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derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 04:53 PM

how do i do that? also, now when i try deleting pcitures from the library, they come back......

i click the picture, do cmd+del, then it goes to the trash

then i cmd+del from the trash, and they dissapear from there.....i go back to library, and the pictures are back...

robbieduncan

Jan 17, 2006, 04:56 PM

1) Quit iPhoto
2) Hold down command (the key with the Apple logo) and the alt key.
3) Still holding the above click on iPhoto

A window will appear offering you rebuild options.

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 04:58 PM

ok thanks.....what about my deleting problem? im reinstalling ilife 06 now

robbieduncan

Jan 17, 2006, 05:00 PM

ok thanks.....what about my deleting problem? im reinstalling ilife 06 now
The rebuild might well fix that too. Why are you reinstalling it?

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 05:01 PM

well the help section doesnt work either.......i think something might have gone wrong

robbieduncan

Jan 17, 2006, 05:11 PM

well the help section doesnt work either.......i think something might have gone wrong
It's beginning to sound a bit like it! I hope you get it all fixed soon...

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 05:14 PM

thanks......im going to be so mad if this doesnt work

XNine

Jan 17, 2006, 05:14 PM

Please tell me, does your dock die after installation of this iLife 06?

robbieduncan

Jan 17, 2006, 05:15 PM

Please tell me, does your dock die after installation of this iLife 06?

Mine didn't.

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 05:15 PM

Please tell me, does your dock die after installation of this iLife 06?

it happened to me....and then my computer started locking up, so i restarted, and iphoto messed up

XNine

Jan 17, 2006, 05:17 PM

Mine didn't.

That's because the actual RETAIL VERSION shouldn't. The copied or modified single iApp files do infact do this to the dock. BETCHA DIDN'T KNOW THAT!!!! :p

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 05:18 PM

hmm im confused? so my copy is bunk? i got the edu discount

robbieduncan

Jan 17, 2006, 05:19 PM

That's because the actual RETAIL VERSION shouldn't. The copied or modified single iApp files do infact do this to the dock. BETCHA DIDN'T KNOW THAT!!!! :p

It's the first I heard of it. Hard luck to pirates if it's true...

robbieduncan

Jan 17, 2006, 05:20 PM

hmm im confused? so my copy is bunk? i got the edu discount

If you bought it from Apple it should work as expected (and not kill your Dock or mess up your pictures).

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 05:20 PM

but im not a pirate.....i bought mine from the website with the eudcation discount.....and im installing all the apps from the cd

XNine

Jan 17, 2006, 05:21 PM

hmm im confused? so my copy is bunk? i got the edu discount

If you got the retail disc, it shouldn't be doing this. I'm saying that pirates all over the net are modiying the installation file by only distributing iWeb, or iPhoto, or any of the other apps, ALONE. So you can only install that particular app. And this is a side-effect of that.

If you have the retail disc and this is happening, then something DEFINATELY is going wrong with your installation. I would honestly re-check your installation settings to be sure everything is okay. Repair permissions, etc before and after too.

And as robbie said, use the REBUILD ability if anything else goes wrong.

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 05:23 PM

well the 2nd install just finished, and it killed the dock for like 30 seconds.....but its working now......let me check out iphoto and see if it works now

robbieduncan

Jan 17, 2006, 05:26 PM

well the 2nd install just finished, and it killed the dock for like 30 seconds.....but its working now

Did the dock freeze once the installation was complete or during the last stage (Optimizing)? If it was during the last stage it was probably just due to update-prebindings using all the CPU...

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 05:28 PM

XNine

Jan 17, 2006, 05:30 PM

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 05:33 PM

its like iphoto library--> 200(2 or 3 or 4 or 5), then i click on 1, and theres more subfolders (months i guess) but when i keep going they are like empty

mad jew

Jan 17, 2006, 05:33 PM

This version of iPhoto organises the photos differently to previous versions. It means that the first time you run it, it has to rearrange your library. I hope it wasn't the initial rearrangement that messed up your library.

Don't worry about how iPhoto looks after the photos in Finder for the moment. Try robbieduncan's method for rebuilding the library though. :)

JupiterTwo

Jan 17, 2006, 05:34 PM

no it didnt freeze......it just dissapeared....but it came back this time.....and now iphoto is still messed up......

isnt this version of iphoto supposed to organize the folders better than before? because my folders are weird now....

You should have 'Originals' and 'Modified' folders in your iPhoto directory now, which should contain your pictures in year and roll/album folders. The old way was really weird and hard to find your pictures.

JupiterTwo

Jan 17, 2006, 05:36 PM

its like iphoto library--> 200(2 or 3 or 4 or 5), then i click on 1, and theres more subfolders (months i guess) but when i keep going they are like empty

That's the old way of organising them - the upgrade seems to leave the old directories

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 05:37 PM

yeah i have those too....maybe the old ones messed it up because theres some still in there......they are only labeled by roll # though.....not album.....even though i do have ablum #.....i am rearchiving the thumbnails now or whatever like you suggested....i clicked every option (4 i tihnk?), so i really hope that owrks

XNine

Jan 17, 2006, 05:40 PM

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 05:41 PM

so should i put that are in the old iphoto directories to another folder, on my desktop or something, then delete them from the "pictures" folder under my user, and then reimport them to iphoto?

quigleybc

Jan 17, 2006, 05:43 PM

iPhoto (for me at least, on two seperate machiens) has ALWAYS had a stupid way of organizing the photo library. IT's a giant pain in the ass if you ask me, however I haven't even looked at iPhoto since I installed 06 yesterday.

Ya, it's a pain for sure....I just back up my pics to a different folder (duplicates) so I know they are safe and I can find what I want when I want, and let iPhoto do whatever it does to organize..and just leave that mess alone.

Applespider

Jan 17, 2006, 05:45 PM

iPhoto (for me at least, on two seperate machiens) has ALWAYS had a stupid way of organizing the photo library.

It has improved in iPhoto 06. There's no more Year/Month/Day folders.

Just Year/Name of Roll folders - much, much easier! Still doesn't change the file name to the title of the picture but it's definitely improved!

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 05:55 PM

but it left some 20 odd pictures under the old way of organizing .... so what do i do?

mduser63

Jan 17, 2006, 07:13 PM

My dock hard quit after installing iLife '06, meaning it quit and didn't automatically restart. I bought iLife in a retail box from my school bookstore. However, I unchecked Garageband as I don't have 3+ GBs of space to install an app I never use. It may be a bug that causes the dock to crash unless you install all the apps. Anyway, luckily I use Quicksilver, so I was able to open Script Editor and run "tell app "Dock" to activate" in order to get my dock back. iPhoto is working great, and is incredibly fast compared to '05 on my PowerBook.

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 07:19 PM

ok well i rearchived iphoto and what not....still, i cannot seem to delete a photo from it.......i empty the trash, and the photos just show right up....now i need to check out these thumbnail issues

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 07:25 PM

oh my god i cant freaking stand this!!!!
now i cant delete any photos, and my thumbnails are still messed up.....when i open iphoto it says something about restting the thumbnail cache.....how do i do this?......i backed up my HD last night, so how would i go about restoring it so i could do a complete reinstall?

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 07:56 PM

i am so pissed off right now.....ilife messed up my freaking iphoto library, deleting some pictures, messing up the thumbnails for others.....why the hell are the thumbnails and the actual picture 2 different files? thats so dumb.....i need to punch a wall......i love macs, and will never go to windows, but ive had my powerbook for a little under 2 years, and my hard drive has failed, as has my superdrive.....and 3 power adapters have failed me, each time apple refused to replace it and i had to pay 80 dollars every time.....and now this....come on, this isnt acceptable

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 08:10 PM

i just deleted all my photos from iphoto (all 10,000 of them), and the "originals" and "modified" folders.....then im going to try to reimport them with backup......should i delete all those other files in my "pictures folder"

iphotolock.data
libray.data
library.iphoto
library6.iphoto
thumbs32segment.data
thumbs64segment.data
thumbsjpgsegment.data

Flowbee

Jan 17, 2006, 08:19 PM

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 08:25 PM

can someone please IM me and maybe help me out with a troubleshoot or something or walk me through some things that might fix it? im really freaking out over here

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 08:53 PM

i tried restoring my iphotos using backups restore function....and its said "Copying Files" for about 10minutes.....and the blue bar hasn't even appeared.....the program hasnt frozen, and i tried quitting it and relaunching it, and it did the same thing

crackpip

Jan 17, 2006, 08:58 PM

That's because the actual RETAIL VERSION shouldn't. The copied or modified single iApp files do infact do this to the dock. BETCHA DIDN'T KNOW THAT!!!! :p

Just thought I'd add my voice that this is incorrect. I also purchased the edu version of iLife and installing it made my Dock quit and not restart. I was able to restart it by opening Dock.app in System/Library/CoreServices.

crackpip

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 09:06 PM

how come when i try to restore, the bar wont move?

amin

Jan 17, 2006, 09:11 PM

Before you mess around with your iPhoto libraries anymore, I suggest you burn all the folders in your home/pictures folder to disk. Sounds like you're headed towards really losing them.

For the record, I only installed iPhoto and iWeb. I too don't have the hard drive space to spend on Garageband, and I really don't much use iDVD or iMovie these days. No probs with the Dock crashing or any other badness on my Powerbook as of yet.

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 09:13 PM

i have them all backed up by using backup, which ran last night at 3am.....so the pictures should be there on backup, but when i try to restore them, the restore "copy files" bar wont move, with no hint of blue

Boelman

Jan 17, 2006, 09:23 PM

I can't wait to get my copy of Ilife. It looks great

amin

Jan 17, 2006, 09:27 PM

I would make a second backup of your current pictures folder to CD or DVD. If Backup fails you, you could lose your stuff.

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 10:17 PM

I would make a second backup of your current pictures folder to CD or DVD. If Backup fails you, you could lose your stuff.

i have it backed up, in 2 different places.......now when i go to add the backup it says its invalid, yet i can open the pictures in preview fine.......

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 10:23 PM

You should have 'Originals' and 'Modified' folders in your iPhoto directory now, which should contain your pictures in year and roll/album folders. The old way was really weird and hard to find your pictures.

i deleted these 2 folders and all my pictures......then restored the photos using backups restore.....but now when i go to file import photos, i get an error message and those 2 folders arent in the finder menu, and they are still arranged like the older version of iphoto (2004, 2005 etc w/ months and such)

how do i get the new folder naming system back? i cant import the photos now yet they open up in preview fine.

G5Unit

Jan 17, 2006, 10:25 PM

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 10:26 PM

You should have 'Originals' and 'Modified' folders in your iPhoto directory now, which should contain your pictures in year and roll/album folders. The old way was really weird and hard to find your pictures.

i deleted the iphoto library, then restored the pictuers using backups restore fnctn......the pictures are in my pictures folder and open up in preview fine, but when i go to import them in to iphoto, i get an error message

Unreadable Files: (/Users/xxxxxxx/Pictures/iPhoto Library/2006/01/03)......and the originals and modified folders are gone......

derajfast

Jan 17, 2006, 10:57 PM

guys please?

toneloco2881

Jan 18, 2006, 01:43 AM

I haven't been too happy with iLife 06 either

In GarageBand when I want to change the tempo, it zooms in

iPhoto is no faster then it was before

iMovie just has TOO many news things and when you delete a clip, first it gets rid of the effects and THEN the clip goes away. And recording is all messed up

iDVD keeps on crashing when I try to open new themes

iWeb is the only working program

Maybe this has to do with the fact that I have about 7 gig left on my HD out of 80? Please help, my entire computer is slowing down!
As a general rule of thumb you should have at least 10% free hard drive space for OS X to run smoothly. A formatted 80gig drive with 10% free space is right around 7.5 gigs, so that probably is part of the problem. Upon installing iPhoto I noticed a DRASTIC improvement in speed, so your experience does not seem typical.

BTW iPhoto now lets you keep your existing photo directory structure if you want. I rather let iPhoto maintain itself, but I know alot of people were clamoring for this functionality, so that was a pleasant surprise!

fimac

Jan 18, 2006, 03:23 AM

Since you are trying to re-import your photos, I assume you are happy to completely delete ALL of your iPhoto data files and LOSE your keywords and smart albums etc.

If that is the case, then: quit iPhoto; delete and re-create the "iPhoto Library" folder (this ensures that the hidden ".dot" files are also deleted); and remove the iphoto .plist file from your Library folder; these steps return iPhoto to virgin state.

I recommend the above action since by deleting "Originals" and "Modified" folders, you have created an inconsistency in the iPhoto database -- and that is the cause of all of your problems.

i deleted these 2 folders and all my pictures......then restored the photos using backups restore.....

Applespider

Jan 18, 2006, 03:54 AM

derajfast, I suspect most people have tuned out since you didn't seem to be following any of the advice you were given.

The first piece was simply to rebuild your iPhoto library. Instead, you seemed to try to reinstall iPhoto over the top which probably didn't help matters since the problem seemed to be in the iPhoto database rather than the apps.

As for the files hanging around in the old file structure? They were probably those that were in the trash in iPhoto 5 so they're left hanging. I just deleted them direct from the Finder since iPhoto 6 wasn't seeing them anyhow.

You need to learn patience, my friend. First in having people coming back to you and not jumping and doing something else in the meantime, and second in your system. You said you had a backup but you only waited 10 minutes before cancelling out of it. With 10,000 pictures, you're probably talking abotu several gigabytes of data; it was always going to take more than 10 minutes to restore.

kerpow

Jan 18, 2006, 05:28 AM

Don't know whether I should post here or in Buying Recommendations.

I'm really in 2 minds whether to buy iLife 06. The main attraction is iWeb as I need to put a web site together very soon (baby on the way). I am fairly familiar with HTML and have put a reasonable site together before using Frontpage. I've heard iWeb is pretty basic but I just don't the time or inclination to learn Dreamweaver and understand its pretty expensive as well.

Other than iWeb I don't really see any value in the rest of the suite. I've never used Garageband 05 and don't have a DVD burner so iDVD is out of the window as well. I'm happy with iPhoto 05 and would only upgrade to 06 for the the integration with iWeb. I've used iMovie once or twice, perhaps I'd use it more.

However, I have no intention of getting .Mac. I have a domain hosted that provides 2gb of storage and email. I've heard some people say that iWeb isn't worth it if you're not a .Mac user?

Should I take the plunge?

amin

Jan 18, 2006, 05:48 AM

I think it's a good deal for you anyway. Full screen edit mode in iPhoto is great. iWeb is extremely easy to use, better for your purposes than Photoshop, and way easier than Dreamweaver. You'll likely want to use iMovie more soon as well, especially as your baby becomes mobile.

Applespider

Jan 18, 2006, 06:33 AM

I'm happy with iPhoto 05 and would only upgrade to 06 for the the integration with iWeb. I've used iMovie once or twice, perhaps I'd use it more.

I said that last year; that it was only iPhoto that I wanted the upgrade for. As it turns out, I bought a camcorder and iMovie was much used. Bear in mind that now with iDVD, you can save things to an disk image so that you could make a DVD and then burn it elsewhere.

The iPhoto 06 editing is much improved. Forget the one click effects but the full-screen mode is much easier to use; the compare option makes life a lot easier when you're going through the initial edit. I also like the card printing/ordering funtionality. I don't particularly use Garageband but the new podcast software doesn't just have to be used for that. You might end up using it when baby gets more talkative to record those first words and put the appropriate pictures alongside it?

So far as .mac goes, you can export out of iWeb to a folder and then up to an FTP site. It also asks you the name of your domain so that it can handle the internal links correctly. I've got .mac simply for ease of use. I no longer maintain a separate domain so it's justifiable to spend the cash on .mac for the simplicity and quickness.

kerpow

Jan 18, 2006, 06:55 AM

I said that last year; that it was only iPhoto that I wanted the upgrade for. As it turns out, I bought a camcorder and iMovie was much used. Bear in mind that now with iDVD, you can save things to an disk image so that you could make a DVD and then burn it elsewhere.

The iPhoto 06 editing is much improved. Forget the one click effects but the full-screen mode is much easier to use; the compare option makes life a lot easier when you're going through the initial edit. I also like the card printing/ordering funtionality. I don't particularly use Garageband but the new podcast software doesn't just have to be used for that. You might end up using it when baby gets more talkative to record those first words and put the appropriate pictures alongside it?

Thanks for the informative reply. You'll laugh but I really haven't used iPhoto for anything more than importing photos, grouping them and transferring them to my iPod. As far as editing is concerned how much can you do, I've seen cropping and red-eye control. Can you add layers like in Photoshop? Perhaps I ought to buy a book on it, I'm sure they'll be books for iLife 06 very shortly.

I think I will go ahead and buy it and try to take more of an interest in it. iLife 05 has been the sort of software that I know is there and potentially useful but I just haven't bothered to really learn how to use. I only switched last July after all.

petej

Jan 18, 2006, 06:58 AM

I have absoultely no idea what iPhoto6 does or doesn't do but I will just say have you checked the persmissions on your iPhoto filesystem. Do you have write permission to folders for example. Are you restored backups read only?

I only say this as most of my iPhoto5 issues have been related to file / folder permissions.

(Changing permissions / owner from the Get Info window never seems to work for me (10.4.3) so it's terminal / chmod / chown all the way for me)

Abstract

Jan 18, 2006, 07:31 AM

derajfast, I suspect most people have tuned out since you didn't seem to be following any of the advice you were given.

Agreed. Take a pill and chill. It'll all work out fine. Read through the thread again and actually read the suggestions this time.

Applespider

Jan 18, 2006, 08:00 AM

As far as editing is concerned how much can you do, I've seen cropping and red-eye control. Can you add layers like in Photoshop?

No, it's not that sophisticated. You can take out red-eye, you can crop and you have a 'retouch' tool which blurs around blemishes etc.

iPhoto 5 introduced an 'adjust' panel where you can change the tone/temperature, the exposure, the brightness, the contrast and sharpen the image using sliders. It also has a histogram so you can play with the black/white point and see what happens. There's an 'Enhance' button which basically does an auto-exposure/level/white balance but its mileage varies depending on the original shot. iPhoto 6 adds into that various 'one click' tools like Sepia, Saturate Colour, Matt Colour, Vignette etc. One good (or bad depending on your preferences) is that it has a 'Go to Original' image option so that if you really screw up, you can get the original back.

For quick shots, I tend to keep it in iPhoto. If it's a particularly good shot that I intend enlarging, then I'll put it into Photoshop and tweak in there.

stoneage

Jan 18, 2006, 12:18 PM

How would I revert back to iPhoto 5? Will the ,original' file reimport to 5, or are they permanently changed to 6 only?

derajfast

Jan 18, 2006, 12:40 PM

Agreed. Take a pill and chill. It'll all work out fine. Read through the thread again and actually read the suggestions this time.

look i am very angry about this and cannot wait to give apple a piece of my mind.....if i do not at least get ilife for free, i will flip out on them, after all the crap i have bought and been through and been treated like crap by them

and i did take everyones advice here, and none of it worked......i tried rebuilding the library, and that didnt work.....i treid reinstalling, that didnt work....etc.....ive tried every suggestion

so this is my new plan......

im going to delete iphoto, the iphoto library, all my pictures, everything....so its completely gone from my system

then im going to boot off of my external HD (lacie) since it has all my photos in iphoto there in ilife 05....then im going to install ilife 06 onto the external bootable iphoto.....copy those back over to my internal HD, then reinstall ilife 06 on the internal, and just copy and paste the "user--->pictures--->iphoto library" to my internal HD......should that work?

mattraehl

Jan 18, 2006, 01:05 PM

look i am very angry about this and cannot wait to give apple a piece of my mind.....if i do not at least get ilife for free, i will flip out on them, after all the crap i have bought and been through and been treated like crap by them

and i did take everyones advice here, and none of it worked......i tried rebuilding the library, and that didnt work.....i treid reinstalling, that didnt work....etc.....ive tried every suggestion

so this is my new plan......

im going to delete iphoto, the iphoto library, all my pictures, everything....so its completely gone from my system

then im going to boot off of my external HD (lacie) since it has all my photos in iphoto there in ilife 05....then im going to install ilife 06 onto the external bootable iphoto.....copy those back over to my internal HD, then reinstall ilife 06 on the internal, and just copy and paste the "user--->pictures--->iphoto library" to my internal HD......should that work?

You should have called Apple a long time ago. Further, if you think iPhoto 06 ruined the first copy of your library, I wouldn't try installing it over your only remaining copy.

SilentPanda

Jan 18, 2006, 01:08 PM

Please tell me, does your dock die after installation of this iLife 06?

My dock died after iLife '06 install. Unless Apple themselves sent me a hacked version I guarantee you I have a legitimate retail version. I logged out and logged back in and the dock came back though.

derajfast

Jan 18, 2006, 01:13 PM

You should have called Apple a long time ago. Further, if you think iPhoto 06 ruined the first copy of your library, I wouldn't try installing it over your only remaining copy.

is there a way i can revert back to iphoto 05 after just in case?

SilentPanda

Jan 18, 2006, 01:13 PM

My dock disappeared when I installed iLife last night as well. I didn't install iTunes, since I already have the most current version installed. Strange. It took a reboot to get my dock back. No problems with any of the apps as far as I can tell.

Same here... not sure if I reinstalled iTunes or not... I might have been too lazy to uncheck the box and figured it wouldn't hurt to reinstall it anyway. But yeah... dock went ka boom.

Applespider

Jan 18, 2006, 01:55 PM

derajfast

Jan 18, 2006, 02:12 PM

OK, derajfast, let's start with exactly what you still have...

1. OS X on your current system with a borked version of iPhoto 6. Anything in the photo library? Are the other iApps working?

2. A backup on a LaCie drive? Is it a full bootable backup, is the iPhoto application itself there, or is it just your iPhoto library? How recent is the backup? Days, weeks?

ok the iphoto 6 on my internal drive is just bunk....so i deleted it....the program, the photos, everything......i had everything backed up via backup on my external HD to the day right before i installed ilife06....so my photos are on there....i also made that same external HD bootable, so i am using that now in target mode.....it has ilife 05 on it....so it has all the same pictures, but just in ilife 05....so i am going to install ilife 06 onto the bootable external

then i plan on installing iphoto 06 back on the internal since i deleted it, and copying the pictures from the externals "iphoto library" back....

if this is confusing to you, id be more then happy if you imed me and we talked about it there....itd probably be easier if you could.....

thanks

Applespider

Jan 18, 2006, 02:41 PM

othen i plan on installing iphoto 06 back on the internal since i deleted it, and copying the pictures from the externals "iphoto library" back....

I really don't think that's a good idea since if it screws up then you're going to be left with nothing. If you're sure that's what you really want to do, then you should take a copy of iPhoto 05 and your iPhoto Library - just stick _old on the copied version so that you still have them.

Why not try copying your iPhoto 5 back onto your proper HD, put the prefs file in the appropriate place and your iPhoto library in the proper place? Leave the backup as it is.

Open up iPhoto 5 and delete the trash from there. Then put in your iLife 06 disk, choose customise and just install iPhoto. Just a note; be prepared to leave it for a while when it's updating your library and thumbnails this time. Mine has 8000 pics and took about 25 minutes.

derajfast

Jan 18, 2006, 02:49 PM

I really don't think that's a good idea since if it screws up then you're going to be left with nothing. If you're sure that's what you really want to do, then you should take a copy of iPhoto 05 and your iPhoto Library - just stick _old on the copied version so that you still have them.

Why not try copying your iPhoto 5 back onto your proper HD, put the prefs file in the appropriate place and your iPhoto library in the proper place? Leave the backup as it is.

Open up iPhoto 5 and delete the trash from there. Then put in your iLife 06 disk, choose customise and just install iPhoto. Just a note; be prepared to leave it for a while when it's updating your library and thumbnails this time. Mine has 8000 pics and took about 25 minutes.

well i dont have the ilife 05 disc....its at home and i am at college right now....i do have the pictures on my network at home too.....so this wouldnt ruin the backup either if ilife messes it up again...itd be a pain, but id still have the photos

so once ilife 06 is done installing on the external, and hopefully if everything goes smoothly, how would i copy all those photos and settings and albums from the external iphoto to the internal one?

derajfast

Jan 18, 2006, 03:03 PM

ok well it seems that iphoto 6 is working fine on my external HD and that everything seems to be in order......now, how do i get the SAME EXACT setting and what not to my internal hd? i deleted iphoto from it before

so should i install iphoto 06 on it again, and then copy the "iphoto library" over to the User: Pictures folder?

or do i copy the folder first to user:pictures

or do i install iphoto and then go Import photos, and do it that way (but wouldnt this way not import them in their proper folders and what have you?)

mad jew

Jan 18, 2006, 10:51 PM

I'd install iPhoto 06 on the internal drive, make sure it's working, maybe import some random pictures just to ensure you're happy with it, then drag the iPhoto Library from the external to the internal's Pictures folder, replacing the one that's already there and meaning that next time you open iPhoto you should have a perfectly working library in front of you. How cool are run on sentences!

derajfast

Jan 18, 2006, 10:54 PM

yeah i did that a little while ago, and lucky it works...for the most part......sometimes when i scroll pictures from 2002 are listed under like 1999 which is annoying....any way to change this? also, how can i make so it says the album or folder name when i scroll instead of "roll xxx" or whatever...thanks

also, how do i delete an iweb page, and why is the default in another language

mad jew

Jan 18, 2006, 11:53 PM

sometimes when i scroll pictures from 2002 are listed under like 1999 which is annoying....any way to change this?

Well, the date stamps in iPhoto are editable to the best of my knowledge so I guess your best bet is to either manually change their date stamps in the information panel one by one or to set up an Automator task to do it for you (if possible).

also, how can i make so it says the album or folder name when i scroll instead of "roll xxx" or whatever...thanks

Sorry, but all I know is that there is a toggle for this feature in the Preferences, under the Appearance tab. I don't know that you can change what scrolling information shows up though. :o

also, how do i delete an iweb page

Select it in iWeb and press delete. Alternatively, select it, delete it, go into your iDisk and empty your iWeb folder and then holding OPTION, select Publish All To .Mac from the File menu. The first part will remove your site and the second will resynchronise it with .Mac.

and why is the default in another language

It's Lorem Ipsum (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=174151) which is a special designer's language. It essentially means nothing but it has similar characteristics to English in terms of its layout and is therefore a good filler language to let designers work out what their sites look like with text, without actually being distracted by text (if that makes sense). Thanks to DavidLeblond for pointing this out to me, I thought it was Latin. :D

e²Studios

Jan 19, 2006, 12:32 AM

Please tell me, does your dock die after installation of this iLife 06?

Mine did, i had to restart to get it back.. Glad it wasn't only me, i thought i did something bad for a second there :)

Ed

derajfast

Jan 19, 2006, 03:35 PM

thanks everyone for their help and patience !

is there a way i can change the info that shows up when i scroll to he album name instead of the roll #?

derajfast

Jan 19, 2006, 03:37 PM

and mad jew, how do i edit the dates?

dejo

Jan 19, 2006, 03:53 PM

is there a way i can change the info that shows up when i scroll to he album name instead of the roll #?

I don't think so, because those pictures could exist in more than one album. They only ever exist in one roll.

dejo

Jan 19, 2006, 03:56 PM

and mad jew, how do i edit the dates?

As far as I can tell, you can either edit the dates for an entire roll (select the roll and then edit the date in the Information pane) or for an individual photo (select the photo and edit in the same place as a roll).

derajfast

Jan 19, 2006, 05:41 PM

well i edited some of the dates of the photos...yet it still starts the library when i scroll at dec 1999, yet the most recent pic is from 2002.....

also, some of the pictyres are out of order.....and the dates are right....i want them sequentially in the library, not pictures from last week at the top, and some from 2003 at the bottom....

any way to fix this? the dates are correct on these photos

derajfast

Jan 19, 2006, 05:56 PM

actually i think i figured it out
you go to view, and then rolls

and you can edit it there.....i like this part of iphoto.....not the ruining my library part though

ITASOR

Jan 19, 2006, 06:25 PM

"F iLife"? Is this a new version?

powerbook911

Jan 20, 2006, 11:13 AM

Has anyone found iLife '06 faster than iLife '05, on a G4? I'm particularly interested in iPhoto.

Hoven

Jan 20, 2006, 02:51 PM

1) Quit iPhoto
2) Hold down command (the key with the Apple logo) and the alt key.
3) Still holding the above click on iPhoto
A window will appear offering you rebuild options.

So, I have a simple question about this...

If you do a rebuild, will iPhoto retain all your Keywords, Titles, folders/albums, etc, etc?
I'd hate to rebuild only to have to recategorize everything! :eek:

Oh, and is the answer different for iPhoto 4, 5 and/or 6?

Many Thanks!

mad jew

Jan 20, 2006, 05:30 PM

Has anyone found iLife '06 faster than iLife '05, on a G4? I'm particularly interested in iPhoto.

iPhoto is quite a bit faster on my G4 iBook compared with the previous version. :)

If you do a rebuild, will iPhoto retain all your Keywords, Titles, folders/albums, etc, etc?

Maybe have a look through this (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107947) for an abundance of information. It tells you how to rebuild the library and it also says that a manual rebuild will not conserve metadata however it appears that a regular rebuild will (if all goes to plan).

Oh, and is the answer different for iPhoto 4, 5 and/or 6?

It's pretty much the same for all three versions. :)

Hoven

Jan 21, 2006, 08:20 AM

Maybe have a look through this (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107947) for an abundance of information. It tells you how to rebuild the library ...

Thanks! I feel a bit better about trying it now. I'll review that Apple support link very closely too!

Thanks again!

gauchogolfer

Jan 23, 2006, 03:35 PM

iPhoto is quite a bit faster on my G4 iBook compared with the previous version. :)

I've also found iPhoto '06 to be faster on my G4 Powerbook. I'm not really pushing it, running 2000 images from an external FW800 drive, but it seems faster to me. The file organization is quicker, thumbnails and such. As for effects applications and adjustments, it seems about the same. It's always been pretty seamless for me.

fremeijer

Jan 31, 2006, 10:45 AM

had the same problem that deleting the files from the trash in iPhoto '06 either resulted in a complete appl crash or in the same pics being put back in their original place (so undeleted). I used the foolowing advise:

You might try deleting the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto, which resides in your User/Library/Preferences folder. Also, try deleting the two iPhoto Cache folders that are in the User/Library/Caches folder (taken from (http://www.macfixitforums.com/php/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=Forum36&Number=743591&page=0&view=expanded&sb=5&o=31&fpart=))

After that it was resolved initially, however it returned soon after. I learned then that the problem seems to disappear altogether when you turn off the "show item counts" in preferences