Why cant i open iphoto in time machine?

When I click on iphoto when i'm in time machine, I get a dialogue box that asks if I want to open it in QuickTime or QuickTime 7. It doesn't matter which I click on, iPhoto doesn't open. How do I get to my photos?

You can't open iPhoto in Time Machine, you need to restore it first.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4927

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I have all my iPhoto (iLife 11) libraries backed up to Time Capsule. When I enter Time Machine to restore any other item (for example a Word document) it works fine. But when I try to restore an iPhoto library I get the message that I don't have permission to restore an iPhoto file. I've repaired all permissions through Disk Utility and checked all the file permissions through 'Get Info'.
I saw others were experiencing difficultions and they suggested opening Time Machine through iPhoto.This works well for Address Book. But when I open iPhoto and then open Time Machine the desktop is selected instead and I have to go through the Desk top on the Time Capsule to find the User-Pictures- correct Library. I then can't restore either a library or a single picture because of the permissions issue. I notice that when I select the iPhoto library in Time Machine and then select 'Open with iPhoto' it doesn't.
I've tried using a second external hard drive as the Time Capsule but the same thing happens.
I'm running a PowerMac 2x2.8 Ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon with Lion.
Any ideas?
Glenda

Glenda A. White wrote:
I have followed E10 exactly and without any difficulties (except that my default wasn't 'Single partition-Apple partition map'
That's curious. Shouldn't matter, though.
but I got there) but every time I got as far as 'restore to folder' - and selected the disk image in the Finder sidebar I got a message that the disk was too small. I increased the size of the disk from 100 MB to 500 MB to 639 (CD size) (following your instructions each time) and still got the message even though the selected library was only 805.8 MB. And that's my smallest library!!!
You need to select something larger than 806 MB.
I also tried the suggestion to 'reset the password and/or user permission' but neither 'CMD and R' keys nor the Alt/Option key brought up the Recovery HD.
That option won't help with existing backups -- only the current contents of your user home folder, and subsequent backups.
Are you using a wired keyboard? If not, that might be the problem -- sometimes a wireless keyboard isn't recongnized quickly enough during the startup sequence.
A Recovery HD is fairly important to have. Do you recall when you installed Lion if you got a message about it not being created?
You can verify whether you have one, via Disk Utility. First, enable Debug Mode:
Open the Terminal app (in your Applications/Utilities folder). Be very careful with this app. It's a direct link into UNIX, the underpinnings of OSX, but without the protections of OSX.
In Terminal, the prompt looks like this: <Computer Name>:~ <your name>$
(where <your name> is your short user name). It's followed by a non-blinking block cursor.
Copy the following after the prompt: defaults write com.apple.diskutility DUDebugMenuEnabled 1
Then press Return. (You can disable it later by running it again, with a zero instead of the 1.)
Then start Disk Utility and select Debug > Show Every Partition.
That should show a Recovery HD, grayed-out, under your internal HD:

Why cant i open iphoto?

This is the report i get:
Process:         iPhoto [9543]
Path:            /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier:      com.apple.iPhoto
Version:         ??? (???)
Build Info:      iPhotoProject-6070000~1
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [7780]
Date/Time:       2011-06-21 13:22:13.831 -0500
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.6.7 (10J4138)
Report Version: 6
Sleep/Wake UUID: AFF36CD8-0A7D-47BF-B461-D9AA4672B0F2
Interval Since Last Report:          1020 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           10
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   10
Anonymous UUID:                      AEA4F540-D5A0-4A9E-96B1-2E570BE05A9B
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0
Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreMedia.framework/Versions/A/CoreMedia
Referenced from: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ProKit.framework/Versions/A/ProKit
Reason: image not found
Binary Images:
0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe4162b dyld 132.1 (???) <283EE026-C0FE-1FF9-DB81-BFB155793157> /usr/lib/dyld
Model: iMac12,2, BootROM IM121.0047.B0A, 4 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.7 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.72f1
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6770M, AMD Radeon HD 6770M, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x168C, 0x9A), Atheros 9380: 4.0.35.3
Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f1, 2 service, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: ST31000528AS, 931.51 GB
Serial ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5690H
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in), 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x850b, 0xfa200000 / 3
USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000 / 2
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 4
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8215, 0xfa111000 / 5
USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000 / 2
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8403, 0xfd110000 / 4
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0xfd120000 / 3
It was working just fine and then after I reinstalled snow leopard it stopped.

Repair the hard drive and disk permissions: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417
Try downloading and installing the combo update: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1361
If that doesn't help copy that same file from another Mac running 10.6.7 as TD indicated
If the issue persists, perform an Erase and Install after first backing up all your data: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3910

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Using iPhoto '11 (9.1). My wife spent an age working a photobook for a friend's wedding. I found her in tears because just as she was about to order copies online she decided to try a different theme and it wiped the entire project. I said 'have no fear', Time Machine will have a copy.
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I notice that there is a file called "allProjectsAlbum.apalbum" in the iPhoto database – should I try to restore this?
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I need to create a second back-up of iPhoto from Time Machine to a separate external drive. The old iPhoto in TM will not open. Please help! And thank you!

Most Simple Back Up:
Drag the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to another Disk. This will make a copy on that disk.
Slightly more complex: Use an app that will do incremental back ups. This is a very good way to work. The first time you run the back up the app will make a complete copy of the Library. Thereafter it will update the back up with the changes you have made. That makes subsequent back ups much faster. Many of these apps also have scheduling capabilities: So set it up and it will do the back up automatically.
Example of such apps: Chronosync - but there are many others. Search on MacUpdate or the App Store

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In June we had a great electrical storm, and my i.Mac fried. Lucky for me the Maxtor external drive was OK, so I was able to get a total backup on to my replacement iMac and I lost not one thing.(three cheers for "Time Machine").
So I then reformatted the Maxtor and hooked it up to the new iMac and turned on "Time Machine." Everything seemed to be working just fine until just recently I tried to open my Reunion genealogy program and all Time Machine would bring up was my desktop. Even when I tried to open it through Time Machine, applications, Reunion..still cant open it.
On investigation I have the same block on iTunes and iCal.(all I get is the desktop) while apps like address book and iphoto are in Time Machine just fine.......what is going on ?
Should I reformat the external drive and start again ?

I apologize for stressing the point, but, again, can I ask why you're trying to go through Time Machine to get to your Reunion files? From your first post, it sounded as though you recovered everything from your backup (presumably you used the "Recover from TM backup" option when you installed the new hard drive?)
Does Reunion run normally when you launch it from your Applications folder (forgetting about Time Machine for a minute)? If so, do you have your current Reunion data somewhere in your Documents folder (or wherever you stored it before?) If not, and you believe you still have Reunion files in your backups, you should quit Reunion itself, then go into the Finder, go to the Time Machine interface, and locate your data file. Not the Reunion application, the family data file. Then recover that from the backup.
Again, the reason you're seeing what you're seeing through Time Machine is that TM is not "aware" of most applications (ie, you can't just launch any app, go to TM and expect that app's data to appear in the interface). It works for Mail, Address Book, iPhoto and the Finder. It's the Finder you're experiencing when you're going back in Time Machine, not Reunion itself. You just happen to be looking at the Reunion icon when you do so.
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Cannot Find Photos on External Hard Drive Using iPhoto and Time Machine

Hi everyone,
This is my first time posting on this forum and am really hoping for some help! I have a 2006 PowerBook G4 that is running iPhoto and Time Machine, and I've used an external hard drive to backup everything on the computer via Time Machine. When I plug the external hard drive into my newer 2010 MacBook Pro, I follow this path to try to access the photos:
     External Hard Drive > Backups.backupd > PowerBook G4 12" > Latest > Macintosh HD > Users > Me > Pictures > iPhoto Library
When I click "iPhoto Library", I get the following message:
     "The iPhoto Library is a Time Machine backup, and so cannot be used as the main library. Relaunch iPhoto with <option> key held down to choose another   library."
So, I do as the error message says and I hold down the "option" key and iPhoto launches and says:
     What Photo Library do you want iPhoto to use?
In this case, I choose "Other Library..." and again follow this path:
     External Hard Drive > Backups.backupd > PowerBook G4 12" > Latest > Macintosh HD > Users > Me > Pictures > iPhoto Library
When I choose this, I again get the following message:
     The iPhoto Library is a Time Machine backup, and so cannot be used as the main library. Relaunch iPhoto with <option> key held down to choose another   library.
So as you can see, I'm feeling a bit like I'm chasing my tail in trying to open these photos. I did follow another user's advice and confirm that all photos are infact on the hard drive by using the "control" button and clicking "iPhoto Library" under the pictures folder, and choosing "Show Package Contents". All looks to be in tact in the "originals" folder when showing package contents, however, I just can't find a way to actually view the photos in iPhoto. I really don't want to import all the photos to my current MacBook Pro, because I'd like them to live on the external hard drive (which is formatted for Macs) so that I can browse the photos on the external drive, rather than housing it on my computer.
One other thing I tried was opening iPhoto on my MacBook Pro and going to File > Browse Backups... which essentially opens Time Machine and shows me the photos on my MacBook Pro but gives me no option to view them from my External Hard Drive.
Any super users out there willing to lend me some help?
Thanks!

The iPhoto Library is a Time Machine backup, and so cannot be used as the main library. Relaunch iPhoto with <option> key held down to choose another   library.
You can have an iPhoto library on an external drive and use it from different machines
and you can have a Time Machine backup
The two can not be on the same volume - and iPhoto can not access the TM backup - it must be restored to use it
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Hard drive crashed need to restore iphotos from Time Machine

I need some serious help. I have a 24inch intel imac and my hard drive failed. I thought I had everything backed up on my external hard drive via Time Machine (my last backup was April 11th) so I replaced the hard drive.
Once I reinstalled Leopard 10.5 it asked me if I wanted to restore my data from Time Machine which I did. It seemed like it worked great but when I opened up iphoto all 43,000 pictures (cherished family pictures of our children) were gone!
iphoto still has the Event Titles, how many photos, and the sizes but they are empty with nothing but a big exclamation point. I see the iphoto library under Time machine as well but the restore is grayed out I can't even go back in time because the arrow is grayed out.
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I had some help from another forum and he told me to look under the Pictures Folder and find the iPhoto Library and right click on it and select 'Show Package Contents. All the folders are there (teasing me) but there are no pictures in the folders so nothing. But I was searching again on my external time machine backup and found iphotos under time machine backups/backups.backupdp/Ryan Gunter's Computer (2)/2009-01031-002706/Macintosh HD/Users/ryang808/pictures. It had all my iphotos from 1999 until the january 2009 but everything from this date to present is not there (the folders are there but nothing in them) could they still be hiding somewhere?? And how do I get the ones I do have back in iPhoto?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks so much!

All the folders are there (teasing me) but there are no pictures in the folders so nothing. But I was searching again on my external time machine backup and found iphotos under time machine backups/backups.backupdp/Ryan Gunter's Computer (2)/2009-01031-002706/Macintosh HD/Users/ryang808/pictures. It had all my iphotos from 1999 until the january 2009 but everything from this date to present is not there (the folders are there but nothing in them) could they still be hiding somewhere??
sorry but, no. if they are not there there is no other place they could be. for some mysterious reason TM didn't back them up. still you should restore what you can. quit iphoto, control-click on TM in the dock and select "browse other TM disks". this will let you browse your old backups via TM interface. locate the folder Macintosh HD/Users/ryang808/pictures on january 31 backup and restore its contents to your Pictures folder. start iphoto and it should have alll those pictures.
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