iPhoto problem - not displaying photos correctly

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  1. jbrown, Dec 10, 2014

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    Macbook Pro retina. Yosemite. iPhoto 9.6

    I have a problem with iPhoto.

    When looking at my photos it shows the thumbnails OK. But when I go to show the photo I want, it shows it zoomed in to the max, and I can't zoom out ( or pan around the zoomed image ).

    Is this a know issue? And what could be the fix?

    Would it help to delete the pref files - if so which files would I delete?

    Thanks for any help on this. :)
     
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  2. jbrown, Dec 15, 2014

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    No thoughts :(
     
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  3. Bruno09, Dec 15, 2014

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    Hello,

    you might try deleting the pref file of iPhoto :

    ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iPhoto/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iPhoto.plist

    Select the line above, right click / Services / reveal in Finder

    Move the file to the Trash, do NOT empty the Trash.

    Restart the Mac, launch iPhoto.

    If the problem is not solved, quit iPhoto, and in the Trash right click the pref file / Put back.
     
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  4. Partron22, Dec 15, 2014

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    Look at Preview's View Menu.
    Is "Actual Size" checked?

    Open Preview's Preferences, Images pane.
    Is 100% scale defined as "1 image pixel equals 1 screen pixel"?

    The combination of those two settings will give you the enormous images you describe.

    Choose "Zoom to Fit" from Preview's View Menu to get more reasonable behavior.
     
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  5. Bruno09, Dec 15, 2014

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    Preview's View menu in iPhoto ? :)
     
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  6. Partron22, Dec 15, 2014

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    Ohh Lord :eek:
    Sorry.
     
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  7. robgendreau, Dec 15, 2014

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    AFAIK the only zoom control in that application is the little slider off to one side on the bottom. Slide it closer to the small icon and see what happens.
     
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  8. jbrown, Dec 15, 2014

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    Thanks Bruno

    That seems to have fixed it fine!
     
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