Accidentally deleted contents of "Pictures" folder - is everything in iPhoto lost?

Solange · Solange #1 (**permalink**)

04-23-2012, 06:25 AM

Hi. I'm new here and this is my first disaster. I hope someone can help.

I switched from PC to Mac in January and I have an iMac running OS X Lion. Everything's been going smoothly and I was just learning how to use Faces and Places in iPhoto. I was moving some stuff around the other day and I inadvertently moved the contents of the Pictures folder to the trash. I didn't realise it until I started iPhoto and it said my library was gone. (And I hadn't set up Time Machine so retrieving it from there is not an option.)

I've looked in the trash (which has never been emptied) but only found a few random pictures that I never imported to iPhoto. Is there any way to retrieve the pics from the trash?

Pigstick · Pigstick #2 (**permalink**)

04-23-2012, 06:35 AM

iPhoto has a separate Trash folder within. If you haven't emptied it, have a look at the Trash inside iPhoto.

Solange · Solange #3 (**permalink**)

04-23-2012, 06:37 AM

Ah - I should have specified. I did the deed from Finder. I didn't even have iPhoto open at the time. Now when I try to open it I just get a message saying iPhoto needs to know what library to use to open. That's how I knew something was wrong.

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Solange #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 23, 2012 Posts: 2	04-23-2012, 06:25 AM Hi. I'm new here and this is my first disaster. I hope someone can help. I switched from PC to Mac in January and I have an iMac running OS X Lion. Everything's been going smoothly and I was just learning how to use Faces and Places in iPhoto. I was moving some stuff around the other day and I inadvertently moved the contents of the Pictures folder to the trash. I didn't realise it until I started iPhoto and it said my library was gone. (And I hadn't set up Time Machine so retrieving it from there is not an option.) I've looked in the trash (which has never been emptied) but only found a few random pictures that I never imported to iPhoto. Is there any way to retrieve the pics from the trash?
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Pigstick #2 (permalink)
Member Since: May 12, 2011 Location: China Posts: 79 Mac Specs: Mac OSX 10.7.3: MBP 15" Early 2011 2.0GHz i7, 8GB, 500GB 5400RPM	04-23-2012, 06:35 AM iPhoto has a separate Trash folder within. If you haven't emptied it, have a look at the Trash inside iPhoto.
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