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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1005412"><p>The exclamation mark generally indicates that the original photo is no longer where it is supposed to be.</p><p></p><p>iPhoto uses its own system to organize your photos, matching a thumbnail to a modified copy and keeping the original separate so that it can always be restored.</p><p></p><p>If you have moved or tampered with the iPhoto Library, you have ruined the database and may have lost some of your photos. Apple makes the iPhoto Library very difficult to access precisely to prevent this from happening.</p><p></p><p>What happens if you select one of these "exclamation point" pictures and choose "revert to original?" Does the exclamation point go away?</p><p></p><p>If you have NOT tampered with the iPhoto Library, you can try using some of the restorative options. They can be invoked by starting up iPhoto with the command and option keys held down. I would recommend trying just the first four options FIRST, using the fifth and sixth options only if the first four failed to solve the problem -- and, as it says in the instructions, make a backup of the library before doing anything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1005412"] The exclamation mark generally indicates that the original photo is no longer where it is supposed to be. iPhoto uses its own system to organize your photos, matching a thumbnail to a modified copy and keeping the original separate so that it can always be restored. If you have moved or tampered with the iPhoto Library, you have ruined the database and may have lost some of your photos. Apple makes the iPhoto Library very difficult to access precisely to prevent this from happening. What happens if you select one of these "exclamation point" pictures and choose "revert to original?" Does the exclamation point go away? If you have NOT tampered with the iPhoto Library, you can try using some of the restorative options. They can be invoked by starting up iPhoto with the command and option keys held down. I would recommend trying just the first four options FIRST, using the fifth and sixth options only if the first four failed to solve the problem -- and, as it says in the instructions, make a backup of the library before doing anything. [/QUOTE]
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