Recovered Iphoto library damaged?

mikeheenan · Nov 9, 2011, 04:51 PM

Long story short, I was able to recover a deleted Iphoto library off a hard drive, and I installed the latest version of Iphoto, but the library isnt recognized as a library. I opened the package contents, and everything is in there, but none of the files will open, it says that they're damaged or a file format not recognized. Are these photos gone for good, or are there any programs to "fix" them?

mikeheenan · Feb 2, 2012, 11:12 PM

Bumping this up... someone replied to it, but the post was deleted, I'm guessing it was because it was a spam post for a program. Most programs I've tried only recover stuff, but none of them are able to "fix" broken jpg's.

Macman45 · Feb 2, 2012, 11:24 PM

It's likely that without expensive third party data retrieval, then yes they may well be gone. BUT, you can still see them, and thats's a start.

Some free stuff is available. Do you have Time Machine backups? This would be the easy way to restore your lost pictures....But you have modified hardware, so I guess not.....I can't vouch for the free app (Disk Drill) here, but it might be worth a try, it say's it can recover the attached information from files that have been damaged.

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/35373/disk-drill

Lezza Sui · Dec 24, 2012, 01:43 AM

iPhoto is a great application which is launched by Apple Inc specially for Mac operating system users. It offers several kind features through which you can store, manage or organize images in iPhoto easily. This application stores all image files in Library folder but sometimes you may face problem when you try to access image files in Library folder. To overcomes with such situation you can use iPhoto Recovery Software because it is very efficient software that recover and restore corrupt image files from iPhoto Library Folder.

Edie Brickell · Dec 28, 2012, 12:06 AM

You have only one option that is Time Machine backup restore. Iphoto creates its own library folder and I don’t think so any program can recover it because the deleted data do not go into the trash or stays on hard drive, it performs a permanent deletion.

Nov 9, 2011, 04:51 PM	#1
mikeheenan macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2007	Recovered Iphoto library damaged? Long story short, I was able to recover a deleted Iphoto library off a hard drive, and I installed the latest version of Iphoto, but the library isnt recognized as a library. I opened the package contents, and everything is in there, but none of the files will open, it says that they're damaged or a file format not recognized. Are these photos gone for good, or are there any programs to "fix" them?
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Feb 2, 2012, 11:24 PM	#3
Macman45 macrumors G4 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Somewhere Back In The Long Ago	It's likely that without expensive third party data retrieval, then yes they may well be gone. BUT, you can still see them, and thats's a start. Some free stuff is available. Do you have Time Machine backups? This would be the easy way to restore your lost pictures....But you have modified hardware, so I guess not.....I can't vouch for the free app (Disk Drill) here, but it might be worth a try, it say's it can recover the attached information from files that have been damaged. http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/35373/disk-drill __________________ Time And Tide Wait For No Man
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Dec 24, 2012, 01:43 AM	#4
Lezza Sui macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2012	iPhoto Recovery : recovery corrupt image files from lIbrary folder iPhoto is a great application which is launched by Apple Inc specially for Mac operating system users. It offers several kind features through which you can store, manage or organize images in iPhoto easily. This application stores all image files in Library folder but sometimes you may face problem when you try to access image files in Library folder. To overcomes with such situation you can use iPhoto Recovery Software because it is very efficient software that recover and restore corrupt image files from iPhoto Library Folder. __________________ http://recover.iphotorecovery.net
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mikeheenan Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2007	Bumping this up... someone replied to it, but the post was deleted, I'm guessing it was because it was a spam post for a program. Most programs I've tried only recover stuff, but none of them are able to "fix" broken jpg's.
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Edie Brickell macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2010	You have only one option that is Time Machine backup restore. Iphoto creates its own library folder and I don’t think so any program can recover it because the deleted data do not go into the trash or stays on hard drive, it performs a permanent deletion.
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