Thumbnails -> Photos?

mersault · mersault #1 (**permalink**)

06-29-2009, 11:47 AM

Hey all,

I just took a long vacation in Europe, and took lots of pictures. Each night I would upload them into iphoto (I have 6.0.6 on my Powerbook) and erase them from the camera.

One night when I did this, my camera battery shut down part of the way through, so I had to redo the upload the next day. All seemed to be well, though--some photos went through the "retrieval" process and I thought all of them were in there. So I proceeded to erase the originals from the camera, as per usual.

However, I now find that, though the thumbnails show up in my iphoto and I can see the images in miniature, I get a blank space (sometimes with an exclamation point in it) for all but those photos that were "retrieved" from that day. The computer claims that the original files are completely gone--but why then would I still have functioning thumbnails that I can see?

Is there any way I can get back these precious pictures? Or should I resign myself to blanks?

skybolt · skybolt #2 (**permalink**)

06-30-2009, 11:05 AM

You might try a rebuild of your iPhoto library. The instructions are on the Apple site, but for some reason, I cannot get it to open (on a PC at work). Look on the apple site for "rebuild" and "iPhoto".

reneraven · reneraven #3 (**permalink**)

07-12-2010, 11:20 PM

i'm wondering if you found out how to fix your problem.... my son and i took a trip, like you, and my photos disappeared...

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Originally Posted by mersault

Hey all,

I just took a long vacation in Europe, and took lots of pictures. Each night I would upload them into iphoto (I have 6.0.6 on my Powerbook) and erase them from the camera.

One night when I did this, my camera battery shut down part of the way through, so I had to redo the upload the next day. All seemed to be well, though--some photos went through the "retrieval" process and I thought all of them were in there. So I proceeded to erase the originals from the camera, as per usual.

However, I now find that, though the thumbnails show up in my iphoto and I can see the images in miniature, I get a blank space (sometimes with an exclamation point in it) for all but those photos that were "retrieved" from that day. The computer claims that the original files are completely gone--but why then would I still have functioning thumbnails that I can see?

Is there any way I can get back these precious pictures? Or should I resign myself to blanks?

skybolt #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 22, 2007 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 681 Mac Specs: White 2010 MB, Core 2 Duo, 8g RAM, iPhone 4S, iPad Mini, Apple TV	06-30-2009, 11:05 AM You might try a rebuild of your iPhoto library. The instructions are on the Apple site, but for some reason, I cannot get it to open (on a PC at work). Look on the apple site for "rebuild" and "iPhoto". Mary
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mersault #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 29, 2009 Posts: 1	06-29-2009, 11:47 AM Hey all, I just took a long vacation in Europe, and took lots of pictures. Each night I would upload them into iphoto (I have 6.0.6 on my Powerbook) and erase them from the camera. One night when I did this, my camera battery shut down part of the way through, so I had to redo the upload the next day. All seemed to be well, though--some photos went through the "retrieval" process and I thought all of them were in there. So I proceeded to erase the originals from the camera, as per usual. However, I now find that, though the thumbnails show up in my iphoto and I can see the images in miniature, I get a blank space (sometimes with an exclamation point in it) for all but those photos that were "retrieved" from that day. The computer claims that the original files are completely gone--but why then would I still have functioning thumbnails that I can see? Is there any way I can get back these precious pictures? Or should I resign myself to blanks?
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