My iPhoto library is corrupt. How can I fix it?
The library disappeared from iPhoto so I restored it and now its fragmented my events, they are out of date sequence, some photos appear as individuals outside of events for no reason, there are triplicates and they are all named with strange numbers and letters. I bought "Duplicate Photos Fixer Pro" but when I went to scan the library it said it couldn't locate any photos, yet I can see them when I open iPhotos. I have repaired and rebuilt the library but it did not fix the issues as mentioned about. Any suggestions? Thanks
Hi Larry. When I opened iPhoto my whole library had disappeared apart from one event with about 60 photos I had added last Sunday. I went into Spotlight and searched for the Pictures folder found the iPhoto library right clicked on it and there was an option, I think it said something like "reimport" into iPhoto. I did that and then the iPhoto library appeared but with all of the issues as mentioned above. It is certainly not an old iPhoto library as there is only one on my system that I have used without any problems for 12 months. Is there a way I can delete this scrambled library in iPhotos and restore it?
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