My copy of iPhoto has stopped opening my iPhoto Library.
When I open iPhoto, it shows me an empty “Which photo library do you want iPhoto to use?” window. This happens if I open iPhoto normally, or if I hold down the option and command keys while opening it, as suggested in the repair guide linked to from the comments below.
When I click the “Other Library…” button, I can select my iPhoto Library file, but clicking on the “Open” button has no effect.
When I Get Info on my iPhoto Library file in the Finder, it recognizes it as a photo library, and the size (418 MB) looks about right.
If I double-click on the iPhoto Library file, iPhoto does open, but it only shows me the empty “Which photo library do you want iPhoto to use?” window, just like when I open iPhoto itself.
Why won’t iPhoto open my iPhoto Library? And, more importantly, how can I make it open the Library again?
Best Answer
Unfortunately, I'm not super familiar with the inner workings of the library file. You can copy the masters out and reorganize them into a new library so that your pics aren't lost:
mkdir ~/Desktop/RecoveredPicsEnter. This creates a new folder on your desktop where your recovered masters will live.findmake sure to leave a space/Mastersimmediately after the path, make sure there's no spaces between them-type f -exec cp {} ~/Desktop/RecoveredPics/ \;Let me know if this is helpful!