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<blockquote data-quote="morseldoc" data-source="post: 1633305" data-attributes="member: 341335">thanksThanks for your post.&nbsp; Don't laugh, but my oldest running mac (not often used, I will admit) is a G3 minitower running OS 9.2.1. (My newest is an intel mini with 10.6.8.&nbsp; Yes, I am always behind on these things!).&nbsp; Opening a library by double-clicking seems to not work, as iPhoto still opens the default library (or at least, in the situation I will describe).&nbsp; Examining the modification dates of libraries (found by searching for a photo in one of the libraries that I hope is in many) does work.&nbsp; That is how I found what library I had opened a few hours earlier.&nbsp; (I also found it using File Buddy to show me on my HD &gt; 10 GB).&nbsp; The crazy thing is that the file I had opened at 7 p last night is now in a hidden folder (My Internal HD/Volumes (an invisible folder)/A folder named for a partition on another MacBook/The iphoto library of interest).&nbsp; If I use FileBuddy to show me the finder location, it does show me a window in the finder containing the library.&nbsp; I cannot open the library by double-clicking or control-click to &quot;open with&quot; as both methods open iPhoto with the default last-used library.&nbsp; I can neither opt-open iPhoto and open this library from the open window as it is hidden in an invisible folder.&nbsp; What I did do last night was to copy the 28 GB library via my home network to another mac (MDD G4&nbsp; - my &quot;main&quot; mac) and open it there.&nbsp; While I could open it there, there were even more missing pictures there.Any ideas?&nbsp; How can putting my old HD in a new used body have caused this?&nbsp; I do think that the PRAM battery in the &quot;new&quot; PBG4 is old as I have found that I need to re-enter my network password a few times.&nbsp; Could this be doing things?&nbsp; I did reset the PRAM once after putting my HD here.&nbsp; Should I have done anything else?I appreciate the control-opt-open thought.&nbsp; I may try that on a copy of the library later today, unless you have a better thought.&nbsp; thanks</blockquote>

[QUOTE="morseldoc, post: 1633305, member: 341335"] [b]thanks[/b] Thanks for your post. Don't laugh, but my oldest running mac (not often used, I will admit) is a G3 minitower running OS 9.2.1. (My newest is an intel mini with 10.6.8. Yes, I am always behind on these things!). Opening a library by double-clicking seems to not work, as iPhoto still opens the default library (or at least, in the situation I will describe). Examining the modification dates of libraries (found by searching for a photo in one of the libraries that I hope is in many) does work. That is how I found what library I had opened a few hours earlier. (I also found it using File Buddy to show me on my HD > 10 GB). The crazy thing is that the file I had opened at 7 p last night is now in a hidden folder (My Internal HD/Volumes (an invisible folder)/A folder named for a partition on another MacBook/The iphoto library of interest). If I use FileBuddy to show me the finder location, it does show me a window in the finder containing the library. I cannot open the library by double-clicking or control-click to "open with" as both methods open iPhoto with the default last-used library. I can neither opt-open iPhoto and open this library from the open window as it is hidden in an invisible folder. What I did do last night was to copy the 28 GB library via my home network to another mac (MDD G4 - my "main" mac) and open it there. While I could open it there, there were even more missing pictures there. Any ideas? How can putting my old HD in a new used body have caused this? I do think that the PRAM battery in the "new" PBG4 is old as I have found that I need to re-enter my network password a few times. Could this be doing things? I did reset the PRAM once after putting my HD here. Should I have done anything else? I appreciate the control-opt-open thought. I may try that on a copy of the library later today, unless you have a better thought. thanks [/QUOTE]

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