Ronni
Many thanks for your help and at such a late hour - I will pursue
your suggestions tomorrow
On 22 Sep 2009, at 14:10, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Alastair,
Rebuilding the iPhoto Database didn't work. It's looking like the
library database, Library6.iPhoto could be corrupted, or a file is.
Have you tried deleting the "com.apple.iPhoto.plist" file,or moving
it to your desktop ?
Quit iPhoto before you do, then locate it in Home > Library >
Preferences - com.apple.iPhoto.plist & drag it to your desktop or
trash (but don't empty the trash yet).
Then restart your computer
Then relaunch iPhoto
1. The backup iPhoto Library you say you have, was that working
correctly? You might have to revert back to this backup.
2. Is it only since you have tried to import these new rolls into
iPhoto that things have gone wrong?
3. Are you importing from the same camera?
4. You haven't touched anything in the iPhoto Library folder in
Finder have you?
I'm thinking you might have to go back to your iPhoto Library
backup, if it was working without any problems.
iPhoto 6 I remember was a flaky version of iPhoto, it has improved
with each version since.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 22/09/2009, at 6:57 PM, mince and pud wrote:
Hi again Ronni
Thanks for suggestion - but after another rebuild all is as before
except that I now have FOUR identical copies of my last roll, all
of which produce the file when clicked.
(pause)
I imported another, different roll, to see if the import system
was working now. It imported fine and all worked, but the files
were in a new subfolder of Imports.
Quit and relaunch - again asked to import unimported photos (I
said yes but then don't import duplicates) - the newest roll is
still there but no files linked to thumbs. Of the four identical
rolls, one is now blank, one is blank except for two thumbs (huh?)
and two are still complete, but no longer linked to anything.
Weirder and weirder
many thanks
alastair
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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