Photos show up as grey, blurry, and in multiples
When looking at my photo album on my iPhone, my pictures are grey, in multiples, and are blurry when selected. This started when I rebooted after it froze when taking a picture. I have rebooted and closed the app multiple times and nothing changes. When plugged into my Mac, my iPhone shows that there are no photos and the photos will not show up in iphoto or the preview application. Has anyone come across this problem or know how I can fix it? I would rather not update or restore my phone until I can at least copy the pictures so I know I will not lose them. Please help!
Hi, did you ever sort this? I just had my Birthday and had some amazing photos.....my battery was low and i took another and it froze the pictures, so i reset it and deleted a few things thinking it was the memory, then they have done exactly the same as yours, wont open and are blurry, grey and multiples. Please help someone!!!
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My ipad was taking really clear photos but now they are blurry and grainy. Any ideas why?
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Try This...
Close All Open Apps... Perform a Reset... Try again...
Reset ( No Data will be Lost )
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears. Release the Buttons.
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Photos show but disappear; grey square with broken line edge is there
I have a problem with some pictures that simply disappeared. What is left in IPhoto library and the folder I put them in is a group of broken line gray squares. What is really strange is that all of the information is still there, date, time, etc. for the photos taken. What is even stranger is that when I grab the scroll bar and move up and down, they are there for a second before going away again.
Since I have the info, including the name DSC01906.jpg, for example, I have done a spotlight search but, they are not there. I am thinking they must be somewhere since they are visible for an instant as I scroll through but, can't fine them? Can anyone help.
The story of how it happens is long but, here goes:
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Then I got a message that Iphoto had found some pictures that had not been imported? So, I clicked to import. The first one up was a duplicate so, I told it not to duplicate and to do the same action will all the others. They were the first photos and it did not import any since they were all duplicates.
When it was done, the gray squares was all that was left.
I have done everything I can think of to find them. They are visible for a second but, the files are not there far as I can see.
I am still traveling and will try to unerase them from the card when I get home. Have a copy of Norton and hope that will work. If anyone has a better idea for that, let me know too.
But, I still feel that the pictures must be there somewhere since I can see them before they go away.
Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.
Thanksreifer:
Norton will not work. You can recover the photos on the card with MediaRECOVER. In Demo mode it will show you what files it can recover before you commit to purchase.
I don't need to tell you that you should now set iPhoto to NOT delete after importing and do it with the camera. Much safer.
I think your best bet at recovery of the library would be to rebuild it with iPhoto Library Manager. It creates a new library without changing the original one. Here's how:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your User/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
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
In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note: It can take some time to create the new library if you have a lot of photos. One user reported that with a library of about 5,000 images it took about 12 hours so plan ahead.
How much free space do you have on your MacBook? It is hightly recommended that you maintain a minimum of 10G or 15%, whichever is greater. If you get down to less than a DVD or CD you won't even be able to burn files to a disk as the system requires that much space for a temporary disk image. You can get to the point where the laptop won't even boot. I strongly recommend you clean up some space ASAP.
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Has anyone worked around this?
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Aside from separating the pick from the others and only including the pick in an album, is there any other way to not display all photos on the iPad/iPhone?BRILLIANT!
I'd like to thank all three of you looking, testing and responding. It appears the correct answer for me is to use the Stack Pick option in each smart album under Aperture.
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Thanks.Thank you Winston. I guess we need to ask that this feature gets added at least as an option in an upcoming release. When someone is using shuffle, it helps to know what is playing while viewing pictures.
Where is my Apple request button when one needs it ? :-) Cheers, C
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