Hi Stephen, Get your Step Daughter to "Rebuild iPhoto Library" as per my previous instructions.
Cheers, Ronni On 20/09/2010, at 6:59 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: > OSX on the old eMac is 10.4.11 > iPhoto is version 6.06 > > I don't know about the newer iMac until I travel there again next weekend. > However I was told it is using Tiger. > > On 20/09/2010, at 5:49 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> >> >> 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]>
