Pictures Possibly Lost

Several years ago I received Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.2 with a camara purchase. I never registered the software. Never enough time. I used the software yesterday. Today I uploaded 95 pictures of a First grade field tri and a Mother's Day Tea. I need these pictures for my end of the year book for each child. I have already deleted them from the camera card. After uploading I received a message that said I had to register now to use the software. I filled out the form and was told I would receive an unlock code via e-mail. The email said that this is no longer available. How do I retrieve my pictures?

Hi Stu,
If you have deleted folfers or files with McAfee Shredder, then I would be very surprised if you can recover them. Normally when files are deleted the actual data is still present on the hard drive and this makes it possible to recover the data using commercially available software downloadable from the internet, but with McAfee Shredder the data on the hard drive is actually overwritten to make sure that this cannot be done.
Sadly, unless you have you pictures backed up somewhere else then it is likely that they have been irrecoverably lost. :-(
regards,

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Hello to all,
I am afraid that I have quite a sad and seemingly hopeless story to share with you, upon this cold and dreary Winter's day. My story begins some time ago, when I sold my 20" iMac and upgraded to a brand new 21". You might ask what sadness could be associated with such a splendid upgrade? I will share this and more with you, dear reader, but you must be patient. Well, before I sold my 20" I backed up my entire computer using none other than Apple's very own Time Machine. However, this is where I failed, and this is where my story takes a sad and bitter turn. With my 20" sold and gone, I purchased a 21" from the local classifieds. Oh what a beautiful machine! I eagerly migrated everything over from my backup, and for awhile it seemed I was in technological bliss. Everything was there, my music, my movies, my applications, my photos...huh?...what's this??? One day my wife was looking through some photos in iPhoto and she met the infamous exclamation point. For those who have never encountered this villain, it shows up when your cached thumbnails fail to link back to the actual pictures. I had met this adversary before, and had defeated him. This time however, his villainous plot was far darker than I could have imagined. When my wife showed me, I thought I would be her knight and shining armor and banish the dark exclamation point forever. I opened up the contents of the iPhoto library, and to my shock and dismay, many (actually most) of the originals were gone. I searched for invisible (hidden) files, but still they were missing. How could this be? It seems that Time Machine is the true villain and the exclamation point is only one of its henchmen. I have searched the web for hours, nay even days for help. I have searched my computer to its very frameworks, all to no avail. They are gone...forever. In desperation I called the technical support of my favorite company. Yes, I called Apple. Off the record I was told that Time Machine cannot be trusted for such important things. I was further advised that in the future I actually need to manually copy over my important files such as movies, music, documents, and yes, photos. It seems shameful that a program who's entire purpose is to safeguard your precious data, cannot successfully complete its reason for being. I have long abandoned this failure of a program, and I am now quite happy with Carbon Copy Cloner. But this does not bring back my precious photos. These are irreplaceable. They are those precious times with my wife, my two precious children, and my relatives. I have been told that this is hopeless, that all is lost. Yet, I will not give up. I have come to terms with the fact that the full quality pictures are lost. But I hold out hope that I would be able to somehow get the pictures back (even if they be lower quality) through the cached thumbnails. I have tried taking screenshots, but they are so low quality (only 72dpi). I had seen people use a very high resolution digital camera and take photos of printed pictures, instead of scanning them in, so I thought this might work. The pictures are just too blurry when I take them of the screen, using a 8MegaPixel Sony camera. I have truly reached the end of my capabilities.
I send this plea out to all who have a heart, that they will try to help me come up with a viable solution. My wife gets tears in her eyes every time we talk of them possibly never coming back. You will be my hero, and hers if you can come up with some way of using those cached files. I am very willing to listen to suggestions. PLEASE HELP ME.

Open your iPhoto library with the Finder like this:
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Next open the folder named "Masters" and see if the subfolder there contain your image file. If they do, close the library package, make a copy and try the three fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your User/Library/Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache files that are located in the User/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder.
3 - reboot, launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding the the Option key. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
Fix #2
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library. Select options #1, #2 and #6.
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Fix #3
Rebuild the library using iPhoto Library Manager as follows:
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 User/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 but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
If the subfolders in the Masters folder do not contain your photos you'll either need to have a backup copy of the library that contains the files or use a file recovery application like SubrosaSoft FileSalvage to try to recover them.
In the future it's best to use paragraphs in your post to separate information and make it easier to read. Like Terence I gave up on line 3 and this response is based on what I think happened.

I had original iPhoto app from 2007, but in the last year it stopped working seemingly out of nowhere. Now I just installed iPhoto 9.5.1 but it won't open even after downloading the iPhoto Library Updater. My pictures are lost in the abyss.

I had original iPhoto app from 2007 or 2008, but in the last year it stopped working seemingly out of nowhere. Now I just installed iPhoto 9.5.1 but it won't open even after downloading the iPhoto Library Updater. My pictures are lost in the abyss.
I'm using OS Extended 10.9.5. I don't know what the original version of iPhoto was.

I just installed iPhoto 9.5.1 but it won't open even after downloading the iPhoto Library Updater
Have you run the iPhoto Library Upgrader? You need to direct it to the location of your old iPhoto Library by clicking the "Choose Library" button in the lower right corner of the panel you are seeing when the upgrade starts.

I just updated an iPod touch bit my pictures where lost is there any way I can downgrade and get my pictures back??

I just updated an iPod touch bit my pictures where lost is there any way I can downgrade and get my pictures back??

If the photos were synced to the iPod they are not in either an iTunes or iCloud backup.Y may be able to get them from the updated iPod
via How to perform iPad recovery for photos, videos
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Lost Folder containing Pictures possibly deleted by Mcafee shredder

I think i've deleted my family pictures by using macafee shredder. Is there anyway of getting them back. I have a satellite L10-114
Regards
Stu

Hi Stu,
If you have deleted folfers or files with McAfee Shredder, then I would be very surprised if you can recover them. Normally when files are deleted the actual data is still present on the hard drive and this makes it possible to recover the data using commercially available software downloadable from the internet, but with McAfee Shredder the data on the hard drive is actually overwritten to make sure that this cannot be done.
Sadly, unless you have you pictures backed up somewhere else then it is likely that they have been irrecoverably lost. :-(
regards,

How do I recover my Pictures I lost when I updated to the lates Icloud last saturday , I updated to the IOS 5.1 and all my pictures and Videos where lost

I was unable to recover my Pictures and Videos after updating to ios5.1 ,please how can I recover my pictures and videos which was lost after updating to ios 5.1 on 12.11.2011

Connect to iTunes, make sure the items you want are checked, then sync.

IPhoto possibly lost photos please help

Hello.
This is a somewhat long story that I will attempt to condense:
My friend recently updated iPhoto to the latest '11 version -- the friend's running the latest version of Mac OSX, while I'm running Snow Leopard.
Upon reading the stories of iPhoto 11 upgrading iPhoto libraries and accidentally deleting them, I told my friend that it would be best to backup the photos---6000 of them. I have the "bright" idea of going into the Master's folder in the iPhoto library package contents, and copy/pasting that folder to the desktop. My friend accidentally MOVES the folder, cancels the dialogue box/loading bar, tries copying the folder to the desktop, cancels 5 dialogue boxes (clicks the grey x) and the 5 boxes are in infinite load mode. After several hours, the dialogues disappear, leaving a Master folder in the proper position, and a Master folder on the desktop. NEITHER HAS THE PHOTOS IN THEM.
Searching for the original photos in spotlight, it seems that the pictures exist, but not all of them. I fear that a folder was deleted or lost in the whole ordeal. These photos are EXTREMELY important. I predict that maybe they'll show up in the trashbin under recovered files once the computer is turned off and on again, but I am curious if the photos can be recovered differently. I can't risk anything. I realize that what I attempted to do was very risky and silly, but I would appreciate it immensely if someone could helo in some way. We are going to take the computer to a tech store for some help too. Thank you.
EDIT: For the future, what is the best way to backup the iPhoto library's original photos? (Not the library, but the actual files. This whole mess is the result of my lack of knowledge about the new operating system. I have an "Originals" folder with the photos that can be copied/pasted. My friend has something different.)

I wish I had known that the upgrade wouldn't have caused data loss. It would have saved my friend from this ordeal.
Anyway, my instructions to my friend were to go into the package contents of the iPhoto library and copy the masters folder to the desktop.
Unfortunately, my friend accidentally MOVED the folder, then cancelled the move, then copied the masters folder to the desktop, then copied each of the 2011, 2012, 2013 folders to the desktop. Then all four processes were cancelled, hence the multiple dialogue boxes. Now there are no pictures in any of the masters folders, on the desktop, or in the iPhoto library. I hope that repairing permissions would help. I don't think that anything should have been LOST in this process.
EDIT: Teamviewer yes! I asked my friend to use that but it wasn't downloaded. I wanted to use teamviewer but in the moment it just wasn't available. From now on, I have to make sure that I use teamviewer when giving such complicated instructions. The problem is that I cannot see what is going on in my friend's computer, so I'm guessing based on the information given to me.
All I know is that most of the photos still exist as evidenced from a quick spotlight search. SOME may be missing or be in the netherworld.
EDIT 2: No backups exist I'm afraid. I was trying to figure how to backup the library in case the iPhoto '11 upgrade failed somehow. I should have just had my friend copy and paste the iPhoto library, not the masters folder. The process works well in Mac OSX Snow Leopard, but apparently, not in Mac OSX Lion or Mountain Lion.

Retrieving imported pictures, when location of pictures is lost.

I imported pictures to Adobe Lightroom and exported them to my memory card. Now my memory card is broke!
Is there any way to retrieve those pictures from Lightroom. Right now they are saying missing.

Cornelia-I wrote:
I consider it very dangerous to phrase "pictures are in Lightroom".
I agree. I've known more than one person who is not so literate computer-wise to import into Lightroom, then delete originals (thinking they are now in Lightroom).
Being the author of PreviewExporter, I've helped too many people recover Lr previews after having lost originals.
I hope Adobe will try to make this clearer up front, along with "why do my imported pictures look different in Lightroom than they did in my camera...".
Anyway, I guess we need to hear from the OP now to ascertain whether the originals are recoverable somehow... best not to resort to preview recovery unless absolutely necessary.
|> "...memory card is broke..." I assume this does not mean "it has no money"

Retrieving pictures of lost phone using icloud

I have just lost my ipod5 and wanted to retrieve my pictures off of it that were just taken before it was lost. I used icloud and was able to retrieve some of the pictures, but not all of them. Why is this happening? how do i get all of them?

Many users have lost photos while preforming a restore from backup or upgrading the iOS. Recall, only photos in the camera roll are backed up to iCloud. There is a way to turn backups for camera roll on/off, perhaps these users had camera roll turned off.
See:
Settings>icloud>Storage & Backups>Manage Storage, tap the device's name and on the next screen, be sure Camera Roll is turned on.
IMPORTANT...
Photos should be regularly synced to a computer (like you store photos from a digital camera) using either USB via iTunes (on a mac use iPhoto or Aperture to move them to an album) or using photo stream. If using Photo stream, but sure to move the received photos to a permanent album. If you have been doing that, then you can sync those photos back to your device.
Or, you can fiind other apps in the app store that send camera roll photos to a service like Dropbox.
If you haven't been saving photos except relying on iCloud to store them in a backup, then that is risky, as many users have discovered. I'm afraid I have no advice in this case - there is no "cure".

Inserted pictures are lost

Occasionally lost to insert pictures in indesign. I close it and when I open it again I inserted the image is not, and not the image link. Do you know that can happen?

Yes, it is very strange.
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Ovi suite, picture sync, lost gps data

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When I synchronized images with PC Suite 7, they keep the GPS data, and Picasa (and me) can see where I've shot these pictures.
When I synchronized pictures with OVI suite, the GPS data is lost. Picasa does not recognize them at least ...
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I have heard that Nokia is fixing this in near future update. So, the solution seems to be "a fix to a bug in new Ovi Suite version".

HT1386 I plug my IPhone up to the usb and click updates before I back phone up and all my contacts music notes ring tones photos Apps and pictures were lost. How can I get them back?

I plug my IPhone 4G to my USB which was plug into my computer I click update before I back my phone up and lost all information that was plug into my phone.
Music, Apps, text message, Photos, Contact List, Notes Pad information. How do I get these Items back or can I?

If you backed up the device, you should be able to recover it from the backup unless you somehow deleted the backup. See if it isn't recognized by iTunes, then restore it from backup.

HELP! possibly lost file twice because of same error... (CS4)

hello.
i have created a poster with embedded smart objects and multiple layers that is fairly complex in photoshop CS4. I have made this poster twice and each time has taken a day to create the thing. i embedded a smart object that is a floor in the image and using a texture that the client provided. i had to do it this way because they have not made up their mind about which floor texture they want to use for the poster, and by doing so it would be easier to change the texture if they do change their mind with a smart object. so, i created a fairly large embedded smart object 'floor' that i had to apply a 'perspective' transform to that layer. when i did this, the smart object handles go about 4-5 times wider than the actual dimensions of the poster width, which is normal when you apply a perspective transform to an object. everything worked and looked fine...and i saved everything locally in one folder, including the imported psd 'floor' smart object.
i have had this major error two times. i did the exact same process both times i have created this thing and i have gotten the identical error message each time i tried to re-open up this file for changes from the client. the error is:
"Could not complete your request because the file is not compatible with this version of photoshop"
i really need to open this file without having to recreate it AGAIN. PLEASE HELP!!!!
note: when i had the second version of the poster open after i created it again, i did a save as and made a copy because i had to make an A4 size print ad for the same thing, when doing this i converted the 'floor' smart object to a raster layer. this file does open and i have no problems with it. but i can not use it for the poster because the dimensions are considerably smaller than the poster and resolution is lost.
after doing some searching online i have not found any solutions for this and i'm desperate to find anything to get this file open so i don't have to recreate this a third time. but, if i do not find help i thought i would mention what i believe to be the culprit of the problem...the gigantic embedded smart object with perspective transform that is much wider than the actual dimensions of the document.
any help or advice is GREATLY APPRECIATED!
thanks.

update...
ok. after the third recreation of the file and losing the file again, i downloaded the gimp open up the psd. this was a suggestion in another forum i read online. i was able to get the psd open in the gimp. i then saved a copy with another name and it warned me that i could not save the file because the width of the document was larger than 30,000 pixels. this was because the smart object perspective 'floor' layer was so wide as i mentioned previously. i then cropped that layer to the visible pixels on the canvas and saved it as a psd. then i was able to open the file in photoshop...but i did lose all of my layer styles and all of my masks were moved and had to be redone...but, at least i was not completely starting over so it is better than nothing.
in conclusion...i suspect the problem is what the gimp said when i tried to save a copy. don't have your document layers and/or document larger than 30,000 pixels and you should be ok...in case anyone else has run into this problem.

My camera folder does not open and all my pictures are lost after upgrading?

after the upgrade and i dont think i am going to use cloud.....i tried to open my camera roll and there are no pictures at all! and now it keeps crashing i click it and it closes right away???? anyone have any ideas?

Hello swordbreaker. Thanks for the response.
The "My Safe" bit seems to be a Toshiba programme written by UPEK as part of the fingerprinting set-up on the Satellite 200. My Safe is an encrypted folder that is sitting on the desktop. The problem I had was that it no longer did anything when I double clicked it. The problem occurred after I went through the Norton de-install and then install routines. (I was trying to install Ghost but it would not install.
Then I found a Norton Protection suite which I never used had been installeed on my U200 when I bought it and I had to deinstall it before Ghost would install.) I think you were correct that Norton was the cause of the problem because it corrupted something in the UPEK programme.
After a little thrashing about I found that I could download the UPEK programme from Toshiba and I did that and re-installed the fingerprint stuff and My Safe then worked. your response did give me the heart to find the answer.
Thanks.
Regards, Robert.

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An authentication information is not being sent in soap header from Consumer to Producer during WSRP interaction. userAuthentication is also set to unknown: <urn:userAuthentication>unknown</urn:userAuthentication> .
Producer and consumer are on the same https server but they are on different domain. For example, Producer is accessed /yyyPortal while consumer is /xxxPortal.
Looking at the soap monitor log, we noticed consumer and producer are setting a different cookie for a same cookie name.
In weblogic.xml, consumer sets same cookieName value as the producer's. However consumer is restricting the cookie path to /xxxPortal while producer is not. Producer's cookie path is set to /.
Here's excerpt from soap monitor log capture from producer side:
Request(Fri Oct 06 18:55:57 CDT 2006):
JSESSIONID_PCSPORTAL=FmsMFD6Q7LpRQX787bzGybcXTddzrgKhGzzrjBDywj2FWBjz9kTC!-551078613!961230279; path=/
Response(Fri Oct 06 18:55:58 CDT 2006):
JSESSIONID_PCSPORTAL=FmsMFD6Q7LpRQX787bzGybcXTddzrgKhGzzrjBDywj2FWBjz9kTC!961230279!897402389; path=/
Is it possible that inconsistency in cookie being sent each time by both consumer and producer cause the authentication info to be not sent from consumer to producer? If so, what would be the best solution?
Thanks!
ymjoo.

Even when the producer and consumer use the same cookie name, the
producer-set cookie is managed by the consumer, while the consumer-set
cookie is managed by the browser.
Could you explain the deployment in more detail?
Subbu
Yul-Mee Joo wrote:
An authentication information is not being sent in soap header from Consumer to Producer during WSRP interaction. userAuthentication is also set to unknown: <urn:userAuthentication>unknown</urn:userAuthentication> .
Producer and consumer are on the same https server but they are on different domain. For example, Producer is accessed /yyyPortal while consumer is /xxxPortal.
Looking at the soap monitor log, we noticed consumer and producer are setting a different cookie for a same cookie name.
In weblogic.xml, consumer sets same cookieName value as the producer's. However consumer is restricting the cookie path to /xxxPortal while producer is not. Producer's cookie path is set to /.
Here's excerpt from soap monitor log capture from producer side:
Request(Fri Oct 06 18:55:57 CDT 2006):
JSESSIONID_PCSPORTAL=FmsMFD6Q7LpRQX787bzGybcXTddzrgKhGzzrjBDywj2FWBjz9kTC!-551078613!961230279; path=/
Response(Fri Oct 06 18:55:58 CDT 2006):
JSESSIONID_PCSPORTAL=FmsMFD6Q7LpRQX787bzGybcXTddzrgKhGzzrjBDywj2FWBjz9kTC!961230279!897402389; path=/
Is it possible that inconsistency in cookie being sent each time by both consumer and producer cause the authentication info to be not sent from consumer to producer? If so, what would be the best solution?
Thanks!
ymjoo.

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