iPhoto not launching

ofantoofanto
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
I have a small problem with iPhoto under 10.2.8 - it doesn't launch. Now, if I create a separate user account, it will launch fine - my deduction from this is that the problem lies with my prefs files. The problem is that my data was restored after a full format of my HD. Could this have been the problem?



Thanks,



Kiyo Saka

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    ofantoofanto Posts: 5member
    Yes, I did, but to no avail. I even tried deleting them, restarting the machine (which you shouldn't need to do) and launching iPhoto. I could only find one pref file "com.apple.iphoto.plist" if my memory serves me right...



    Kiyo Saka
  • Reply 2 of 6
    vox barbaravox barbara Posts: 2,021member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ofanto

    Yes, I did, but to no avail. I even tried deleting them, restarting the machine (which you shouldn't need to do) and launching iPhoto. I could only find one pref file "com.apple.iphoto.plist" if my memory serves me right...



    Kiyo Saka



    If you hold down the OPTION-key while you are launching

    iPhoto (vers. no?) does there appear a dialog, which prompts

    you to either choose or create a new iPhoto library?



    BTW, what size of you're iPhoto library are we talking about?
  • Reply 3 of 6
    ofantoofanto Posts: 5member
    Holding the option key while opening iPhoto doesn't do anything. I only have version 1.1.1 which is a bit weird as I thought I had updated it as much as possible. I will update it more thoroughly.



    I have just over 1.3Gb of data in my iPhoto library.



    Does that help at all?



    Kiyo Saka
  • Reply 4 of 6
    vox barbaravox barbara Posts: 2,021member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ofanto

    Holding the option key while opening iPhoto doesn't do anything. I only have version 1.1.1 which is a bit weird as I thought I had updated it as much as possible. I will update it more thoroughly.



    I have just over 1.3Gb of data in my iPhoto library.



    Does that help at all?



    Kiyo Saka



    I don't know iPhoto 1.1.1., since i started with

    2. Right now i have no clue how to track down

    your particular issue with iPhoto. I don't know

    10.2.8 (Jaguar) either, so others, who are

    familiar with this SW versions may help

    you out.

    You said, that once you had have to reformat your

    HD. How did you back up your iPhoto library

    back then?
  • Reply 5 of 6
    ofantoofanto Posts: 5member
    > How did you back up your iPhoto library back then?



    Target disk mode



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    Kiyo Saka
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