Restoration of iphoto albums after disk repair
I had a serious disk problem that required complete wiping of the disk and then restoration of the original files from Time Machine. My photos (14GB worth) are now organised into years (2003,2004, etc) only and not the original titled albums. What is the file that contains the original album titles and content and where should it be located in order for iphoto to read it? The file should still be there on Time Machine. Any help appreciated to avoid manually re-allocating files to albums even if I can remember which is which.
YOu need the iPhoto library intact - there is no file that contains albums - you must restore the database as a single entity
Typically you open TM and go back to a good date, select the iphoto library and click "restore"
LN
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Can I backup to brand new, never synced Time Capsule? All of the photos of my baby, wedding and the rest of the last five years of my life is in the balance.
Help!If you want to preserve the data on the boot drive, you must try to back up now, before you do anything else. It may or may not be possible. If you don't care about the data, you can skip this step.
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Restore specific iPhoto ALBUMS (only) from time machine
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I was wondering if there is a way to restore only specific albums from time machine. i did a fresh install in my laptop recently and dont want to dump 40gb of pics back on to it, but there are just a few albums i would like to restore. i googled for a while and kept winding up at the "restore library" result, or "restore individual pics" but not just the album. i would imagine iphoto would make a specific fold for said albums, but i cant seem to find it.
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My albums appear in originals as folders. But as you say, they are the raw imports.
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Phanman08 wrote:
So my Macbook froze while playing Dragon Age Origins and i had to force shutdown. When i tried to reboot, it froze at the apple logo and then went to either a black screen or a grey screen. I then put in the install dvd and used the disk utility to repair it and it's booting properly now. However when I try playing Dragon Age or Starcraft 2 they are unplayably slow. I've tried resetting the SMC, the PRAM, and repairing the disk permissions to no avail.
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