[nfred]

I have
Model Name: iMac 10.5.8
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz

I have a corrupted iPhoto Library file. When I try to open iPhoto it crashes. If I move the Library and start a new one, it works. In another account it will open and bring up photos from Nov. 2008 and before.

The problem began when I downloaded iMac upgrades in August. I have photos from June 2009 to now as I bought a new camera and the photos downloaded right into Pictures, not iPhoto. But I have lost all pictures from Dec. 2008 to the end of May 2009. Is there anyway to open a file and pull individual pictures out. There used to be a program in the old Mac days that would let you dig into files and take some out. (It had a Jack-in-the-Box for an icon). Are there any programs that would let me open the Library and take pics out?

[Yankee Rose]

What is your current version of iPhoto?

[nfred]

iPhoto '08 7.1.5
The actual date of corruption was Sept. 14, 09 when I installed updates from Apple.

The Library Manager says the album data file for this library is malformed.
XML parser error:
Encountered unexpected character V on line 7249
Old-style plist parser error:
Malformed data byte group at line 1; invalid hex

[nfred]

I dragged the file to the desktop. I was able to right click the file and pull out my pictures. Then trash the file. The problem has been solved.