display and cd-dvd drive mainly. The external drive can be used with a later Mac if subsequently you decide to upgrade.
Hope these thoughts are useful.
Neville

Horror story...

Just thought I would post this horror story...
I have a MacPro 3,1. I upgraded it to snow leopard last weekend and everything went fine. On reboot I got a window asking for system Events... Rebooted again and it was fine.
I use VMWare Fusion, Mail, Logic 9 and many other apps but those are the primary ones. Everything was great for a week... no problems...
This morning I was asked to do a quick guitar track for a project so I fired up logic 9 and enabled record on my primary interface: apogee duet. I also have a tascam fireone plugged in and I use the jog wheel a lot for audio editing.
As I was monkeying with my guitar cable the firewire cable to the back of the tascam fireone came unplugged. Logic brought up a spinning ball and sat for a few minutes then displayed a dialog saying the Mackie control was not present. I didn't really care so I cleared it. However I was unable to get record to take or playback any audio out of logic. It was like my duet showed audio from the guitar but it was not getting into logic.
I went in and tried resetting the core audio devices but no luck. Ok time for a reboot. I shutdown everything and rebooted. After the MacPro came alive I clicked on logic in the dock and the icon bounced and bounced and bounced.... Eventually it stopped bouncing but no logic window or question about opening prior project.
The force quit list showed it as not responding. I figured ok something strange happened to a plist or something. I went searching but could find nothing wrong. I reset PRAM. Did cold boots... Finally I came to notice that ANY application which has anything to do with audio will not load. iTunes will not load. Quicktime will not load... Even System Preferences will not load.
Safari and mail would load but would periodically hand for long periods of time.
I rebooted numerous times, repaired permissions. I even ran the snow leopard install again. Nothing seemed to work. While loading one audio program that has a progress bar I noticed that it hung while trying to locate core audio. So it seems that somehow this accidental removal of the firewire cable blew away core audio.
I was unable to find a solution to it. Prior to installing snow leopard I had used SuperDuper to create a copy of my primary disk into a disk image. I'm in the process of restoring that image back to the primary drive to see if this is a software or hardware problem.
The sad thing about this is I have quite a few things that I need to deauthorize (iTunes, Melodyne) so that if I have to do a clean install that I can reinstall them. Unfortunately I can't even run the programs so I can deauthorize these things.
I can only hope that the image restore works... If it doesn't then it may be a hardware problem. I do have AppleCare so perhaps that call will be next.
Firewire is supposed to be plug/play. I can't see how removal of a device by accidental unplugging could completely hose a system to the point of having to restore backups and possibly a complete reinstall.
I love Apple hardware, this is what I was hoping I left behind when vacating Windows.
M

The process that seemed to fix this was to reset all controllers, SMC, power management, etc... Then I had to restore my system back to leopard then redo the update to Snow Kitty...
anyway things seem ok at this point.

Cannot open iPhoto after downloading Yosemite, I am running iPhoto 6.9 and have downloaded the iPhoto upgrade 1.1 to no avail

Cannot open iPhoto after downloading Yosemite. I have upgraded to iPhoto 6.9 and have downloaded iPhoto upgrader 1.1 to no avail.

Did you go to your Applications/Utilities folder and actually double click on the updater to run it?

I cannot find my iPhoto upgrader in Finder...I was told to go to the Go menu and click on Utilities...this is not an offered option...and nothing comes up in the search box...

I cannot find my iPhoto upgrader in Finder...I was told to go to the Go menu and click on Utilities...this is not an offered option...and nothing comes up in the search box...I have upgraded to OS X Yosemite, downloaded the iPhoto app to go with it, and the iPhoto upgrader...just can't find the upgrader...

In the finder applications folder ==> Utilities -- double click the iphoto library upgrader and then launch iphoto 9.6.1
iPhoto '11 or later: About the Library Upgrader - Apple Support

IPhoto Upgrade Problem Version 8.1.2 to iPhoto 9 (iLife 11)

Hello,
I have purchased the iPhoto upgrade from the Mac App Store ($15) and currently have iPhoto version 8.1.2 installed on my computer. I would have thought that the upgrade would have pushed or automatically upgraded my existing iphoto version; however, it just appears to be queued in the Mac App store. When I look in the Mac App Store Purchases tab, I can see the Purchase, but I still have version 8.1.2 installed on my computer. Am I overlooking something? Thanks for the help!
Philip

Make sure the installer isn't paused in LaunchPad, and/or the App Store
Regards
TD

After iPhoto upgrade i can no longer access the photos stored on my external hard drive, after iPhoto upgrade i can no longer access the photos stored on my external hard drive

I was just about to order a photo book, using photos stored on an external hard drive. I organised the book and pressed 'buy'. IPhotos instructed me that I needed to upgrade and so I went on the ASpp store, bought the upgrade and installed as directed. I then used the iPhoto Library upgrader as directed.
After the iPhoto upgrade I can no longer access the photos stored on my external hard drive. I am able to access the photos stored on my internal hard drive - the remainder (including the photo album) seem to have vanished into thin air.
Any suggestions please?

What format is the external drive?

File sharing problems and horror story (nearly)

I use Leopard on a MacBook Pro, a MacBook and a iMac G4 800 MHz (unsupported model).
I have on the iMac and the MacBook Pro many users (the same ont he two machines) and I always use Fast User Switching.
I have had very few problems with Leopard until now; I like it even if there are some glitches or some new features which are not my cup of tea (hierarchical menus missing from the dock, stacks useless when there are many items, FireWall impossibilities (?) to open specific ports, Back to my Mac working on a Lan but not from outside until now, problems with a few apps (Parallels networking erratic), ...
Now about File Sharing.
Let say my main account is user1 (Administrator), and I have another user2 also administrator, plus user3, user4 standard users.
On the iMac I activate File Sharing.
On the MacBookPro, as user1, if I connect to the iMac Server (using afp://IPaddress_of_theiMac/) I do NOT get the dialog
"Enter your user name and password to access file server YYY
Connect to server as Guest or as Registered User"
but I directly get the dialog
"Select the volumes you want to mount on YYY"
From this, if I select user1 it mounts with full read/write permissions which is normal. It appears that I am connected with my Apple account user1&mac.com (same as mentionned in the Account panel of System Preferences).
On the other hand, if I try to connect to the user2 account, I only get limited access although in the File Sharing Preferences, user1/iMac is mentionned with full Read/Write preferences for the Home Folder of user2.
What is very surprising is that if I log on the MacBook Pro as user2, or user 3 or user4, then connect to the iMac, I first get the dialog to enter a user name and a password. This gives me access with the correct full permissions on user1/iMac or user2/iMac using the corresponding user name/password pair; this is the usual behaviour which is missing when trying to connect from user1/MacBook Pro.
Now for the Horror Story!
Trying to understand what was going on with the permissions of the user2/iMac account, I logged in to the iMac as user1, went to the Users folder and from there had a look on the informations about user2 home folder. In the lower part of the pannel, Sharing & Permissions says "You have no access" (which is normal) and this is followed by a table where users and permissions are listed. It seems user1 has Read and Write access in contradiction with the preceding phrase...
Anyway, I tried to modify these authorizations for user2 by clicking on the lock of the Information pannel and entering name and password of the administrator. Didn't go farther than that. By mistake, I hit Command-Delete and user2 was GONE from the list AND NOT ONLY from the list in the Information window! Using Fast User Switching and going to user2, nothing left on the Desktop and NO Home anymore.
In the System Preferences/Accounts panel, user2 was still mentionned.
In the Users folder, no user2 folder anymore.
Using once again Fast User Switching, I logged as user2 and got by magic an all new Home. Nothing left in Documents, Library or other user1 folders. Standard settings for icons, dock, etc.
My first move has been to use a very recent backup to restore everything (Thank you Mike Bombich from Copy Cloner!).
Once everything was back to normal, I had a look at the Trash from user1 and guess what, the Home folder of user2 was there, complete.
So now I am left with two questions
why is it I do not have the same dialogs when connecting from all the accounts although as far as I can see, configurations are the same?
why is it possible, from an Information pannel to delete the account of another user?
Thank you all for comments!

For the file sharing problems, answer is found in
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306723

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I installed and ran the iPhoto upgrader for iPhoto 7 in preparation to install a newer version of iPhoto (9 or later) so that i can get photo album and books printed via iPhoto. I downloaded a number of available iPhoto 9 upgrades, but none worked even through i had run the upgrader. I am now stuck with a MacBook (OS X 10.7.5) with a version of iPhoto that won't open (error message: You have made changes to your photo library using a newer version of iPhoto. Please quit and use the latest version of iPhoto) and also wo';t allow me to install any iPhoto upgrades. Help! I have tried to restore iPhoto from time machine, but that hasn't worked, plus trying the original install disk for my laptop hasn't worked, presumably because i have upgraded the OS a few times since i got it (it's a late 2008 dinosaur of a macbook!). I am worried that now i have lost my photos and will have to pay 50 quid for a iLife disk with no guarantee that it will work. All i really want to do is un-install the upgrader and return iPhoto to it's original 7.1.5 state. Is that possible? Also how can i check that my photos are still stored somewhere without being able to open iPhoto? Please help! Thank you.

You only need to run the upgrader if you have iPhoto 9.5. It's not needed for other iPhoto 9 versions, i.e. 9.0 thru 9.4.3.
You might be able to downgrade that library by following this iPhoto LIbrary Manager tutorial: Fat Cat Software - iPhoto Library Manager Help - Downgrading a library to an earlier version of iPhoto
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There's a glitch somewhere. iphoto just wont open. upgraded to yosemite and downloaded iPhoto upgrader and it doesn't work, just keeps telling me to upgrade when I did already or quit, so no way to do photos on this brand new mac. that's a pity!!

there’s a glitch somewhere. iphoto just wont open. upgraded to yosemite and downloaded iPhoto upgrader and it doesn’t work, just keeps telling me to upgrade when I did already or quit, so no way to do photos on this brand new mac. that’s a pity!!

You need to have iPhoto 11 v9.6 (which you can get from the App Store) to use iPhoto on Yosemite. If you already have iPhoto 11 then the update is free. Otherwise it's a purchase.

There are too many questions "like" mine, so here it is: I updated from Mountain Lion to Yosemite, I can't open iphoto 9.1.5, I am directed to the app store, I "accept" iphoto upgrade and enter my credentials, but no update occurs. :-(

Attempting iPhoto upgrade from 9.1.5 to 9.5.

How many questions like yours should there be? What exactly do you expect the volenteers here to do about what you personally consider "too many questions"?
To move to iphoto 9.6 (required for Yosemite) You must log in to the App store using the Apple ID that was used to set up the compter (or purchase the application if it was purchased later), backup your iPhoto library and then download and install iPhoto 9.6 from the App store
If that is not working then you must contact App store suport - link is on the right of the App store window
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IPhoto Upgrade iBook G4 so can continue to order books & prints?

Hi,
Trying to determine the lowest v iPhoto upgrade for continued ability to order books and prints...would that be the iPhoto version in iLife 05? ...don't want/need GarageBand, iDVD, etc., just iPhoto! Recommendations appreciated.

This page
http://www.apple.com/support/photoservices/ordering_options/
tells us that you can order books with v6 or later.
You can place orders for Print Products using iPhoto 6, iPhoto '08, and iPhoto '09, as well as Aperture 2.
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All my photos in the iphoto have disappeared, not sure if this related to any iphoto upgrade or other issue, tried to find the photos through the finder (JPG or photo) but failed, can you help me to get back my photos please?

All my photos in the iphoto have disappeared, not sure if this related to any iphoto upgrade or other issue, tried to find the photos through the finder (JPG or photo) but failed, can you help me to get back my photos please?

Help us to help you: There are 9 different versions of iPhoto and they run on seven different versions of the Operating System. The tricks and tips for dealing with issues vary from version to version and OS to OS. So before anyone can help, they need information to work with. Basic stuff:
- What version of iPhoto.
- What version of the Operating System.
- Details. What were you doing when the problem arose?
- Did it ever work properly?
- Are there error messages?
- What steps have you tried already to solve the issue.
Anything else you can think of that might allow someone else to understand your issue.
With this kind of information somebody can develop a starting point for troubleshooting the issue.
Posts that consist of "iPhoto doesn't work. Help" or "iPhoto won't print" or "Suddenly I have no photos!!!!!!!!!!" mean that any helper is simply guessing. More information means you get better assistance. (And no, more exclamation marks do not get help faster or make your issue seem urgent. They just make it seem like you have a stuck key )

Iphoto upgrade it says your photos will not be readable following update. Will my photos be lost?

Your photo library will not be readable by previous versions of iphoto after the upgrade. Some may be on the cloud but how can I save them? I haven't backed anything up and can't open iphoto to try. I/ve copied it onto my desktop but can't open that either!
Please help a t otal idiot!

Before you do anything else make a backup of your iPhoto library. Disk drives do fail regularly, and one day all your photos will be gone for sure, if you do not keep copies on a different drive.
You can simply drag theiPhoto library from your Pictures folder to a different disk to create a backup copy.
iphoto upgrade it says your photos will not be readable following update. Will my photos be lost?
You misunderstood the warning. When you use a new version of iPhoto with yiur iPhoto library, the older iPhoto version will no longer bea ble to read the library, but naturally, the new version you are using now, will be able to show your photos.
So proceed with the update - that is a routine warning, and is necessary, to be able to use your iPhoto library with the new version of iPhoto.

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