Hey everyone! I'm in a bit of a jam here. I was trying to access a ton of old photos from my family's ancient MacBook that has a broken screen. My plan was to stream it to my monitor and browse through the old memories. Most of these photos are direct uploads and there are over 13,000 images and videos stored in the iPhoto app. While I was checking them out, the Mac froze and after restarting, I was prompted that iPhoto needed to be repaired. I clicked 'repair' and then got a message saying that iPhoto needed a library to open. I made a new library, but when I tried to import the photos, it stopped halfway through due to insufficient storage. Now, the iPhoto app is empty, and I can't access the original library. Any ideas on how to recover my old photos or what my next steps should be?
3 Answers
Try copying the iPhoto library file to another drive. You can right-click on the library file, select 'Show Package Contents' and check if all your photos are still in there.
Do you have a backup from your old phones? If these photos are that important, having a backup would be a lifesaver.
Unfortunately, this Mac is the only place where many of these photos are stored. My family and I haven’t been great with backups, which is why they're all on this Mac. Lesson definitely learned!
It sounds like you might need to clear up some space on your Mac to successfully open and manage the iPhoto library. Don't forget to keep regular backups in the future—it's super important!
Totally get that! I thought the same thing too—moving files shouldn't create issues if there's already space, right?
I'll give this a shot, thanks for the tip!