Actually you can upgrade to iPhoto 9 on OS 10.6.8 - that's what I did (it's labeled iPhoto '11, version 9.2.1). But buying a brand new iMac sounds like a lot more fun. Enjoy! Jim
On Dec 22, 2012, at 5:05 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote: > I thought that might be my problem so I removed 105.85 GB from my Pictures > Foder. This leaves 58.17 GB which includes five iPhoto Libraries and an iPod > Photo Cache (4.7MG). In the five libraries there are only 39,425 photos so I > don't see how this can be a problem. Still have problems off and on with this > reduced group of photos. > > Since I have 10.6.8 on my iMac I can't upgrade to iPhoto 9.?. And the first > thing I'm doing after Christmas is buying a new iMac. That has been in my > plans for most ofthe year. It will be my Christmas gift for the year 2040. > > Anne > > > > > On Dec 22, 2012, at 1:49 PM, Jim Bennett wrote: > >> I seem to recall that iPhoto is supposed to be able to handle up to 250,000 >> photo files (including videos). I have about 16,000 photos in my largest >> iPhoto library (including 1500 homemade videos), and have not had any real >> problems so far. I wonder if the people having iPhoto issues are dealing >> with much larger libraries? >> Jim >> >> On Dec 19, 2012, at 11:32 PM, John Robinson wrote: >> >>> My daughter has had the same problem with her thousands of photo's as well. >>> Finally took a call to Apple support and a 90 min. conversation with Apple >>> taking control of her machine before they could get it worked out. >>> >>> I have been trying to get her to change to Aperture, offers so much more >>> and is robust enough to handle any number of photo's she wants to throw at >>> it while it seems that folks with large numbers in iPhoto seem to have >>> problems. >>> >>> John >>> >>> >>> On Dec 19, 2012, at 11:44 AM, William Micou wrote: >>> >>>> Anne, >>>> I have had that same problem, eventually found a solution, but about a >>>> year later, it started 'losing' photos again. >>>> I'm trying to re-discover what I did before, but haven't devoted enough >>>> time to find it. There are some discussions in the Apple forums. >>>> If I remember correctly, my problem was a directory that needed to be sent >>>> to the trash, and then iPhoto rebuilt the directory. >>>> I'll try to find out more by this week-end and share it with you. >>>> Bill >>>> >>>> On Dec 18, 2012, at 05:28 PM, Anne Cartwright <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I've just spent a few hours transferring 14,795 photos from my PhotoSafe >>>>> (an external HD that will accept SD cards). I can see the photos in >>>>> iPhoto but I can't do anything with them. Maybe only the thumbnails >>>>> transferred? I get the following message "The volume for "xxx.JPG cannot >>>>> be found." While it gives me three options (Cancel, Find Photo..., OK) it >>>>> will do none. In fact I have to Force Quit iPhoto to do anything. >>>>> >>>>> I just tried with an SD card to transfer the photos using a card reader >>>>> and get the same results; however I was able to transfer them to my HD >>>>> but in a separate folder. Not in iPhoto. Each of these photos is about >>>>> 1.5 MB in size and will open in Photoshop but I cannot get them into >>>>> iPhoto. >>>>> >>>>> I've had this problem before and can't remember how I got around it. I >>>>> think iPhoto eventually decided to work. >>>>> >>>>> Any suggestions? How can I tell if the original photos were transferred >>>>> off the PhotoSafe or if all I have is thumbnails. >>>>> >>>>> I'm running iPhoto 7.1.5 on an iMac running Mac OS X 10.6.8. >>>>> >>>>> Any help greatly appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> Anne Cartwright >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> MacGroup mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> MacGroup mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MacGroup mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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