Media Browser freezes everything in Keynote 3 (& Pages3)

I just loaded up iWork '06 and iLife '06 and have installed all the latest updates. When I finally got started on my project (due this week, of course), I discovered that my Media Browser totally hangs Keynote. I get an intermittent spinning beach ball in the general area of the browser, but I can do nothing more with the program other than force it to quit. I tried the same thing in Pages and got it to hang just like Keynote.
But wait! There's more! I moved everything over to a "naked" test account I have set up and the bloody things all work!
It seems that I should be able to do all that I need without the browser--just dragging the elements I want in from the Finder. But this is a bit baffling. Any ideas out their in iWork-land?? I'm not using Aperature, if that amounts to anything. However, my User directory is on a different volume (with the correct pointers in NetInfo Library). I really hope I don't have to move all my user files back onto my System drive.
Any help would be welcome!!!
G5 dual 2.3 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.7) Yes, I now do Windows, too (against better judgement)

Ric,
A couple of questions. In the user account where you are having problems, can you load Ilife apps without any problems? Do your folders in itunes and iphoto load up without any error?
If they do not, then there is the problem! Itunes and iphoto are not linkig up to their respective libraries and you may need to consolidate in itunes and "choose library" in iphoto.
If these apps run fine but the hangup only occurs within the media browser in iwork, then I think the media browser is "looking" in the wrong place for their respective libraries. This may have happened if you moved your library since the install of the app.
Try trashing the p-lists (rather move them to the desktop), load the programs once and if all is ok, then load keynote and pages

Similar Messages

IPhoto Media Browser Freezing

I am having some trouble with the iLife Media Browser and iPhoto. It seems that when I am using the finder to browse the photos. (To upload them to photobucket in this case) and it just gets stuck at loading. I have cleared all the caches, rest safari, run onyx, disk utility, and all that stuff. However it is still not working. The iPhoto library its self seems to be intact, but something is undoubtedly wrong. Thanks in advance, and please see the screenshot attached for further clarification. This is a screenshot of the screen that it freezes at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36585984@N02/4193586296/

Before you move 5k photos:
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 Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
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, 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

Media Browser Crashes Everything

Starting tonight, everytime I open the media browser it almost instantly crashes whatever program opened it, iweb, Keynote, etc. I have read about problems with flip4mac and 3rd party quicktime plugins. I have flip4mac installed as well as an xvid plugin. However, neither of these are a recent addition. I have been using iweb and Keynote as late as this afternoon with no problems. Tonight they are crashing left and right. Any suggestions?

I did a reinstall of iWork. Now it seems to work. I had removed extra languages but I've done that to many apps with no ill effects.

Aperture has come back to the Media Browser in Pages and Keynote

Lokk for the iWork Software update. Keynote 6.2, Pages 5.2

I wondered why I got a greenie
My Macs are all communcating well over my LAN, and I choose and export the minimal images I ever need from my Alpha Aperture Library from the nMP to a folder on my old MP for use in documents created in Pages.
I am needing to address printing from the nMP. Currently it is positioned fartherest (more than the length of the USB cable) from the printer in my office, and I photo print awkwardly with my old MP, having to transfer from that Aperture Library connected to the nMP. Network printing has not automatically provided the features I am accustomed to using with photo printing. Primary printer is an Epson Stylus Photo R1900.
I transition some things slowly
Ernie

Keynote 6.0 no photos in media browser

Recently upgraded everything to current. Keynote 6 media browser missing all photos from Aperture or iPhoto. Music and movies seem to show up fine.
I have tried deleting com.Apple.iPhoto.plist to no avail.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Reid

The media browser in Pages '09 is now inoperable after the 10.10.3 update with Photos. There is an iLifeMediaBrowser plugin that Pages 09 used, that was stepped on by the Photos update, and now Pages '09 fails to find a compatible version of the preceding plugin, and fails to show any media content.
Although the Photos application automatically transferred your iPhoto/Aperture libaries, it does not mean that these applications were removed, or cannot be run alongside Pages '09. I just launched iPhoto, and dragged/dropped a photo onto Pages '09 without issue. Copy/paste is supported too. Pages '09 also supports drag/drop of images from the Finder, or from its Insert > Choose… menu item.

BUG? Keynote media browser can't see edited photos.

Can anyone tell me how to fix this?
After cropping a photo in Camera Roll within "Photos" I am unable to insert the edited photo
in Keynote or Pages via the Media Browser.
The built-in MEDIA browser, inserts the unedited photos in Keynote or Pages for iPad.
Of course, I can "copy" the eidted photo in "Photos", and then paste into Keynote. or Pages, but
how can I force the Keynote Media browser to see the updated photo and not revert to the original?
Regards

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 in pages/keynote/iweb media browser

Hi, I recently deleted and created a new iphoto library. After doing so, iweb, Pages, and Keynote is giving the endless spinning beach ball when I try to access the "photo" portion of the media browser. iDVD and iMovie continues to work fine.
All software have been updated. I've already repaired permissions, trashed the aforementioned programs com.apple.~plists. I've posted this in the iPhoto forum because I believe my problem is related to the deletion/creation of the iphoto library. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance.

After posting, I did a little more searching and found an answer. It sounds strange but it seems that by having certain types of movies in the Movie folder will cause the media browser to crash. When I deleted my old iPhoto library, I moved my digicam movie files from iphoto to my Movie folder, and apparently that was the culprit.

Keynote 6.0 Mavericks - media browser shows no movies

In the media browser I can only see movies that are in imovie - not the ones in my movie folder or itunes as I could before the update. How can I include more folders in the media browser?

First thing to check if media in iTunes does not show up in the Media Browser inside other applications like Keynote is if the content is downloaded in iTunes. Often content is viewable in iTunes but may still be in the iTunes Cloud and not physically downloaded to your computer which is what the Media Browser requires.
To show purchases that are in the cloud go to the top menu bar and click on iTunes>Preferences>Store and put a check mark in "Show iTunes in the cloud purchases." Now when you are looking at your media in iTunes you will see a "cloud" icon next to items that are in the cloud and have not been download yet. You can click on the icon to download the media into iTunes and it will then be visible in the media browser for other applications.
Also if you just want to download all your media content at once then go to the home screen of the iTunes Store section within iTunes and along the right hand side of the window under "Quick Links" you'll see a "Purchases" link that will take you to where all of your past purchase from the iTunes Store or kept. Here you can download all your Music/Movies/Books/Apps that you have ever purchased and do it one at a time or all at once.

I am working in Keynote. The icons in the media browser just shrunk! How do I return them to normal size?

I am working in Keynote. The icons in the media browser just shrunk! How do I return them to normal size?

Try highlighting the thumbnail of the slide you want to play, before clicking 'play'.

Keynote 3 - media browser crash

I just installed iWork '06. While in Keynote, each time I launch the media browser and attempt to select a photo, the app "quits unexpectedly." I have used the media browser in other apps and, so far, have only experienced this in Keynote 3.
Is anyone else experiencing this and possibly have a fix? Am I missing something?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks...JD
Powerbook Mac OS X (10.4.4) 1.67 - 1 mb RAM

There are two possible solutions. First, if you have lots of movies in your movies folder, try moving them elsewhere. The media panel often dies when if finds lots of movies. Second, if you installed Flip4Mac, make sure it is the most recent version - and if it is, uninstall it.
My two work desktops are running Panther whilst my PowerBook and home desktop are running Tiger. I have had no trouble with Flip4Mac on my notebook or one of my work computers. On the other two I had to uninstall it. Go figure.

No Aperture Icon in Keynote media browser

I am new to Keynote. I only download it yesterday. When I went to the media browser it only showed the iPhoto icon. It did not include Aperture as an option.
I store my photos mainly in Aperture. So I cannot access my photos to place them in the presentation.
How do I make the Aperture icon apear in the media browser?

I followed your suggestion and reinstalled aperture but it still does not show up in the media browser.
Do you have any more suggestions?
Thanks in advanced.

Click "Media Browser" and Keynote crashes

I can't seem to use the Media browser at all. Every time I click to open it, it opens and then I get a crash message:
"An unexpected error has occurred.
Please quit and reopen Keynote."
I quit and reopen and the same thing happens. I've only just installed the trial today and it is useless if I can't add photos to my slides!
Anyone else seeing this?
(I do have iWork '08 installed, if that makes a difference)

Even though the tabs wouldn't change, I clicked enough times to get the browser to open the photos (with the tab still highlighted on audio) in Keynote '08. I then closed '08 and opened '09 and the media browser defaulted open to the Photos tab and worked fine after that. Maybe some weird glitch? Anyway, consider this topic answered.

IWeb 09, Pages 09, and Keynote 09 can't load iPhoto images in media browser

Ever since yesterday, my iWeb 09, Pages 09, and Keynote 09 have been experiencing problems loading iPhoto 09 images in the media browser. I have no problems loading my audio files, movie files, and widgets, but when it comes to iPhoto picture files, the system just hangs. Luckily, it doesn't crash; it just says "Loading iPhoto images" forever.
I'm guessing that the problem is with iPhoto 09, because the media browser has no problems loading my Aperture picture files.
Does anyone have any ideas how I can get iWeb, Pages, and Keynote to load my iPhoto pics in the media browser?
Thanks!

1. Quit iPhoto.
2. Go to your Pictures Folder (or where ever you have your Library) and find the iPhoto Library there (Your Donor Library).
3. Right Click on it, and from the resulting menu select ‘Show Package Contents’. A Finder window will open and the Library will be exposed.
4. Find the following files
AlbumData.xml
AlbumData2.xml
and move them to the desktop.
5. Close up the Library and restart iPhoto. This will force iPhoto to rebuild those files which are key to sharing.
Then restart the other apps and see does that help.
By the way: where is your Library? On the Start Up Disk? On an external?
Regards
TD

Media wont load or freezes when viewing in Premiere Pro CS6 Media Browser

Adobe support contacted me on the phone and said that its a known issue if you have multiple formats or codecs when you try to view media in browser in Premiere Pro CS6 & Prelude it wont load or it will freeze. The Adobe support Tech said he would call back, but had to further research the issue. Its been over 3 weeks and I never heard back?
Premiere Pro CS6 & Prelude when trying to view media in browser wont load or it freezes during viewing in media browser. I downloaded CC version and it works fine in both app. I reinstalled both Premiere Pro CS6 & Prelude app to rule that out, deleted pref as well.
27-inch iMac, 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7, 32 GB 1600 MHz DDR3, OS X 10.9.5 running Premiere Pro CS6 & Prelude
I have been a long time customer of Adobe products and I hope this issue gets resolved asp!!!
Message was edited by: Kevin Monahan
Reason: shortened the title

Hi Zencuts,
When you try to view media in browser in Premiere Pro CS6 & Prelude it wont load or it will freeze.
I'm not seeing that behavior with various kinds of media. If it's a known issue, it's the first I've heard of that.
Do you have the latest update of Premiere Pro CS6 and Prelude CS6? You can try Help > Updates to make sure. I see you have an iMac on OS X 10.9. What kind of media are you using? Which GPU is in the iMac? Have you updated the drivers recently?
Your issues may well have to do with your installation of OS X, as well. Certain ways of updating to OS X 10.9 can reset permissions in your Adobe folders so that can cause problems. See this doc: Premiere Pro CC, CC 2014, or 2014.1 freezing on startup or crashing while working (Mac OS X 10.9, and later)
The Adobe support Tech said he would call back, but had to further research the issue. Its been over 3 weeks and I never heard back?
I'm not sure how you got through to support with a CS6 issue, as phone and chat support is no longer available for CS6 users (except installation issues in the first 90 days and activation issues thereafter). Forums are the only option for support for CS6 users, sorry. That said, the agent should not have promised you a call back and not followed up in some form or fashion. I will see if I can look up the case and let the agent know their error.
Thanks,
Kevin

Keynote 09 crashing when in photos in media browser

Hey guys. Got a really weird one here I'd love your help with.
Just started using Keynote 09 in anger, but it's started crashing on me whenever i go into the 'photos' section of the media browser. It seems to be looking for photos for a few seconds, then a message comes up saying Keynote has encountered an exception and should be restarted. I do this, but the media browser is still open, and it immediately crashes again.
I'm running the latest version of Keynote and 10.6, I've fixed my disk permissions, I've got plenty of disk space. Music and movies in the media browser both seem to work fine. Also Keynote 08 seems not to crash at all in browsing photos in the media browser.
Weird, huh?
Does anyone have any ideas as to what could be going wrong?
Thanks!

Actually - technically all of these clips are in the project. See I have a lot of unlogged clips in my project. I'm having another editor log the clips on a different computer, then I'm bringing the logged clips back into the project, and then just double checking the file count of the original folder and the file count of the new folder to see that they match up.
Does this shed any more light? The fact it's not consistent is what is weird. Is it possible maybe the clips that are already in a project and in a sequence somewhere don't get imported?
Any thoughts on how I can make the process smoother given the work flow? Thanks.

Media Browser freezes everything in Keynote 3 (& Pages3)

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for