Tip for Finding Lost Photos from iPhoto

Wow, what a surprise.  After rebuilding my library and still not finding my lost photos, I installed Picasa for Mac, and voila, it found every photo on my hard drive I'd ever done and in warp speed!  I couldn't believe it, I had just about given up!  It was easy then to transfer them to iPhoto which I am much more familiar with for editing and emailing.

Bonnie,
thanks for your answer here about picasa which I have downloaded and watching all my images flash by.  And I think I am through with iphoto.  The hours I have spent every time it decides not to open and even all the hints here about rebuilding etc.  nothing was useful or it was for one or two times.  I'll just have to get used to picasa.  I am sure the time will be better spent there than hours lost like today.  I wanted to add pictures to a pages document only to find iphoto library empty and the one I had copied stopped at 2010.  I am a photographer so you know I've done lots since 2010.  You are a lifesaver.  Much gratitude for you.

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