On 26/04/2006, at 4:25 PM, Malcolm McCallum wrote:
Hi everyone I have a problem. Because of certain activities by my
youngest grandchild 21/12 :-) I have done a complete re-install
of my wife's iMac G4 1Ghz. I have also installed for the first time
iPhoto 6. When I ran the iPhoto program for the first time it told
me,as expected that it would need to update iPhoto which I accepted
and it got on to do it. Then came the crunch
"Unable to upgrade this photo library because the current user does
not have access. If possible, repair permissions for the iPhoto
Library Folder and try again.
The path of the item that failed is "/Users/sue/Pictures/iPhoto
Library/2003/06/14/Originals/IMG_1200.JPG"
I have thrown this img away but it just replaces it with another
vand I think will go through all the imgs. I have repaired
permissions but was wondering what to do next and why has it happened.
Hi Mac,
First manually reset the ownership and permissions on the iPhoto
Library folder as follows:
Setting Permissions for iPhoto Library Folder
1 - Select the iPhoto Library folder and type Command-I.
2 - When the Info window comes up go to the Ownership and Permissions
section and make sure You have Read & Write permission and that the
Owner and Group have Read & Write also. Others - Read Only.
3 - Then click on the "Apply to enclosed items..." button.
However, many users have found that there is a locked image file or
two in the library that was the culprit.
Look in the iPhoto Library folder for the Original folder. In there
will be folders for each roll in the library. Check the folder that
represents the roll that you're having trouble with. Make sure there
are no locked files in there like you did earlier and then set the
ownership and permissions on that roll folder as follows:
Setting Permissions a Specific Folder
1 - Select the folder and type Command-I.
2 - When the Info window comes up go to the Ownership and Permissions
section and make sure You have Read & Write permission and that the
Owner and Group have Read & Write also. Others - Read Only.
3 - Then click on the "Apply to enclosed items..." button.
See if that won't let iPhoto use those files.
Cheers,
Lit. Sis
Car'n The Pies
