What is wrong with iPhoto?

Up until recently, when editing photos, the photo would black out when I try to edit.
I have a Mac OS X
Version 10.7.4
iphoto version 9.3 although continually updated.
I am working with JPEGs and RAW photos and sometimes I am experiencing "technical difficulties"
1. When I select a photo to edit, as soon as I click on an editing selection (QUICK FIX, EFFECTS, ADJUST, or even BOOST, SHADOW) the photo disappears. Now I can go back to the album and re-select the same photo that disappeared and it was edited. So what I am saying is that I cannot watch the process of my photos getting edited. This never has happened before.
PLEASE HELP!!
thank you for your time :-)

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What's wrong with iPhoto?

Up until recently, when editing photos, the photo would black out when I try to edit.
I have a Mac OS X
Version 10.7.4
iphoto version 9.3 although continually updated.
I am working with JPEGs and RAW photos and sometimes I am experiencing "technical difficulties"
1. When I select a photo to edit, as soon as I click on an editing selection (QUICK FIX, EFFECTS, ADJUST, or even BOOST, SHADOW) the photo disappears. Now I can go back to the album and re-select the same photo that disappeared and it was edited. So what I am saying is that I cannot watch the process of my photos getting edited. This never has happened before.
PLEASE HELP!!
thank you for your time :-)

I am going to try this solution as well. My iPhoto (9.3, running Lion OS 10.7.4 on Intel based iMac) gave me the following message (when i tried to download a photo from Facebook without having iPhoto already open):
"The photo library needs to be upgraded to work with this version of iPhoto. Your photo library will not be readable by previous versions of iPhoto after the upgrade. The upgrade process for very large libraries may take an hour or more to complete."
At that time i opted to try to "Quit" doing that upgrade due to the fact I was not going to be available to monitor such an upgrade and that is when iPhoto froze, the iPhoto window is gray, white pinwheel spinning in the center, will not shut down, cannot obtain a Force Quit in any way, shape or form. The initial Upgrade window will not close is is always at the forefront of any open windows. Am very reluctant to shut down the computer as i have read in other discussions when this happens the iPhoto app will not open or if it does there are no photos in the person's library. I sure hope this option works. I do have external Time Machine back up of my iMac, hoping i may recover my photos from that source if this Alt key launch does not offer me that library access again. Ugh.
Thank you for your suggestions. Hope this works!

Where are my pictures and what's wrong with iPhoto??

Hello Apple Support Community!
Since I have updated iPhoto a few weeks ago, it didn't work right anymore.
Everytime I started it, I had to repair the whole libary.
Because I was tired of waiting several hours I didn't use it until now.
Today I wanted to update my pictures and sync it with my iPhone but iPhoto tells
me that it may be used by another programm (I don't think so) or can't be read anymore.
I looked up the iPhoto libary and opend it to see if my pics are still there (Information tells me
that the size is about 25GB) but there is no folder called "originals" and there isn't a single picture in it!!
I have no copies of the pictures and I would be very sad if they were lost...
I'm looking foward to receive your support and your ideas!
Sincerely,
Lukas

we actually need details to help
- all taps are grey, so I can't open "about iPhoto" but the app store tells me that iPhoto 9.5.1 is installed
No place did I suggest opening "about iPhoto" what I ask you to do was
look in the Applications folder and select the iPhoto application - get info - what version so you have on your computer?
Looking in the App store is not useful - we know that you have a problem and one possibility is that the App store is confused about what you have so you need to provide the requested information following the directions given
and I have no idea in the wrold what you have done or have - first you say that when you try to rebuild the iPhoto library you get
Ad 3) I already tried to do it but the programm tells me that it will start when a libary is available because there is a time machine backup running (I never activated time machine)
Then you say
- done, but nothing new happened
What does that mean - immediately after restarting when you
Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - rebuild your database
what exactly does happen? Are you saying that you get the message that TM is backing up? Or are you saying that the rebuild does not help? Or are you saying something else?
Remember we can not see you or your computer and to help you you need to follow instructions and provide revenant detailed accurate reports to us
- i found a lot of pictures of the face recognition service of iPhoto!
Source:
/Users/lukasschroll/Pictures/Bibliothek iPhoto/Thumbnails/2012/12/07/20121207-223417
Again you are mucking around inside the iPhoto library - I strongly suggest tha tyou STOP doing this
again it is critical that you stop doing this as I previously said
4 - Stay out of the iPhoto library unless specifically directed by an expert to do things in it - there are no user servicable parts in it and it is extremely easy to make a mistake and deestroy it and lose data
LN

What is wrong with my shipping address? I want to order pictures via apple store with iPhoto. Apple Id and payment seem ok. My current and correct shipping address appears with red letters. Why and what to do?

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Can anyone tell me what on earth is wrong with iPhoto

I have been having this issue ever since I bought my new macbook. A Late 2011 13" Macbook Pro with Intel HD 3000 graphics. Please checkout this link below, it is a short video that shows something terribly wrong with iPhoto. I am trying to Edit pictures while all sorts of weirdness is going on with iPhoto. Recently my images are also being coruppted. I have contacted Apple care but have yet to hear from them. Their inital answer was that it seems to be a software issue. My question is that if it is a software issue then why other people are not affected by it. I am running Lion 10.7.3 and this is iPhoto 9.2.2. Everything is upto date on the Mac. If this is a software bug then its very strange its only happening to one machine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApRTLF4J47A&context=C474ed56ADvjVQa1PpcFMdYQ2iZ85 -pMzp4cJ5w3Q8W5UCh8VCIGE=
Thanks All in Advance. Hope to get some replies from the iPhoto community.

Try this: make a temporary, backup copy (if you don't already have a backup copy) of the library and do the following:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
User/Home()/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
User/Home()/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder.
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3 - launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding down the Option key when launching iPhoto. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
I'm skeptical the above will help since trying iPhoto in a new user account would essentially do the same thing.
If that doesn't help boot into Safe Mode and try iPhoto again. If iPhoto performs correctly in Safe Mode then reboot and try again. If it still is messed up I think there maybe something wrong with some system components..
If iPhoto performs the same in Safe Mode then it's probably hardware related since you've reinstalled the system and iPhoto. Take it to an Apple store and have them look at it.
OT

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You have 3 months of care and up to 3 years with paid AppleCare, let them handle it and bring everything in.
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I'm with Mac since years. I was a PC User once and spent hours with all kinds of network troubles. What convinced me with Mac right in the beginning was easy networking: It just worked!
But since Leopard things got worse: I have several MBP's, iMacs, Airport Extreme's and Airport Express's at different places which I installed, and I face the same problems at EVERY place:
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Now I know about networking, about configuration, I've done this for years. Whatever I do, problems disappear and appear again, at different times, at different places with different hardware.
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What's wrong with networking since Leopard?
on my network and many i have setup there have been no problems with leopard. However there are always teething problems with new operating systems. Thankfully with leopard only a tiny percentage of users experience technical difficulties.
can't connect to AExtreme for several reasons: timeout, security incompatibility,
is it set to use WPA/WPA2
Airport doesn't find Aiport or any other networks for minutes
sometimes my macbook pro takes a while to show up any networks if there are lots in the area this is because it is scanning them all.
After connecting to the router, can't get an IP (self-assigned IP only) - other PCs get an IP.
What kind of router are you using? What happens if you powercycle the router?
# Aiport Extreme crashes (yellow blinking)
# connection loss (even when AExtreme is very close)
Have you tried resetting your AE to default. reinstalling its firmware or checking for a firmware update?
Have you tried changing hte wireless channel your networ is broadcasting on?
What is wrong with Leopard? Such problems remind me of times with Windows98 and stuff like that.
Did you upgrade install your leopard installation or did you do clean (erase) installations?
Have you tried created new network locations?

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The Frolick wrote:
…the computer will sometimes grey over (as if someone put a fairly thick grey film over the entire screen), and tell me I have to restart the computer. So what's wrong with it?…
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