Should I update to iphoto 9.2?
I'm now using iCloud and I'm thinking about updating to iPhoto 9.2 in order to use Photostream. But I went to the App Store and 102 users gave it a one star rating.
After reading reviews I see that many of the problems are due to having a 3ivx folder. I've checked and I don't have one. So is it safe to update?
DON'T! Ever since I downloaded it I have not been able to access my photos bc it crashes EVERY time I open it. I so regret getting it and now I dont know what to do to get to my photos.
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Should I update to the newest iPhoto from Mavericks, before installing Yosemite?
I have a 13" MacBook Pro with a 2.4GHz Intel Core Duo processor, 16 GB memory (1607 MHz DDR3), and a 1 TB Samsung SSD hard drive. I have Mavericks 10.9.5 on it, and iPhoto 8.1.2 (iPhoto '09). I'm about to update to Yosemite, but I've read about people having problems with iPhoto and iPhoto Library after the update. Should I update to the newest version of iPhoto before updating to Yosemite? Is there anything else I should know about installing these updates?
I'm puzzled about why there aren't more questions like mine ("No similar content found")
Two possibilities there: one is that you've phrased the question in a way different from other posters with the same issue or not very many people have the issue.
and why Apple hasn't put more info/help files out there about the havoc that can be wrought upon iPhoto libraries if app and system software updates are not done in the correct order.
I'm really not sure what you're referring to here. You can't update to iPhoto 9.6 unless you're already on 10.10. There simply is no way to do it in the 'wrong order'. And there is no evidence that the order of updating makes a whit of difference to a Library anyway. You may have read about people having problems after an update - read more. There are always people who have issues after updates - updates of any app on any OS. The reasons can vary widely - everything from pre-existing issues on the host machine, faulty download, faulty installer, minor directory and disk damage. So, I really would not read too much into it. -
im getting problem in imovie & iphoto update.my 1st id is blocked,i changed my id but during update it is showing my previous id.please help me how should i update my app with my new id.
Contact App Store support. There's a link on the right hand side of the App Store Window. They're the only ones who can sort out account issues.
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Just updated to iPhoto 2011; the source list icons are NOT in colour as shown - Should they be? (grey icons very boring!)
That is one of the changes to iPhoto '11
It is not an option - suggest to Apple - iPhoto menu ==> provide iPhoto feedback
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New photo upload missing after I updated to iPhoto 11
Hi and Help!
I was prompted to update to iPhoto 11 on the weekend (don't know why now particularly, I'm in iPhoto all the time). So I followed the instructions, library updated, all existing events and albums are there. I uploaded some more pictures and created a few new albums and did some new year spring cleaning, moving stuff around etc. And I started making a calendar.
I've opened it up today, my calendar project is still there as are all the new events, but the pictures are empty outlines. If I open up a picture I just get a large exclamation mark "!" but I can still see the thumbnails showing in the slider in the bottom - I don't know if that means the source files must still be there somewhere, or if it just means it captured thumbnails yesterday.
I've gone into the folders via "show package contents" and there just don't seem to be any masters for an upload this weekend. I also had a look in the last import folder. As I scrolled down through the folder the images were there and literally disappeared in front of me - by which I mean, the thumbnails were there as I scrolled down and then would turn into empty outlines...!
All my old folders are still there, thankfully (although they're of course the ones that are also all safely back up).
Because I don't have the cable for my camera, I uploaded them through a card-reader, I don't know if that may affect their date-stamp (and so therefore where to find them in package contents route). I've uploaded previously this way though, and it hasn't been issue regarding losing the images.
Although I have a timecapsule, my photo library is too big to keep on my hard drive, so I keep it on an external drive - meaning it only gets backed up when I do it manually (thanks Apple for that, I will never understand why it was designed to work - or not work - that way). So if the pictures have been lost then they are gone for good which is horrible (I just got back from South Korea and was in the middle of sorting out all my shots from that trip). Plus there was stuff on the camera dating back to the summer.
It seems that this can only have happened because of the update - I should have known better than to have pressed yes.
I'm on a macbook pro and using OSX Lion.
If you have any suggestions, I'd be most grateful!
Regards
RHi,
ok - on the many other back up solutions available front: I guess I have bought into the Apple 'plug n play' 'it all works seamlessly' dream. I have twice been sold supposed total solutions - in 2009, on the advice of a Miami Apple store, upgrading my old macbook pro's OSX to I think snow leopard, specifically to get time machine, and buying a La Cie 1TB external drive and WD 0.5TB portable external, to work with the airport extreme I had at home....
then, after my iTunes armageddon last year, when I was unable to resolve it through several very long Apple-care calls, I went into the Genius bar at the Shanghai store, where I now live, and left with a partial recovery...and a new 2TB time capsule, 1TB La Cie external drive, and the Lion OSX. To go with my current macbook pro. So, having invested significantly in Apple's solutions, I'm looking to them to work rather than replace them with something else when I don't know if they'll be any better. People who are supposed to know have told me that it couldn't sweep from peripherals, so I've taken their word for it. Does that make me a mug? Very probably.
Re format:
1) La Cie -
Kind: volume
Format: exFAT
Capacity: 1TB
Available: 400.55 GB
Sharing & permissions: I can read and write
2) Time Capsule - when I click on 'get info' I don't get very much info, just:
Kind: time capsule -
Since I updated to iPhoto 9.5.1, when I open the program, I am now asked what library i wish to use and none are listed. I can not find my photos. How can I find and restore my photos. Can I use the Time Machine to do this?
You may be launching an older version of iPhoto from your Dock. Try to launch iPhoto directly from the Applications folder. Does that find a library to open?
If not, search with Find Any File for traces of your iPhoto library, as described by Old Toad in this post:
Re: My iPhoto Library disappeared...how do I get it back?
Download and run Find Any File to search for a file with "ThumbJPGSegment" in the file name. These are files common to all versions of iPhoto libraries.
FAF can search areas that Spotlight can't like invisible folders, system folders and packages. If there's a library hiding somewhere on your hard drive FAF will find it.
If that does not work, try to restore from your backup:
The photos were stored on the iMac hard drive. I do have the Time machine with backup on my Airport WIFI.
To restore from Time Machine, you need to open the folder, where your iPhoto library should be, before you enter Time Machine. Then go back in time along the timeline to the right of the TimeTunnel window. -
Updated to iphoto 11, can't rebuild library
Hi all!
I think I have a big problem on my hands, and am hoping someone has an answer. I have been using iPhoto 9 with no problems, and have my iphoto library stored on an external harddrive. It has about 20,000 pictures and a handful of videos (cell phone quality). Last night I decided to upgrade to iPhoto 11 for the AVCHD compatibility. I downloaded it from the app store, attempted to run it, and got the message that I needed to update my iphoto library. I allowed it to do that, but it stopped midway with the message that it needed to repair permissions. I again allowed it to do that, but it was unsuccessful. I came here and did some searching, and then tried to repair permissions by starting iPhoto with command+alt. That was unsuccessful.
At this point, I strted to get nervous, so I made a duplicate copy of my iPhoto library on my external harddrive. It was at that point that I noticed my library was only 4.47 GB. Panic has now set in, because there is no way a library of 20,000+ could be that small, right?? I have never used Time Machine (i know, horrible), but have been slowly making DVD backups of 2-3 months at a time. I am nowhere near to done, and would loose quite a bit if something has happened to my library.
Following advice from these boards, I have also tried to command+option start iPhoto and rebuilding the database. However, as soon as it starts, it stops again with the error that I need to update my library. When I allow it to update my library, that stops with the error that I need to repair permissions, and then it can't do that and quits. It's one big vicious cycle. I've also tried the iPhoto Library Manager that some have suggested downloading, but the latest version said it was for iPhoto 7.something and earlier.
Can anyone tell me what to do next? And is there any way that my entire library is still somewhere, intact??
THANKS in advance!
(I'm currently running OS X 10.9)Last question first: there's no choice really. A USB/Firewire or Thunderbolt diks formatted Mac OS Extended, Journaled.
My worry about the 80k photos is that you're importing one library into another. Never import one Library to another. Every version and thumbnail is imported like a distinct photo, you lose all your Albums, Keywords etc., the link between Original and Previews is destroyed, the non-destructive editing feature is ruined and so on. In summary: it's mess.
As for Q1, I don't know if WIndows can reliably work with such a drive. Macs can work with a couple of formats but not iPhoto or Aperture.
Once the that new library is in, and if it's a mess, as I suspect, then trash it. Copy the Library again from the NTFS disk and try rebuild it:
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 early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)
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
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I cannot open iphoto 11 and see my pictures properly now that I have updated from iphoto 9. When i look at my pictures all i see is the same picture covering / hiding the picture that should be there. but when I click on it i see the proper picture. I am not sure how to fix iphoto to open and load my photos properly since the upgrade
post your question in the iPhoto forum.
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After mandatory update of IPHOTO why did I lose all my photos
After my harddrive died unexpectedly, apple installed a new harddrive. As I was reinstalling from my backup drive, I received a message that I could not import my photos if I didn't update ILIFE-IPHOTO. I followed directions and now have a blank IPHOTO. My event names show, it indicates there are ex 48 photos, 120 photos, etc in each event, however the images are blank.
I have contacted IPHOTO support and went thru the procedures that they recommended (option command open iphoto and completed all four steps there, however I remain unable to access my photos (76000)
As bad gets worse, while attempting these changes, my external drive stopped being recognized by the computer and the computer store I took it to has still not been able to get into the partition.
So, I sit here after a couple of weeks, frustrated and lost. Besides not seeing the photos, every time I spend 5 or 10 minutes in the 'new'IPHOTO', it shows and error and shuts down. I am not impressed. If there arent any other ways to fix this, then I will delete IPHOTO from my computer and start again with Adobe Photoshop Elements and never touch IPHOTO again.
Fortunately, at least 50000 of my photos were backed up on other media so it is not a total loss - just a ton of work!
Any suggestions before I throw in the towel.Frankly, I'm not sure where to go from here as your explanations are not clear to me. Upgrading from v8 to v9 required a purchase. Apple do not require you to buy a new version of the app just to restore from your back up, so I'm not sure what went on there. iPhoto is an element of the iLife suite of applications. It would seem to me that you have damaged backups and some confusion rather than a problem with iPhoto.
Try the following: I have no idea if it will help but it won't harm...
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 early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)
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 -
I've been trying to update my Iphoto, Imovie and my Moutain Lion software to 10.8 for months. I keep getting a message to log into you account you purchase it with. THe software came with my computer therefore where do I go from here bc it will not update?
Use the Support link on the App Store. http://www.apple.com/support/mac/app-store/
As cbs20 alludes, if you didn't buy it new, those apps are registered with the previous owner. If you are the original owner, the support people should be able to help. -
Updates for iPhoto in Mountain Lion, on a work computer.
Updates for iPhoto in Mountain Lion are only available from the App Store. I'm on a new iMac which is a work computer, owned by my employer, and don't want to enter my credit card details. The brand new iMac came with iPhoto installed, so I don't see why I should purchase updates for it.
Does anyone have a similar experience or any advice please?You don't have to but you need to enter the Apple ID and passowrd for that Apple ID from the person that registered that Mac. So the owner would have those and if not they need to create an Apple ID for the company. As without one no updates can be done on that system.
In your tags it says you are using OS X 10.4.11. If that is incorrect please change it to the correct version of OS X. Which if this is a New iMac it should be 10.8.x.
Also why are you using iPhoto on a work computer? If you're not a photographer, or deal with images as part of your job then there's no real reason to update iPhoto. And if you are dealing with images as part of your job then you need a better image management program then iPhoto. -
How to "Smart Update" an iPhoto Library Folder
Hi:
Searched the archives but didn't find a thread which quite addressed this exact scenario (but if there is one, please let me know):
I want to occasionally "Smart Update" the iPhoto Library folder on my wife's iMac, so that it matches the "master" iPhoto Library folder on my PowerMac, since any new pictures we take all get imported onto my machine -- first for editing (in PS Elements) and then organizing (extensive captioning, Keyword sorting, etc.) using iPhoto.
While I can simply copy the 8-9GB folder onto an external drive, then move that drive upstairs, connect it to the other machine, and copy that entire folder over while erasing the earlier version (all for the sake of say 50MB worth of new and/or modified images), it would obviously be much easier if I could just "Smart Update" (to use the SuperDuper! backup app term) the receiving folder so it matched the master one, and did that smart updating over my existing wireless AirPort network.
The iPhoto option of Sharing my master library is unfortunately too slow via the wireless network to be a practical alternative.
I know about the prohibitions against manually mucking around with any iPhoto Library folder via the Finder, but in this case, would a "Smart Updated" iPhoto Library folder function correctly (i.e. the same as the master folder from which it was "cloned"), or would additional "application support" files also have to be copied from the master machine?
I would do a test using my registered copy of SuperDuper!, but unfortunately it's a volumes-only solution. I've always wished that Apple's Finder offered a "Smart Update" option when copying folders to a location where a folder by the same name already exists (in Leopard -- please?), but failing that, what 3rd-party apps (freeware would be nice!) should I try to test out this workflow?
Thanks,
John Bertram
Toronto, CanadaJohn:
To add to TD's post, the Feb. issue of MacWorld has a review of several backup applications. I believe it is online at their site. This will work only if your wife does not make any changes, i.e. add new photos, delete photos or add albums, etc.
If you wife uses iPhoto for making slideshows, etc., your only option is to use iPhoto Library Manager to add new rolls to your wife's library like this.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file. -
dears, i have purchased a new macbook pro with lion os, then after a while for a notification to update the iPhoto app, and when i tried to update it said that unable to update, then i uninstalled it, then i tried to install it but it said these apps connot be installed on this computer!!!!!
what should i do
this problem started to annoy me, as am not able to edit any photo.
pls help ASAPThanks a lot i followed the instructions for safe mode (i found out that i was pressing the C button after restarting) i did whats written there but the repair couldn't be performed so in addition i needed to re-formate the HD so i erased the volume and then repaired the disk--> quite disk utilities --> start the installation from the installation DVD.
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Since my last software update, my iphoto 11 will not import any photos from any source. The circle just spins...when I go to force quit, it says iphoto not responding. Backed up iphoto library, uninstalled and reinstalled iphoto. Still not working. Help!
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 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 -
backup Hi,
I have iphoto 8.1.2. Should I move to Iphoto 9. Most things i find when i google is all about how buggy it is and slow and the fact that it doesn't handle video files. But these pages are more than a year old.
Also, i have my iphoto library on a external USB HDD & have time machine running on a NAS for backup (it does backup the USB drive too). Should i have any other form of backup for my library or will Iphoto 9 recognize this library?
Thanks a lot!Only you can decide
There are several threads on this forum already about the limits of online reviews, especially on store and forum sites. An example might be your statement that "it doesn't handle video files". In fact, iPhoot 11 handles more video formats the any earlier version.
My experience is that iPhoto 11 is rock solid. This forum is no busier than it was with earlier versions of the app, and I'm a regular here since 2007.
When you install the new version it will ask to upgrade the library for its new formats.
I always make an extra back up before updating anything. But that's just me. As long as the external disk is formatted Mac OS Extended you should have no issues.
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