Hi Ronni
No I had ticked 3 of the 4 available (iPhoto 6, os10.4.11) on some
googled advice, so orphans not included. Trying again now, then going
out, so will report back later.
I meant I had searched the whole disc from the finder for the photos'
file numbers, without success.
I have a backup of all but my last few missing rolls - but there's
nothing vital on those so no dramas there
many thanks
On 22 Sep 2009, at 06:28, Ronda Brown wrote:
When you rebuilt the iPhoto Library did you 'tick' "Recover
orphaned photos in the iPhoto Library folder".
In fact did you tick all 5 options?
Searching for the files by name within iPhoto won't find these
photos as they are disconnected photos.
IPhoto has lost the connection to them ... why ...we don't know yet.
Do you have a backup of your iPhoto Library?
If not I would do one before you do anymore messing around ;-)
Cheers,
Ronni
On 22/09/2009, at 12:29 PM, mince and pud wrote:
yes, both of those are ticked
On 22 Sep 2009, at 04:47, Ronda Brown wrote:
Have you checked your iPhoto Preferences > Advanced -
"Importing: Copy files to iPhoto Library folder when adding to
library, and "Add ColorSync profile". Are they both ticked?
On 22/09/2009, at 11:39 AM, mince and pud wrote:
Thanks Ronni and sorry I forgot to mention that I tried a
rebuild - it spent an hour on the job but to no avail. As I
said, searching for the files by name brings up nothing so I
suspect they are gone.
None were greyscale
many thanks
On 22 Sep 2009, at 04:18, Ronda Brown wrote:
On 22/09/2009, at 10:54 AM, mince and pud wrote:
Hi all
I'd really appreciate advice on this iphoto 6 problem - it's a
bit tricky to explain which is why I'm having no luck with mr
Google...
The last few rolls I imported have disappeared - ie, blank
thumbnails and the grey "!" when I try to open one. Searching
for them by file number (the thumbnails still have their
numbers) fails to find them anywhere.
Hello Alastair,
The ! or ? turns up when iPhoto loses the connection between
the thumbnail in the iPhoto Window and the file it represents.
Try rebuilding the database. Hold down the apple and option (or
alt) keys and launch iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to
rebuild.
If I import another roll from the camera it seems to go in
fine, but it hasn't been stored properly in the library, just
in the Imports folder (in a sub-folder called 2001). If I quit
iphoto and re-launch, it says there are photos in the library
that haven't been imported, would I like to import them? If I
say yes, it then asks what to do with all the duplicates, as
if they are in there already! If I say import them again, I
get a set of working thumbnails, but if I click them I just
get !s
(update - after further attempts I now have 2 identical sets
of thumbnails for my latest roll which DO launch the files
when clicked. But they are still in the 2001 imports folder)
any insights appreciated
Were any of the photos "Greyscale" images?
Try rebuilding the library first Alastair and see how you get on.
Cheers,
Ronni
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