On 04/03/2006, at 1:05 PM, macwood1 wrote:

Hi All,

I am a recent convert to Apple and much enjoying my move. I read with interest although at times with great humility the complex nature of the understanding many of you have on all things Mac and have already learned much as a result.

I am running an iMac G5 with Mac OSX Tiger, recently security updated 10.4.5. I have today returned from holiday to find when I tuned in to iPHOTO 5 that all the images have disappeared in my library and just empty boxes remain, the same in all folders? When I go to "Get Info" all the detail remains but when I click on each image the wonderful spinning beachball appears and eventually I am forced to quit the program as their is no further response. HELP!

Thanks,
David

Hi David,

Are you using the latest iPhoto5?
<http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/iphoto504update.html>

Rebuild your iPhoto Library. It's a good idea to make a backup copy of your iPhoto Library folder (located in your Pictures folder) before rebuilding it.

To rebuild the library:

If iPhoto is open, quit it.
Hold down the Command and Option keys, and open iPhoto
iPhoto opens and rebuilds your library.

Cheers,
Ronni
Car'n The Pies