Ok Matt, Something is seriously wrong with the Library then, it is possibly in the loop of upgrading like it did in Snow Leopard and I got you to delete files so the upgrade could complete.
A last resort before deleting any files. Download iPhoto Library Manager <http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/> and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back. Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one. I have to sign off from WAMUG support as I must get my Clients work finished & prepare for tomorrow. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 12/08/2012, at 5:59 PM, Matt Falvey <mmfal...@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > Hi Ronni, I have just tried that and basically had the same result as the > same two attempts before. > > Once I press Rebuild, it flashed into the your library needs to be Upgraded, > I pressed to accept that and I now I have the "iPhoto is unable to open this > library" window with the Quit option and the Grey Spinning Wheel, which has > started this time at 5.55pm. > > Matt. > > On 12/08/2012, at 5:36 PM, wamug.org.au-wamug-requ...@lists.wamug.org.au > wrote: > >> Message: 2 >> Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:31:09 +0800 >> From: Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> >> Subject: Re: iPhoto doesn't open after Upgrade to Mountain Lion >> To: wamug@wamug.org.au >> Message-ID: <dc7a40d7-003f-48b2-ad9e-f50913452...@mac.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII >> >> Hi Matt, >> >> Have you tried the last option I gave you if the other options didn't fix >> your iPhoto Library? >> >> 1. Hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. >> It will show you a Window with 'Photo Library First Aid' >> >> 2. Choose 'Rebuild Database' >> >> See if that can complete and you can then Upgrade the iPhoto Library. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> On 12/08/2012, at 2:14 PM, Matt Falvey <mmfal...@bigpond.net.au> wrote: >> >>> Hi Ronni, there are two libraries, one of them is the recovered iPhoto >>> Library Matt and the other is an iPhoto Library Mon. The Matt was the >>> problematic library and the one that I found I had a virtual complete copy >>> of in Aperture. I have had no problems with the Mon library (and I am not >>> sure if it is/has been converted as my wife uses it and is never on the >>> computer and I may have left it alone after the debacle with the Matt one. >>> I will have to look at it one day and if this ML gets sorted I may try and >>> see if it is on iPhoto or save looking to open it for a very very rainy >>> day, oh God it's raining today!) >>> >>> The Grey Spinning Wheel was spinning until about 11pm last night, when I >>> decided to go to bed and closed the system down. It had been running for >>> over 13 hours and was just the same wheel as that that had been spinning in >>> the back ground with the two messages, Before I pressed the Command and >>> Option Keys, so I don't think, hope, it was signifying that any Repair was >>> in process. Anyway I had no choice, my wife was on earlies and was >>> sleeping in the spare room and didn't want the computer on all night, so I >>> had no choice. >>> >>> Yes, iPhoto worked fine in SL, after you fixed it. The bulk of the photo's >>> were missing but I had them covered I discovered later, T.G., in Aperture. >>> That was the main reason for going to the next step to ML to be able to >>> share the photo's between Aperture and iPhoto, which I couldn't do in SL. >>> So basically I was trying to get my SL iPhoto library back by stealth. >>> >>> We have three other iMac's one is running: 10.6.8 and iPhoto 9.2.3, could >>> it be used to confirm the backup Libraries on the SuperDuper backup? >>> >>> Matt >>> >>> >>> On 12/08/2012, at 12:00 PM, wamug.org.au-wamug-requ...@lists.wamug.org.au >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Matt, >>>> >>>> Is this the same iPhoto Library that you had all the trouble with in Snow >>>> Leopard when it would not upgrade the Library? >>>> Did you eventually have it working without any problems in SL? >>>> >>>> Is the Grey Spinning Wheel still going since 10:20AM, or what happened? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >>>> >>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad >>>> >>>> On 11/08/2012, at 5:11 PM, Matt Falvey <mmfal...@bigpond.net.au> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Ronni, I have tried "Repair Database" and this time it didn't >>>>> flick/bypass through to the two messages it presented me with the with >>>>> the "The photo library needs to be upgraded to work with this version of >>>>> iPhoto", appeared. I thought you bewty and I clicked - Upgrade. Then the >>>>> second message "The photo library needs to be upgraded to work with this >>>>> version of iPhoto" appeared again, with the only option - Quit. >>>>> >>>>> Now as there is a grey spinning wheel showing under, the message and in >>>>> light of what occurred on a previous occasion I am loath to closed down >>>>> iPhoto in case it is actually "Repairing the Database", so I have left it >>>>> spinning away, lest I stuff it up. >>>>> >>>>> Oh how I loved my Canon T90 and my Kodak 100. >>>>> >>>>> Matt. >>>>> >>>>> (I think I may have posted this incorrectly as it came back as Today's >>>>> Topics: 1. Re: wamug.org.au-wamug Digest, Vol 12, Issue 44 (Matt Falvey)) >>>>> >>>>>> Message: 6 >>>>>> Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 07:21:08 +0800 >>>>>> From: Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> >>>>>> Subject: Re: iPhoto doesn't open after Upgrade to Mountain Lion >>>>>> To: "wamug@wamug.org.au" <wamug@wamug.org.au> >>>>>> Message-ID: <9955054e-69a7-4e72-9236-2fa191c12...@mac.com> >>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Matt, >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm away until later today. >>>>>> Choose 'Repair Database' >>>>>> >>>>>> If that doesn't fix your iPhoto Library >>>>>> Choose 'Rebuild Database' >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Ronni >>>>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad >>>>>> >>>>>> On 10/08/2012, at 7:10 PM, Matt Falvey <mmfal...@bigpond.net.au> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Ronni, I followed your instruction's and the Window showed up >>>>>>> instantly. In 2. you stated select the items, they could not be >>>>>>> selected together, I could only select each one individually. It >>>>>>> looked on you post like select all three, so I tried holding the >>>>>>> Command key and selecting them, shift etc. but could not get the three >>>>>>> selected together. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Anyway I then decided that it must be in descending order and started >>>>>>> with Repair Permission and a soon as I did that the two messages came >>>>>>> back up again in the same sequence as before and gave me the only >>>>>>> option to quit. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Matt. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:23:18 +0800 >>>>>>> From: Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> >>>>>>> Subject: Re: iPhoto doesn't open after Upgrade to Mountain Lion >>>>>>> To: wamug@wamug.org.au >>>>>>> Message-ID: <f2dab895-90d1-4bf2-8e29-cde1473d0...@mac.com> >>>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Matt, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sounds like your iPhoto Library Database is damaged. >>>>>>> Try to Repair Database & Rebuild Database. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 1. Hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching >>>>>>> iPhoto. >>>>>>> It will take some time to show you a Window with 'Photo Library First >>>>>>> Aid' >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2. Select: Repair Permissions >>>>>>> Repair Database >>>>>>> Rebuild Database >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Let it complete the repairs. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>> Ronni >> > > -- 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> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- 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> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
