Lost photos in iPhoto

toole13 · toole13 #1 (**permalink**)

12-02-2009, 09:00 AM

A while back, I read somewhere that creating a new library (or something like that?) in iPhoto would help me with an iMovie problem I was having. It was a while ago so I don't remember what I did exactly, but I think I created a new library or something. Now when I open iPhoto, it shows none of my pictures even though they are still on the computer (I can see them in the hard drive). How do I make it so these photos show up in iPhoto again?

skybolt · skybolt #2 (**permalink**)

12-02-2009, 10:06 AM

Hold down the cmd key when you open iPhoto. It will ask you which library you want to use. Select the one with the photos and you are good to go. That library will remain the default library until you manually change it using the steps above.

Maliki4 · Maliki4 #3 (**permalink**)

12-16-2009, 03:28 PM

You can try to recover them using photo recovery software. Just scan the entire hard drive (or card or other media) and see the photos you can get back.
Flash Photo Recovery image recovery with FlashPhoenix photo recovery software seems to be popular and can have lost/found/deleted Problems.

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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	12-02-2009, 10:06 AM Hold down the cmd key when you open iPhoto. It will ask you which library you want to use. Select the one with the photos and you are good to go. That library will remain the default library until you manually change it using the steps above. Mary
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Member Since: Oct 22, 2008 Posts: 6	12-02-2009, 09:00 AM A while back, I read somewhere that creating a new library (or something like that?) in iPhoto would help me with an iMovie problem I was having. It was a while ago so I don't remember what I did exactly, but I think I created a new library or something. Now when I open iPhoto, it shows none of my pictures even though they are still on the computer (I can see them in the hard drive). How do I make it so these photos show up in iPhoto again?
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