Slideshow music, iPhoto 2

How can I make iPhoto re-index my iTunes library? It's only showing about 10% of the song library.

What do you see in the pull down menu next to Music in the slide show settings menu.
The dropped down menu offers several choices - Sample Music, Library, Purchased Music etc. Uou want to select Library.
If that doesn't work you can try fixing the iTunes preference file.
When you do this iPhoto will act like it is opening for the first time
(MAKE SURE you QUIT iPhoto first)
You will find it in your Home directory:
(Home/your account) >Library>Preferences>com.apple.iPhoto.plist
Remove or trash the preference (.plist file) and restart iPhoto.

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I have a slideshow in iPhoto '08, updated to the most current version, but when I click on the "Music" button to choose my music in iTunes, no window will open.
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Any and all help will be greatly appreciated!

Are you able to open iPhoto's preferences easily? That and the music issue was a bug in an earlier version of iPhoto 7. Be sure you've updated to 7.1.3 and have applied the iLife Support 8.2 updater.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) 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 created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), 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. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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hello,
I made a slideshow with about 500 pictures in iphoto 09. I aded music- several songs using a custom playlist. The music plays when i preview the slideshow in iphoto, but when i checked it after exporting (sharing to idvd) idvd the music does not play when i preview the slideshow before burning in idvd. I tried exporting a short slideshow and the music played back. Any suggestions?
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Is any of the music purchased from the iTunes Store?
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Just got my brand new MacBook today and imported everything from old PowerBook. However now that I am trying to play a slideshow in iPhoto, the music to it will not play. Yet it will play in iTunes app itself, but not within the slideshow in iPhoto? Have downloaded all upgrades but still not working. Anyone got any suggestions? Thanks!

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Iphoto 08 slideshow music not playing

After making a slideshow with iphoto I mixed some songs together using garageband, then exported the mixed songs to iTunes.
But when I choose that track in iTunes for my slideshow it doesn't play. I've tried a bunch of other songs they won't play either. I have done this before using iphoto 06 and didn't have any problems. But now with 08 I can't seem to get any music to play with my slideshow.
Which means no exporting to iDVD, no burning to a disk, no showing off to my friends.
Can anybody tell me what my problem is??

soulmanbdr529:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Are you able to get non-Garageband mixed playlists to work in iPhoto's slideshows? If so then there's something GB is doing to the joined tracks that iPhoto doesn't like. For that you'd probably get more informed responses in the Garageband forums.
Do you Twango?
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Converting slideshow from iphoto with itune playlist as background music

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David,
I am sorry! I thought I was giving a solved to both of you. I was just playing around with fotomagico tonight. I love it...for $49. I know I have alot of posts and should be familiar with the solved thing. But most of my posts involve when I first started with Macs three years ago. I should have been more carefull. Non-the-less you were considerate enough to take your time out to help me. Much appreciated!
Some people on this FCP site are very critical of newbies often criticizing rather than helping. I rarely post here because of that.
I am a old time photographer (still have my darkroon stuff) who wants to get into a bit more of the film thing. Hence FCP. But what a learning curve! Mind you it is easier than Photoshop! (Now that's a learning curve coming from a film/darkroom guy).
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IPhoto Slideshow Music Settings Issue

I'm having an issue with Slideshows in iPhoto where there will be a long list called "Folders" when I am setting up the music. This happens in both the actual Slideshow and the creating of a Slideshow. I've installed iPhoto on 3 other computers and all of those computers did NOT have a Folder at the bottom, where mine does and opens into this huge mess. Scrolling manually through this takes a long while and makes setting up Slideshows a lot slower. Does anyone else have this issue and or a fix? Thanks!
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I successfully created a slideshow, using iPhoto '09 on my MacBook, with theme music from iTunes that I purchased and downloaded to my MacBook. Also, I successfully transferred my entire iPhoto library from my MacBook to my iMac. The problem seems to be that I have "lost" the theme music. It appears as if the theme music that I purchased is retained only on my MacBook. How can I recover, transfer, retain (pick one) the theme music for the slide show that was on my MacBook when I "move" the entire iPhoto library (& slide show) from one mac to another mac???

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Hey guys just wondering if there is a way to have a slideshow with more than 1 song playing in the background? I have a ton of pictures for a slideshow and want to use 3 or four songs as background music, any way to do this?

Hi adamdub;
May I welcome you to the Apple Discussion Forums.
If you take the songs in iTunes that you wish to use in the slideshow and put them into a playlist such as slideshow. Then when creating the slideshow in iPhoto you select the playlist named slideshow, the songs in that playlist will be used.
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After yesterday's OSX update to 10.9 and the subsequent iPhoto 9.5 update to 9.5 I also have the same problem:
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When changing the setting for the slide show length to be set by the playback time of the music, iPhoto crashes.
When trying to add iTunes music to a slide show the preview function does not work.
iTunes songs can be added to a slide show. When playing it back the songs will however not play.
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