iphoto - all photos disappear?

[kathy m]

anyone have this happen? iphoto mssg pop-up says "your thumbnails need updating". you click "ok" and all your photos are gone? i can't restore them, either. anyone know what to do?

[weapon]

I lost all my photos too. Iphoto is unstable as hell. I can see my library and it says 10GB but when I rebuild it and such, it still opens up with only one photo. It sucks. I have given up on it completely.

[dreed2]

Try these suggestions: http://discussions.info.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2145547

[The UnDoug]

You know, you can right click on the iPhoto file (forget which one exactly) and choose to open package, or some-such, and you should see all the photos and other files. Assuming they are there, make a back-up (if you don't have one), and then try re-importing them (start with a small group). If that works, then import them all.

[weapon]

Will try the manager.

undoug - Need to know what file to right click on before I can proceed.

I have most of my photos backed up but I am missing some videos that I had not made copies of yet.

[DewGuy]

weapon wrote:
undoug - Need to know what file to right click on before I can proceed.

iPhoto Library (it's a package file) and the default location is in your Pictures folder in your Home folder.

[jdc]

iPhoto has always been solid for me.

19000 photos, plenty of videos. 69 gigs.

Smart Albums make it rock even more.

[weapon]

Found the file. Thanks.

iPhoto Library Manager worked great. Everything was restored. Wonder how it got messed up in the first place?