> > Hi Ronni > >> Hi Matt, >> >> "iPhoto Library Matt": >> Was this Library ever on an external drive? NO > >> Do you know what version of iPhoto it was previously opened in? I am really >> not sure, it may have been about 2 years ago since I last used it. >> >>> Yesterday I tried to open the "iPhoto Library Matt" in iPhoto and the >>> screen stayed black and I received the spinning grey wheel. I switched to >>> the other two Libraries and they both worked okay. Then I realised that >>> maybe I should not have done the back up, even though everything was >>> working well! >> >> I suspect the Upgrade of the Library database did not complete. Normally the >> upgrade takes quite a long time, especially if the Library is large it can >> take an hour or more to complete. >> Did you see "Upgrading Library: Scanning Library? ?. and let the process >> continue until the upgrade progress bar was displayed? >> For very large libraries, iPhoto ?11 may appear to be inactive for several >> minutes before the progress bar is displayed ? you must not force quit the >> application during this period. > I saw it say it was up grading the library, and I saw it finish it. It only > took about 30-40 seconds which really surprised me as the library contains > 3,937 photos. I don't think I saw the progress bar as it seems to finish so > fast. After this I went into the application and looked at the photo's for > some time before closing it down. That is why I thought the upgrade had > worked as it allowed me access to the application and the photo's and they > all were working okay, in their albums and events. >> It is strongly recommended that you do not force quit the application during >> the update process. If you force quit iPhoto you will risk data loss! >> >> When you mention - >>> and I opened iPhoto... >> Does this mean iPhoto did not remain open after upgrading the Library? What >> happened after the Library was updated? Yes, it did remain open, as I >> mentioned above, after the upgrade I looked through most of the albums and >> events that is how I found the photo's of my Mom. >> >> If the Library Database has not updated post back and I will give you >> instructions to 'allow' iPhoto to update again. Well, I believe it upgraded >> as I saw the photo's, but the time span for the upgrade was excessively >> short for an upgrade to occur, could I have gained access to the photo's >> without an upgrade having taken place, after having been blocked at the log >> in stage? >> With not having a good backup of this Library is a worry as I cannot give >> any guarantee. >> >> All iPhoto Libraries should be in Users/Matt/Pictures I thought they should >> be, so how do I go about moving it to Users/Matt/Pictures ? Do I just drag >> the file over? Or would it be better to copy it first then paste, see if it >> works in the new position, if it does then back up and then try again, then >> delete the file from the volume location? >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni > Thanks > > Matt > > On 07/07/2012, at 12:00 PM, wamug.org.au-wamug-requ...@lists.wamug.org.au > wrote: > >> Send wamug.org.au-wamug mailing list submissions to >> wamug.org.au-wa...@lists.wamug.org.au >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> wamug.org.au-wamug-requ...@lists.wamug.org.au >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> wamug.org.au-wamug-ow...@lists.wamug.org.au >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of wamug.org.au-wamug digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: When I open iPhoto I get a Spinning grey wheel (Ronda Brown) >> 2. Problems with migrating MobileMe albums (David Nicholas) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2012 09:50:29 +0800 >> From: Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> >> Subject: Re: When I open iPhoto I get a Spinning grey wheel >> To: wamug@wamug.org.au >> Message-ID: <2ca7ccf3-0b09-407c-91c4-2f65a86b3...@mac.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 >> >> Hi Matt, >> >> "iPhoto Library Matt": >> Was this Library ever on an external drive? > >> Do you know what version of iPhoto it was previously opened in? >> >>> Yesterday I tried to open the "iPhoto Library Matt" in iPhoto and the >>> screen stayed black and I received the spinning grey wheel. I switched to >>> the other two Libraries and they both worked okay. Then I realised that >>> maybe I should not have done the back up, even though everything was >>> working well! >> >> I suspect the Upgrade of the Library database did not complete. Normally the >> upgrade takes quite a long time, especially if the Library is large it can >> take an hour or more to complete. >> Did you see "Upgrading Library: Scanning Library? ?. and let the process >> continue until the upgrade progress bar was displayed? >> For very large libraries, iPhoto ?11 may appear to be inactive for several >> minutes before the progress bar is displayed ? you must not force quit the >> application during this period. >> It is strongly recommended that you do not force quit the application during >> the update process. If you force quit iPhoto you will risk data loss! >> >> When you mention - >>> and I opened iPhoto... >> Does this mean iPhoto did not remain open after upgrading the Library? What >> happened after the Library was updated? >> >> If the Library Database has not updated post back and I will give you >> instructions to 'allow' iPhoto to update again. >> With not having a good backup of this Library is a worry as I cannot give >> any guarantee. >> >> All iPhoto Libraries should be in Users/Matt/Pictures >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> On 06/07/2012, at 11:48 AM, Matt Falvey wrote: >> >>> Hi, I have been busy importing a few images into iPhoto and I have multiple >>> iPhoto Libraries. I have been using iPhoto Library Manager to switch >>> between the Libraries, (as I hadn't been aware that I could do it by >>> pressing Option and launching iPhoto). >>> >>> During the time I was importing the images I noticed on iPhoto Library >>> Manager a Library I had not seen before called "iPhoto Library Matt" (My >>> other two are called "iPhoto Library" & "iPhoto Library Mon"). I clicked on >>> it and had iPhoto open it and was greeted with the request to update the >>> photo library so it could be used on iPhoto 9.2.3, I ran the update (I >>> backup every month and it would have been backed up monthly for years >>> without me knowing), it ran for a short while, seemed successful and I >>> opened iPhoto and found and viewed some priceless photos of my Mom's 80th >>> birthday. >>> >>> I closed it down and finished off the importing of the images to another >>> Library and when that was all completed, I did my monthly backup. >>> >>> Yesterday I tried to open the "iPhoto Library Matt" in iPhoto and the >>> screen stayed black and I received the spinning grey wheel. I switched to >>> the other two Libraries and they both worked okay. Then I realised that >>> maybe I should not have done the back up, even though everything was >>> working well! >>> >>> I had a look on the web for help. 1) make sure iPhoto is closed. Then press >>> and hold COMMAND + OPTION and click to launch it again. >>> When you do, you'll get options to "repair" the iPhoto library. Select them >>> all and sit back and wait for it to finish. When done, see if you can >>> access the photos again. >>> >>> I tried this and I still had the Spinning grey wheel and nothing really >>> happened. >>> >>> Then - FINALLY: >>> If NONE of the above works, we may need to do a little rescue and recovery! >>> But, thankfully this is pretty easy - although you will lose most of your >>> ratings, keywords, photo edits, etc. >>> 1) It will be best to work from a copy of your library that we know was >>> good, so go ahead and restore it from Time Machine once again as you did in >>> above. >>> 2) Now we need to open up that library so we can get to the photos, so >>> Right Click the newly restored library and choose "Show Package Contents" >>> 3) When you do, you'll see a number of folders. Look for the one called >>> Originals. >>> NOTE: Under iPhoto 11, Originals is an Alias that points to a folder called >>> Masters. If you open the library and see that Originals is an alias (look >>> for the little arrow), then instead look for Masters. I'm pretty sure >>> iPhoto 08 used the name Originals. >>> In any event, Originals (or Masters) holds all your original, unmodified, >>> images! >>> 4) Now COPY Originals (or Masters) to the Desktop. >>> 5) Next, move the iPhoto Library out of the Pictures folder. We no longer >>> need it because we're going to build a new one. >>> 6) Launch iPhoto and it should not only launch, but also create a new, >>> empty, iPhoto library. >>> 7) With that done, within iPhoto click File > Import to Library, and then >>> select that Originals folder you placed on the Desktop. >>> iPhoto should now import all of the old photos. Again, this is a "last >>> ditch" effort to recover things because all of the personal settings, >>> edits, etc will be lost ... BUT you will still have your photos. And that's >>> the most important thing. >>> >>> I haven't been brave enough to try this yet and thought I would get some >>> opinions before I set off down the rocky road. In the first instance I >>> can't work from a "copy of your library that we know is good" as thanks to >>> the back up they are both identical. >>> >>> I have had a look at the contents package and the Original/Masters and can >>> see that quite a lot of photo's are gone, where I do not know, Mom's >>> amongst them. >>> >>> So in short, after a very long prelim, is this the best way forward now or >>> has anyone any better ideas? >>> >>> One overriding question will this work and not interfere with the two other >>> Libraries? >>> >>> >>> Finally, and I bet you are saying thank god, I did notice that one of the >>> Libraries "iPhoto Library" is for some strange reason located not in the >>> Normal >>> /Users/matt/Pictures/ but in /Volumes/matt/Pictures/. Now I had to do a >>> search to find where that was and it is a "directory at the root level of >>> my system that stores my hard drives". That I can access via Finder>Go>Go >>> to Folder and in the pop up window I put in /Volume, it comes up with my >>> hard drive and then "matt" and I can find the "iPhoto Library" from there. >>> >>> As this is a really weird location, is it possible without wrecking things >>> to move it to /Users/matt/Pictures/ ? It has a unique name after all. >>> >>> Sorry for being so long winded. >>> >>> Take care. >>> >>> Matt >>
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