On 20/09/2010, at 5:24 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:
> I have just used the migration facility for the first time to migrate my step > daughter's > eMac data over to a 2GHz 17 inch iMac. > > Everything went fine, however she called me last night to say that although > all her > photos are all in the iPhoto library, the Albums all show blank spaces where > the photos > should be. > > I have been to have a look yet and will not make it there until the weekend, > but any ideas > from anyone would be welcome ? > > Fortunately I had not deleted the iPhoto folder from the old eMac yet. > I am at present copying the iPhoto library folder to a USB thumb drive. > > Any idea what will happen if I simply copy this over the one on the iMac (her > new Mac) ? Hi Stephen, You don't say what version of iPhoto or OS X ... But Yes, you could: A). Copy the iPhoto Library Folder from the Pictures Folder on the old machine to the Pictures Folder on the new machine. B). Then launch iPhoto. Or, before you can get there on the week-end, your Step Daughter could try to 'Rebuild iPhoto Library'. 1. Quit iPhoto if it is open. 2. Hold down the Command and Option keys on the keyboard. 3. Open iPhoto. 4. Keep the keys held down until you are prompted to rebuild the library. 5. A dialog will appear with rebuild options. Select the options you want to use.(I suggest selecting all options). 6. Click Rebuild to begin the rebuild process. This may take a few minutes to complete. Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
