iPhoto '11 Not Opening at All

Coolnat2004

Coolnat2004

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So, I upgraded from iLife '09 to iLife '11. The install succeeded, but iPhoto won't open. It bounces a couple dozen times, then doesn't launch. It uses 100% CPU for a few minutes then terminates without displaying anything on the screen.

I've tried repairing disk permissions and reinstalling. Has anyone else had this issue?
 
Check out the Apple support pages. It's littered with frustrated iPhoto 11 users and a few solutions. I am returning iPhoto '11 and going with Aperture. Someday Apple may fix this disaster, but I can't wait. My best advice is to switch to something else. I have had '11 since the early November and spent 100 hours on the phone with Apple support. Some of them are really great. But shouldn't the software work out of the box? You'd expect this from Microsoft, not Apple.
 
Apparently, adding your Bootcamp partition to Privacy in Spotlight may correct the problem; it did for me.

Got that from an Apple support forum

System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy then either click the '+' sign and add your Bootcamp partition, or, if your Bootcamp Partition is visible on your desktop, just drag it into the Privacy section.

iPhoto (iLife '11) wouldn't open on my MBP, running 10.6.6, starting yesterday afternoon. I updated to 10.6.6 weeks ago, don't know why this issue just started yesterday but this procedure corrected it.
 
Coolnat2004 said:
So, I upgraded from iLife '09 to iLife '11. The install succeeded, but iPhoto won't open. It bounces a couple dozen times, then doesn't launch. It uses 100% CPU for a few minutes then terminates without displaying anything on the screen.

I've tried repairing disk permissions and reinstalling. Has anyone else had this issue?
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Make sure the frameworks are installed as well.
 
RedRaven571 said:
Apparently, adding your Bootcamp partition to Privacy in Spotlight may correct the problem; it did for me.

Got that from an Apple support forum

System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy then either click the '+' sign and add your Bootcamp partition, or, if your Bootcamp Partition is visible on your desktop, just drag it into the Privacy section.

iPhoto (iLife '11) wouldn't open on my MBP, running 10.6.6, starting yesterday afternoon. I updated to 10.6.6 weeks ago, don't know why this issue just started yesterday but this procedure corrected it.
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I registered an account on this forums just to say thank you, because I faced the exact problem as you did this week, and your solution worked perfectly.
 
A solution that worked for me...

I had the same issue with my daughter's iPhoto upgrade and was able to use Fat Cat software's iPhoto Library Manager to correct the problem. Use the “Rebuild Library” command and it will correct the library. Make sure you backup the library before (just in case).
 
jedimdan said:
I registered an account on this forums just to say thank you, because I faced the exact problem as you did this week, and your solution worked perfectly.
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Welcome to the forum; lots of good info is available here!

...and glad I could help!
 
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