Re: message ' iphotos locked

[peta belczowski]

Ronni

Again, many thanks.  I will go ahead and buy this.  I don't think (at this 
stage anyway) that Relative Hyperlinks and Bookmarks will effect me much, so I 
should be fine for how I am using my Mac.  (Of course the law of averages being 
what they are, one week after I buy iWorks 09 and install it, someone will show 
me some fantastic ways to use these).  Oh well, I know where to go to ask for 
help!

Have a great week.

Peta


On 02/01/2010, at 12:57 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> 
> On 02/01/2010, at 10:28 AM, peta belczowski wrote:
> 
>> PS  Ronni, would you recommend that I purchase the iWorks 09?
> 
> 
> Hi Peta,
> 
> I have used all versions of iWork and find each version has improved (as also 
> iLife versions have).
> 
> I use iWork a lot for my projects, especially Pages. I use Pages'09 to write 
> Technical eBooks, but still find I use Adobe Acrobat Professional v8.0 to do 
> my "Bookmarks" that link to certain sections on a page. Pages does let you 
> create Bookmark 'links' to other pages, but I have not been able to get 
> Pages'09 to 'link' to sections (subheadings) on the same page. 
> I know you are supposed to be able to, but as yet I haven't found 'the way'  
> to do exactly what I require ;-)
> 
> Also Pages does NOT support "Relative Hyperlinks", it turns all "Relative 
> Hyperlinks" into "Absolute Hyperlinks" (therefore placing a http in front of 
> "Relative Hyperlinks", changing them to URL's). Pages'09 only supports 
> 'Absolute' links (URL's)
> 
> This would not concern most people, but when I wrote "What to do if you loose 
> your Broadband Internet Connection", I needed to create a PDF with "Relative 
> Hyperlinks" to Mac "Help Viewer" articles, Pages could not do this, I had to 
> use other applications.
> 
> In Text Edit all the links work 'Absolute' & 'Relative' ... until you export 
> to PDF or use the Print > Save as PDF.
> 
> But yes, I would recommend iWork'09. Taken from CNET Reviews-"The Interface 
> tweaks make commonly used features more accessible. Flashy, eye-catching 
> presentations are even easier to make. iWork apps play well together with 
> added interoperability across the suite."
> 
> 
> 
> The iWork Tutorials are a good place to start learning how to use each 
> application.
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
> 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
> OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
> 
> 
> 
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Re: message ' iphotos locked

[peta belczowski]

Thank you Ronni  - I will get to this.

Regards

Peta


On 02/01/2010, at 11:42 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> Hi Peta,
> 
> I would suggest you use the 'Snow Leopard Install Disc' or at least use 'Disk 
> Utility' and "Repair Permissions" on your iMac.
> iPhoto should not have locked as it did, your iMac should not have required a 
> "Force Shutdown" as it did.
> 
> I don't recommend a Force Shutdown by pressing the Power Button, (I know 
> sometimes this might be the only way).
>> 
>>> "turn it off at the back - and then on again after a few minutes"
> 
> Warning: Forcing a shutdown or restart will likely result in the loss of 
> unsaved changes in open documents. Other potential consequences include hard 
> disk, cache, or preferences corruption.
> 
> Some keyboard Shortcuts for  Shutdown/Sleep Commands:
> 
> Control-Eject:
> 
> The dialog box "Are you sure you want to shut down?" appears with options to 
> Restart, Sleep, Cancel or Shut Down.
> 
> Control-Command-Eject:
> 
> Quits all applications (after giving you a chance to save changes to open 
> documents) and restarts the computer.
> 
> Control-Option-Command-Eject:
> 
> Quits all applications (after giving you a chance to save changes to open 
> documents) and shuts the computer down.
> 
> Control-Shift-Eject:
> 
> Put display to sleep
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> On 02/01/2010, at 10:17 AM, peta belczowski wrote:
> 
>> Good morning Ronni
>> 
>> Just after I had sent you the email below my Mac died, I just had a spinning 
>> wheel (it had asked me to do a software download).  Not the coloured ball.
>> 
>> This continued all night and I have only just done the old fashioned "turn 
>> it off at the back - and then on again after a few minutes".
>> 
>> So of course I did not get any emails etc. until just now.
>> 
>> I will now try your steps.  **By memory yes, I did see a "Read & Write" 
>> permission.  (Not that my memory is always reliable).  Yes, there was a bit 
>> of panic on my part.
>> 
>> Hoping to let you know shortly that this has worked!
>> 
>> Peta
>> 
>> 
>> On 01/01/2010, at 9:17 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> Peta, 
>>> When you unlocked the padlock ... Do you have "Read& Write" permissions?
>>> 
>>> If you do & iPhoto is on your Mac, not an external drive.
>>> 
>>> Try rebuild the library: hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys while 
>>> launching iPhoto. 
>>> Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. 
>>> Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
>>> 
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>> On 01/01/2010, at 9:10 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
>>> 
 Thank you Ronni for your prompt reply.
 
 I followed your steps carefully and unlocked the padlock.  Unfortunately 
 iPhoto still does not open, and I receive the same message 
 
 "Caution -  the iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk or you do not 
 have permission to make changes to it".
 
 No-one except me goes into these files.  I transferred all information etc 
 painlessly from my earlier Mac 10.6.2 about a month ago, and have had no 
 problems since.  I have edited photos, made slideshow etc. in the usual 
 way.
 
 My version of iPhotos shows as V.8.1.1.  I always carry out updates when 
 prompted.
 
 Thanking you for your efforts.
 
 Peta
 
 
 On 01/01/2010, at 8:53 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
> 
> 
> On 01/01/2010, at 8:18 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Help.
>> 
>> I now have (for about 2 months) a Mac OS X Version 10.6.2, running on 
>> Snow Leopard - (which I did not know until today - when I foolishly 
>> declared that Snow Leopard had not caused me any problems).
>> 
>> I have not used the Mac a great deal lately, but have downloaded my 
>> Christmas photos.
>> 
>> I just clicked onto iPhotos in the dock to look at my photos, but 
>> immediately received a spinning ball and a blank iPhoto box, and 
>> eventually a message which flashed quickly on the screen along the lines 
>> of "iPhotos is locked"  - it was too quick for me to take notes.  A 
>> report was sent to Apple.
>> 
>> How would I reinstate my iPhotos (which is the main reason for having my 
>> Mac).
> 
> Hi Peta,
> 
> What version of iPhoto are you using?
> Do you have iPhoto on an external disk or on your Mac?
> 
> Try this anyway:
> 1.Click in the Finder icon (square blue smiley face) to bring up a Finder 
> window. 
> 2.It should open to your Home (if not, click on your user name on the 
> left column). 
> 3.Double click on your Pictures folder. 
> 4.Select IPhoto Library by clicking on it once. 
> 5.Select Get Info from the File menu (or click Command-I) and look for 
> Sharing & Permissions at the bottom of the Get Info window. 
> 6.If you only see the name, click the black triangle to its left to open 
> the section. 
> 7.Select your user name on the left 

Re: message ' iphotos locked

[Ronda Brown]

On 02/01/2010, at 10:28 AM, peta belczowski wrote:

> PS  Ronni, would you recommend that I purchase the iWorks 09?


Hi Peta,

I have used all versions of iWork and find each version has improved (as also 
iLife versions have).

I use iWork a lot for my projects, especially Pages. I use Pages'09 to write 
Technical eBooks, but still find I use Adobe Acrobat Professional v8.0 to do my 
"Bookmarks" that link to certain sections on a page. Pages does let you create 
Bookmark 'links' to other pages, but I have not been able to get Pages'09 to 
'link' to sections (subheadings) on the same page. 
I know you are supposed to be able to, but as yet I haven't found 'the way'  to 
do exactly what I require ;-)

Also Pages does NOT support "Relative Hyperlinks", it turns all "Relative 
Hyperlinks" into "Absolute Hyperlinks" (therefore placing a http in front of 
"Relative Hyperlinks", changing them to URL's). Pages'09 only supports 
'Absolute' links (URL's)

This would not concern most people, but when I wrote "What to do if you loose 
your Broadband Internet Connection", I needed to create a PDF with "Relative 
Hyperlinks" to Mac "Help Viewer" articles, Pages could not do this, I had to 
use other applications.

In Text Edit all the links work 'Absolute' & 'Relative' ... until you export to 
PDF or use the Print > Save as PDF.

But yes, I would recommend iWork'09. Taken from CNET Reviews-"The Interface 
tweaks make commonly used features more accessible. Flashy, eye-catching 
presentations are even easier to make. iWork apps play well together with added 
interoperability across the suite."



The iWork Tutorials are a good place to start learning how to use each 
application.



Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)



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Re: message ' iphotos locked

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Peta,

I would suggest you use the 'Snow Leopard Install Disc' or at least use 'Disk 
Utility' and "Repair Permissions" on your iMac.
iPhoto should not have locked as it did, your iMac should not have required a 
"Force Shutdown" as it did.

I don't recommend a Force Shutdown by pressing the Power Button, (I know 
sometimes this might be the only way).
> 
>> "turn it off at the back - and then on again after a few minutes"

Warning: Forcing a shutdown or restart will likely result in the loss of 
unsaved changes in open documents. Other potential consequences include hard 
disk, cache, or preferences corruption.

Some keyboard Shortcuts for  Shutdown/Sleep Commands:

Control-Eject:

The dialog box "Are you sure you want to shut down?" appears with options to 
Restart, Sleep, Cancel or Shut Down.

Control-Command-Eject:

Quits all applications (after giving you a chance to save changes to open 
documents) and restarts the computer.

Control-Option-Command-Eject:

Quits all applications (after giving you a chance to save changes to open 
documents) and shuts the computer down.

Control-Shift-Eject:

Put display to sleep

Cheers,
Ronni

On 02/01/2010, at 10:17 AM, peta belczowski wrote:

> Good morning Ronni
> 
> Just after I had sent you the email below my Mac died, I just had a spinning 
> wheel (it had asked me to do a software download).  Not the coloured ball.
> 
> This continued all night and I have only just done the old fashioned "turn it 
> off at the back - and then on again after a few minutes".
> 
> So of course I did not get any emails etc. until just now.
> 
> I will now try your steps.  **By memory yes, I did see a "Read & Write" 
> permission.  (Not that my memory is always reliable).  Yes, there was a bit 
> of panic on my part.
> 
> Hoping to let you know shortly that this has worked!
> 
> Peta
> 
> 
> On 01/01/2010, at 9:17 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> Peta, 
>> When you unlocked the padlock ... Do you have "Read& Write" permissions?
>> 
>> If you do & iPhoto is on your Mac, not an external drive.
>> 
>> Try rebuild the library: hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys while 
>> launching iPhoto. 
>> Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. 
>> Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
>> 
>> Ronni
>> 
>> On 01/01/2010, at 9:10 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
>> 
>>> Thank you Ronni for your prompt reply.
>>> 
>>> I followed your steps carefully and unlocked the padlock.  Unfortunately 
>>> iPhoto still does not open, and I receive the same message 
>>> 
>>> "Caution -  the iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk or you do not 
>>> have permission to make changes to it".
>>> 
>>> No-one except me goes into these files.  I transferred all information etc 
>>> painlessly from my earlier Mac 10.6.2 about a month ago, and have had no 
>>> problems since.  I have edited photos, made slideshow etc. in the usual way.
>>> 
>>> My version of iPhotos shows as V.8.1.1.  I always carry out updates when 
>>> prompted.
>>> 
>>> Thanking you for your efforts.
>>> 
>>> Peta
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 01/01/2010, at 8:53 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>>> 
 
 
 On 01/01/2010, at 8:18 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
 
> 
> Help.
> 
> I now have (for about 2 months) a Mac OS X Version 10.6.2, running on 
> Snow Leopard - (which I did not know until today - when I foolishly 
> declared that Snow Leopard had not caused me any problems).
> 
> I have not used the Mac a great deal lately, but have downloaded my 
> Christmas photos.
> 
> I just clicked onto iPhotos in the dock to look at my photos, but 
> immediately received a spinning ball and a blank iPhoto box, and 
> eventually a message which flashed quickly on the screen along the lines 
> of "iPhotos is locked"  - it was too quick for me to take notes.  A 
> report was sent to Apple.
> 
> How would I reinstate my iPhotos (which is the main reason for having my 
> Mac).
 
 Hi Peta,
 
 What version of iPhoto are you using?
 Do you have iPhoto on an external disk or on your Mac?
 
 Try this anyway:
 1.Click in the Finder icon (square blue smiley face) to bring up a Finder 
 window. 
 2.It should open to your Home (if not, click on your user name on the left 
 column). 
 3.Double click on your Pictures folder. 
 4.Select IPhoto Library by clicking on it once. 
 5.Select Get Info from the File menu (or click Command-I) and look for 
 Sharing & Permissions at the bottom of the Get Info window. 
 6.If you only see the name, click the black triangle to its left to open 
 the section. 
 7.Select your user name on the left and set your privileges to "Read & 
 Write".
 
 You may need to click the padlock icon on the lower right and enter your 
 user name and password to enable the change.
 
 Let us know what your result is please.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17" MacBook P

Re: message ' iphotos locked

[peta belczowski]

Hooray - hullo again Ronni

I printed off your first set of advice ready to follow the steps listed in your 
second set of advice.

Out of curiosity, I clicked on my iPhoto icon first to see if it would open.  
This happened successfully, so your first piece of advice did work.  Just 
because there was some other unknown hiccup with the Mac I could not access 
anything.

Again, thank you so much.  Have a great day.

Best regards

Peta

PS  Ronni, would you recommend that I purchase the iWorks 09?


On 01/01/2010, at 9:17 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> Peta, 
> When you unlocked the padlock ... Do you have "Read& Write" permissions?
> 
> If you do & iPhoto is on your Mac, not an external drive.
> 
> Try rebuild the library: hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys while 
> launching iPhoto. 
> Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. 
> Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
> 
> Ronni
> 
> On 01/01/2010, at 9:10 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
> 
>> Thank you Ronni for your prompt reply.
>> 
>> I followed your steps carefully and unlocked the padlock.  Unfortunately 
>> iPhoto still does not open, and I receive the same message 
>> 
>> "Caution -  the iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk or you do not 
>> have permission to make changes to it".
>> 
>> No-one except me goes into these files.  I transferred all information etc 
>> painlessly from my earlier Mac 10.6.2 about a month ago, and have had no 
>> problems since.  I have edited photos, made slideshow etc. in the usual way.
>> 
>> My version of iPhotos shows as V.8.1.1.  I always carry out updates when 
>> prompted.
>> 
>> Thanking you for your efforts.
>> 
>> Peta
>> 
>> 
>> On 01/01/2010, at 8:53 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 01/01/2010, at 8:18 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
>>> 
 
 Help.
 
 I now have (for about 2 months) a Mac OS X Version 10.6.2, running on Snow 
 Leopard - (which I did not know until today - when I foolishly declared 
 that Snow Leopard had not caused me any problems).
 
 I have not used the Mac a great deal lately, but have downloaded my 
 Christmas photos.
 
 I just clicked onto iPhotos in the dock to look at my photos, but 
 immediately received a spinning ball and a blank iPhoto box, and 
 eventually a message which flashed quickly on the screen along the lines 
 of "iPhotos is locked"  - it was too quick for me to take notes.  A report 
 was sent to Apple.
 
 How would I reinstate my iPhotos (which is the main reason for having my 
 Mac).
>>> 
>>> Hi Peta,
>>> 
>>> What version of iPhoto are you using?
>>> Do you have iPhoto on an external disk or on your Mac?
>>> 
>>> Try this anyway:
>>> 1.Click in the Finder icon (square blue smiley face) to bring up a Finder 
>>> window. 
>>> 2.It should open to your Home (if not, click on your user name on the left 
>>> column). 
>>> 3.Double click on your Pictures folder. 
>>> 4.Select IPhoto Library by clicking on it once. 
>>> 5.Select Get Info from the File menu (or click Command-I) and look for 
>>> Sharing & Permissions at the bottom of the Get Info window. 
>>> 6.If you only see the name, click the black triangle to its left to open 
>>> the section. 
>>> 7.Select your user name on the left and set your privileges to "Read & 
>>> Write".
>>> 
>>> You may need to click the padlock icon on the lower right and enter your 
>>> user name and password to enable the change.
>>> 
>>> Let us know what your result is please.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
>>> 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
>>> OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
>>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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[peta belczowski]

Good morning Ronni

Just after I had sent you the email below my Mac died, I just had a spinning 
wheel (it had asked me to do a software download).  Not the coloured ball.

This continued all night and I have only just done the old fashioned "turn it 
off at the back - and then on again after a few minutes".

So of course I did not get any emails etc. until just now.

I will now try your steps.  **By memory yes, I did see a "Read & Write" 
permission.  (Not that my memory is always reliable).  Yes, there was a bit of 
panic on my part.

Hoping to let you know shortly that this has worked!

Peta


On 01/01/2010, at 9:17 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> Peta, 
> When you unlocked the padlock ... Do you have "Read& Write" permissions?
> 
> If you do & iPhoto is on your Mac, not an external drive.
> 
> Try rebuild the library: hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys while 
> launching iPhoto. 
> Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. 
> Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
> 
> Ronni
> 
> On 01/01/2010, at 9:10 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
> 
>> Thank you Ronni for your prompt reply.
>> 
>> I followed your steps carefully and unlocked the padlock.  Unfortunately 
>> iPhoto still does not open, and I receive the same message 
>> 
>> "Caution -  the iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk or you do not 
>> have permission to make changes to it".
>> 
>> No-one except me goes into these files.  I transferred all information etc 
>> painlessly from my earlier Mac 10.6.2 about a month ago, and have had no 
>> problems since.  I have edited photos, made slideshow etc. in the usual way.
>> 
>> My version of iPhotos shows as V.8.1.1.  I always carry out updates when 
>> prompted.
>> 
>> Thanking you for your efforts.
>> 
>> Peta
>> 
>> 
>> On 01/01/2010, at 8:53 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 01/01/2010, at 8:18 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
>>> 
 
 Help.
 
 I now have (for about 2 months) a Mac OS X Version 10.6.2, running on Snow 
 Leopard - (which I did not know until today - when I foolishly declared 
 that Snow Leopard had not caused me any problems).
 
 I have not used the Mac a great deal lately, but have downloaded my 
 Christmas photos.
 
 I just clicked onto iPhotos in the dock to look at my photos, but 
 immediately received a spinning ball and a blank iPhoto box, and 
 eventually a message which flashed quickly on the screen along the lines 
 of "iPhotos is locked"  - it was too quick for me to take notes.  A report 
 was sent to Apple.
 
 How would I reinstate my iPhotos (which is the main reason for having my 
 Mac).
>>> 
>>> Hi Peta,
>>> 
>>> What version of iPhoto are you using?
>>> Do you have iPhoto on an external disk or on your Mac?
>>> 
>>> Try this anyway:
>>> 1.Click in the Finder icon (square blue smiley face) to bring up a Finder 
>>> window. 
>>> 2.It should open to your Home (if not, click on your user name on the left 
>>> column). 
>>> 3.Double click on your Pictures folder. 
>>> 4.Select IPhoto Library by clicking on it once. 
>>> 5.Select Get Info from the File menu (or click Command-I) and look for 
>>> Sharing & Permissions at the bottom of the Get Info window. 
>>> 6.If you only see the name, click the black triangle to its left to open 
>>> the section. 
>>> 7.Select your user name on the left and set your privileges to "Read & 
>>> Write".
>>> 
>>> You may need to click the padlock icon on the lower right and enter your 
>>> user name and password to enable the change.
>>> 
>>> Let us know what your result is please.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
>>> 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
>>> OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
>>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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Peta, 
When you unlocked the padlock ... Do you have "Read& Write" permissions?

If you do & iPhoto is on your Mac, not an external drive.

Try rebuild the library: hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys while 
launching iPhoto. 
Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. 
Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.

Ronni

On 01/01/2010, at 9:10 PM, peta belczowski wrote:

> Thank you Ronni for your prompt reply.
> 
> I followed your steps carefully and unlocked the padlock.  Unfortunately 
> iPhoto still does not open, and I receive the same message 
> 
> "Caution -  the iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk or you do not have 
> permission to make changes to it".
> 
> No-one except me goes into these files.  I transferred all information etc 
> painlessly from my earlier Mac 10.6.2 about a month ago, and have had no 
> problems since.  I have edited photos, made slideshow etc. in the usual way.
> 
> My version of iPhotos shows as V.8.1.1.  I always carry out updates when 
> prompted.
> 
> Thanking you for your efforts.
> 
> Peta
> 
> 
> On 01/01/2010, at 8:53 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 01/01/2010, at 8:18 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Help.
>>> 
>>> I now have (for about 2 months) a Mac OS X Version 10.6.2, running on Snow 
>>> Leopard - (which I did not know until today - when I foolishly declared 
>>> that Snow Leopard had not caused me any problems).
>>> 
>>> I have not used the Mac a great deal lately, but have downloaded my 
>>> Christmas photos.
>>> 
>>> I just clicked onto iPhotos in the dock to look at my photos, but 
>>> immediately received a spinning ball and a blank iPhoto box, and eventually 
>>> a message which flashed quickly on the screen along the lines of "iPhotos 
>>> is locked"  - it was too quick for me to take notes.  A report was sent to 
>>> Apple.
>>> 
>>> How would I reinstate my iPhotos (which is the main reason for having my 
>>> Mac).
>> 
>> Hi Peta,
>> 
>> What version of iPhoto are you using?
>> Do you have iPhoto on an external disk or on your Mac?
>> 
>> Try this anyway:
>> 1.Click in the Finder icon (square blue smiley face) to bring up a Finder 
>> window. 
>> 2.It should open to your Home (if not, click on your user name on the left 
>> column). 
>> 3.Double click on your Pictures folder. 
>> 4.Select IPhoto Library by clicking on it once. 
>> 5.Select Get Info from the File menu (or click Command-I) and look for 
>> Sharing & Permissions at the bottom of the Get Info window. 
>> 6.If you only see the name, click the black triangle to its left to open the 
>> section. 
>> 7.Select your user name on the left and set your privileges to "Read & 
>> Write".
>> 
>> You may need to click the padlock icon on the lower right and enter your 
>> user name and password to enable the change.
>> 
>> Let us know what your result is please.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
>> 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
>> OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
>> 
>> 
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[peta belczowski]

Thank you Ronni for your prompt reply.

I followed your steps carefully and unlocked the padlock.  Unfortunately iPhoto 
still does not open, and I receive the same message 

"Caution -  the iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk or you do not have 
permission to make changes to it".

No-one except me goes into these files.  I transferred all information etc 
painlessly from my earlier Mac 10.6.2 about a month ago, and have had no 
problems since.  I have edited photos, made slideshow etc. in the usual way.

My version of iPhotos shows as V.8.1.1.  I always carry out updates when 
prompted.

Thanking you for your efforts.

Peta


On 01/01/2010, at 8:53 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> 
> 
> On 01/01/2010, at 8:18 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Help.
>> 
>> I now have (for about 2 months) a Mac OS X Version 10.6.2, running on Snow 
>> Leopard - (which I did not know until today - when I foolishly declared that 
>> Snow Leopard had not caused me any problems).
>> 
>> I have not used the Mac a great deal lately, but have downloaded my 
>> Christmas photos.
>> 
>> I just clicked onto iPhotos in the dock to look at my photos, but 
>> immediately received a spinning ball and a blank iPhoto box, and eventually 
>> a message which flashed quickly on the screen along the lines of "iPhotos is 
>> locked"  - it was too quick for me to take notes.  A report was sent to 
>> Apple.
>> 
>> How would I reinstate my iPhotos (which is the main reason for having my 
>> Mac).
> 
> Hi Peta,
> 
> What version of iPhoto are you using?
> Do you have iPhoto on an external disk or on your Mac?
> 
> Try this anyway:
> 1.Click in the Finder icon (square blue smiley face) to bring up a Finder 
> window. 
> 2.It should open to your Home (if not, click on your user name on the left 
> column). 
> 3.Double click on your Pictures folder. 
> 4.Select IPhoto Library by clicking on it once. 
> 5.Select Get Info from the File menu (or click Command-I) and look for 
> Sharing & Permissions at the bottom of the Get Info window. 
> 6.If you only see the name, click the black triangle to its left to open the 
> section. 
> 7.Select your user name on the left and set your privileges to "Read & Write".
> 
> You may need to click the padlock icon on the lower right and enter your user 
> name and password to enable the change.
> 
> Let us know what your result is please.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
> 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
> OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
> 
> 
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[Ronda Brown]

On 01/01/2010, at 8:18 PM, peta belczowski wrote:

> 
> Help.
> 
> I now have (for about 2 months) a Mac OS X Version 10.6.2, running on Snow 
> Leopard - (which I did not know until today - when I foolishly declared that 
> Snow Leopard had not caused me any problems).
> 
> I have not used the Mac a great deal lately, but have downloaded my Christmas 
> photos.
> 
> I just clicked onto iPhotos in the dock to look at my photos, but immediately 
> received a spinning ball and a blank iPhoto box, and eventually a message 
> which flashed quickly on the screen along the lines of "iPhotos is locked"  - 
> it was too quick for me to take notes.  A report was sent to Apple.
> 
> How would I reinstate my iPhotos (which is the main reason for having my Mac).

Hi Peta,

What version of iPhoto are you using?
Do you have iPhoto on an external disk or on your Mac?

Try this anyway:
1.Click in the Finder icon (square blue smiley face) to bring up a Finder 
window. 
2.It should open to your Home (if not, click on your user name on the left 
column). 
3.Double click on your Pictures folder. 
4.Select IPhoto Library by clicking on it once. 
5.Select Get Info from the File menu (or click Command-I) and look for Sharing 
& Permissions at the bottom of the Get Info window. 
6.If you only see the name, click the black triangle to its left to open the 
section. 
7.Select your user name on the left and set your privileges to "Read & Write".
 
You may need to click the padlock icon on the lower right and enter your user 
name and password to enable the change.

Let us know what your result is please.

Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)



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message ' iphotos locked

[peta belczowski]

Help.

I now have (for about 2 months) a Mac OS X Version 10.6.2, running on Snow 
Leopard - (which I did not know until today - when I foolishly declared that 
Snow Leopard had not caused me any problems).

I have not used the Mac a great deal lately, but have downloaded my Christmas 
photos.

I just clicked onto iPhotos in the dock to look at my photos, but immediately 
received a spinning ball and a blank iPhoto box, and eventually a message which 
flashed quickly on the screen along the lines of "iPhotos is locked"  - it was 
too quick for me to take notes.  A report was sent to Apple.

How would I reinstate my iPhotos (which is the main reason for having my Mac).

Thanking you in anticipation,

Peta

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