[bbales]

Suddenly, iphoto won't let me open photos, but ONLY the last import. I imported them last weekend and have opened many (and edited them) without incident. But now I can't. I can open a range of other photos without problems. I've tried changing the program that opens them to no avail. Nothing happens.

The only thing I can think of that's different (aside from attempting to rename them with Automator) is that one of my daughters was in the library finding photos for a web log she's setting up.

Could it be the Automator renaming -- which didn't work the way I wanted and which was ONLY for the most recent import -- or some other problem anyone can think of?

[bbales]

Well, I'm assuming it was renaming the files via automator AFTER I'd imported them into iphoto that caused the problem. Since I had a backup, I probably should have just killed the whole library and copied the backup, as then I wouldn't have lost my editing work. But instead, I just reimported the photos and started over.

So -- word to the wise. DON"T use automator to rename something in iphoto AFTEr yoou've already imported them. iphoto doesn't like this.

[Old Toad]

Originally Posted by bbales

Well, I'm assuming it was renaming the files via automator AFTER I'd imported them into iphoto that caused the problem. Since I had a backup, I probably should have just killed the whole library and copied the backup, as then I wouldn't have lost my editing work. But instead, I just reimported the photos and started over.

So -- word to the wise. DON"T use automator to rename something in iphoto AFTEr yoou've already imported them. iphoto doesn't like this.

Yes, you've learned the hard way the cardinal sin of iPhoto:
Don't tamper with files in the iPhoto Library folder from the Finder