Problems opening IPhoto in Snow Leopard

I bought a new IMac early last moth. It came with the os as 10.6.8 and ILife.. I however am unable to open IPhoto and the corresponding error message "Iphoto cannot be opened becase of a proble. Check with developer to make sure that IPhoto works with this version of Mac OS X" What shoud I do here.
Thanks and regards

Since it is new, call Apple support and they will walk you through it.

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Appropriate iPhoto for Snow Leopard?

I primarily use Snow Leopard, OS X 10.6.8. I'd like to use iPhoto but can't - trying to launch iPhoto 9.4.2 tells me that I need os 10.4 and above, and trying to use iPhoto 8.1.2 tells me that there is a problem and then shows lots of diagnostic information. Some where in the discussions I learned that I need iPhoto 9.2.3. So, I went to the App store and searched for iPhoto 9.2.3 and got no results. So, two questions: is iPhoto the appropriate iPhoto for Snow Leopard? If so, where can I get it?

I'm sorry but I'm not clear on what version of the OS you actually have.
With 10.6.8 you can go to iPhoto v9.3.2 - to get that you'll need to purchase an iLife 11 install disk. The App Store only has the latest version, (v9.4.2) which only runs on 10.7.5 or later.

What is current version iPhoto for Snow Leopard?

What is the current version of iPhoto for Snow Leopard? I have used iPhoto ever since 10.6.8 was installed --use Software Update all the time, my current iPhoto says it's v. 8.3.1. Now, suddenly, when I try to open iPhoto, messages says : " The photo library needs to be upgraded to work with this version of iPhoto. Your photo library will not be readable by previous versions of iPhoto after the upgrade. The upgrade process may take several minutes depending on the number of photos in the library. (choices are) Quit - - Upgrade"
I am fearful to click the upgrade because I have assumed iPhoto was up-to-date for this OS 10.6.8. Fearful, because I envision losing the whole iPhoto library. I was in our local reseller/retailer yesterday and was encouraged to "just go ahead and click it!" but tho' I'm not a nerd, I need to understand what's going on here ! WIll appreciate any thoughtful counsel . . .

9.2.3, which is part of iLife '11.

Hacker problems so I reloaded Snow Leopard. Afterwards, Mac had to delete 798 items. Now looping on 4 items to delete for the past 2 weeks. Can't reboot, reload, or restart. I have to let the battery run down for it to turn off. How to fix this, please?

I had hacker problems so I reloaded Snow Leopard. Afterwards, Mac had to delete 798 items. Now it is looping on 4 items to delete for the past 2 weeks. I can't reboot, reload, or restart. I have to let the battery run down for it to turn off. I think a big part of the problem is that someon one the internet (the hacker) was mirroring my hard drive. It seems to have locked up my system. I could be wrong about this guess, though. All I do know is that it is now looping on the last 4 iems, and I can't do anything.
Well, I can get it to turn on, but all it does is continously try to delete the last 4 items. When I try to reload Snow Leopard, it tells me my hard drive is full and that I need to delete items.
Can anyone help? I am so lost without my Mac. I am back on the PC, and though it works, I'm sure many of you will understand when I say it's just not a Mac.
Thanks.

I installed Snow Leopard using my Apple external Superdrive. I followed directions I found on the Apple site. Here is the article info: Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard: How to Erase and Install
                 Article HT3910
                 located at: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3910
Everything was going smoothly until I got to the reinstall part. I had to choose to reinstall on a hard drive or network drive. I've never used a network drive; just the hard drive. It seems that's where the troubles began. I selected the hard drive. It seemed to go well, and then I got the message that I needed to delete some files because I was out of space. I chose to get rid of my music files, but, there were only 636. I don't know what the rest of the files were. I was using the Secure Empty Trash command.
That was my first time doing an erase and install. I tried to do it again, but I now get a continuous error telling me that my hard drive is full and I must delete files. Only I can't delete files because 4 files are still being deleted and my computer won't let me stop the process.
I found out about the hackers mostly by the fact that whenever I used to watch something like Hulu or Netflix, I never had problems with internet connection or speed. Lately, I had internet connection problems. I went in to check my settings for my internet provider and found out the settings had been changed to public and all these extra computers were connected to my network.

I upgraded to snow leopard but iphoto was not included. How do I install iphoto on snow leopard 10.6.8?

i upgraded to snow leopard but iphoto was not included. How do I install iphoto on snow leopard 10.6.8?

IPhoto is not included in any OS upgrade. It is a seperate application. Unless you choose to erase your drive when you upgrade no application including iPhoto is affected by the upgrade (except potential compatibility issues). If you need to reinstall iPhoto for and reason you do it from the original source. Either
1- the restore disks that came with your computer
Or
2- the iLife DVD upgrade that you purchased
Or
3- the App store
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Why am i having problems since changing from snow leopard loading maverick

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Yes you solved your own question, use printer handles color, whcih shodul have been the default. If you do want to experiment with Photohsop manages color, try the CMYK profiles, and send a cmyk file. Only exception is if you print to one of the few RGB printers like a lambda.

Can I avoid Iphoto problems in upgrading from Snow Leopard 10.6.8 to Mavericks?

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This screenshot shows which previous versions of iPhoto are compatible with Mavericks. It also indicates which versions qualify for a free upgrade to iPhoto 9.5.1 and which require a purchase:
Note 1: every day more users are reporting problems with iPhoto 8.1.2 so I've included it in the non compatible category.
Note 2: If your previous version of iPhoto was iPhoto 7 (08) or earlier you'll need to download and run the iPhoto Library Upgrader 1.1 application on the library before opening it with iPhoto 9.5.1.
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IPHOTO 09+SNOW LEOPARD= TOTAL CRASH !

Last july I upgraded from Tiger , iphoto 06, Powerbook G4 to the newest MBP 2,26,2 gb, 500 gb, iphoto 09 and now Snow Leopard.
The first migration was not so bad. But There were many duplicates and many Thumbnails without original pictures. so the library became of 95,000 jpgs (originally 25,000). after Trying to clean it (using Duplicator annihilator, and the script to delete vacuum spaces) i decide to create another library, re-importing pictures from the PB, now with more carefully.
The new library was ok, only 25,000 pics. Another time i got thumbnail without pictures and it was very slow, I tried to rebuilt the library and after this I found thumbnails and related pictures.
A week ago, i upgrade to snow leopard... TOTAL CRASH!
Opening Iphoto and trying to open a picture... crash
...In Italy we say "dalla padella nella brace"...
After reading many posts and forums
I tried to:
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- Upgrading Ilife 09 with the last support
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- create another user, (using the same library)
Nothing to do to Iphoto, is still Crashing.
I'm thinking to my old powerbook...
Now i'm using Aperture, Trial version, using iphoto library. It's no bad, but a little bit slow, But next month i'll must to pay It!
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and sorry for my English
many greetings from Naples, italy...

"+Try trash the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from the HD/Users/ Your Name / library / preferences folder."
*Done. Still slow, but not stopped. A little bit better.*
(Remember you'll need to reset your User options afterwards. These include minor settings like the window colour and so on. Note: If you've moved your library you'll need to point iPhoto at it again.)+
*How i can reset my account options? Some things are different in Italian language.*
+Doing this:+
+create another user, (using the same library)+
+Is pointless as the problem is the Library. In the new account simply create a new Library to see if it works.+
+Post the Crash Log.+
*It's not a really crash, but an endless waiting with the multicolor circle. After many minutes i have to make an hard exit (commandoptionesc)*
+Happened because you imported one library to another, as opposed to simply updating it.+
*How I can do a simply update? Using "import" in the archive menu?*
*But so I must move the library to import in another folder, because i can't import from other iphoto library folder. I will try it.*
*thank's Terence, You're great.*
riccardo
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Black screen in Iphoto after Snow Leopard upgrade

Hi, I've just upgraded the OS to Snow Leopard and now when I try to view or edit in iphoto the photo appears and then the window goes black - has anyone else seen this? Any suggestions how to fix, I've rebuilt the photo library but this hasnt helped.

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