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Had that failed as well, my only recourse would have been to recover my individual picture files. That was not a quick process, but it did restore sanity to our photo collection.
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When I had this problem crop up, the easier repairs didn't work and I had to opt for a full database rebuilding session. This First Aid kit has four options, listed in order of increasing severity, from "Repair Permissions" (which just checks basic data on each photo file) to "Rebuild Database" (restoring the full set of records, one photo at a time). And like any other database - a library's paper card catalog, a copy of Microsoft Access, the mental map you have of your CD collection - if its own records get confused, it will start acting as if the things it tracks no longer exist. For this, you can blame the digital disease of database corruption.Īpple's photo program may mimic the looks of a bound album, but in its guts it's a big database program. Watching the application that keeps a decade's worth of photos threaten to decay into the electronic equivalent of a disorganized shoebox can unsettle any amateur photographer - just look at the panicked posts about this in Apple's tech-support forums. How do I get things looking normal again?Īnswer. Question: My copy of iPhoto is starting to show generic placeholder icons for some of my events (the correct photos are still inside each one so far, though).