iphoto help will not load!

[ksmak]

My iphoto will not open it just sits there and acts like it is about to load by bouncing on the dock. I get no message saying it can't open it will eventually just stop acting like it's going to load. Now the main photo icon for iphoto has eve changed it looks like a blank piece of paper with a pencil and pen at the bottom of it, and it used to be that signature iphoto sunset. Please help I don't want to lose all my photos!

[DICKSTER]

KSMAK Try this>go into your hd.>usrs>Library>photos-my photos and see if iphoto library is there. if so, make an alias of it and drag to your desktop or just drag the original to the desktop-it should reload iphoto. Dble click on icon once it's on desktop.
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[ksmak]

I don't see it in my library now what should I do??

[ex2bot]

Wouldn't that be /Users/username/Photos and look for 'iPhoto Library'? Ksmak, I think looking for the above named file is an okay idea to verify it's still there. Then back it up. Think about how you'd feel if you lost all your photos. It happens. Before it happens to you, find a way to make at least one other copy. Mine is 10 gigs, so it won't fit on one DVD. There are several ways to back up your computer, including Time Machine that comes with OS X 10.5 Leopard. If you have 10.5, you can back up with Time Machine by attaching an external hard drive. You can get them from your favorite electronics store. Plug it in and your Mac will ask you if you want to use it as your Time Machine drive. The hard drive does have to be formatted as a Macintosh drive for Time Machine to work. I think it will automatically help you do that but I'm not sure. If it doesn't, run the program called Disk Utility in /Applications/Utilities. Click the picture for that new hard drive on the left side of the Disk Utility window, click the 'Erase' tab (WARNING, this will ERASE everything on the drive), and click the 'Erase' button (Mac OS X Extended journaled). The real question is what happened to the iPhoto application (the program itself)? If you have an iLife disc (iPhoto, iDVD, iWeb, Garageband), which you would if you had actually gone out and bought iLife from the store, go ahead and reinstall it. In other words, put it in your DVD drive and double-click the DVD icon on the Desktop. Then double-click the installer. Reinstalling iLife should fix your problem. If you don't have an iLife disc, install from the Applications DVD that came with your computer. Maybe you only got one DVD; if so, it should be on there. Reinstall the applications, which should include iPhoto. Let us know how it goes.

[adinamor]

the library disappeared altogether

[adinamor]

Did you find a solution?