Hi Peta, the set up on your computer sounds so confused and out of
place that I would suggest that you need to have someone come there
and sort it out for you. Its difficult to help when your computer does
not appear to have things in the places we would expect them to be.
cheers, Susan.
On 20/12/2008, at 10:45 AM, peta belczowski wrote:
Hi Ronni
Thank you so much for replying.
Sadly we still do not have Lift Off!
I opened Macintosh HD - yes - iPhotos wording shows there.
I went through Finder and opened Applications.
iMovie is there.
iPhoto Library is there (the one which you suggest I drag to Trash).
Nothing called iPhoto application is there, only the iPhoto Library.
However, using the Finder, Places, under my own name/file is an
iPhoto Library, (and also the iPhoto alias which I made yesterday
which I would imagine I also drag into Trash). Possibly the files
which should show under Applications are somehow under my name?
I had found this last night and I had opened iPhoto Library and
ticked "Create Library". This was obviously the wrong thing to do
because now I cannot find any photos. (N.B. Ronni please do not
tell me that I have somehow deleted my photos).
So - just now I followed the same step you recommended, and this
time I chose "Choose Library".
This step took me back to Applications (no picture file here). So I
clicked on my name/file again, just above the application file.
This eventually took me to Pictures. I clicked this and then up
came an iChat icon. My photos did not appear.
Are there any more steps I can follow?
Thanks Ronni
Peta
On 20/12/2008, at 9:48 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hello Peta,
When you drag the iPhoto Application (from your Applications) to
the Dock, don't drop it on the dock until a space appears, then
drop the iPhoto Application.
It will stay in the dock then.
The "Preview" you are talking about is the Preview Application, you
won't open anything from it. Preview Application is for viewing
PDF's, images etc.
There should NOT be a iPhoto Library in your Applications folder,
only the iPhoto Application should be in Applications.
Drag the "iPhoto Library" that is in Applications to the Trash.
Your iPhoto Library is in your HD / Users / Pictures folder ....
DON'T move or touch any files in this folder. iPhoto likes
everything in it's correct place.
Open iPhoto Application. You will probably get a dialogue window
saying "Your iPhoto Library was not found. Do you want to find your
iPhoto Library",
click "Choose Library" and choose your iPhoto Library that is in
your Pictures Folder.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 19/12/2008, at 10:32 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
Sorry guys, my brain has now seized up. This is very late at
night for me. I tried Daniel's and Robert's suggestions.
Well I tried to; didn't quite catch up to where either of them were.
I now have in my dock a "Preview" of the picture we get with
iIPhoto and another little logo in front - the word Preview
appears. I cannot open anything from here though.
When I click on them or in the Application file I receive a
message that the Library could not be found and did I want to make
one. I said Yes, - now I get a file with no photos. Help, this
is really serious for me, I am sure they are on the system but
where?
In my Applications folder there now is iPhoto library, but looks
like the new one I made, dated tonight at around 10:24 pm. Any
ideas where the original file has gone?
I am closing up and hopefully tomorrow my brain will kick back
into gear.
Peta
On 19/12/2008, at 9:51 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
Hi Peta
IF you find you can't drag and drop it into the dock
(Applications must go
on left side and files and folders go on the right hand side of
the little
line). The other way you can do it is to Double Click and open the
Application iPhoto. Once it's running either Command click or
right click on
and you should get a pop up menu show up. You can then choose
"Keep In
Dock". It will then stay there when you click open it next time.
That should get it working for you.
Kind Regards
Daniel
On 19/12/08 9:37 PM, "peta belczowski" <[email protected]>
wrote:
Thanks for this Eugene.
Unfortunately, your suggestion did not work!
I dragged the "alias" of iPhoto into Trash.
Then I (at least 8 times) tried dragging my iPhoto from within
Finder,
down into the dock. It did not stay and remained in Finder.
I just know there is a way, however that way is not working for
me.
Peta
On 19/12/2008, at 7:24 PM, Eugene wrote:
Hi Peta,
instead of dragging the alias onto the dock, drag the original
item
there.
An alias is a small file that points to the original application,
document or even a server. You can use them to create shortcuts
to
launch the actual items.
When you accidentally lost iPhoto from the dock you actually only
lost an alias (pointer). When you drag an item onto the dock you
create a new pointer to that item.
To remove items from the dock simply drag them off.
Delete alias' by dragging them to the trash. You won't remove the
original item by doing this.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Eugene
On 19/12/2008, at 6:46 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
Hi - I am sure this is simple to fix, for those who know how!
I have always had iphoto appear in my dock until 2-3 days
ago. For
some reason it no longer shows.
I went into finder and clicked "make alias" (assuming I could
then
drag or drop or similar an "alias" (copy) into the dock.
Question 1 - how do I now get rid of the alias which I have just
created, from the Finder?
Question 2 - how do I put iphoto back into my dock, which is
where
I want it to be?
Question 3- what does alias actually mean/do in Apple jargon?
Many thanks.
Peta
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