Photo won't open in edit box

Out of about 1500 photos on iPhoto, around 100 of them will not open in Preview, in slideshow, or in the edit box. The rest of them are okay, and open in all applications. I have a "photo thumbnail" of the picture in my iPhoto library, but when I double click on the thumbnail, the edit screen is just blank white. Any ideas on how to "restore" the photos? I've looked in trash cans, but there is no sign of life there.

I have a similar problem. I edited photos from the last roll. Then I created a new smart album, titled it, selected the photos, and dragged them into the album. Now, when I click the thumbnails, the image flashes for a split second, but then goes to the edit box which is grey with a dotted square with an exclamation point. This happens with the library and the album. Where are my images?
BTW, I also rebuilt the cache when prompted today, and upgraded to iPhoto 6.0.5 a few days ago.

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jayne410:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Does your iPhoto General preferences section look like this? Are you double clicking on the thumbnail in order to open PSE and start the editing process? If not, how are you doing it?
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
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Steve
The question mark means that iPhoto has lost the connection between the thumbnail in the iPhoto Window and the file it represents.
The most common cause of this is User Activity in the iPhoto Library Folder. Have you changed, moved or renamed anything in the iPhoto Library Folder ?
It is strongly advised that you do not move, change or in anyway alter things in the iPhoto Library Folder as this can cause the application to fail and even lead to data loss
Another possibility is the the database is corrupt, and you can check for this by rebuilding the database: restart iPhoto holding down the option and apple keys. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild the database. However, be aware if you have been active in the iPhoto Library Folder this will not solve that problem.
Regards
TD

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LN

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Here are a couple of articles from the apple support website that might help out.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1737
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1275
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For the SD card, are you copying the photos onto it yourself from your computer ? If you are then you need to create a DCIM directory off the root of the card, with the photos underneath it, and the photo filenames need to be exactly 8 characters long (no spaces) plus the file extension i.e. in a similar format as if a camera had created/written them.
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F:
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Do you Twango?
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deleting them may be what gave you the mess.. I am torn- if I give bad advice at this point, going into the realms o knowledge where I am a newcomer might get me yelled at.
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