[X4U] iPhoto library not found

[Neil]

on 10/5/04 1:24 PM, Jeff Winchester wrote:

> On Oct 05, 2004, at 1:08 PM, Neil wrote:
> 
>> All of a sudden, every time I try to launch iPhoto it tells me that my
>> iPhoto library wasn't found.  As far as I know, that library should be
>> on my
>> startup drive.  I'm pretty sure I haven't moved it nor deleted it.  I
>> ran
>> Disk Utility's repair permissions twice, but that didn't help.  I
>> selected
>> the "find" button in the error message, but the files that look like
>> candidates are all greyed out.  In particular, I went to
>> ~/pictures/iPhoto
>> library/albums/photo library, but that was grey.  Does anybody have any
>> ideas?  Thanks,
> 
> From a terminal window, type
> 
>    defaults read com.apple.iPhoto RootDirectory
> 
> and see if this matches where you expect to find your iPhoto library.

Thanks,  I did that and it pointed to a picture on my memory card.  That's
strange.

> If not, do a
> 
>    defaults write com.apple.iPhoto RootDirectory your_path_here
> 
> to specify a new path. For example, I'd do
> 
>    defaults write com.apple.iPhoto RootDirectory
> "/Users/jeff/Pictures/iPhoto Library"
> 
> on my machine to set the path.

OK, I did that and got this:

[Neil-Pollacks-PowerMac:~] neilpoll% defaults write com.apple.iPhoto
RootDirectory "/Users/neilpoll/Pictures/iPhoto Library
tcsh: Unmatched ".

iPhoto still asks me to find my library.  Do you have any idea what's going
on?  Thanks.