iPhoto crash

Paul Magnussen

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May 23, 2012, 2:17:07 PM5/23/12

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I have iPhoto 6.0.6 on a Mac G4 running 10.4.11.

It works fine until I try to empty the Trash, which contains 1,318
photos; then it crashes, or rather "quits unexpectedly". Reopening it
produces the original situation. I have tried repairing permissions.

Is there any other way of getting rid of those photos to free up the
space? There doesn't seem to be a Trash folder inside the iPhoto folder…

Paul Magnussen

Tom Stiller

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May 23, 2012, 3:22:22 PM5/23/12

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In article <eeudnV-Fs5U-tCDS...@earthlink.com>,

> space? There doesn't seem to be a Trash folder inside the iPhoto folderŠ
>
> Paul Magnussen

It's beena long tile since I used iPhoto 06 but I seem to recall that
there was always a "trash" (icon or action) within the iPhoto app.

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isw

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May 24, 2012, 12:18:48 AM5/24/12

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In article <eeudnV-Fs5U-tCDS...@earthlink.com>,
Paul Magnussen <magic...@earthlink.net> wrote:

> space? There doesn't seem to be a Trash folder inside the iPhoto folderŠ

That's happened to me. too, more than once. Try creating a temporary
"junk" album, put all your "to be erased" stuff there, and move only a
few at the time into the trash, then empty it.

Eventually, you'll get them all cleared out. Emptying only a few at the
time seems to keep it calm ...

Isaac

isw

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May 24, 2012, 12:22:00 AM5/24/12

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In article <tom_stiller-2228...@news.individual.net>,

Tom Stiller <tom_s...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> In article <eeudnV-Fs5U-tCDS...@earthlink.com>,
> Paul Magnussen <magic...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > I have iPhoto 6.0.6 on a Mac G4 running 10.4.11.
> >
> > It works fine until I try to empty the Trash, which contains 1,318
> > photos; then it crashes, or rather "quits unexpectedly". Reopening it
> > produces the original situation. I have tried repairing permissions.
> >
> > Is there any other way of getting rid of those photos to free up the
> > space? There doesn't seem to be a Trash folder inside the iPhoto folderŠ
> >
> > Paul Magnussen
>
> It's beena long tile since I used iPhoto 06 but I seem to recall that
> there was always a "trash" (icon or action) within the iPhoto app.

That icon is the iPhoto equivalent of the main trash folder, not a
button to empty it. You empty the trash with menu iPhoto/Empty Trash.

Isaac

Paul Magnussen

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May 24, 2012, 12:49:58 PM5/24/12

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Thanks Isaac, I'll give that a go.

Paul Magnussen

Paul Magnussen

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May 24, 2012, 6:40:45 PM5/24/12

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Didn't work: any attempt to delete even one photo crashes the app.

Paul Magnussen

isw

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May 25, 2012, 2:35:02 AM5/25/12

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In article <dPCdnesUUbtwJSPS...@earthlink.com>,

Paul Magnussen <magic...@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Paul Magnussen wrote:
> > isw wrote:
> >> In article <eeudnV-Fs5U-tCDS...@earthlink.com>,
> >> Paul Magnussen <magic...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have iPhoto 6.0.6 on a Mac G4 running 10.4.11.
> >>>
> >>> It works fine until I try to empty the Trash, which contains 1,318
> >>> photos; then it crashes, or rather "quits unexpectedly". Reopening
> >>> it produces the original situation. I have tried repairing permissions.
> >>>
> >>> Is there any other way of getting rid of those photos to free up the
> >>> space? There doesn't seem to be a Trash folder inside the iPhoto

> >>> folderSť

> >>
> >> That's happened to me. too, more than once. Try creating a temporary
> >> "junk" album, put all your "to be erased" stuff there, and move only a
> >> few at the time into the trash, then empty it.
> >>
> >> Eventually, you'll get them all cleared out. Emptying only a few at
> >> the time seems to keep it calm ...
> >
> > Thanks Isaac, I'll give that a go.
>
> Didn't work: any attempt to delete even one photo crashes the app.

Try opening the app while holding down Cmd-Option, and then select to
rebuild everything. Which will take a while ...

You may have to do it more than once, but in my experience you always
manage to delete a few photos before it crashes.

Since I got mine stabilized, I'm careful to never even try to delete
more than a few photos at once, and I haven't had a crash in a long time.

Isaac

Paul Magnussen

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Jun 3, 2012, 5:54:16 PM6/3/12

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Found the solution on the 'Net, from "ray" -- at least, it works for me:

http://www.theosquest.com/2007/03/18/iphoto-empty-trash-crash-returns-yet-another-fix/

'All I had to do was go into iPhoto preferences and uncheck “Show item
Counts” then I could empty the trash. I’m able to leave it enabled when
I use iPhoto and only have to turn it off when I empty the trash.'

Paul Magnussen