Can't export photos from iPhoto to Desktop

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I have always exported my photos from iPhoto to my Desktop until just recently. Now when I try to do this I get an error message. I can still save to documents but that adds an extra step for me. The other thing I have noticed lately is that it takes longer to "load" the Finder. Gray Spinner. How can I fix these things?

Yellow Triangle with explanation point - iPhoto encountered the following issues while exporting your photos.

Issue Unable to render file for export:/Volumes/EMPTY/how GiGi does cold.jpg
 
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are you able to export files from other applications to your desktop?

can you drag photos from iphoto to your desktop?
 
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Yes I can drag the photos to the Desktop - didn't think to do that, and I in other applications I can save to desktop.

Forgot to mention that the Finder does a gray spin on the bottom left of the screen seems to take some time to load.
 
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as you can export from other apps it would seem the problem is with iPhoto

try opening iphoto while holding down the cmd and alt keys together - thsi will bring up a repair menu which you could try - but best to back up your photos first
 
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Thanks, I'll back-up & then try.
 

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