Repeating preview photo in iPhoto?

All of my i Photo photos (~11 000) have the same photo showing in the main index. When I double click on any of them, the actual jpg photo is still there embedded under this repeated cover photo. What can I do to allow real photos to be seen in main page?

Back up your iPhoto library, depress the option and command keys, launch iPhoto and rebuild your library
LN

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after having saved the photo on the Mac via Iphoto the preview does not show the correct picture when opening the file.
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alessandro
Salve a tutti,
dopo aver importato le foto nel Mac tramite Iphoto l'anteprima mostra una foto diversa da quella che appare aprendo il file.
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alessandro
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Are you doing this totally in iPhoto? If so Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - from the resulting first aid window rebuild thumbnails and if needed repair permissions and if necessary rebuild your database
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Welcome to the Apple user discussion forums
1 - this is the iPhoto '08 forum - your question would be better placed in the iPhoto 5 forum - http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=850 - some things work differently and here people will assume that you have iPhoto '08 and the answers may not work on iPhoto 5
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It seems to be the recognition of the devices thats very slow.
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Process:
Preview [1255]
Path:
/Applications/Preview.app/Contents/MacOS/Preview
Identifier:
com.apple.Preview
Version:
5.0.3 (504.1)
Build Info:
Preview-5040100~2
Code Type:
X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [112]
Date/Time:
2012-11-12 22:56:22.392 -0600
OS Version:
Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
Report Version: 6
Interval Since Last Report:
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9
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Anonymous UUID:
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Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
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Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Create Library'
Import a few pics into this new, blank library. Is the Problem repeated there?

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Not in iPhoto - you can in preview or many other third party editors
http://www.macworld.com/article/132468/2008/04/workingmac2504.html
5. Quickly Mask Part of Your Image
Sometimes you have a picture of a person or an object that’s in front of a confusing background, and you’d really like to see that person without the clutter. Preview has two nifty features that let you do this—Instant Alpha and Extract Shape. To use the first, open a picture and then click and hold the Select button in Preview’s toolbar. From the menu that appears, choose Instant Alpha. Next, click and drag to remove background areas of the image. Start by dragging small areas to see how Preview expands the selection. You don’t have to get everything in one pass—just click and drag again to add to your selection. If you make a mistake, press the escape key to remove the selection altogether or option-drag to deselect particular areas. When you’ve highlighted everything you want to remove, press return to crop the background from your picture.
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http://www.macworld.com/article/132468/2008/04/workingmac2504.html
LN

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There are several possible causes for the Black Screen issue
1. Permissions in the Library: 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. Include the option to check and repair permissions.
2. Minor Database corruption: 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.
3. A Damaged Photo: Select one of the affected photos in the iPhoto Window and right click on it. From the resulting menu select 'Show File (or 'Show Original File' if that's available). (On iPhoto 11 this option is under the File -> Reveal in Finder.) Will the file open in Preview? If not then the file is damaged. Time to restore from your back up.
4. A corrupted iPhoto Cache: Trash the com.apple.iPhoto folder from HD/Users/Your Name/Library/ Caches...
5. A corrupted preference file: Trash the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from the HD/Users/ Your Name / library / preferences folder. (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.)
If none of these help:
As a Test:
Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Create Library'
Import a few pics into this new, blank library. Is the Problem repeated there?

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Some of my photos in Iphoto turn blank (white) when I tried to edit the size like zoon in and out.Can someone help me on this?

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