Stuck in Slideshow

I'm having a huge problem with my Macbook Pro (first problem ever). I was setting up a slideshow with music. Once it started playing I couldn't get it to stop. I've done a control+alt+esc and that doesn't work. I've let it run completely down and then brought it back up and it just goes back to the same thing. I've hit the power button and brought up the restart / sleep / cancel / Shut Down and clicked Shut Down. That doesn't work either.
Anything else I can try??

Looks like I figured it out myself. I held the power button down for more than 5 seconds and it shut down. I've since started it back up and it's fine.

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Hi, ppricec.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
Here are some troubleshooting steps that I would suggest going through when experiencing this issue.
iPhoto 6 and later: Rebuilding the iPhoto library
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2638
Cheers,
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After downloading Yosemite

everything on my old MacBook is VERY slow! Also the updated iPhoto is
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I exported an album slideshow to iDVD and can no longer view my library with thumbprints. I can only see the first or last photo and have to page through one by one.
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Paulina,
Used to be, I'd select an album, and I'd see all thumbnails plus a "film strip." So I could arrow on each one and advance or retreat.
That sounds like when you open a photo in the iPhoto's 'Edit in Main Window' mode. This is when Show/Hide Thumbnails is active in the View menu. At the bottom of the window are edit tools: Constrain, Crop, Enhance, Red-Eye, etc, with a "Done" button at the right. To get there you have to either double-click a photo, click the Edit button in the lower toolbar, or Right-click (control-click) a photo and choose Edit from the contextual menu.
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After deleting the preference file you will have to reset iPhoto's preferences back to your liking. To get the edit view that you prefer, open the Preferences, General, and select "Edit photo: In main window". Now when you double-click on a thumbnail you will get the view that you are used to.
You may want to view the iPhoto Multimedia tutorial to see a presentation of iPhoto's features and controls.
Please post back if you have any more questions or would like clarification on any of the above.
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Ooops... thanks for pointing it out...
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Check your free drive space. Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon on your Desktop, then click: Get Info. In the Get Info window, click the discovery triangle so it's facing down. You will see; Capacity and Available Make sure you have 10% available disk space, 15% is better. Insufficient available space, can cause performance issues, system corruption, and possible loss of data.
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions. There's a little dimple in the horizontal bar below the window with the iTunes library icon. Click and drag down to reveal the playlists and individual tracks.

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Welcome to the Apple Discussions. There's a little dimple in the horizontal bar below the window with the iTunes library icon. Click and drag down to reveal the playlists and individual tracks.

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No recent changes to computer or software that I am aware of.
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So I first uploaded my site to http://debijlgolf.businesscatalyst.com/frankrijk.html and the slideshow widget on the page is working perfectly.
But now that I have uploaded the website to it's final destination, http://www.debijlgolf.nl/frankrijk.html, the slideshow widget just keeps showing me the loading thing.
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Ok the image aren't loading.
ithink the problem is the file name with spaces.
bc has no problem with them and your server is.... Just a guess
http://debijlgolf.businesscatalyst.com/images/saint%20junien%205.jpg
http://www.debijlgolf.nl/images/saint%20junien%205.jpg
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