The iPhoto library is locked, file sharing
The iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have permission to make changes to it
Hi I have set up a file sharing between two macs. All works apart from opening from my daughters imac a photo library in my iMac. It says message above. What do I have to do? Thanks in advance.
Where is the library located?
To have two Macs share the same iPhoto library it should be placed on an external HD connected to one of the Macs. The EHD should be formatted OS X Extended (journaled). Otherwise you'll run into this problem. Also when accessing and using the library wirelessly it is subject to possible database damage due to potential dropouts.
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Hi, I have the following message when opening iPhoto:
The iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have permission to make changes to it. iPhoto can try to repair the permissions.
I select repair, enter my password and I get the following:
The iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have permission to make changes to it.
This happened a few weeks ago and I have been fumbelling around trying to fix it. I have no backup servers or shared access. My iPhone and iPad 'used to' pump pictures via iCloud but this has stopped.
I am adminstrator with open & edit rights.
I'm using a MacBook Air rinning OX 10.9 (Software OS X 10.9 (13A603)
PLEASE HELP!Similar problem but not quiet the same:
Please bear with me as I am very new to this subject.
1: Using a MacBook Air OSX 10.7.5 and it is WiFi connected to a Time Capsule.
2: Overnight I have done a complete back-up. Checked the data files and all correct.
3: I can open the files on the TC except for the iPhoto Library as I want to check visually that they are there. All 2,388.
4: The iPhone Library on the TC will not allow me to look in.
5: the iPhoto Library on the MBA allows me access and I can view etc all the 2,388.
Q1: So why can I not look into the TC's iPhone Library? Or how do I open that library so I can look in?
Q2: how can I export data back from the TC to the MBA if ever I needed to do that?
Thanks for helping out a virgin in these matters. -
I keep getting the message"the IPhoto library is locked, on a locked disc or you do not have permission to make a change to it." Prior to downloaading Mavericks OS last week, have neever had a problem with IPhot. What can I do. All the suggestions on the program help had not worked. I cannot find "IPoto Library First Aid" (which was oneof the suggestions)
JoDriOption 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 don't know what has happened but I now can't open iphoto. I get a caution when I try which says the iphoto library is locked! It was working perfectly fine this afternoon until I tried to upload some photos from my camera and my computer started to run very slow and wasn't recognising my camera. I tried to quit iphoto and then when I came back in to it, this was the message I received. As far as I am aware I didn't alter any settings or put on any locks. Please help!!
What version of iPhoto? Assuming 09 or later...
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 -
Trying to upload some photos to an e-mail an I get a message that says "The iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have permission to make changes to it." To where do I navigate to unlock this so I can have access to my photo library?
Couple of things to try:
Restart your mac and try launch iPhoto again.
If that fails:
Go to your Pictures Folder and find the iPhoto Library there. Right (or Control-) Click on the icon and select 'Show Package Contents'. A finder window will open with the Library exposed.
Look there for a file called ‘iPhoto’Lock.data or similar. Drag it to the Desktop. Make no other changes. Start iPhoto. Does that help?
If not: Where is your iPhoto Library stored? If it's on an External Disk, what format is that? -
When i open iPhoto it says: "Caution: The iPhoto Library is locked..."
When i open iPhoto it says: "Caution: The iphoto library is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have permission to make changes to it."
I have looked and i have read and write permission.
I don't know what else i can do.
I just got this computer, I was transferring pictures from my desktop folder (from my old PC) into iPhoto. It stopped importing, i had to force quit and now i get this message every time.
I click ok and iPhoto shuts down.
Any advice?
Thank youi had to force quit
The database may have been damaged when you did that.
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, 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 had to force quit from iphoto...
then I tried to reopen iphoto and it gave me a Caution message.
The iphoto library is locked, on a locked disc, or you do not have
permission to make changes to it....
What do I do to be able to get to my photographs?Try Rebuilding the iPhoto library and post back with results. BTW if you don't get an answer on this forum there is an iPhoto forum too.
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Everytime I click on my Iphoto icon this is what pops up
The iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have permission to make changes to it.
I can't get into my library.
I thought I did a back up onto a TAB and I can't unlock it from there either... HELP!! I'm not computer savy enough to figure this out!!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE... HELP ME!!
I've gotten frustrated and I've cried and I'm hoping there is help out there!
Thanks!re-post in the iPhoto forum where all the people that are very familiar with that software hang out. You are much more likely to get a quicker answer there. Good luck.
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Received thsi message
The iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have permission to make changes to it"
Could someone help me?
ThanksThat error message indicates usually, that your iPhoto library need repairing.
Rebuild your iPhoto library, as described in this post by Terence Devlin:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16956811#16956811
Regards
Léonie -
Just downloaded OSX10.10 - Yosemite. iPhoto said it needed to be updated, which I did. Upon trying to boot up iPhoto, I received the following message: "The iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have permission to make changes to it." iPhoto will not even open
I'm a bit of a noob but this worked - I right-clicked iPhoto and chose the top option "iPhoto Library". I didn't note the message that appeared, but it was something like
telling me I needed to upgrade iPhoto Library for it to work with my new version of iPhoto
cautioned me that it could take a while, and
once I upgraded it couldn't revert back to an earlier version.
So - I asked it to upgrade, it did, and once it finished iPhoto opened and now works!
I suppose why we could wonder why it wasn't included or mentioned in the original iPhoto upgrade, but this was probably more character-forming... -
I Can't open the iPhoto library. It says that the iPhoto library is locked, on a locked disk or you don't have permission to make changes on it. Can anybody help me?
Where is your iPhoto Library located?
Apply the fix below:
Fix #1
Try to launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Since only one option can be run at a time start with Option #1, followed by #3 and then #4 as needed.
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It is resolved by re-booting the computer. This is the latest version of iPhoto on a nearly new iMac. iPhoto library is in a Shared folder for multiple users to access. The permissions are fine and this never occurs after a fresh boot.
my iPhoto, after a clean re-install from Lion to everytjing else, has decided to go on strike. For some reason, which I haven't figured out yet, my library keeps duplicating all the pics everytime I do a manual backup. I'm unable to locate anything in the menu items to helpme locate and eliminate duplicates.
Yesterday, I think, my system received an auto update which I totally missed somehow until I went to shut my computer down (late 2006 iMac,OS X 10.7.1, with about a year old 1 TB HD and 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM). All seems well. HOWEVER, when I shut my Mac down, I noticed the "Please Restart Your Computer" message. I was not using iPhoto nor was the program on. When I did open the program, I got the following:
I did as instructed but still have no joy.
Any thoughts on how to fix this? -
A few weeks ago, I was using iPhoto fine when it suddenly quit working. I quit iPhoto and relaunched. It would no longer work.. was giving me the "used by another source" message. Well... lots of crap later (my husband did most of it, I'm not exactly sure what).. we have a new library where we are importing our files from the old library. I still cannot get it to open from my computer, though. As of today, I cannot open iphoto from the external hard drive (our main library). I also have a library on my macbook pro that I AM able to open, but I must click on that library from Finder (unless it is the last library that has been opened if that makes sense). I cannot use iPhoto with the option key held down in order to choose which library to run. I cannot option + command to attempt to run the repair library stuff either. It gives the same locked message.
I have deleted and reinstalled iPhoto.
I am running Mavericks and have iPhoto version 9.5.1
We have been using our external hard drive for at least 3 years now. It's defnitely formatted correctly.
I can't get my image to upload, but here is what the "get info" shows.
http://i.imgur.com/YF8vysc.png
Any help is much appreciated, thank you.I also have a library on my macbook pro that I AM able to open, but I must click on that library from Finder (unless it is the last library that has been opened if that makes sense).
Have you checked, if you have two versions if iPhoto on your Mac? This looks like the default iPhoto version on your mac were an older iPhoto version. Search with Spotlight, if you have more than one iPhoto version.
Has iPhoto ever worked with MacOS X 10.9.1 correctly? Or did this start right after the upgrade to Mavericks?
Your library is on a network volume. Have you tried, if it will work, if you connect the drive directly to your mac? It may be a network problem.
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What is the «iPhoto Library link» file for ?
Hi ... In the Pictures (Images in French) folder, what is the «iPhoto Library link» alias file for ? It points to the «iPhoto Library»in the same folder.
Robert, the link (alias) you are seeing is not created automatically by iPhoto. It must have been created accidentally. Perhaps you tried to repair your iPhoto library by holding down the key combination option-command ⌥⌘. if you dragged the library a little while doing this, it could have created this alias, because holding down these keys and dragging is one of the ways to create aliases.
-- Léonie -
I have installed iphoto 9.5.1 and now my iphoto library is locked, anybody have a fix for this?
Have you tried to restart the system? Sometimes this is caused by a running application blocking the access.
If that does not help, look for a lock file in the iPhoto library package as described here by Terence Devlin:
Re: The iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have permission to make changes to it. iPhoto can try to repair the permissions.
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