Hi All, I had a corrupted iPhoto 4 library some month ago and had to rebuild / recreate the library. The hard way is to snoop around all the folders inside the iPhoto library and copy them somewhere else and then recreate the iPhoto Library and re-import all the images. A very time consuming process and you lose all roll numbers and dates. The other way is to use an Apple scrip - iPhoto Extractor (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19109) This scripts exports the images for you and recreates a new Library. I don't know if it works for iPhoto 5 but it may be a worthwhile try.
Cheers, Peder on 27/2/05 11:20, Rod Blitvich at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If you have not yet upgraded to iPhoto 5 please read this before you do or > risk losing your photos. > > http://www.xvsxp.com/articles/050123-iphoto5.php > >> My very unpleasant experience upgrading to iPhoto 5 >> This article is a warning to potential iLife '05 upgraders and an >> admonishment >> to Apple. >> >> If you are upgrading to iLife '05, REBUILD YOUR IPHOTO LIBRARY FIRST! >> (Prior to installing iLife 05, hold down command-option-shift and launch >> iPhoto 4. It will ask if you want to rebuild your library. Say yes.) >> >> If you do not, and if your iPhoto library is corrupted (you may not even >> know >> that your library is corrupted) your iPhoto library will fail to upgrade it >> correctly. Whole collections of photos may disappear. That is exactly what >> happened to me. Apple makes no warning of this in their documentation, I >> suspect because they never tested an iPhoto upgrade of a corrupted database. >> Shame on them. > > Shame Apple! > > Rod Blitvich > > on 27/2/05 9:11 AM, Rod Blitvich at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hi Folks >> Further to my posts yesterday: >> >> I recently installed iLife05. >> Since then I have had big problems with iPhoto. >> Now when I launch iPhoto the Main Window with the film rolls in it always >> opens back at my first rolls (july 2000). >> When I try to scroll down to the latest film rolls, I get the spinnning >> beachball cursor. This continues for 20 or 30 seconds. Sometimes during this >> process when I click on the iPhoto icon in the Dock I get the "Application >> Not Responding" message. >> >> I have tried to follow the thread of recent posts on this and another list >> regarding similar problems. I have rebuilt the database. >> I have upgraded to iPhoto 5.0.1 >> I have 5,000 photos. The Help section says iPhoto should handle up to 25,000 >> photos. >> >> G4 PowerBook >> 1 GB RAM >> OS 10.3.6 >> >> It seems iPhoto 5 has some faults. >> >> Does it seem I should delete my iPhoto Library and copy my backup copy (done >> in iphoto4) from an external drive? >> >> Thanks for your support. >> Rod
