iphoto help please!
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im kinda new at the whole computer thing sooo....I might have moved or deleted something accidently but i highly doubt it! i havent added anythingto the computer im running iphoto 5.0.4.
Just a question, is there a feature in iphoto to reset the program and the pictures or a method to search for misplaced files?? thanks for your time.
Just a question, is there a feature in iphoto to reset the program and the pictures or a method to search for misplaced files?? thanks for your time.
jemleffler
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I'm having the same problem. I have about 1500 images stored as JPEGs, which have all at some point appeared correctly on iPhoto, but since I downloaded images from a different camera, some of them have been going grey. the images are still stored in the iPhoto library, and when i view them in Preview they display perfectly and I can manipulate and save them, but iPhoto just refuses to have anything to do with them. It will show the thumbnail, but not the full image. If I try to open it up using iPhoto I get a message,
Can anyone help?
joycelstillman
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I don't see replies to this post and don't know how to find them
using iphoto 6.0.5
jemleffler
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I hope this is not a dead thread, only visited by us with the problem.
I think I may have a clue to the problem, though not necessarily how to resolve it. I don't have proof, but it seems possible to me that the problem may be that iPhoto likes to be the only thing handling photos. I know I have adjusted some of my images using Preview, so it may be that iPhoto is objecting to Preview having resaved them rather than itself. The only solution I can see to this, which I've not been brave enough to try yet, is to save all the images to external media (e.g. burn a CD of them), then trash the whole lot on the hard drive, then reimport using iPhoto. Is this realistic?
I think I may have a clue to the problem, though not necessarily how to resolve it. I don't have proof, but it seems possible to me that the problem may be that iPhoto likes to be the only thing handling photos. I know I have adjusted some of my images using Preview, so it may be that iPhoto is objecting to Preview having resaved them rather than itself. The only solution I can see to this, which I've not been brave enough to try yet, is to save all the images to external media (e.g. burn a CD of them), then trash the whole lot on the hard drive, then reimport using iPhoto. Is this realistic?
joycelstillman
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Copy then rename iphoto library don't delete it yet. The following didn't work but read it.
I called applecare iphoto dept. Then had me rebuild the library by holding down option command and clicking on iphoto ap[pl;ication. a dialogue box came up asking me if I wanted to rebuil. Clicked all four. It took 15 minutes. BUT still gray photos. He told me if that happens I would have to manually rebuild the liubrary and should call backto find out how, however he said he would mail me instructions too. I'll email them to you when I get them. He said I would lose all my custom made albums etc. Meanwhile why don't you try what I tried. That doesn't erase albums. Maybe it'll work for you.
He also said as you surmized, we should never touch the library. (I did too). I think you have a good idea though. Let me know what happens. Why doesn't somebody with know how answer us?
I called applecare iphoto dept. Then had me rebuild the library by holding down option command and clicking on iphoto ap[pl;ication. a dialogue box came up asking me if I wanted to rebuil. Clicked all four. It took 15 minutes. BUT still gray photos. He told me if that happens I would have to manually rebuild the liubrary and should call backto find out how, however he said he would mail me instructions too. I'll email them to you when I get them. He said I would lose all my custom made albums etc. Meanwhile why don't you try what I tried. That doesn't erase albums. Maybe it'll work for you.
He also said as you surmized, we should never touch the library. (I did too). I think you have a good idea though. Let me know what happens. Why doesn't somebody with know how answer us?
joycelstillman
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I POSTED A QUESTION> THERE IS TECH HELP ON THIS SITE>Try it! here is the question I asked:
<<I screwed around with the iphoto library file. Now, when I try to adjust a photo or run a slide show,I get a gray screen behind a rectangle of dotted white lines in which there is an exclamation point of darker gray. The rectangle has rounded corners.
I tried rebuilding the iphoto library, however no change.
Shoud I copy the library to external drive , throw out library, and then reimport photo's?
Please advise>>
<<I screwed around with the iphoto library file. Now, when I try to adjust a photo or run a slide show,I get a gray screen behind a rectangle of dotted white lines in which there is an exclamation point of darker gray. The rectangle has rounded corners.
I tried rebuilding the iphoto library, however no change.
Shoud I copy the library to external drive , throw out library, and then reimport photo's?
Please advise>>
joycelstillman
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Finally by chance, I noticed in the top menu a choice to revert to original.
The minute I did that the gray empty box went away. I had to do it individually for each picture though.
And when I did revert, it went back to the picture as I had fixed it, not the real original! So things are working again!
The minute I did that the gray empty box went away. I had to do it individually for each picture though.
And when I did revert, it went back to the picture as I had fixed it, not the real original! So things are working again!