iPhoto Locked?

I just inherited a newer iMac and have used migration assistant to transfer from my older iMac (with many problems). Now when I try to open i Photo I get a message that "it is locked, on locked disc, or I don't have permissions". What does this mean?

john hendrie

It likely means that a permissions repair is in order.

This can be done from Disk Utility (Macintosh HD >> Applications folder >> Utilities).

Select Macintosh HD in the left column, then the First Aid tab to the right. Run Verify/Repair Permissions.

cwa107 said:

It likely means that a permissions repair is in order.

This can be done from Disk Utility (Macintosh HD >> Applications folder >> Utilities).

Select Macintosh HD in the left column, then the First Aid tab to the right. Run Verify/Repair Permissions.

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I have done that on both the hard drive and the external hard drive (my iPhoto was stored on the EHD in my old setup). Neither solved the problem.

Interesting observation - the iPhoto APP is at 3 different revision levels:

Older Mac v 9.2.3
Newer Mac v 7.1.5
EHD v 6.0.6

john hendrie

So you have three DIFFERENT copies of iPhoto. No wonder you're having issues.

Pick one of them (I'd pick the latest one), and put it in the APPLICATIONS folder where all applications belong. Delete the other two. That should fix the issue after a restart and new permissions repair.

Problem stems from using migration assistant to migrate data from OS X 10.6 to 10.5. You need to get yourself a copy of 10.6, and do a clean install at this point. Then use the migration assistant.