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) >>> >>> >>> >>> -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>> >> >> >> >> >> -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > > > > > -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
