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So apparently I've done something dumb without realizing it.

I have been making up some DVD slideshows and it was really annoying me to go through all the different rolls to find the pictures I was looking for. Some were sent to me by friends, so I would put them into iphoto, not realizing that each picture would make its own roll! Before I knew it I had 250 rolls with one picture on each of them!
So I went through and deleted the duplicates in Finder and put them all into categories where they'll be easier to find. Except now when I view slideshows on iphoto, half of the pictures have blank spots where my pics used to be!

How do I fix this? Please help the idiot girl in the corner!!

Thanks!!!
 
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you didnt empty the trash did you?
 
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No, thank goodness I'm not that dumb... I restored everything and then went through and organized, but half of the pics are still coming up with that little grey exclamation point... I'm so annoyed!!!
 
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delete them all from iphoto and reimport them
 
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OK, I'm going to ask one of those trademark blonde questions... how do I do that? It won't delete all of my pictures would it? Because that would be VERY bad!! LOL
 
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Well, I tried it but it didn't work. A window keeps coming up saying that the file I'm trying to import into iPhoto is an unreadable file.
 
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does the file open up in preview?
 
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are you selecting all of the photos at once and draging them in? or indiviualy cause if your doing it all at once there could be a non image file that you selected by mistake that is stoping you from importing
 
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I have figured something out... if I move the files one at a time into the applications folder, then to iphoto, then delete the non-image... that works. It's just a long process and there must be something faster.
 
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Exactly... i drag the picture file in finder over to the applications file. It's driving me nuts!!!
 
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why would you do that?
 
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Basically, I'm moving the picture so I can see it in my iphoto... I guess I shouldn't do that then!! LOL!! OMG, I'm going to leave it alone and play with it again tomorrow. But thanks for the suggestions... hopefully tomorrow I can get it to go!
 
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good luck blondy jkkk
 

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