I had some photos on iphoto and now they seem to be gone. They were on there but I couldn't export or get them to do anything. Windows just came up saying they didn't exist. So, I tried doing a re build and now they are GONE. Empty little windows are on there. At the bottom it says, 79 items but they are blank. Are they gone forever or can they still be found??
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iphotos GONE - please help
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I don't know if they are actually gone or not, I don't have enough information.
Try a search with Spotlight to see if you can find photos.
If you have accidentally deleted them, you can recover deleted files with Data Rescue 2.
Try a search with Spotlight to see if you can find photos.
If you have accidentally deleted them, you can recover deleted files with Data Rescue 2.
I've done so many spotlights and the only thing that comes up is the same iphoto and of course they are not there. A LONG time ago, I thought I backed them up on a CD but when I open the CD, iphoto opens and they are not there. The pictures were on iphoto earlier but I couldn't do anything with them. couldn't export - nothing. A window would pop up saying they don't exist. I did a re-build and now there are just empty spaces where the pictures were. I'm just stressing so bad because these were our honeymoon pictures in Hawaii and I'm afraid they are gone
Where and how do I use this Data rescue 2??
I just looked up rescue 2 and I see it's software that you buy -- 99.00. Can't afford that.
Finder in column view > User Folder with house Icon > Pictures > iPhoto Library > control click = right click > Show package contents > Originals folder. They should be in there.
found it but they are not there - I'm afraid they are gone
found some pics but a window pops up and says it cannot retrieve due to possible corrupt.
You said they were on a disk. Ignore iPhoto opening, and look for the disk on your desktop. Click (double-click?) on that to see what happens. I'll bet you will be able to see your photos there. Then, just import them back into iPhoto, or even drag them to a folder on your desktop, and go from there.
EXCUSE ME!!! I lost my job - I don't have the money. So, YES, they are worth it to me but if you don't have the money - you don't have the money.
And I read about the software and it's not even a guarantee it will even work.
I did that and it just open iphoto no matter what. Somehow when I burned them onto the CD, the whole iphoto got burned not just the pictures themselves. How that happened and I didn't catch it - I don't know.
This assumes that they are copied to the library.
It's unclear what the OP is doing. There is nearly no way to lose the original photos if they are managed by iPhoto - since they are not in the originals folder, perhaps they were never there (referenced).
When OP says they were there, meaning they were there last week? Last year?
It sounds like they were referenced, and the original links are broken. But who knows.
They were there about 6 months ago or so. I just started face book and wanted to put some pics up and that's when I realized the problem now. So, if there is no way to loose the originals - could they have been lost during the iphoto re-build that I did?? I wish I hadn't done that. But that shouldn't have corrupted the files should it?
I just have no idea how to find these again. I have done everything and not finding anything - just blank spots.