TRASH `crash`

Having got sorted out with iPhoto 6 I find that I have the need to remove a lot of pics (2500+) from the Trash in iPhoto.
When I go to the `empty trash in iPhoto` the programme quits everytime. I have reopened the prog, even rebooted the iMac and repaired permissions (not that I ever thought the latter would help) and still I can`t empty the iphoto trash without the programme quiting.
Any ides please on how to empty the trash without this `programme quiting` problem?
Russell (Uk)

I tried all the things suggested even down to selecting a single pic in Trash and I still can`t delete any
Are you following Terence's suggestion of taking all of the photo out of iPhoto's trash bin and then re-deleting a few at time? The statement above sounds like you selected just one of many photos that are in the Trash and tried to use the Empty Trash menu.
You may have to rebuild the library. Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library.
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, 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.

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I've been a bit remiss in deleting photos from iPhoto trash and now when I attempt to delete the 6379 photos in there it crashes iPhoto. I have tried the right click on the trash in the left menu bar and also the "iPhoto" > Empty Trash. How can I get rid of these photos?

This will happen if you try and delete that many shots from iphoto at one go. We generally recommend that you empty the trash in batches of 100 or so at a time.
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TD

IPhoto 6 Empty Trash Crashing Issue (Resolved?)

Having suffered from this for months now, I am still no closer to solving this issue. I believe I have done most things suggested here with varying degrees of partial sucess. Have not re-installed 6.0 or gone back to 5.0.
Can anyone offer anything new to try and resolve this or just sit back and wait for Apple to do something. Any advise appreciated.

Hi Kevin,
I don't have any definite resolution for you, but here is another thread I can refer you to:
cannot empty trash without a crash
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=329293&tstart=0
"I spoke with Apple just now (Apple Care) They said I-photo will not work right with photos on an external drive (I don't know where we are going to store the 250,000 photos it says it will work with). So here is what we did
1. Place my I photo library back in my home folder in the picture folder
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3. Restarted MAC in Safe mode by holding down the shift key after the restart chimes and releasing it after the Apple and the little spinning gear icon showed up.
4. log into the account in safe mode.
5. open I-photo and delete the files from the file menu it worked for me 8000+photos gone
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Empting Trash crashes my macbook

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Since I upgraded to Snow Leopard, my trash empties really slow or even sometimes crashes my macbook.
Is there another way to empty it or to figure out what is going on.
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If you want something as gone as possible using routine tools, then a secure delete is for you.
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Every time I try to empty the trash the system crashes and I get the "International Grey Curtain of Death."
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iPhoto continues to crash on me when emptying trash. I would think Apple could have fixed this by now, but I found something that works MOST of the time. After sending pics to trash, I open trash, move the scaling slider to smallest possible image, and then empty trash. Doesn't always work on the first try, but results are better than constantly restarting and emptying trash from normal views.

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Have you tried unmounting and disconnecting the drives, then emptying trash?
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i've got about 6000 pics in my trash in iphoto, and when i tell it to empty the trash, it hangs, and then unexpectedly quits. when i reopen it the trashed photos are still there and it asks me to rebuild the thumbnail cache.
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Empty trash = iPhoto crash ???

Hey all,
When I delete pictures from iPhoto, they go to the iPhoto trash can. When trying to empty the trash can, nothing happens for 2 sec and then it just shuts down. After that I get a message saying that it closed unexpectedly and I can choose CLOSE, REPORT or REOPEN. I tried it all and nothing works. I just crashes each time.
Anyone had this too?
Another one: can you tell iPhoto to just change the image and not make a duplicate in a modified folder? This is taking up HD space at a very fast rate...
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Bjorn

Bjorn:
Regarding the duplicates: no, you can't have iPhoto just modify the original file and not have a modified version. That because if you crop a photo for a 4 x 6 image and then want a 5 x 7 at a later time, without being able to revert to the original for that second crop, you'd lose considerable image quality each time. You always want to have that original file available to go back to. It's just good image management practice.
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My HD has a 150 capacity with 80GB free space.
Two of my sets I created with iPhoto Manager are on an External Drive of 500 GB, 450GB free.
I did some more testing and the 2 libraries that are crashing are on the Hard Drive. They are also the biggest, one is the buggy default library, the other is the rebuild of the default library. In the rebuild library I can trash only 20 photos at a time etc. (see above post) the other cannot trash anything. I was hoping to use the Rebuilt library as my main library(once I've cleaned out the old photos), saving to the others as needed, but since that is unstable I may start a new clean one.
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I've also rebuilt these libraries numerous times with the option+command options.
If my system is the problem, what would you recommend as a next step?
Thank you also for the capacity/stability confirmation, I like the app. and would like to continue using it, once I get rid of my bugs.

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My apps have been crashing since last night on iPhone 4g anyone having this problem. it only started last night i have rebooted the phone and some times cannot even download my email nor move them to trash where they re appear a few minutes in inbox

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