Upgrading to ilife '06 from '05

SO I have been reading all the issues that people have had in upgrading to Ilife '06 (especially in iphoto). Does anyone have a "best practices" method of what & how to preform a SMOOTH and error free upgrade?
I'm on a mac mini with the latest OS update. I have a back up on an external hard-drive.

Yes, that would be good to do.
-First make sure your Pictures folder has the correct permissions for you, the user. Do this by highlightling the Pictures folder, hit Command i to bring up the info pane.
Make sure you are the owner and have read and write permissions. Click the button at the bottom of the window.
-to make sure you don't have locked file/files follow the info in the following Apple kb
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303232
If all this fails you might want to try BatCHmode.
http://www.macchampion.com/arbysoft/
Also, you can view your library by rolls and make sure all your rolls are named with a date and identifying text. such as 1/5/05 My birthday, 12/25/05 Christmas at Moms, etc. This is because iPhoto 6's Finder structure is organized by rolls. Making sure the rolls are named will make it easy to find images in the Finder once you upgrade.

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To re-install iPhoto
1. Put the iPhoto.app in the trash (Drag it from your Applications Folder to the trash)
2a: On 10.5: Go to HD/Library/Receipts and remove any pkg file there with iPhoto in the name.
2b: On 10.6: Those receipts may be found as follows: In the Finder use the Go menu and select Go To Folder. In the resulting window type
/var/db/receipts/
2c: on 10.7 they're at
/private/var/db/receipts
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3. Re-install.
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I just transferred my garage band songs from my iphone to my mac. Why won't garage band open them? I just upgraded to ilife '11. Still won't work. Garage Band cannot open files in the "data" format.. Any Ideas?

I just transferred my garage band songs from my iphone to my mac. Why won't garage band open them? I just upgraded to ilife '11. Still won't work. Garage Band cannot open files in the "data" format.. Any Ideas?

Are you trying to transfer the GarageBand projects or the rendered audio files? What version of GarageBand do you have on your iPhone?
I do not think you can share your GarageBand projects from your iPhone to GarageBand on your Mac, unless you have iCloud, afaik, only the audio files.
How did you transfer the song?
To share from an IOS device the Projects or audio files, see: Share GarageBand songs
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No audio for clips in my event library since upgrading to iLife '09

After upgrading to iLife '09, I noticed something odd in the new iMovie. All of my clips (recorded with a Sanyo Xacti HD1A and imported into the previous version of iPhoto DO show up in the event library, but DO NOT play any sound in the event library. If I copy a clip or move it up to the project editor the audio plays there. Does anyone know why I am getting no audio for these clips in the event library or what can be done to correct the issue?
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-Mike

Finally got some sound on the clips in my iMovie '09 event library. This is what worked here: I went into the Pictures folder and showed the package contents of the "iPhoto Library". I went into the "Data" folder. I went to a "2008" folder. I located the folder of the first video clip I had for the holiday footage... "Dec 14, 2008". Inside that was a QuickTime file "SANY0001" and a JPEG "SANY0001.jpg". I zipped up the "Dec 14, 2008" folder. I dragged the folder to the trash. I dragged the .zip file out to the desktop.
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IMovie crashes every time I attempt to export or view projects full screen. Any solutions? Will upgrade to iLife '11 (iMovie 9.0) fix this?

The subject line of this post pretty much explains everything.
I use a MacBook White from 2009 which I upgraded to Snow Leopard earlier this year. I use iMovie 8.0.6, have never upgraded to iLife '11 (iMovie 9.0).
I've never in these 3 years had a problem exporting videos to YouTube, I have 62 on there and just now have an issue. Every time I try to view a project full screen AND try to export a video iMovie crashes and shuts down fairly quickly (after about 20 seconds when attempting export).
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Problems in iPhoto since trying to upgrade to ilife 11

I see many posts on this and have tried some solutions - increasingly concerned.
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What are "teasers"?
I tried to drag my library from a hard drive (formatted from a mac) into new iphoto app
Never do that. That will import one Library to another and cause a mess you don't want - a really big mess.
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now I can't open my photos, Any suggestions?
Jody,
What happens when you try to open your iPhoto library? An error message? Does iPhoto not launch?
please post back with more information.
What version of iPhoto did you upgrade from? You may need to download and run iPhoto Library Upgrader to be able to upgrade to the latest version, if you upgraded from iPhoto 5 or earlier.
iPhoto '11: About the Library Upgrader
Download here: here.
Regards
Léonie

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Ok, so first of all, this is my situation:
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If the latter is the case, The basic answer is to export them to a desktop folder and access them from there
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I have iLife 06. I use iPhoto constantly.
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Follow this workflow to help assure the best qualty video DVD:
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
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2) Another project we have for a friend's wedding will no longer even open! I just click it to open the project, and returns me back to the Open Exisiting Project dialog.
I am thoroughly disgusted with what has happened. Anyone know any solution for this? If this is the future from Apple, I am done.

You have an indexing problem with iPhoto that has been discussed here several times. (After an iLife upgrade, I always open the iApps in the iPhoto, iMovie and then iDVD sequence.)
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I suggest you go to the iPhoto forum and ask for help. Old Toad will be able to help you (you might even do a search on this forum for Old Toad).

Upgraded to ILife '08 and everything went wrong

Hello,
This is my 1st time to post here and I am kind of new to mac. Hope someone can help.
I recently upgraded to iLife '08. Upon doing so a few things happened:
1. Previously I had a folder on my hard drive called Photo Library and in that folder where all my photos. That folder no longer exists. It is now a non-folder. However, if I ctrl and click and choose 'show package content' I can see my entire photo library.
2. One of the things I really like about iPhoto '08 is the nice box to the left of the iPhoto box that lets you organize all your photos, create events etc. However, that nice box to the left is not even there. I have sense imported new photos to my computer and iPhoto. I can see the photos, but again the box is not there.
3. Lastly, none of my photos from my photo library show up in the iPhoto screen when it is opened.
So, it seems as if my computer is not recognizing the path to my photos. Would you agree? Can you tell me how to fix it? I have considered uninstalling iLife '08 and reinstalling, but I am not sure if that will really fix things. I have sense backed up all my photos to a CD just to be safe.
Any advice would be really helpful.
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Mazhenni
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
1. Previously I had a folder on my hard drive called Photo Library and in that folder where all my photos. That folder no longer exists. It is now a non-folder. However, if I ctrl and click and choose 'show package content' I can see my entire photo library.
With iPhoto 7 (iLife 08) the old iPhoto Library Folder is now a Unix Style Package File. The change was made to the format of the iPhoto library because many users were inadvertently corrupting their library by browsing through it with other software or making changes in it themselves. The is never a need for you to go into that folder, period. There are no user-serviceable parts there.
There are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto:
For 10.5 users: You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Apple-Click for selecting multiple pics.
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To upload to a site that does not have an iPhoto Export Plug-in the recommended way is to Select the Pic in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export and export the pic to the desktop, then upload from there. After the upload you can trash the pic on the desktop. It's only a copy and your original is safe in iPhoto.
This is also true for emailing with Web-based services. If you're using Gmail you can use THIS
If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto. With 10.5 you can access the Library from the New Message Window in Mail:
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If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
Or, if you want to access the files with iPhoto not running, then create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use THIS
Other options include:
1. *Drag and Drop*: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
2. *File -> Export*: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
3. *Show File*: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.
2. One of the things I really like about iPhoto '08 is the nice box to the left of the iPhoto box that lets you organize all your photos, create events etc. However, that nice box to the left is not even there. I have sense imported new photos to my computer and iPhoto. I can see the photos, but again the box is not there.
Move the cursor to the extreme left of the iPhoto Window until it becomes a '+' then click and drag right.
3. Lastly, none of my photos from my photo library show up in the iPhoto screen when it is opened.
Hold down the option (or alt) key when launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and point it at the iPhoto Library. If iPhoto sees a valid library there it will open it. If not then you have a damaged library file:
Try these in order - from best option on down...
1. 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.
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 back.
3. If neither of these work 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.
Regards
TD

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