Media browser in Lion Finder?

Hi, Updated to Lion and have a question. I no longer see a media browser(or media section) in the left side of my finder windows. I want to be able to see photos without opening up iPhoto. I have a "pictures" folder under favorites, but this does not let me view the phoos. I see in mail, there is a photo browser. How do I get this into my finder on the left side? Many thanks for your help.
M

Hi Friends... Nobody else seen this and have an idea?
Thanks?
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Why can't I see the media browser in the finder sidebar? Is it only available through the open file command?

Did you read my post just above yours?
Because it's not available in the Finder Sidebar, only in the Open File command.
So File -> Open in any app and you get this:
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If you want a media browser to invoke from the Finder, as I said above you can make one with Automator:
Open Automator
From the First Column select 'Photos'
From the Second Column select the iPhoto 'Ask For Photos' option and drag it to the third column
File -> Save As -> Finder -> Workflow
Quit Automator and you'll have a new heading in your contextual menu.
Or use THIS which does the same and is free.
Regards
TD

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RAID is an OWC Mercury Rack Pro and it's visible and fully functional in the finder. Problem occurs in CC and CC14
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I've just had it happen too. A brand new OWC RAID 1 drive (less than a week old) has suddenly, under Pr 2014, lost the ability to see this drive. When it arrived I formatted it with Apple's Disk Utility. Adobe Premiere has been working fine until this version. Now Premiere cannot see this drive in media browser, while the Finder can, and DU reports no problems, and neither does Disk Warrier. The drive seems fine. But Adobe can't see it.
Given the variety of people discussing this, here and on other boards, I'm thinking that there is a bug with Media Browser. I now have to *reformat* my drive, which means hours of moving files off to another drive and back on. If this is a bug, we need to know what's happening! I will be *very* unwilling to upgrade to the next version of Adobe software given this situation!
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Media Browser for photos in Lion?

Hi, Updated to Lion and have a question. I no longer see a media browser(or media section) in the left side of my finder windows. I want to be able to see photos without opening up iPhoto. I have a "pictures" folder under favorites, but this does not let me view the phoos. I see in mail, there is a photo browser. How do I get one like the Mail browser into my finder on the left side? Many thanks for your help.
M

What you're referring to is the Media heading in the Open dialogue. This has nothing to do with the Finder. And, yes, the media heading is still there
Regards
TD

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"To find a Library go to File/Switch to Library and navigate to the appropriate Library. If that does not solve your issue please provide detailed description of your problematic workflow."

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Can't find media browser
Click the button towards the bottom right corner with the icon of a musical note, a bit a film, and I guess a photo.
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You can drag a song from the iTunes window into the GB timeline, or drag the file from Finder into the GB timeline, however:
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They are placed inside the project folder, in a folder called "Shared Items." The default location of the project folder is in your Movies folder, called "Final Cut Projects." On an external drive, the "Final Cut Projects" folder is at the top level.
The shared file will have a name that starts with the project name, and ends with whatever you shared it to. For example, "<projectname > - Mac and PC.mp4"
There will also be a file called ShareStatus.plist in that folder. It tracks all the instances of when you share the project. I will also control whether a little icon appears next to your project name in FCPX. Finally, if you delete an item that was shared and it still exists in that .plist file, you will see an exclamation point next to the shared icon; it is harmless but to get rid of that you need to delete the entry from the .plist file.
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I haved used Garageband extensively for my podcast. Today when I went to add artwork to my cast, the Media browser no longer can find my iPhoto images. The media browser says:
Launch iPhoto 2 or later to populate this list.
O.K. Well, I'm running GarageBand 3.02 and iPhoto 6.0.4 and so I don't know what the problem is. I oppened both programs. Tried starting one before the other. Restarted. All the obvious things but still nothing.
Anybody got an idea of what has happened?
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If you want to see the raw files that make up the finalized movies in the Media Browser, go to the Movies/iMovie Projects folder in the Finder. Right click on your project and select Show Package Contents. Now open the folder called Movies. They should be in there.
You should be able to share to iTunes directly, but when you do, it should put copies in the Media Browser automatically. If a Media Browser copy already exists when you share to iTunes, it should just send that copy over to iTunes.
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Problems finding movie in iDVD after sharing through Media Browser

I created an iMovie in the '08 version and am now trying to burn to a DVD. I have followed the tutorial for rendering the project through the Share-Media Browser option, but when I open the iDVD application, I cannot find my movie under "Movies". It's listed, but grayed out.
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I'm wondering if it has something to do with how I created the file originally. I could be missing something very obvious here.
If you shared your iMovie '08 project to the "Media Browser" (or published to the Gallery), the file creation should have been automatic and supposedly foolproof to specific settings. However, just to be sure, have you tried opening the "Project" package at the finder level to play the movie in the QT Player and examine its statistics to ensure they are what they should be? It might give some clue as to why the file is "unavailable" in iDVD.

Where do i find the slideshow i put in my media browser?

I made a slideshow for the first time and it said it was saving it my media browser but can't find where it is.

Hi,
The slideshow is classed as a project.
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Brian

ITunes files missing in Media Browser for all other apps

I've read many and posted a couple times about this issue, but new information has come to light, so I figured I'd give it one more shot.
Somewhere along the line from migrating from 2007 MacBook to my newer 2010 iMac, I've lost the ability to see my iTunes files in other apps in the media browser. This is very specific to the user that my main library (237gb). I've got a separate library on a different user account, no issues there. It happens in all of the iLife apps(like trying to add music to a slideshow), iWork apps (clicking on media), Mail (attaching a .mp3). Oddly enough, Audacity has no issue seeing the iTunes files. I've tried several solutions, including re-installing the Media Browser, and trashing the .xml file (Apple's own solution found here). Nothing worked. I had hoped the release of Lion might fix the problem, and I upgraded "the Apple way." The problem persisted.
I had thought perhaps the issue lied from carring over old code, apps, or whatever from the migration. I had hoped doing a clean install of Lion might do the trick. I finally got an external to move the library too, and do a very manual migration. Copied all documents and media to the external, boot from the Lion Boot CD I created before upgrading the 1st time, reformat drive, install Lion. It went off without a hitch. I made sure to copy all of the database files (.xml, .itl), and while all of my settings, playlists, and play counts were preserved (something that is important to me), the same problem reared it's head.
Another idea came was to start a new user account, and just use the media files, and not the database files. After simply dragging the media folder into iTunes and copying the files (the drobo has plenty of space), it worked perfectly. Except I had lost all of my play counts, settings, and playlists.
So the question is, is there a solution to fix the old user account, or is there a way to rebuild what I've lost in the new user account? I'm using completely updates software in Lion, iLife, iTunes, iWork, etc.

Turns out my "iTunes Library.itl" file was corrupt. I used the old "iTunes Music Library.xml" file to rebuild a new library with existing playlists and play counts. Though that didn't go off completely without a hitch, I did find this solution. Problem solved.

Media browser does not show previews of raw photos

Hello,
I use Aperture 3.4.3 and I have the following problem. If I import photos in jpg format they are immediately available in the media browser and can therefore be selected as a desktop photo via the Desktop & Screen Saver preference pane. If I import photo's in raw format, they do not appear in the media browser until I have forced Aperture to rebuild the previews. If I edit the photos without forcing Aperture to rebuild the previews they are not available in the media browser.
Any suggestions are welcome

1. Aperture does not generate any previews when importing jpg's, raw photo's or merging libraries even though I have selected New projects automatically generate previews and always share previews with iLife and iWork (I am importing photos into an existing project but I would expect photo previews to be updated automatically in these cases as well). My statement above that Aperture shared jpg's automatically is therefore incorrect.
This looks like your preference settings cannot be stored by Aperture. You write, that you already tried to remove the preferences. You did look in the "Preferences" folder in your hidden User Library in your Home folder ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Aperture.plist and not in the System Library on your MacintoshHD /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Aperture.plist, right?
Also, when removing preferences in Lion an Mt. Lion, it is best to log off and on again after quitting Aperture. Otherwise the removal may not take, because you cannot rely on a "Quit" to remove the process from the caches. Aperture simply may launch again restored from the cache, without noticing that the preferences have ben removed.
3. If I edit the photo in Aperture after I have generated a preview (say crop it), the preview does not get updated.
That is consistent with the above.
4.You can only resolve this by forcing Aperture to generate a new preview, shutting down Aperture and then launching the preference pane.
Ths may also be related to broken Aperture preferences. The Media browser needs the preferences file to find the current Aperture library.
I like to suggest two basic tests:
Generation of previews may also fail, if your Aperture library is corrupted. Then You should have no problems with the generation of previews, when you import into a new library. Create a small new testlibrary and import a few images. Are previews generated? I not, then the problem is not dependent on your current library. If yes, you need to trouble shoot your library. Post back.
Do you have the same problem, when working from a different user account with a diffrent Aperture library? Then preferences are not a problem - you have a system wide problem and probably need to reinstall. Post back.
Regards
Léonie

ITunes missing from Media Browser -- "open itunes to populate list"

I am on a MacBook Pro 10.7.3 running GarageBand '11 6.0.4 and all of the sudden no tracks will display under Audio in the Media Browser (Photos and Movies still appear). No tracks from either iTunes or GB show up. This is confusing as I have been using GB to make podcast/music mixes for more than 5 years and I haven't changed any settings or done anything different, but now I get the message "open itunes to populate list" or "To see GB songs here, open GB to edit and save your music."
Also, for quite some time I have been unable to go the alternative route of dragging tracks directly from iTunes and dropping them on to the timeline in GB -- that used to work, but mysteriously stopped, so I am dependent on the Media Browser for importing music.
I read thru the forums and tried the advice given to someone this was happening to in Final Cut -- recreating iTunes .xml file. Did that, still no tracks display.
Other advice says to reinstall GB or iLife altogether -- I hope to avoid this, but if I need to go this route, how do I reinstall GB w/o a disk? Can I do it through App Store and will it recognize that I have already purchased it?
I am dying to be able to get back in to my music mix making in GB, so thanks in advance.

moontroll wrote:
unable to go the alternative route of dragging tracks directly from iTunes {...} I am dependent on the Media Browser for importing music.
another way:
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#importfromitunes
(Let the page FULLY load. The link to your answer is at the top of your screen)
moontroll wrote:
how do I reinstall GB w/o a disk?
you can't, you'd need to find the DVD
moontroll wrote:
Can I do it through App Store and will it recognize that I have already purchased it?
no, it'll only recognize your purchase if it was through the app store

I have had a reinstall nightmare getting my loops back they are in the apple library, I can access them through the media browser but I only have a few available through the loop browser, how do I get them all back there again? please help

I have had a reinstall nightmare getting my loops back they are in the apple library, I can access them through the media browser but I only have a few available through the loop browser, how do I get them all back there again? please help

"Where do I find my hundreds of dollars of downloads I have done since 2005?"
They will only be where you put them If you are doing the very basics, then they will be on your computer and they will be in your backup copy of your computer.
The itunes store is not global at all, never has been. You cannot redownload your content from another country. You can only use the countrys itunes store for the country that you are physically located.

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