Why is my iphoto renamed iphoto (original)?

Recently when I ran TimeMachine on my MacBook Pro I tried to retrieve an older version of iphoto because I had some missing pictures. When I retrieved it from Time Machine it renamed it iphoto (original) and now I can't get the software update.

Because at some point you had two versions of the app (after the restore), and it stopped one overwritng the other.
You can rename the app like you can any file.
Regards
TD

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Renaming iphoto

I wanted to create a new iphoto library so I renamed my original iphoto in my pictures folder. I then created a new library. But, when I opened the original one that I renamed my pictures have all disappeared. I have attempted to restore them through my time machine, but that isn't working. How do I restore them to my iphoto library short of going into my "all images" file and manually importing them back into iphoto?

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. What did you rename: the library package or the photos inside of it or both? How did you rename the pictures if that's what you did? I hope not from the Finder as that's committing the cardinal sin of iPhoto, messing the the contents of the library from the Finder.
Why don't you just restore the entire library with TM? You can select the option to keep both versions so you can check to see if the restored version has all your photos.
Post back with exactly what you did and how so se can go from there.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) 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 created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), 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. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
Note: There now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

Are renamed iPhoto libraries seen as new packages in Time Machine?

I have been using Time Machine for a few months with no problems, although sometimes only backing up once every few days after having done some work. This morning I plugged in TM, let it "Prepare", (which normally takes a bit longer after not backing up for a few days), and then a message popped up saying the backup was too large for the HDD and had therefore failed. Unfortunately, this also meant that TM deleted ALL my previous backups except for the last one - without warning despite having the appropriate option ticked in Options. (Extremely annoying, but not a complete disaster, as I do not delete files from my internal HDD hoping they'll be on my TM backup - I know it doesn't work like that).
There was 15GB left on the HDD and the additional files/work added in the previous day can't have exceeded 2GB, so I didn't understand why TM was asking for 47GB. Searches on Google and these discussions led me to believe that lots of people had experienced similar problems, but nothing that solved my problem.
Then I suddenly remembered that I had renamed two iPhoto Libraries (with a combined weight of about 38GB). Adding them to the list of folders to ignore made TM start working again. Then I renamed them back to the original name and backed-up again.
So, was TM not clever enough to tell that my renamed iPhoto library was the same instance as a previously backed-up library? Is there any way to rename an iPhoto library and avoid this issue again? Is this the same with all renamed files or just with package files? Could this be the cause of other peoples' problems?

Tim Feist wrote:
So, if I rename a single large file (i.e. not a folder), will it also treat that as having been deleted and back up a completely new instance of it or is it intelligent enough to simply redirect the hard link to the newly-named file?
No, it's treated as one item deleted, another created. Doesn't matter whether it's a single file, folder with a zillion sub-folders, package, application, or whatever.
And again, it's true whether you're using TM, which uses the File System Event log to determine what's changed, or one of the alternatives like CarbonCopyCloner, SuperDuper, etc., that look at every file and folder on your system to determine what's changed.
If things aren't in the same place, they may be copies of something that is or was elsewhere, but they really aren't the same.
I have experimented with moving a file to another folder and it backs it up all over again, despite a Mac Genius telling me it wouldn't!!
They're not perfect, either.

Can't use iPhoto/updating thumbnails/original can't be found

I haven't used iPhoto in a long time, and have rarely ever used it, have always found it counterintuitive and unnecessarily difficult. The last time i used it was probably in the past 6 months and it worked OK. Today i'm having a new problem that i can't fix, hoping someone more knowledgeable can help me.
I opened iPhoto because i was going to try using iCloud for storing photos. The "beta" iCloud Photos opened and said that i would have to turn on Photo Library on my iPhone. I looked at that and it said "automatically upload and store your entire photo library in iCloud to access photos and videos from all your devices."
I'm not sure i want to do that, i don't want all my storage used up. I googled "Can i store selected photos on iCloud photos," to see if i can choose which photos in my photo library i want to put on the cloud. I got a link to an Apple Support page which was titled My Photo Stream FAQ. I was reading the beginning of it and it said i needed to have iPhoto v.9.2 or greater. So, i clicked on the iPhoto icon in the doc to open it and see the version number that way.
That was the beginning of the trouble.
I can't remember the whole sequence of what happened, but at the beginning, i got a message window telling me that there were problems with my data directory, it didn't use those terms but something about inconsistencies between different things which it said could cause problems, and one of the options was a button that said Repair. So i clicked on Repair.
Then i got a small window with a progress bar that said Updating Thumbnails. Pretty soon after that, i got another window, a message window that said something like "Alert - The photo “IMG_9673.JPG” could not be opened, because the original item cannot be found." The two options were Cancel or Find Photo. I clicked on Find Photo, a window opened with a field to type the name of the photo but iPhoto had taken the window away that had the file name, so i had to close out and wait for the window to come back. Then i memorized the obscure file name and put it in the search field after clicking Find Photo. Nothing happened. Nothing was found or not found, there was no response and no button to click on. there was no way to use that window to search with. There was a grayed out "open" button. What a waste of time. This is why i don't use iPhoto.
So, then i used the Finder Find file window and typed in IMG_ because there were a lot of them, not just a few, so i wanted to find out where they all were and maybe i could just delete them. Find file showed that a lot of them were in Mail, apparently mail attachments, and there was a total of over 4700 of them. So, there was no way i was going to be able to click Cancel 4700+ times, this was a very slow process, each time, there was an extended pause until the next window with 'cancel' came up, and of course, it would be too easy to have an option to apply the choice to all. That didn't exist. I couldn't do anything functional with iPhoto, everything was grayed out, including Quit. I used force quit.
i tried restarting iPhoto, the same thing happens, i got the same 'updating thumbnails' and 'Alert - original cannot be found'. One time, i got the original "you have inconsistencies" message and the options to repair or or cancel, and i chose cancel this time, but it still brought up the Updating Thumbnails/Alert - can't be found' windows.
Each time, i force quit.
Is there anything i can do? i don't want to reinstall the whole system. Is there something somewhere i can throw in the trash? I do not want to have to reinstall the system software for a program i rarely if ever use because i find it so difficult.

Terence--thank you for the reply. To my knowledge i haven't ever done anything with iPhoto preferences to change it from the default. i have very rarely used iPhoto because i have found the interface difficult and awkward. Because i use it so little, i would've had no reason to change the preferences that i can remember. i certainly would not have known anything about the options you describe and would not have selected a Referenced Library because i don't know where else i would put the photos. I have been managing my photos on the iPhone for the past 5 or 6 years, and before that, i used a Canon photo management program. i mostly store my photos on the phone but i email photos to my computer in order to post them on facebook etc, before that became easier to do from the phone . i would edit photos in Preview or on the phone. I have barely used iPhoto. i think occasionally, i sync the phone photos with the computer as a back up. That would account for there being a lot of photos in the iPhoto Library, maybe. As far as i know, i have the default settings on iPhoto.
I used iPhoto a couple of times in the past year, to find some old photos, and the program opened normally. Today, it did not open normally but gave me the message about having some inconsistencies and asking if i wanted to repair them, which then led to the Updating Thumbnails window, which then led to the Alert - The photo could not be opened because the original could not be found message window. Nothing else opens. There is no functional iPhoto at this point. I can either open it and look at a screen with those messages on it, or i can force quit it. I can't check the preferences settings, not from within the program.
I searched for the IMG_ files and found about 3000 of them and put them in a photo on my desk top. Does that mean they are in a Referenced Library?
Do you know of any way of getting this 'updating thumbnails' process to stop?
There was a time when dragging a plist file to the desk top or the trash could help to fix problems, and i was hoping there would be something like that i could do. i don't know what changed since the last time i opened iPhoto that has caused this problem that i have not had before. Maybe it was after the change from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. I can't remember.

From some reason (i'm not sure why..) my whole iphoto library got deleted. I restored the whole library from my backup. The photos are blank but steel have the photo info. (date, res., size etc.) Do you know what's the prob.? why can't i see my pics.

from some reason (i'm not sure why..) my whole iphoto library got deleted. I restored the whole library from my backup. Now all the photos are blank but steel have the photo info. (date, res., size etc.) Do you know what's the prob.? why can't i see my pics.

It's says that file does not exist. How come? And why does it still show the image info.?
Where can i find those files (i have a daily backup)
The original image files are missing form your iPhoto library or iPhoto cannot find them, because the link to the originals has been broken. The image info is stored in the internal libraries, independent of the original files. That is, why you are still seeing them.
I restored the whole library from my backup.
Try restoring from an older backup, from before you first noticed the problem.
How large is the library, that you restored? Is the file size large enough to hold all your photos, or has the size been reduced? If the library is still large, the photos may still be inside, even if iPhoto cannot find them.
It's says that file does not exist. How come?
What happened, before your iPhoto library got deleted? Which applications have you been running, or which new software have installed or upgraded? Have you moved the library to a different disk or tried to use it from different user account or access it over the network?

Iphoto '08 is blank after I renamed iphoto library

I created a new iphoto library and renamed the original iphoto library, but now both are blank. I tried rebuilding by holding down option and command keys, but both are still blank. Please help.

have you pointed iPhoto to the correct library? Depress the option key and launch iPhoto and use the select library option
rebuilding is not a part of changing the location of the iPhoto library
LN

Renamed iPhoto library now unable to open?

Hi
As it was the start of a new year i thought that i would start a new iPhoto library - i went into finder and renamed the iPhoto Library - iPhoto Library2006 - this forced iPhoto to open up new iPhoto Library which of course was empty.
Now if i try to open iPhoto Library2006 using iPhoto Library Manager or iPhoto Buddy i still get the (empty) iPhoto Library?
I have since deleted the new iPhoto Library and renamed the iPhoto Library2006 to it's original title - iPhoto Library.
In Finder this library thows up as 1.62GB but still opens with 'no photos'.
I'm using iPhoto 6.05
Where have i gone wrong folks?
Thanks

Ian
I'm sorry to say, but it looks like somehow in the Naming/Renaming business you have overwritten the library file. With a folder size of 1.63 gigs, I would expect that file to be several megabytes. A 4kb file is brand new.
Do you have a back up? If so, now is the time for it. If not, then you'll need to rebuild your library from scratch: To rebuild the library: 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 there the Originals folder. From there 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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I just found out I committed the cardinal sin of renaming iPhoto album folders while in Finder. Of course now nothing shows up in iPhoto app except empty shells of what used to be my photos. All the original photo file names are still the same, I only changed the folder names that they reside in. Is there something I can do to re-access all my photos in the library?

David,
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Hi folks, this is a problem I have been trying to resolve for a very long time.
I have a large collection of pictures that I took with a Palm Zire 71 and Zire 72 going back to 2003. Every time I import the files with iPhoto (File > Import to Library), iPhoto changes the original creation dates of the jpgs to 12/31/1969. I have tried many different things... most recently I burned the files to a CD, confirmed that the original creation dates were still in tact, and tried importing with iPhoto right from the CD. I got the same result... all photos with the date 12/31/1969. All photos completely disorganized because of Palm's less than great file naming structure. I need to keep the creation dates intact for the iPhoto books I want to make with them, so changing the file names won't work as a solution. Even changing the files names to the creation dates plus a counter would be very difficult because it is over 1500 pictures. Does anyone else know of this problem and perhaps have a solution for it? Thanks!

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