Updated to 10.7.2. iPhoto library gone. Apple wants $50.00 to attempt to recover.
Just finished uploading new images to my MacBook Pro. Prompted to update to 10.7.2, so I did and upon system restart, my iphoto library magically disappeared. Called Apple support which said that my telephone service had expired and that I should spend $250 for support or $50 for this one time.
Any suggestions as to how to recover my library other than having to reinstall everything again...?
Restore from your back up.
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I currently own multiple PowerMacs all sharing the same high speed local network. All of them run the latest / Mac OS X.4.9 and have multiple HD’s (both internal and external) as well as iLife’ 06. And all of them also have iChatAV3 and are able to video chat one with the other at will while on the same local high speed network.
This is my very first iPhoto library nightmare since I’ve owned a mac. and yes I’ve always been conditioned to backup everything one wishes to keep. This particular scenario is no different. (altho my back up HD for one of the three G4 computers involved was a bit dated by at least 6 months).
This was essentially triggered via two separate iLife ‘06 apps , namely iPhoto and iChatAV3 (combined with at least an ounce of stupidity on my part). That combined with 2 people not communicating properly / being on the same page (or rather the same Folder) when working on the very same task. Hey... I do NOT claim to be an expert at this particular application even though I have used macs since apple first introduced the Apple IIe decades ago. So this does not stem from lack of experience but rather not thinking things thru entirely in terms of all the possible consequences of simple, yet catastrophic actions when it comes to replacing or authenticating one particular folder containing the entire iPhoto Library simply titled “pictures”.
Starts like this, ichatav is open on 2 of three macs and my teenage daughter asks me to send her a roll of pictures she downloaded into my computer (since it’s twice as fast as her own) from her digital still camera. Now she wants all 12 photos on her computer as well. So I drag all 12 photos to my desktop and place them in a folder titled “Jackies pics”. I drag this folder to her icon on my buddy list and ichat AV simply refuses to allow sending the entire folder and ask me to send them one at a time. That should have been my first clue. Strange I thought. Always worked well in the past. Why not now? So I tell her over ichatav that the app simply won’t allow me to send her the entire folder and that I’ll have to send them one at a time. Please make a new folder on your HD called Jackie’s pics. She agrees and creates a folder on her end called .... (you guessed it) ...... “pictures”...... to which she drags each of the 12 images I sent over our local network.
Little did she realize this newly created folder has the makings of an atomic bomb when it comes to importing the entire folder into iPhoto’s library on her own mac. A dialog box quickly materializes asking that she “authenticate” or hit cancel. So she ask me what to do. I said that’s fine, hit authenticate (assuming she titled it Jackies pics). BIG mistake! She hits authenticate and now she has the 12 images I sent her in iPhoto....BUT .... the 1600 or so originals in the entire iPhoto library quickly vanishes. Her entire iphoto library is now wiped out or rather replaced with this new folder. She asks me, what happened? And in less than 30 seconds she in complete tears. Over 2-3 years of her photos (all 1600 images) gone in the click of a mouse.
Today is father’s day .... and I remembered that I have a complete backup of her HD (even though it is a bit dated). So together, we managed to recover about 90% of the lost images. If anyone reading this knows how I can possibly recover the final 10% (most current photos) then please help us.
Bottom line: We were fortunate. This Father’s Day iPhoto Nightmare ended happily....
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(3) G4 PM's/(3) S-Drives/Sony TRV900/Nikons/6FWHD's/PS7/iLife06/FCPHD/DVDSP/etc. Mac OS X (10.4.8)Just another update .... Today, my daughter was multitasking on her G4 powermac working within iPhoto as well as email account and last but not least the latest iTunes. As she opened this final app (and I mean "final").... her entire hard drive bit the dust after she saw the spinning beachball and hence attempted to force quit. (I should also point out we are having a heat wave in San Diego today ...which also may have contributed to this hardware issue mainly).
This time, I had a complete updated copy of her HD and simply cloned it to a new hard drive. Took me a few hours to troubleshoot, clone and install a new drive in its place. But all is working normally again (sure hope it stays that way this time).
Friendly reminder to those who read this post .....
BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP .... ESPECIALLY IN IPHOTO & ITUNES! -
Hi. I need some help on the following problem. I opened iPhoto and, suddenly, it tells me " WHAT IPHOTO LIBRARY DO I WANT TO USE?" but i had a iPhoto library. When i search on my Pictures, i have the file IPHOTO LIBRARY but is was not the icon on it i previously remembered and it appears on a dim letters and it can not be opened ... How can i recover it??
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
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Why can't I sync videos in my iPhoto library to Apple TV (1st generation)
Why can't I sync videos in my iPhoto library to Apple TV (1st generation)?
If it's already in iTunes, you can reconver the video to an even more friendly iTunes format using iTunes' built in converter. Highlight the video in iTunes and choose Advanced -> Create iPod or iPhone version from the menu bar.
When the video(s) has/have finished converting, configure them to sync to your iPod.
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When we go to view albums from our iphoto library on apple tv it takes forever to load and then it only plays between 24 and 35 photos then goes back to the start. Then it goes through again and displays 1 more photo each time. Please help!
It's likely that your Library database has been damaged in all the crashing.
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.
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Hello, I have a Macbook Air and 3 days ago, I had a "crucial update" on my computer but accepted it before looking at what it was for. When my computer auto restarted, my iphoto library was completely gone. Does anyone know how this could have happened?
I have the OS X 10.7.5 and iphoto 9.2.3... The update that I did may have been the Os X 10.7.5 but I did not look at what the update was being quickly clicking the accept button.
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Thank you!You should have been syncing all of this to your computer regularly.
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IPhoto Library gone after update to OSX Yosemite 10.10.3
Put another way, how do I get the new "Photos" program associated with the new OSX Yosemite v. 10.10.3 to see my former iPhoto library that is stored on an external hard drive?
Here's the full story:
This morning I updated my MacBook Air to OSX Yosemite v. 10.10.3. The update claimed that it ran successfully. Afterwards, I plugged in my iPhone to sync it to the computer. There were photos on my phone that I'd taken yesterday, so when I plugged the iPhone in to the USB cable, a program launched that I thought was iPhoto (but, as it turns out, is actually a new Apple program called simply "Photos"). I was led through a series of questions, one of which was "do you want to download your photos to iCloud?" I did not want to download my photos to the cloud; first off, I've got like 100GB of photos and second off, even if there were that much space allowed with an iCloud account, I wouldn't have wanted to take the time. After skipping that download-to-the-cloud step, the new "Photos" program downloaded the pictures taken yesterday off of my phone and deleted them from my iPhone as I'd requested. But, when the transfer from phone to computer completed, I was taken to the new Photos program and the only pictures on my account are those that were downloaded this morning from my iPhone.
Because I've got so many photos I keep my iPhoto Library on an external hard drive. I keep two additional external hard drives that back up everything every night. I am not worried about the photos being lost, but I can't figure out how to get the new "Photos" program to go find that library on my external hard drive.
All help appreciated.To migrate your existing library to Photos is simple: just open it.
Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch Photos. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library'
You problem is that you will no have two libraries - the converted iPhoto one and the one you created with just these iPhone photos.
So I would export the pics from the new Photos Library to the Finder: (File -> Export-> Export unmodified originals
Trash the Photos library from your Pictures Folder
Convert the iPhoto Library
Then import those photos from the Finder. -
Where has my iPhoto library gone?
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I have read and tried some of the various solutions, but so far, nothing has worked. It was suggested that I update my library, but I don't know how to do this.
I think I've messed up somewhere, because now when I open iphoto it says:
To use iphoto ’11, you need to upgrade your photo library.
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It then gives you an option to quit or continue. I select continue and then it says:
You can’t open your current photo library using this version of iPhoto.
You have made changes to your photo library using a newer version of iPhoto.
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I select quit and then nothing.
Help!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.
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Iphoto library gone - no back up
Somehow my iphoto library is gone. No back up.
what happened to it? why did it just disappear? its not in trash. there is no file or folder in its place. just gone.
can i retrieve without bring my mac to a memory recovery place?
I"m trying virtual lab but it seems to only show 540mbs worht of iphoto files when i know i had a lot more photos.
i just did a security update. could that have erased? i believe after i did this update - my shortcut icons in my finder window were all gone also.
i also installed flip4mac wmv recently.
btw - i've done a search for iphoto everything and have not found it on any drives. it doesn't exist anywhere on my system.Jonathan
Have you looked in your Pictures folder? This is where the iPhoto Library Folder - which contains your photos and the library files - is meant to be. Look manually, many people have problems with Spotlight.
Assuming that the iPhoto Library Folder is actually gone:
1. Download a file recovery app like FileSalvage: http://subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?mainpage=product_info&productsid=1
2. Don't Save things on your mac, it increases the chance of overwriting the files.
3. I"m trying virtual lab but it seems to only show 540mbs worht of iphoto files when i know i had a lot more photos.
I don't understand this reference - but why is it showing 540 MB;s of "iPhoto Files" when you say they are missing?
Regards
TD -
Before I update - old folders in my iPhoto library foler
Hi. I'm about to update to '08. Before I did so, I noticed that there seems to be redundant folders in my iPhoto library containing duplicate photos. I've been using iPhoto for some time and gone through several updates. Within the library, there are folders (I believe the oldest ones) based on year, a folder entitled "Data" that seems to also contain year based files and also files entitled "Originals" and "Modified." Can some of these be removed? Also, there are many other ancillary files (dir. data, iphotolock.data, library.cache, library.data, etc). Can some of these be removed or do they all need to be in the library?
Thank you!Click here for information about each folder; unless it explicitly states that a specific folder isn't used in your version of iPhoto, leave it as is.
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Iphoto library gone on my side
My wife and I each have an account on my 1.8 duel G5. When I opened my iphoto 6 tonight my library was completely gone. All my photo books and every roll. Our iphoto folder lives in our shared file. When I go to my wife's side, she still has everthing as it was.
I may have jumped the gun and re-imported my iphoto folder which left me with a big messy 4000 photo library with doubles and out of any kind of chronological order. Completely useless.
How do I get rid of this mess and get my wife's library back to my side?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
HughHi Hugh,
It seems you have run into the "permissions changing on the library" problem.
I would take look at iPhoto Library Manager and read the documentation page on sharing libraries to see it explained.
There is also another method in Tiger for sharing one library.
(you can go back to sharing the shared library by using one of the next methods and just delete the iPhoto Library folder in your Pictures folder that is the messed up import)
SHARING ONE IPHOTO LIBRARY BETWEEN USERS ON SAME MACHINE
You can try one of these three methods:
1- Use iPhoto Library Manager-the paid version
The documentation page will give instructions on how it is done.
2- Sharing one iPhoto library between several users on one machine
3- Share an iPhoto Library in tiger Using ACL's
4- I have also read about ShareAlike
There is no other info on the site about how it works.
I strongly urge anyone wanting to try any of the methods for sharing one iPhoto Library folder among more than one user to backup all iPhoto Library folders before attemptin anything. -
I tried to post this under iPhoto topic, but the web site kept giving an error message so I am posting it here. I recently purchased a Canon dig camera and loaded the software to download pics. In the Image browser (of the software) there is a topic box with a Pictures folder and Movie folder. In the pictures folder there was an icon for all my iPhoto library pics and also desktop pics etc. I thought that these were probably aliases and since I was not in any of my HD folders (just in the Canon software program) etc I deleted them from the Canon software windows. (I did not want duplicates of all iPhoto pics etc.) Now I cannot find my iPhoto library even after doing a "find" and all my pics are gone. I couldn't believe that they could be deleted from a third party software program since I was not even in any of my libraries or HD, desktop folders. So it looks like I deleted all my pics (still don't understand it). Am I just not looking in the right spot for the missing folder? Sorry for the stupidity.
Glen"the web site kept giving an error message"
What did the message state? Which iPhoto forum. There are several? Please report error along w/the above requested info over on the Feedback about Discussions Forums so that it can be taken care of.
For the record, I had no problem getting into any of the iPhoto forums. -
Updating thumbnails and the disappearing iPhoto library
i was greeted with a message asking if I wanted to updated my thumbnails in iPhoto 08 earlier today. When I selected "yes", every photo I had vanished. I can still find them on my hard drive, but, I recently spent a good amount of time creating events.
When I click on my iPhoto library, iPhoto simply launches. If I search for the name of an event I created, say "vacation" for instance, the folder shows up in finder. Also, I backed up my home folder yesterday, and tried to restore the library without any luck. I do have an iLife backup from 2 weeks ago, however, I have spent a fair amount of time organizing and don't particularly want to do it again. Anyone know if there is a way to recover?Robert
Sounds like you have a corrupted database file.
Do you have an up-to-date back up? If so, try copy the library6.iphoto file from the back up to the iPhoto Library (Right Click -> Show Package Contents) allowing it to overwrite the damaged file. If not, then you'll need to create and populate a new library.
To create and populate a new library:
Note this will give you a working library with the same Events and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, modified versions, books, calendars etc.
In the iPhoto Preferences -> Events UNcheck the box at 'Imported Items from the Finder'
Move the iPhoto Library to the desktop
Launch iPhoto. It will ask if you wish to create a new Library. Say Yes.
Go into the iPhoto Library (Right Click -> Show Package Contents on your desktop and find the Originals folder. From the Originals folder drag the individual Event Folders to the iPhoto Window and it will recreate them in the new library.
When you're sure all is well you can delete the iPhoto Library on your desktop.
In the future, in addition to your usual back up routine, you might like to make a copy of the library6.iPhoto file whenever you have made changes to the library as protection against database corruption. -
I have been speaking to Old Toad for the majority of today trying to fix my iPhoto Library as its become corrupt and I cannot get my photos/videos back into iPhoto. After many many suggestions I seem to have created some serious system problems.
PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS THREAD...
https://discussions.apple.com/message/21742033#21742033
If anybody can be of assisatance that would be a great help.
I am a mac dummie, recently transfered so foolproof guidance will be helpfull!
(Unfortunatly.. and now I know the importance, I haven't used time-machine and my mac isn't backed up. If i restore to factory settings I will loose the 600+ photos and videos I had in my iPhoto Library.... which dissapeared, which is the whole reason why I created the first thread)
Thank you!!Linc:
It appeared to me that somehow the OP's Picture folder was converted into an iPhoto Library as his screenshot of the PIctures folder looked like the inside of a library.
This statement by the OP make me think it might be more than just an iPhoto issue (the bold text):
I am unable to drag the Picture folder to the desktop, It wont move, and iPhoto (which is still empty) just opens.
Some how the same is happening with Documents,
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IPhoto library gone after upgrade to Tiger
My iPhoto library was empty after upgrading to Tiger. I am on my 4th digital camera, so you can imagine how many photos I can no longer find. What is worse, and I don't think there is anything worse, I can no longer see photos of my child who is deceased. I want my photos back!! Can anyone help. The "computer nerd" company that did our upgrade is of no help at all. They talk to me as if I knew anything about computers and I know nothing. Please help me.
Elizabeth,
Ray'sMomPhil
Three separate issues then:
1. The files which are corrupt or a file format that Preview doesn't recognize
Some things to try:
Change the file suffix to .jpg (i.e lowercase) or .jpeg and see if that helps.
Download Graphic Coverter and try open them with it. Graphic Converter is a image editor, and frankly, if it won't open them, I doubt anything will.
2. "Unreadable Files: 1
The following could not be imported. (The file is in the iPhoto Library folder.)"?
iPhoto will not import files from the iPhoto Library Folder - it's a simple protection against duplication.
3. iPhoto fails to display any of these images at all.
Do you get a blank square in the iPhoto Window? What happens when you click on a pic to edit it in the iPhoto Window? Do you get a ? or a !
The ! or ? turns up when iPhoto loses the connection between the thumbnail in the iPhoto Window and the file it represents. The most common cause of this is User Activity in the iPhoto Library Folder. Have you altered, moved or renamed anything in the iPhoto Library Folder?
If you haven't, then try rebuilding the database. Hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys and launch iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose the top three options.
If you want to start over:
To create and populate a new library:
Note this will give you a working library with the same film rolls and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, books, calendars etc.
Move the iPhoto Library Folder to the desktop
Launch iPhoto. It will ask if you wish to create a new Library. Say Yes.
Go into the iPhoto Library Folder on your desktop and find the Originals folder. From the Originals folder drag the individual rolls to the iPhoto Window and it will recreate them in the new library.
When you're sure all is well you can delete the iPhoto Library Folder on your desktop.
In the future, in addition to your usual back up routine, you might like to make a copy of the library6.iPhoto file whenever you have made changes to the library as protection against database corruption.
Regards
TD
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