[NPMUG] iPhoto '09 updater bug ... and a fix ....

[Dave Sevick]

http://www.tuaw.com/2009/06/13/iphoto-8-0-3-updater-bug-bites-many/

iPhoto 8.0.3 updater bug bites many
by David Winograd on Jun 13th 2009

Yesterday I tried to open up iPhoto '09, and was greeted with a screen  
telling me that my iPhoto library needed to be updated. This was sort  
of odd, since I had run the program many times since the software  
update of June 4th bringing the program to version 8.0.3, but what the  
heck. I clicked on upgrade and the program crashed displaying one of  
the wonderfully unclear error screens of hex numbers.

After trying all the usual things like rebooting, resetting the PRAM  
and saying 'Candyman' three times in front of a mirror, I sheepishly  
gave up and called Apple. It turned out that this has been happening  
to many people. Up until two days ago, Apple had been capturing  
reports to find the source. I was told that they stopped capturing  
reports when they numbered around 3,000.

What Apple found was a bug in the 8.0.3 updater, and apparently the  
bug could bite just about anytime since it didn't necessarily rear its  
head directly after the update. The bug, in various incarnations with  
various solutions, is to be cursorily found in the support forums, but  
here is the authorized Apple fix:

Hold down the option key as you boot iPhoto and you'll see a screen  
like the one displayed here. Just choose your library (there should  
only be one) and iPhoto will boot normally. Problem solved! As of now  
the problem hasn't resurfaced for me, and according to Apple tech  
support, it shouldn't. This bug will be squashed in a future iPhoto  
update but for now it's easy to get around.



http://www.tuaw.com/2009/06/13/iphoto-8-0-3-updater-bug-bites-many/


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