So I had a problem with iPhoto. Problem: Whenever I tried to edit a picture in iPhoto it didn’t work. Im currently running iPhoto 7.1.3, just so you know wether this will help you or not. I have my iPhoto dir located at an external hdd, though I don’t think it matters if it is on your hdd or an external hdd.

Problem description:
When trying to apply effect or edit with iPhoto, the changes didn’t affect the picture once I applied the changes. I figured it had something to do with my permissions to change the pictures that I couldn’t apply changes to. Though I couldn’t see any difference using Finder.

Solution
When you open iPhoto, press and hold down alt+option-key. This will bring up a dialog that looks like this

Rebuild Photo Library

I chose Examine and repair Iphoto Library file permissions, and the dialog said that some permissions needed to be repaired. So thats what I did, and it worked out.

It is recommended to do a backup of your archive. I didn’t do it, and nothing is missing. I won’t recommend anyone doing the same, as worst case scenario would be to have all my pictures erased.

Anyway, this solution worked out for me, I hope it will help you too =)

Tagged: iLife, iPhoto, OS X, Tutorial, Tutorials