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Michael Nilles - Apr 20, 2006 - 3:01 pm
For some reason IPhoto lost the link to its IPhoto library. I followed some instructions, which I have read on site. I could create a new folder with IPhoto library, and tried to copy the old one, which I moved before to this newly created one. Bit IPhote refused to accept the content and could not reckognize it. So I tried a trick and have imported the pictures. this was succesful, but now the problem came up: All the albums were lost and lots of pictures have been stored/imported double or three times. This would mean that I would have to check the 5000 pictures again.
Since I kept the old IPhoto library I have still the hope to copy all infos back to the IPhoto.
Can you help?
Since I kept the old IPhoto library I have still the hope to copy all infos back to the IPhoto.
Can you help?
LovesMacs - Apr 20, 2006 - 5:28 pm
Hello :-)
You might try reinstalling iPhoto at this point. It sounds like your iPhoto library is really confused. See if you can access your iPhoto Library by taking this path:
MacintoshHD>Users>your name>Pictures. OR, open a Finder window and in the Sidebar on the left toward the bottom should be your Pictures folder also. See if your Library is in there. At the very least if you can access the pics that way, make copies, Trash the existing iPhoto software and reinstall.
BEFORE you do any of the above I want you to try something less involved. Follow this path: MacintoshHD>Users>Library>Preferences. Locate this file:
com.apple.iphoto.plist Drag that file to the Trash, empty the Trash, then revoot your Mac and try to launch iPhoto. I'm hoping this is just a corrupted iPhoto preference file !!!
Let me know...
Carolyn :-)
You might try reinstalling iPhoto at this point. It sounds like your iPhoto library is really confused. See if you can access your iPhoto Library by taking this path:
MacintoshHD>Users>your name>Pictures. OR, open a Finder window and in the Sidebar on the left toward the bottom should be your Pictures folder also. See if your Library is in there. At the very least if you can access the pics that way, make copies, Trash the existing iPhoto software and reinstall.
BEFORE you do any of the above I want you to try something less involved. Follow this path: MacintoshHD>Users>Library>Preferences. Locate this file:
com.apple.iphoto.plist Drag that file to the Trash, empty the Trash, then revoot your Mac and try to launch iPhoto. I'm hoping this is just a corrupted iPhoto preference file !!!
Let me know...
Carolyn :-)
Michael Nilles - Apr 23, 2006 - 2:36 pm
Dear Carolyn,
thanks very much for your quick reply and suggestions. I tried the second one in this way:
I moved my new iphoto library folder, which is poorly organized to another folder and then moved the original one agian at the folder user\album\pictures . Then I deleted the .plist file from the preferences folder and emptied the trash folder. I rebooted the mac and started Iphoto again with the magic key combination ,so that it is looking for the location of its library folder. I navigated to the "original" library folder and told IPhoto to use this. BUT IT DOES NOT. So in a second attempt I started IPhoto again with the "new" library folder and it worked. So it looks like that the "original" library folder is damaged and useless.
Your first proposal is a little bit tricky. I purchased the Mac in Shanghai 1.5 years ago and now have moved back to Germany. So in Shanghai I got all Software with CHINESE menus and my Chinese is still too poor to handle the DVDs properly. It looks like that I need to purchase a new German or English system to handle future issues.
But thanks again. It is great to have such a support like from your side.
Since we have beside the Mac also three children it will take some time to clear the issues with the Mac.
Best regards from
Michael
thanks very much for your quick reply and suggestions. I tried the second one in this way:
I moved my new iphoto library folder, which is poorly organized to another folder and then moved the original one agian at the folder user\album\pictures . Then I deleted the .plist file from the preferences folder and emptied the trash folder. I rebooted the mac and started Iphoto again with the magic key combination ,so that it is looking for the location of its library folder. I navigated to the "original" library folder and told IPhoto to use this. BUT IT DOES NOT. So in a second attempt I started IPhoto again with the "new" library folder and it worked. So it looks like that the "original" library folder is damaged and useless.
Your first proposal is a little bit tricky. I purchased the Mac in Shanghai 1.5 years ago and now have moved back to Germany. So in Shanghai I got all Software with CHINESE menus and my Chinese is still too poor to handle the DVDs properly. It looks like that I need to purchase a new German or English system to handle future issues.
But thanks again. It is great to have such a support like from your side.
Since we have beside the Mac also three children it will take some time to clear the issues with the Mac.
Best regards from
Michael
LovesMacs - Apr 23, 2006 - 8:18 pm
HI Michael,
I just realized something. Your iPhoto version (4.0.3) is way out of date. If you can, purchase iLife 06. It's about $90 US and availabel from the www.apple.com site.
FYI iPhoto can be complicated. But if you can reinstall or get iLife, with the most recent version of iPhoto and never move the libraries, it will be good to you FOREVER. Also, if you can, burn your photos to a CD as soon as possible. Back up, back up back up. The mantra of any computer user LOL... If you can't back up to a CD, a .mac account is only $99 a year. You can use the Apple server through an iDisk icon on your Desktop and use their Backup software to store images/music.... just about anything. AND, you can access your iDisk files from any computer connected to the internet. And lucky you with three children, I get you take photos all the time and wish to save them forever!
As far as Chinese menus... From the Mac Help Viewer:
Mac Help
Index
About using other languages on your computer
You can change the language shown in menus and dialogs; see dates, times, and numbers displayed according to the conventions of a geographic region; and even write in a language that uses a different writing system (or "script") from yours without having the keyboard that's designed for that language. You set these options using International preferences (choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click International).
If you set up your computer to write in more than one language or to type special characters (for example, mathematical symbols or arrows), the Input menu appears as a flag on the right side of the menu bar. When you want to type in another language or type special characters or symbols, you choose an item from the Input menu.
You can also view multilingual text documents on your computer. Applications that support Unicode, a worldwide standard for encoding multilingual text, can display any language. Other applications may not support all languages and you may see missing or strange characters in the text. If you have trouble viewing multilingual text, open the document using a Unicode application, such as TextEdit.
The applications that came with your computer let you write in any language that Mac OS X supports. However, not all applications let you change the language shown in menus and dialogs. To see what languages an application supports, select the application icon, then choose File > Get Info, and click the Languages triangle.
Michael, depending on which Mac you have and which OS it's running, you might be able to see your menus in English.
Take care,
Carolyn :-)
I just realized something. Your iPhoto version (4.0.3) is way out of date. If you can, purchase iLife 06. It's about $90 US and availabel from the www.apple.com site.
FYI iPhoto can be complicated. But if you can reinstall or get iLife, with the most recent version of iPhoto and never move the libraries, it will be good to you FOREVER. Also, if you can, burn your photos to a CD as soon as possible. Back up, back up back up. The mantra of any computer user LOL... If you can't back up to a CD, a .mac account is only $99 a year. You can use the Apple server through an iDisk icon on your Desktop and use their Backup software to store images/music.... just about anything. AND, you can access your iDisk files from any computer connected to the internet. And lucky you with three children, I get you take photos all the time and wish to save them forever!
As far as Chinese menus... From the Mac Help Viewer:
Mac Help
Index
About using other languages on your computer
You can change the language shown in menus and dialogs; see dates, times, and numbers displayed according to the conventions of a geographic region; and even write in a language that uses a different writing system (or "script") from yours without having the keyboard that's designed for that language. You set these options using International preferences (choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click International).
If you set up your computer to write in more than one language or to type special characters (for example, mathematical symbols or arrows), the Input menu appears as a flag on the right side of the menu bar. When you want to type in another language or type special characters or symbols, you choose an item from the Input menu.
You can also view multilingual text documents on your computer. Applications that support Unicode, a worldwide standard for encoding multilingual text, can display any language. Other applications may not support all languages and you may see missing or strange characters in the text. If you have trouble viewing multilingual text, open the document using a Unicode application, such as TextEdit.
The applications that came with your computer let you write in any language that Mac OS X supports. However, not all applications let you change the language shown in menus and dialogs. To see what languages an application supports, select the application icon, then choose File > Get Info, and click the Languages triangle.
Michael, depending on which Mac you have and which OS it's running, you might be able to see your menus in English.
Take care,
Carolyn :-)
Michael Nilles - Apr 24, 2006 - 2:09 pm
Hi Carolyn,
thanks for the quick reply. You are right, that a new version of IPhote might do better. So I will consider this.
Regarding our system DVD from Shanghai I do not see any chance to switch to another language, since all the menus appear in Chinese. So it is hard to navigate through.
Best regards from
Michael
thanks for the quick reply. You are right, that a new version of IPhote might do better. So I will consider this.
Regarding our system DVD from Shanghai I do not see any chance to switch to another language, since all the menus appear in Chinese. So it is hard to navigate through.
Best regards from
Michael
LovesMacs - May 2, 2006 - 4:36 pm
Hi Michael,
Thank you for your kind words in the Feedback! Hope my boss sees that...
Regards,
Carolyn :-)
PS: Come back anytime.
Thank you for your kind words in the Feedback! Hope my boss sees that...
Regards,
Carolyn :-)
PS: Come back anytime.
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