RE: iPhoto emptying trash problem

I have been having trouble with this. After I select the empty trash bin,
the iPhoto stalls and do not respond. I have no other way but to force
quit. I have a lot of photos in the trash bin, approx 2-3Gb. Please help
to provide some tips on how I can empty them. Thanks!

Flag ehm so you can find them again and restore them to the library and delete in batches of 100 or so - iphoto does not handle large deletes at one time
LN

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Iphoto emptying trash have a problem

Hi
One of my iphoto Libraries have a problem when i right click and ask to empty trash the progress bar shows and it stays this way forever
althought there is only 20 photos in it, i tried putting them all back in there albums and deleted only one photo also same problem accured
when i tryto empty the trash how can i solve this problem ? i use OSX Mountain Lion and iPhoto 11 and ites updated.
Kindest Regards

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 Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In Library Manager it's the FIle -> Rebuild command)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, 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

Secure Empty Trash Problem After Installing Security Update 2010-005

Some items in trash were locked, selected option to remove all items and nothing was deleted. Rebooted twice, no change. Unsecure empty trash works fine. Any ideas?

Hello, i have the same problem. After security update the Mailprogram is polling my imap accounts (which requires SSL) endless. My workarround was to install Thunderbird. TB did the job. Any solution?
thh001

Emptying Trash Problem

I have over a thousand items in the trash and cannot empty it because it keeps warning me that constant frames, capture scratch, autosave vault etc are in use. I have moved my video files to a raid array and reconnected the media so don't need these files. I can't even drag the files out to the desktop from the trash as it leaves a copy in the trash. It has been suggested for me to use some software that will force the items to delete from the trash, but does anyone have a recommendation or suggest what I can do?

HOld down the OPTION key when emptying trash. If they are still there, use the Disk Utility to Repair Permissions.
Shane

Iphoto empty trash

my iphoto turns off when I try to empty the trash in it even though it has 295 items.

Your chances for getting a resolution would be best served by posting your query on the iPhoto forum.
Ciao.

IPhoto empty trash application not responding

Have 7,000 photos in my iPhoto trash due to duplicates, but when I go to empty the iPhoto trash it stops responding, is there a way I can delete them bit by bit so I don't overload it and cause it to crash. I tried quitting everything else so it wasn't multitasking but other than that I don't know what to do.. Any help would be great, thanks. (It's a mid 2009 macbook + due to the 2gb RAM I stayed with the OS X 10.8.5 software + its the 8.1.2 iPhoto)

Go to the iPhoto Trash bin and select all of the photos in it and see if you can flag them or keyword them all at one time (we can't with iPhoto 9 or later). If you can then move them back to their original events by dragging them onto the Event icon above the Trash icon.
Next create a smart album with the criteria Rating is ? or Keyword is ?. Then you can delete them from that album in small batches of 100-200 or so by using the key combination of Command+Option+Delete to move the photos to the iPhoto Trash bin. Then empty and repeat for another batch.
Otherwise you'll have to put the photos back into their Events and then reselect them from the events and delete.
You should consider upgrading your memory in your Macbook if you plan on using it a while longer. The 2009 Macbook 5,2 can be upgraded to 6 GB of memory while the Macbook6,1 and handle 8 GB. If you decide to upgrade go to Crucial.com as they have the most reliable memory for Macs and have outstanding customer support.

Error code -8003 when emptying trash; underlying problem?

I am continually getting this error message when trying to empty the trash:
"The operation couldn't be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -8003)"
I have searched the forums and have picked up on ways to ovecome this - I use Onyx or TrashIt to empty the trash, but the issue comes back very soon, often the same day. Would like find an fix the underlying problem.
I have done some testing and think I know at least part of the problem. I use the MacUpdate program to find and download updates to the programs on my Mac, and I also use AppTrap to delete files associated with applications that I am deleting. When MacUpdate updates an app it throws the old one in the trash, and AppTrap asks if I want to keep or trash preferences, and I of course choose keep. I have noted that the empty trash problem seems to occur after automatic updates - not after everyone one, but it has NEVER occured without something being in the trash that got sent there by MacUpdate.
I took everything out of the trash and deleted things one by one, even opening packages, and found at least one item that wouldn't delete, a version of Carbon Copy Cloner that was updated by MacUpdate. I checked and it was not locked, and I had Read Write permission. I found another file that would generate teh -8300 error; when I clicked the lock pad and entered my password, it would then delete. But other files that have the padlock locked will delete, but it seems at least some programs updated by MacUpdate won't delete unless you unlock the file.
Do any other of the people on this forum who have experienced the -8300 error also us MacUpdate? I know that some people get this error from deleting files from their Time Machine backup, but that is not my situation.

Start with http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/trash.html

Empty trash The operation can't be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -8003).

I can't empty my trash. The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -8003).
I have started up in a guest account and that show empty trash bucket.
I have use 'option' or all three, control, option, command. and nothing works.
This has been a problem for about 3 weeks now.
I have an external WD hardrive for back up, these are the files that I try to erase - and I have unlocked each one, still no luck....
Can some one give me a hint what to do?
Jan

Don;
Plus all of you that have tried to help me with my 'empty trash' problem. I have it solved!
I am running a Western Digital external hard drive. I phoned them just now and they asked me to unplug the WD drive, and I reset the back up occasions, it was backing up every hour, which was way too often. The trash emptied when I unplugged and now I have rebooted and the trash is still empty
Thanks to all who gave me suggestions as to what I needed to do to empty my trash can! It had more than 1600 items living there. What a relief.
Jan

Error code -8003? Can't empty trash

All I'm trying to do is empty my trash. All that's in the trash are a bunch of empty folders, but whenever I go "Finder > Empty Trash," I get the usual thermometer bar for a few seconds (which seems odd in itself, considering how small the files in the Trash are), then this error message:
The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -8003).
I ran Disk Utility, Repaired Permissions, it gave me a clean bill of health. I then re-started the iMac, and when it was fully booted, tried to empty the trash again. Same error message.
Then I ran OnyX v2.1.4, no problems, restarted, tried to empty the trash, same result.
Then I ran Maintenance v1.3.2, no problems, restarted, tried to empty the trash, same result.
In each case of verifying or repairing disk or permissions, all three utilities generated humongous logs, which I've saved.
I looked on Apple's Support site for error codes. I was directed to this page:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2088?viewlocale=en_US
Which says "Mac OS System Error Codes: 1 to 32767," which one would think to be inclusive of error code -8033… but it ain't: the error codes go from 103 (ds32BitMode (booting in 32-bit on a 24-bit sys) to 20000 (dsShutDownOrRestart user choice between ShutDown and Restart)
I've tried several other sites that claim to have listings of Mac error codes, but it's my understanding -- please correct me if I'm wrong -- that error codes are not static; they evolve with the system.
BTW, all this happened after installing the latest software update, which included the 356th new driver for HP Printers this week alone, and something else I can't remember.
Whatever the case, I can't get rid of these empty folders. Any ideas?
Thanks!
Bart Brown

Thanks for the links and tips -- I was so brain-fogged last night (allergies + incredible pollen count = brain fog), and it's been so long since I had an "empty trash" problem, I completely forgot about the option key.
What's REALLY bizarre (to me) is how I accidentally fixed the problem:
I opened the Trash window (in "list" view), and did a Command-Option-Right Arrow (which opens all folders and subfolders), trying to see if I could find anything OTHER than empty folders. There were a few files, but nothing out of the ordinary. I closed the Trash window, and decided -- just for the **** of it -- to empty the Trash again. Finder > Empty Trash, and poof! All gone!
Thanks again -- very useful links!
Bart Brown

IPhoto won't quit! Empty trash with 8000 +....

Cleaned up iPhoto, deleting, now have 8000+ images in iPhoto trash. Click iPhoto Trash>Empty Trash, and separate upper right "Empty Trash" button... neither one will dump all these photos.... And the program freezes with swirling after the box shows it is emptying iPhoto trash.... NOT. Please help, after many tries this is becoming ugly.

Hello Old Toad:
Thank you for your suggestion. I've seen it in other discussions.
I've been using iPhoto for many years. I've been using a 2 GHz Intel Core Duo 2007 era iMac the whole time. I'm now using iPhoto v8.1.2.
My iPhoto library is now quite large with about 40,000 photos and about 175 G in total size. I have put a lot of time into organizing the photos. Everything is religiously backed up.
Over the past year or so the performance of iPhoto in terms of speed has been slowly declining. It takes a long time to open, but the most cumbersome is the spinning beach ball when I "commit" to enhancements to a photo I've made (contrast, saturation, sharpness etc). Recently that beach ball could actually take 3-5 minutes. I find this intolerable.
So I started researching this to see if others have the problem. As best I can make out after a few hours of research is that my library is too large and my computer too old. I don't want to replace my computer becuase of iPhoto so I started researching the idea of splitting my library into smaller libraries.
I found several 3rd party programs (iPhoto Buddy, iPhoto Library Manager) that made it seem they may be able to help me easily split my library into several libraries. Unfortunately neither actually does this but instead tells you how you need to do that manually.
The methods to split your library manually they suggest are horrendously tedious for a 40,000 photo library with over 1,000 carefully constructed Events.
And this brings me to where I stand today. I copy my entire library to an external hard drive, open the copied library and what I WANT to do is prune it to say 1/10 of the size (say two years of my photos). (Realize I'll have to do this process of copying my entire library 10 times, and pruning each time.)
But then I find out that iPhoto totally chokes when you try to trash more than "80-100" photos at a time! Morever, I come to find out that emptying the trash of even 80 photos takes 3-5 minutes!
Although I appreciate the help and advice, perhaps you can understand my frustration with Apple. I'm literally an indentured servant to iPhoto if I want to preserve all the work I've done on my library. I'd switch to another program if it would preserve all my events but I can not find one that does.
1. The performance of their software declines with no warning to the point where it can't be used unless you're unemployed and have nothing else to do.
2. You look for a fix and find you have to split your library.
3. When you try to split your library you find it will takes days and days of tedious work to complete.
So that is my story. That is why I'm so angry with Apple.
Have I missed anything or am I doomed to this dreary work?
Thank you for any help and guidance you can provide.

(not) emptying iphoto 5 trash

My iphoto 5 trash has 975 photos, this after a mixup of my iphoto library which after disappearing, returned as blank thumbnails with filenames; I renamed the library as iphoto_old, moved it to the desktop, and recreated it from within iphoto-file menu. Then I had all the grey squares as well as the images with the same respective filenames. I began deleting the grey squares, which went fine until I noticed that the trash reached 975, because I was wondering why it was taking so long that I'd begun investigating. I'd also searched the Discussions forum on this topic.
I also tried using Spotlight to see if I could find a way to get all the .jpg images into a new folder, and back up the whole works that way--then, rebuild the Library. Otherwise, I'd try again using the iphoto menu method, which took a few hours last night and I don't look forward to ending up with the same results as before.
So, I'm going to back up the Library onto an external hard drive once I've hooked that up, but that will still leave me with an overfilled trash album and a lot of duplicate empty files, won't it? If there is a way to avoid that problem, I'd love to read about it before wandering down another dead end...

Yes you can import photos from a CD/DVD, or any folder on your hard drive. the photos are copied into iPhoto's database, so you can delete the folder of photos after they are imported into iPhoto.
There are two different ways of sharing. Here are all the links I have for both ways.
SHARING IPHOTO LIBRARIES
Sharing libraries between users on the same local network
You can also share a library on the same machine between users the same way.
Sharing libraries between users on the same machine...
-both users must have sharing enabled in their iPhoto Preferences
-both users must be logged in and have iPhoto running
-Remember that you can only view the other library. You can't edit the photos or play the saved slideshows or view the made books or burn them to CD or DVD. The books and slideshows will show up as an album. You can play that album as an "on the fly" slideshow. You can drag images from the sharing library to your library in the source column to import them to your library. You can then edit, add to albums, books, slideshow, etc.
Sharing links from Apple....
Sharing your photos between computers
About shared photos
Turning off photo sharing
Looking for shared photos
SHARING ONE IPHOTO LIBRARY BETWEEN USERS ON SAME MACHINE
You can try one of these three methods:
1- Use iPhoto Library Manager-the paid version
The documentation page will give instructions on how it is done.
2- Sharing one iPhoto library between several users on one machine
3- Share an iPhoto Library in tiger Using ACL's
4- I have also read about ShareAlike
There is no other info on the site about how it works.
I strongly urge anyone wanting to try any of the methods for sharing one iPhoto Library folder among more than one user to backup all iPhoto Library folders before attemptin anything.

How to empty 5000 photos from iPhoto's trash

hi guys
a friend of mine - a newcomer to Mac OSX.. - has piled up 5000+ photos in iPhoto's trash & when he tried to empty it , iPhoto simply freezes & has to be closed using ''force quit''.
he asked for my help but, no matter what i tried i simply didn't find a way to do it - one other thing, when we open his iPhoto & select ''trash'' to view it's contents, it doesn't show any thumbnails just little white outlined squares where the thumbnail's should/would normally be - is this normal ?
the reason i tried to ''view'' iPhoto's trash content is that i read on MacRumors ( i think.. ) a suggestion of ''tagging'' the trash photos, create a smart folder with that tag to it, move the photos back into iPhoto's Library & THEN delete them in bunches of 50 or 60 at a time from that smart folder
so my obvious question is : any suggestions on how i can get iPhoto's trash to empty ?
according to him his computer ( a 27'' iMac i7.. ) has started showing the spinning beachball a lot lately - could this trash situation be related to this ?
i have ran out of solutions so, any help anyone could provide would be MOST welcome
hoping to hear from you guys soon, many thanks
Nuno

iPhoto has a well known problem with trying to delete large numbers of photos at one time.
Make a temporary, duplicate copy of the library 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 Home/Library/Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache files that are located in your Home/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 the options identified in the screenshot.
Fix #3
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/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: 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.
Once you get the library to open in iPhoto try the following:
1 - select all of the photos in the trash and assign a unique keyword, say "Delete", using the Keyword pane:
Click to view full size
2 - then drag all of the photo in the Trash bin onto the Photo icon in the left hand pane to move them back to their original Events.
3 - create a smart album with the criteria "Keyword" is "Delete".
4 - not select about 100 photos at a time, drag to the Trash bin and empty.
This should let you delete all of the photos safely.
OT

IPhoto '08: Emptying Trash Can Hangs Application - Must FORCE QUIT

Hi there,
I currently have about 1700 photos in my iPhoto trash can. When i try to 'empty trash', i am prompted with the confirm message, to which i reply "OK" ......... and that's IT! It hangs.
I have no choice but to 'force quit', as it is 'not responding'.
I did find a topic about this exact problem, but it was for iPhoto 6. I recommends holding down the Command and Option keys, opening iPhoto, then 'rebuilding the iPhoto Library database'. I am using iPhoto '08.. so i wasn't sure that that option would be still valid.
Can anybody help me get those photos out of my trash can??

Hi iWoman, and welcome to  Discussions.
This is the panther forum iWoman, but that shouldn't matter.
...recommends holding down the Command and Option keys, opening iPhoto, then 'rebuilding the iPhoto Library database'. I am using iPhoto '08.. so i wasn't sure that that option would be still valid.
It is still valid, so give it a try.
+In iPhoto ’08, you can rebuild your library by holding down both the Command and Option keys on your keyboard while you launch iPhoto. Keep those keys pressed until you are asked if you want to rebuild your library.+
Then see how you go, remember that 1700 photos is a lot so give iPhoto some time to do all of that work.

IPhoto 6 Still Crashing when Emptying Trash

Even after following Apple's advice to rebuild this and rebuild that and reinstall and delete preferences, etc., etc., iPhoto crashes when trying to empty trash of certain files, especially those imported with previous versions of iPhoto. Never have a problem with files imported using ver 6. I now have many files with no images, the file names.
Apple, this can't just be happening to me.
Help, anybody!!!

Hi Jim,
check out a possible solution in this thread
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=329293&tstart=0

Since March 2012 my iphoto 11 trash folder says that I have 13,346 photos in the iphoto trash, but there are no thumb nail copies in the viewer window. I can delete additional photos but clicking on the "empty trash" button. Any solutions?

Since March 2012 my iphoto 11 trash folder says that I have 13,346 photos in the iphoto trash, but there are no thumb nail copies in the viewer window. I can delete additional photos but clicking on the "empty trash" button.
My system trash finally emptied when I discovered "trash it!" is not longer supported by the most recent osx. Then I found an updated version of Onyx that did work with that trash emptying problem.
I have a total of 5,723 photos in my library. A macdevelopers group recently started suggesting a multi library manager for iphoto to overcome some kind of library quota limitations with iphoto as opposed to "more advanced" photo handling, storing and editing programs. If I went to a mult library manager for iphoto would that cure the apparent incongruent data retrieval problem in iphoto 11 regarding 13,346 phantom photos that will not securely delete?
Are there any other possible solutions out there?

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 (Snow Leopard and Earlier).
or with Lion and Mt. Lion from the User/Library/Containers/com.apple.iPhoto/
Data/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder
3 - launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE 1: 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.
NOTE 2: In Lion and Mountain Lion the Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and hit the Enter button - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
OT

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