"Your Photo Library Was not Found"....???

I looked everywhere on my computer. Checked file sizes of folders, etc. (I have about 6000 images stored) but suddenly I have no more access to my photos. I am sure I am not the only person to whom this may have happened. Please point me to other threads where this problem was discussed (none I looked at seems to fit my exact case.)
Thanks,
PP
P.S.: I did not edit or modify anything to do with iPhoto lately, aside of downloading/adding images to iPhoto

iPhoto can't find your Library. Someone or something have moved it. iPhoto has no ability to do so.
Try search with EasyFind http://www.devon-technologies.com/products/freeware/ for jpegs - it's important to use this as Spotlight doesn't search all your disk.
You do have a back up, right?
Regards
TD

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Your photo library was not found. Do you want to find your iPhoto Library?
Do you want to create or find?
This is the message I get when I try to open iphoto.
1. this is the first time since I've used iphoto that this has happened.
2. I would like to know why.
3. I am not sure which choice to make.
4. recent changes involving photos would be deleting several photos....I used a program called Grand Perspective and began to delete photos from there
5. although I'm interested in fixing this problem, I would like to learn more about 'libraries' and the way iphoto works. Previous to owning a Mac, I used Picasa with my pc and I don't remember it using as much space on my hard drive. iphoto has a large number of duplicated photos of which I've been unable to resolve easily and it is approx. 60 G of space. I would like to have access to my images (30,000) through external hard drives but not necessarily have them all on my mac. I believe that is what Picasa does. I'm using the new Picasa for Mac but want to continue to use iphoto as well.
If I did not form this question well enough, please let me know how to clarify. I'm trying to remedy this while answering a million Why? why? Why? questions from my 4 year old!
Thank you.
iphoto 7.1.5

I would like to learn more about 'libraries'
Step one is to learn about iPhoto - it is not a photo viewer like Picasa - it is a photo manager and uses an SQL database - the content and structure of this database are critical (as with any database application) to the operation of iPhoto - any changes made to either the content or structure of the database using external programs including (especially) the finder can corrupt the database and cause you to lose data
recent changes involving photos would be deleting several photos....I used a program called Grand Perspective and began to delete photos from there
This is how you destroyed your iPhoto library and made it unusable
As to space - the iPhoto database contains at a minimum a copy of the original photo (in the default and recommended operating environment) and a small thumbnail. When any modification to the photo is made a modified version is created so there might be three versions (no duplicates) of a photo within the iPhoto library - none of them are extraneous and none of them can be removed without corrupting the iPhoto library
Once a photo is imported into iPhoto (assuming default settings which are strongly recommended) the original source photo outside of iPhoto can be archived, deleted or otherwise handles - iPhoto has no further need for it.
The iPhoto library can be located on an external hard drive so long as that hard drive is always available when iPhoto is running
In general it is not advised to run two different photo organizers against the same photos - so if you use both Picasa and iPhoto you are likely to create future problems (although Google claims it is possible - just remember that you can not successfully make any change of any sort to any photo with the iPhoto library using Picasa or any other program - if you only use Picasa to look at photos you may be ok - if you never make any mistakes
As to your immediate problem - you have destroyed you iPhoto library by deleting files from it. If you want to use iPhoto you will have to start over - find the originals folder within the iPhoto library and launch iPhoto while depressing the option (alt) key and create a new library - import the photos from the originals folder into iPhoto and do not go inside the iPhoto library or modify the contents of the iPhoto library in the future.
LN
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I just replaced my hard drive and restored everything from Time machine. However, I am unable to open iphoto and the following message appears Your photo library was not found. Do you want to find your iPhoto Library?

I just replaced my hard drive and restored everything from Time machine. However, I am unable to open iphoto and the following message appears Your photo library was not found. Do you want to find your iPhoto Library?
Where do I find this library?
thanks
Shak

Twas quite a hassle if I am honest which was eventually resolved but I don't feel qualified to help anyone through the process as it required a trip to my local apple store and a genius bar appointment.
Personally, I would do anything like moving pictures out of folders etc. Certainly not creating a new users. i don't think that is an elegant solution
Try the following which MAY just about rescue the situation for you but if they don't work you may have to do something more drastic.
(1) Holding down Cmd & Alt at the same time, start iPhoto by clicking on the iPhoto icon. From the resulting menu choose Rebuild photo library by selecting all available options given to you and then pressing REBUILD!
If that doesn't work
(2) Fire up Utilities. Go to migration assistant. Chose 'From another Time machine back-up'. Open the 'Users' option that comes up next and from there select Pictures, then uncheck everything else like Applications etc (you don't want to do a full migration of everything) and click go.
If that doesn't work, take a deep breath and this step is rather complicated but it worked for me. First of all close iPhoto! Then go to new Finder window.
From the Finder window choose Pictures, then iPhoto library, press CMD and the letter i. It brings up a new window. Go to Sharing & permissions. From there select the padlock to unlock settings. and then select User account, then press the 'cog' icon next to +/- abd choose Apply to enclosed items.
This may take a while. Once completed, re-open iPhoto.
And that should (I stress should) cure it.
Good luck.

Iphoto is not responding. I get the message, "Your photo library was not found. Do you want to find your iPhoto Library?

IPhoto is not responding except with the message: " Your photo library was not found. Do you want to find your iPhoto Library". Then, "iPhoto can't continue without a photo library. Make sure the disk containing your iPhoto Library is connected.
1. What disk are they talking about?
2. I can access my photos by clicking on ALL IMAGES in SEARCH FOR.
3. If I trash iphoto and re-install from my Install Disc 1, will I lose the photos?
4. If so, what can I do to save my photos and get iPhoto working?
I have an iMac with 10.6.8.
Dave

What version of iPhoto?
Is there an iPhoto Library in your Pictures folder?

"Your Photo Library was not found. Do you want to find your photo library?"

... Actually, until recently, Mr. iPhoto, you were finding your own library just fine...
This happens now every time I launch iPhoto. I have to tell it where the library is. I've never moved it ("~/Pictures/iPhoto Library/"), and this started happening recently after a DiskWarrior maintenance routine.
The problem will even happen in a working iPhoto session (after I've supplied the library directory path) if I try to import photos. I drag a JPG onto the iPhoto icon, and this dialog appear.
I've tried trashing these user prefs here:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iPhoto*
.. but it didn't fix it.
This particular machine is my Dual G4 1 Ghz, MDD, running 10.4.11 and iPhoto 2. I'm suspicious of the PRAM battery, since I've not changed it in the nearly 7 years I've owned this machine. Don't know if that's useful info or not.
Thanks for any replies.

Nope. Never got this fixed. I just keep re-connecting my library when it asks.
I've fixed permissions, deleted preferences. I've not replaced that PRAM battery yet, but I can't imagine how that would create this problem.
Glad I'm not the only one, though. Maybe others will show up here...

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1. No, you haven't.
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First have you backed up your computer, if you have and your iPhoto library is in the back up you have nothing to be concerned about. If you are not using at least Time Machine to back up your system then you should be concerned because well frankly that is simply bad computing practice and you risking all of your data.
As for the message you received all that means is your system was using an earlier version of iPhoto with the version of OS X you previously had installed and now that you have updated to 10.9.2 (Mavericks) your version of iPhoto has also upgraded and needs to get ready to import all of your pictures. If you have backup then you should be confident the upgrade will go through smoothly, Apple generally has very good instructions and will not give bad advice, second guessing them may be cautious but is generally unnecessary.

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When I try to load ANY website, Firefox always gives me this message: Your requested URL was not found. What could be causing this?

I've cleared all data on Firefox 3.6. I've even reinstalled the browser. It's the same message: Your requested URL was not found.

Try "Firefox connection settings" in [[Server not found]]
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After upgrading to os maverick iPhoto wants to upgrade it says..Your photo library will not be readable by previous versions of iPhoto after the upgrade. What exactly will I lose?

after upgrading to os maverick iPhoto wants to upgrade it says..Your photo library will not be readable by previous versions of iPhoto after the upgrade. What exactly will I lose, what will not be readable?

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Error -5093 "The analysis library was not found" in 64 bit project. But the analysis library is found in 32 bit project

Hello,
I'm using the Labwindows/CVI 2010 Full Development system, in a Windows 7 professional 64 bits computer. So, The analysis library is installed (see in the attached file), and the Option Analysis from the Customize library menu is selected.
I'm using several function from analysis library (WhiteNoise, MaxMin1D, LinFit, etc). The projects in 32 bits work very well. In 64 bits project there is not linkage error, the exe is created, but there are errors like that:
Function WhiteNoise: (return value == -5093 [0xffffffffffffec1b]). The analysis library DLL was not found or could not be loaded.
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how to do to use the analysis library in 64 bit projects, it's the analysis library 64 bit compatible?
thanks in advance
Solved!
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Hi DansatB,
thanks you for posting on this forum !!
Yes, the advanced analysis librairy is 64 bits compatible. i can do the test on my computer on CVI 2013.
i think it will be great to correctly uninstall your CVI version ans all install again.
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