Problem with imported iphoto library

I imported my photo library from an older mac, all photos are there, but when I click on anyone to blow it up I get a giant exclamation mark and no photo. thumbnails are there, but can't view photos. Some permissions problem? Thanks
Patrick

It is odd because the photo is visible for an instant before the ! shows up.
That's just a cached image.
Alternative:
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 Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your 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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Anyone having this problem?? I just got this computer last week and I scanned one picture. I tried to import it and the program keeps going and going and it won't import. But now everytime I go into I photo it asks do I want to import of course NO and here's for the weird part, everytime I try to import it the photo gets duplicated so now instead of 1 photo I have 10????
I have scanned and import other photos after this and I don't have this problem.
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But this iPhoto Library came from somewhere else? Right? From another machine? So, how did those photos get into that iPhoto Library? Did you import one Library to another? I ask as this is one of the ways you could find yourself working with thumbnails and not the actual images.
Regards
TD

Problem with rebuilding iPhoto library

Hi,
I'm having problem to rebuild my iPhoto library. I have more than 11 000 photos / video clips and 70Gbs in my iPhoto library and everything has been ok until I started to import photos from my new iPhone 4. First issue was that when I imported photos from iPhone those new photos disappeared after restart of iPhoto. I read from somewhere that iPhoto library rebuild -functions might help and I rebuild the library and thumbnails. It actually worked for that problem. After that those photos which I imported from iPhone remained in iPhoto and I even got some disappeared photos back. But after that rebuilt I noticed that most of the video clips could not be opened inside iPhoto. When clicking thumbnail of a video clip just a big exclamation mark jumped up. I checked from iPhoto library originals -folder that those video clips still remain. From there I can open the clips in Quicktime Player. So, I tried to rebuild my library again. Rebuilding started ok, it went smoothly up to 65% but ceased there. Now it has been in that 65% -condition for 24 hours and I don't know what to do. I don't know if it's still actually doing something or not. "Force to quit" -function does not say that iPhoto is not answering and "System Monitoring" shows that there are still some messages going on in iPhoto -process. I don't know should I force iPhoto to quit or just wait another 24 hours...
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If the rebuild doesn't help try Fix 101: make a temporary, backup copy of the library if you don't already have a backup copy and try the following:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
User/Home()/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
User/Home()/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder.
3 - 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 down the Option key when launching iPhoto. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
OT

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Hi everyone,
I have a problem, which I cannot seem to find a solution to:
I have imported my iPhoto library into Aperture without any hassle. The problem now is:
When I sync my iPhone/iPad within iTunes, and I click "sync with Aperture"(instead of iPhoto) under "Photos", then "select only the projects of the last 3 months", I always wind up with ALL my Photos (20.000 +) that I have imported with Aperture. Not just the last 30+.
The individual photo's meta information in Aperture is however correct: i.e. a project containing pictures from 2006 still shows the pictures being from 2006. So they shouldn't show up under the photo sync within iTunes when I click "last 3 months", right?
What am I doing wrong? Does Aperture set the date to all the imported projects to the same current date they were imported on? Is there any way to correct this, or sync only the photos of the last 3 months?
Otherwise I will have to go back to iPhoto...
Thank you!

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If the rebuild doesn't help try Fix 101: make a temporary, backup copy of the library if you don't already have a backup copy and try the following:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
User/Home()/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
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3 - launch iPhoto and try again.
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OT

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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 #3, followed by #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.
OT

Problems with copying iPhoto library onto new hard drive from external HELP

I had to get a new hard drive installed onto my MacBook Pro, but was able to copy my iPhoto library onto my external hard drive via another computer before the old hard drive failed. Now, I am trying to copy that library back onto my MacBook.
After I copied the library onto the MacBook, when iPhoto was opened, it showed no photos but I could see album titles. Then when I opened iPhoto while holding down the option key, it was all clumped into one event and not nearly all of the photos were there. Also, I have right-clicked on the library to see package contents and everything seems to be there, but I don't know how to make it all show up in the library.
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Should I just go through the iPhoto Library package contents and drag every folder into iPhoto?
No. That will get you massive duplication.
Try these in order - from best option on down...
1. Do you have an up-to-date back up? If so, try copy the library6.iphoto file from the back up to the iPhoto Library (Right Click -> Show Package Contents) allowing it to overwrite the damaged file.
2. Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
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3. If neither of these work then you'll need to create and populate a new library.
To create and populate a new *iPhoto 08* library:
Note this will give you a working library with the same Events and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, modified versions, books, calendars etc.
In the iPhoto Preferences -> Events Uncheck the box at 'Imported Items from the Finder'
Move the iPhoto Library to the desktop
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Go into the iPhoto Library (Right Click -> Show Package Contents) on your desktop and find the Originals folder. From the Originals folder drag the individual Event Folders to the iPhoto Window and it will recreate them in the new library.
When you're sure all is well you can delete the iPhoto Library on your desktop.
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TD

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Hi iRose,
Thanks for giving all your info. Your free space on your hard drive is not enough to do a successful burn of the entire iPhoto Library. Do you have an external drive? Is your drive supported for iPhoto burning? usually on the internal that comes with the computer is supported.
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Close iPhoto
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But this iPhoto Library came from somewhere else? Right? From another machine? So, how did those photos get into that iPhoto Library? Did you import one Library to another? I ask as this is one of the ways you could find yourself working with thumbnails and not the actual images.
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Hey Suydam.
I am having the EXACT same issues and it is driving me insane.
I have been searching and searching for an answer and nothing.
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I am also having issues importing an iphoto library into Aperture:
Yawwwwwnnn said that iphoto 6 won't import. News to me and now that I'm well informed, if this is in fact the case, what do I do? Upgrade at cost to Iphoto 8 for the privilege of importing into $200 worth of new software?
Hope not. I guess the key is doing less than a truckload import of files but as I just installed, my options are not clear. Any comments pointing me in the right direction would be very much appreciated.
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I understand what you want to say - I think - our disagreement is whether what you are complaining about is a bug or a feature, and if a feature, if it is good design or broken design .
I am not looking for Aperture to detect and reject similar files, but bit-identical images imported on separate occasions.
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Are two files with the same bit pattern in two different locations the same image or two similar images? Aperture does not see the history of the files. It cannot know if one image was copied from the other or if you created two similar looking images, that are de facto different images. As soon as you are dealing with copies of files you are raising the question of similarity - it is no longer an identity test.
I sometimes have images that are similar in all pixels but not duplicates of the same images. Those are images created by animation software visualizing data, and I would not want two similar images with identical bitmaps but belonging to different experiments to be treated as identical images.
Are identical twins the same person - everyting the same, only name and location differ?
Furthermore, sharing master files should not be a big problem since master files are just that: masters.
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Try it: import from iPhoto, and then import again. Even with duplicate detection, you get images twice.
True
Lets talk about the different ways to import to iPhoto.
When you drag from the iPhoto Browser there is no way to turn on "Do not import duplicates", so no promises made and no promises broken - no bug, but maybe a bad feature.
When you import an iPhoto Library, there is the checkbox "Do not import duplicates", and this is ignored - you are perfectly right . But we still disagree - I consider the presence of the checkbox to be the bug - a bug in the GUI, not the import of the duplicates - for what do you expect to happen, when you import a library? It does not make any sense at all to import a library structure and omit some images, only because they are alredy present in the library you are importing to. Aperture would have to merge the newly imported iPhoto library with your current library, but for that we would need a "Merge Library" option, not an import option. This would have a big impact on your existing library structure, but might be useful, so make a feature request to Apple.... (Aperture menu -> Send feedback)
Just try dragging a file in twice. No warning, no message, no annotation.
Again, this is a feature (maybe a bad one), but not a bug, since no promises are made that you will be prevented from dragging in duplicate images.
Make a feature request ...
This is not hard to accomplish, and it is done by other software.
I like not to be bothered with warning messages when I am dragging carefully selected images to Aperture that I want to import, then I want those images together in one project, independent of potential duplicates, and I do not want to be bothered with warning messages while I am dragging ...
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