No pictures in iPhoto.... Only .jpg's
I backed up my entire HD with an external Lacie HD using Time Machine. I got a new computer and loaded everything in. Everything worked fine except iTunes and iPhoto. I was able to find and reorganize iTunes... only had 700 songs, but not so lucky with iPhoto. I have over 15K pictures and they aren't in iPhoto... in fact, I can't find them in the library either. I know I still have them because if I type in .jpg up comes 20K + images... many duplicates. Imagine a shoebox full of 10's of thousands of pictures, with no association... I need to know the best way to get all of these random .jpg's back into iPhoto. Any thoughts? I tried to go back into my external to no avail.... they're not there. Then, on top of that, many of my recent pictures (1500 or so), that are in iPhoto, don't show, just a black dotted box... Some have given advice, but this situation with the bulk of my pic's showing only as .jpg's is a bit different. Any advice will be appreciated. I suppose I could drop all of the .jpg's into iPhoto, but not sure if this will then duplicate...again... what I have. Need some help. Thanks!
I respectfully disagree.
Sure.
But here’s the thing.
My images are in my computer, but not in iPhoto.
Precisely. TM has done whatever it does with the Library to back it up. Simply returning the images to the computer is not the same as restoring the Library. I have no idea how TM works, so I can’t help you there. Hence my suggestion that you post on the TM forum. But please yourself.
Regards
TD
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i tried to rebuild my files from folders that had the pics in them.
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As a test launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and create a new, test library. Import some photos and test to see if the same problem persists. Does it?
If it does then your current library has been damaged and should be repaired: apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Since only one option can be run at a time start
with Option #4 and then #1 as needed.
Fix #2
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 - click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option.
4 - In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
5 - Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
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