Opening older iPhoto CD's?

I have several older version iPhoto format backup CD's that will not open in iPhoto 11. It's asking to repair permissions in iPhoto. If I do that, will that screw up my current quite large iPhoto Library?

#1 Highlight won't stay on Desktop. It bounces to last selection
#2 - Notice "Desktop Package"
Something changed when I saved the old version iPhoto Library to the desktop.

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Opening Older iPhoto Library in Latest iPhoto '11

Hi,
I have an old iPhoto library on an external hard drive (77GB) that I was opening and using just fine before Mavericks.
After updating to Mavericks and iPhoto '11 (9.5) the library now opens, but with nothing in - as though it's an empty library ready for photos to be added.
I tried the iPhoto updater program, but it say the file doesn't need to be updated.
It's too big to copy to my mac book, but used to run off of the extrenal hard drive just fine.
Any ideas or info is appreciated.
Matt

Thank you Larry,
I don't remember the version of iPhoto that it was originally created in, but the file says it was created in 2009, which sounds about right. It has probably been used through a couple versions of iPhoto just fine, up until Mavericks and iPhoto '11.
The Drive is a USB3 Samsung M3 Portible 1TB, and it's formatted as OS X Extended.
What do you think?
It's odd!
Matt

Trouble opening older iPhoto libraries

I am using iPhoto '08; 7.1.5.
I categorize my photos into libraries by year. The oldest is 2006, then 2007, and now 2008.
I opened my 2006 library and tried to open a picture. It became full size on the screen and then turned to a black background with a large white exclamation point . Then quickly returned to the thumbnail size. I tried this with several pictures and they all did the same thing.
I then checked the 2007 library and it was fine, as is the 2008 library.
I accessed these through iPhoto not my pictures on the hard drive.
Can anyone help me understand what is happening with my iPhoto? Is there a way to correct it?
Thank you.

Here is my post from earlier today. I am also iPhoto 7.1.5. At the bottom is what I ended up doing which seems to have fixed this issue, it takes some time.
+I have been struggling with trying to understand why, in many of my Events, not all, the thumbnails show up with the grey exclamation mark when enlarged. After studying the iPhoto Library, I discovered that all of the Events that were producing this problem had been renamed from the default name "Roll # in the information pane (in iPhoto Application) after importing from the camera. iPhoto Library appears to create a new folder called "iPhoto Originals" where it places these events which seems to "orphan" these photos.+
+I rebuilt the photo library with all options including "Recover orphaned photos in the iPhoto Library folder". It asked "do you want to import orphaned photo", I said yes. All of photos in the "iPhoto Originals" folder were imported into a new default Event named by the oldest photo date. It also created a new Album called Recovered Photos.+
+The Events referencing the "orphaned" photos still exist with the same problem. How can I recreate the original Events with the newly imported original photos with out creating the original problem?+
+• Should I delete the photos from orphaned Events and then move the recovered photos into the that Event?+
+• Should I delete the orphaned Event entirely, create a New Event and then move the recovered photos into the that Event?+
Here is what I ended up doing.
I opened the new Event with the newly imported orphaned photos and made sure all the photos that were imported were the same ones giving me issues with the famous grey exclamation mark. Then I identified the Events that were problems, wrote them down and deleted them. Don't worry, they will be in your iPhoto trash for safe keeping until you are done.
Go back to the newly imported photos, selected the photos you want in an individual Event, flag them, go to Events in the tool bar and select "Create event from flagged photos", rename the new event in the Library Event view by clicking on the text, not in the information pane in the lower left of the window. This is what seemed to cause the problem originally.
Hope this helps, it's a little tedious but seems to work.

I am using I Photo 9.2.3 with OS 10.6.8 When I upgraded to current I photo some of my Iphoto books i put together disappeared. Cant find them anywhere, including in the time machine...I photo cant open older files...How can a find th book entitled "Mom"

I am using I Photo 9.2.3 with OS 10.6.8 When I upgraded to current I photo some of my Iphoto books i put together disappeared. Cant find them anywhere, including in the time machine...I photo cant open older files...How can a find the book entitled "Mom" ? Does Apple keep ordered books on file?

Apple keeps books for a short time (used to be 40 days. I've not seen a recent time frame)
What version did you have?
Books do nor exist except in the iPhoto database so you can not "find" a book vista TM. You restore a previous library (be sure NOT to overwrite your current library) and switch to it
LN

Cannot open older pictures in iPhoto library after upgrade

Hey there!
I just updated my iPhoto from 6.? to iPhoto '08. When I open it, I can access events & pictures that are almost a year old, but no older. When I open the iPhoto "package" on my desktop, I find all of my older photos, still intact. How can I access them from iPhoto '08? I can't import them, because when I open the import option, the iPhoto library is greyed out (un-select-able). Do I need to create a new library?

I think part of my problem is that I edit in Photoshop & "save as"
This is unnecessary.
You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.
Note that iPhoto sends +a copy+ of the file to Photoshop, so when you save be sure to use the Save command, not Save As... If you use Save As then you're creating a new file and iPhoto has no way of knowing about this new file. iPhoto is preserving your original anyway.
The problem with renaming in iPhoto is that it doesn't change the name of the original file, unlike in Bridge.
But are you trying to rename the Picture or rename the File? In iPhoto (and in photo apps in general) you add a title to the Photo, not rename the file.
And if I edit in Photoshop & "save as" under a different name, does that show up in my iPhoto library, or do I have to import it?
If you create a new file you need to save it to the desktop and afterwards import it.
If you want to have different versions then duplicate the pic before sending it to Photoshop. Or use Aperture.
Can I do that iPhoto? I'm thinking I could create a different library on my external, import older photos into that library, then remove it from the laptop library, is that possible?
Yes. Easiest and best way: use iPhoto Library Manager to create the second library and then move the selected pics/albums/events to the archive library. It's the only way to do this and preserve all the versions and all the metadata.
If I put a photo in the iPhoto trash & empty the trash, does that remove that photo from my laptop for good?
Yes.
Am I correct in assuming that the "modified" images are copies that iphoto has made & any editing I save is on those images?
Close but not quite. When you edit a pic either with or via iPhoto, then iPhoto creates a copy of the original and saves the edits on the copy. If you subsequently re-edit with iPhoto it reverts to the original and applies a sum of the edits, so you avoid generational loss.
So if I edit a photo and save it (not "save as"), but I want to revert to the original, iPhoto just accesses the copied image from the Original folder?
It reverts to the Original file and destroys the modified copy.
Regards
TD

Older (tiger) cd photo library shows no pics when opened in iPhoto 11 (Mt. Lion)

older (tiger) cd photo library shows no pics when opened in iPhoto 11 (Mt. Lion) how do i get to view those pics ?...thanx

That library was created by iPhoto via Share ➙ Burn menu, correct? It's old enough that you may have to drag that library to the desktop and open it with the Finder. Then drag the subfolders from the Originals folder into your open iPhoto 9 library window to import.
OT

How to open older version of iPhoto from an external drive. It won't let me open or upgrade to the latest version?

How to open older version of iPhoto from an external drive. It won't let me open or upgrade to the latest version?

With the amount of information you've provided it's impossible to offer a potential solution. We can't see your computer so we need to know the details of your problem and setup, i.e.:
what version of iPhoto are you using?
what system version are you running?
what fixes have you tried?
how is the EHD where the library is located formatted?
did you apply any updates or upgrades just prior to the problem occurring?
are you running a "managed" or "referenced" library?
what type of Mac?
how much free space on your boot drive?
OT

A FIX for iPhoto 11 opening older libraries

Had the same problem everyone else has had. Then I was thunk in the forehead by an obvious trick. I use iPhoto Library manager. I opened IPLM and and clicked on the icon for creating a NEW LIBRARY (upper left corner of IPLM screen). I named it TestLibrary. I then launched this new file from within IPLM -- and iPhoto 11 (v 9.1) opened! That is, the app opened with a new library that contained no pictures. I dragged a couple of test jpg's into the library. Then I quit and reopened TestLibrary several times, to make sure I wasn't counting my chickens too soon. TestLibrary opened fine each time. I then quit IPLM and went directly to my picture libraries in the Pictures folder and launched them from the finder. EACH AND EVERYONE OPENED! They not only opened but iPhoto 11 performed the "update" function very quickly, even on the larger libraries. Again, I quit and reopened the files several times to make sure I wasn't dreaming.
I suspect the IPLM manager may be partially culpable. I note that many people who posted this problem also use IPLM.
FYI: I figured out this fix while standing here at a counter in my local Apple Store (Leawood, KS). The floor sales rep who tried to help me earlier -- a cute and very friendly blonde with a killer smile -- had no idea about the iPhoto problem. But she was very kind and took my emil address and set me up for a Genius Bar appointment for tomorrow. I'm looking all over the store now for her. nowto share my success -- but she has wandered off. Rats. She really is cute; I'm single. Which is none of your business. Where was I? Oh yeah. Before Ms. Cute saleswoman wandered off and aftyr my heart rate returned to normal, I decided to experiment a little more. That's when I came up with the idea of using IPLM to create a blank new file. Getting ready to leave now. ..... NEW UPDATE: I finally spotted the very nice (and very cute) Apple saleswoman who had been helping me. Some other customer was flirting with her, pretending that he didn't know a thing about his new laptop. Rightttttt... I interrupted and asked her for a dance. Just kidding. I told her I had fixed my iPhoto libraries. She smiled, nodded, said "GREAT!" I melted. I offered to hang around a few minutes in case she wanted to come over and see how I fixed iPhoto. While waiting for her I thought I should type this and post it on the Forum. The very nice (and BEYOND cute) saleswoman still hasn't stopped by yet. I will wait a few more minutes. I'm in love. But the store is very busy. I will wait a few more minutes. I am realllly in love. Did I mention she was cute and very polite? Gotta go now. Perhaps Ms. Cuteness and I will meet in another time, place or dimension. After all, she has my name an email address. Maybe she'll send an email later and ask me for a date — strictly for professional and technical information purposes, of course; to find out how I fixed the iPhoto problem so that she can share it with other staff and customers. She probably won't, which means other Mac owners who wander in today with the same iPhoto problem will also fall in love with Ms. Cute but they won't learn a darn thing about my iPhoto fix. That kind of customer relations conduct would normally make me very angry. But nothing is normal anymore. It's hard to be angry when you're madly in love. -- David

iPhoto Library Manager - http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/ -
Update 10/24: I released a quick 3.5.8 update yesterday, which doesn’t yet provide full iPhoto ‘11 compatibility, but does provide a couple improvements for iPhoto ‘11 users, including a fix for those experiencing the issue of being unable to reopen a library after upgrading it to the new iPhoto version. If you have such a library, simply open the library up via iPLM, and you should be prompted by iPhoto to upgrade the library again. Once it’s complete, you should then be able to close and reopen the library normally.
LN

IPhoto opens older pictures but not newer ones?

Can someone possibly help me with my problem. Somehow I've ended up with two iphoto applications. I don't know how this happened b/c I always thought I just had one iphoto application. In any event, out of the blue on Sunday when I clicked my iphoto icon the window opened up but the wheel with the white spokes just kept spinning around without showing my photos. I went online and it said to go into package contents and move the iphoto.lock or something like that to the desktop and then all of a sudden I found an application called iphoto (original) and that opened photos from 2008 to 2011. I then noticed there were two iphoto libraries listed under documents. One was called iPhoto Library (Original) and the other was called iPhoto Library. Even though I am unable to get iPhoto Library to open, when I look into it I can see thumbnails of my photographs downloaded from 2011 to present. Can someone help me open my iPhoto Library?

I have to leave for a cancer conference today and won't return until Sunday.
Then we'll miss each other. On Sunday I'll be away for a conference. But I'm sure, somebody else will be able to tell you, how to upgrade the library, once we know the versions.
To find the version number of the iPhoto versions,
open the "Applications" folder.
Click the column view icon in the toolbar.
Scroll down to iPhoto. The version number is brow the iPhoto icon.
To find the version number of your MacOS X, click the Apple  in the upper left corner of the main menu bar. Select "About this Mac" from the drop down menu. It will show you the version number in the "About" panel.

I opened original iPhoto Library (from iMac 10.8.5) on new MBP and now it won't open on iMac

As my main computer I use an iMac which is not yet updated to Mavericks and I'd rather not update for now. I recently bought a MBP retina which has Mavericks on it.
Whilst I was using the shared network to copy over some files to my new macbook I opening the iPhoto library off my iMac onto my MBP. Everything worked fine. However when I tried to open that library on my iMac it doesn't work. I just get a pop up saying:
The library “iPhoto Library” cannot be opened.
To open it, you must upgrade to the latest version of iPhoto.
Quit
I've tried updating but of course I cannot. I can't even double check what version of iPhoto I am running as everything is greyed out. When I go to the app store and click update I get:
Download an older version of this app?
The current version requires OS X 10.9 or later, but you can download the last compatible version.
When I download the older version it doesn't do anything unfortunately. Is there a way to get my iphoto library back on my iMac as there's a LOT of images on there that I need.
Thanks

You will need to restore your iPhoto Library from a back up of your iMac prior to when you opened it on your new MBP Retina.
The iPhoto app for OS X Mavericks upgrades the iPhoto Library DB and you can't go back. There should have been a message displayed when you first tried opening it from your MBP Retina warning you that the libary will be upgraded.
So, as long as you have a back up of the library prior to opening it with an OS X Mavericks Mac, you can continue using it with your iMac running OS X Mountain Lion. What this means is, until you upgrade your iMac to OS X Mavericks and the newer version of iPhoto, you will have to maintain 2 iPhoto Libraries and not share it.

I can't open my iPhoto - tells me to use the new version

i can't open my iPhoto!
this the message that i get
"You have made changes to your photo library using a newer version of iPhoto. Please quit and use the latest version of iPhoto."
I have iPhoto 4 on my G4 at home. I tried transferring some burned photos from my G4 labtop (running on iPhoto 5) and this was the message i got. I tried everything from the update downloads to deleting the pics from iPhoto 5. I still can't open my iPhoto.
Just had a baby girl and it's driving me nuts because I can't access my photo library.
Please Help ... desperate new dad!

Hi, Gary. If the CD you burned in iPhoto 5 is still in your computer, eject it and see whether that makes any difference.
If you copied the contents of that CD to your hard drive in such a way that there is now an iPhoto Library folder anywhere on your hard drive which was created by iPhoto 5 rather than iPhoto 4, trash that folder and empty the trash. Then try opening iPhoto 4 again.
When you burn a CD from within iPhoto, it creates an iPhoto Library folder on the CD. That library folder is specific to the version of iPhoto that created it. If an older version of iPhoto finds such a folder anywhere within its reach, it tries — and fails — to open that folder instead of its own library folder, and then puts up the error message you've seen.
In the future, if you transfer photos from a computer that contains a newer version of iPhoto than your own, it will be safer to export the photos from the newer version of iPhoto to a folder on that other computer's hard drive, then burn a cd containing the photos from the Finder, rather than from within iPhoto. That way the disc won't contain anything your own version of iPhoto can mistake for its iPhoto Library.

When i try to open the iPhoto app, i getting a message "you can't open the application because it is not supported on this type of mac"

when i try to open the iPhoto app, i getting a message "you can't open the application because it is not supported on this type of mac"

To re-install iPhoto
1. Put the iPhoto.app in the trash (Drag it from your Applications Folder to the trash)
2. Download it from the App Store to reinstall It's on your Purchases List* there.
For older versions that have been installed from Disk you'll need these additional steps:
2a: On 10.5: Go to HD/Library/Receipts and remove any pkg file there with iPhoto in the name.
2b: On 10.6: Those receipts may be found as follows: In the Finder use the Go menu and select Go To Folder. In the resulting window type
/var/db/receipts/
2c: on 10.7 or later they're at
/private/var/db/receipts
A Finder Window will open at that location and you can remove the iPhoto pkg files.
3. Re-install.
If you purchased an iLife Disk, then iPhoto is on it.
If iPhoto was installed on your Mac when you go it then it’s on the System Restore disks that came with your Mac. Insert the first one and opt to ‘Install Bundled Applications Only.
*Sometimes iPhoto is not visible on the Purchases List. it may be hidden. See this article for details on how to unhide it.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4928
One question often asked: Will I lose my Photos if I reinstall?
iPhoto the application and the iPhoto Library are two different parts of the iPhoto programme. So, reinstalling the app should not affect the Library. BUT you should always have a back up before doing this kind of work. Always.

Problems by opening older files in newer versions

Hello,
I recently tried to open older GarageBand files I have created in GarageBand '08 by using newer versions such as GarageBand '09, respectively GarageBand '11.
I encountered the following error message by opneing the files in GarageBand '09 or '11:
EXS24 instrument "Grand Piano+Strings1.exs":
Audio file "16n7aD#3.wav" not found!
For those who have noticed a similar error message, installing iLife '08 FIRST and iLife '09 or iLife '11 AFTERWARDS has solved the problem!
Hope that helps ...

Thanks for your reply. That's pretty much what I expected.
The backup didn't work for some reason.
I just don't understand why Apple won't let a person just buy iPhoto or any of the other apps separately. I don't need Garageband, don't need or use iDVD except for playing movies and the version I have is fine, I certainly don't use iMovie on this computer and iWeb?...I use Dreamweaver.
Anyway, if anyone at Apple is listening....split these up. People don't mind paying for software but they hate paying for software they don't need or want.
Thanks again.

When I open up iphoto and click on the events tab then double click on an event, it used to show minis of all the photos in that event. Now it shows only one photo at a time. How do I get it back? Can you help?

When I open up iphoto and click on the events tab then double click on an event, it used to show minis of all the photos in that event. Now it shows only one photo at a time. How do I get it back? Can you help?

On the bottom bar of the window (on the left iPhoto 11, on the right in other versions) note the slider. Drag it left.
Regards
TD

I cannot open my iphoto. the circle just continues to spin. what do I do? I do?

I cannot open my IPHOTO. What do I do? The circle just continues to spin on the IPHOTO screen but no pictures appear.

As a Test:
Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Create Library'
Import a few pics into this new, blank library. Is the Problem repeated there? If it's not repeated there then:
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 Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In Library Manager it's the FIle -> Rebuild command)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, 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

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