[X4U] Strange iPhoto 5.0.1 Problem

[Andrew T. Lynch]

I have a number of iPhoto Libraries, the largest being about 22,481 
images, about 29 Gb.Sometimes when I open this library,  I get the 
beachball of death.  Opening the console window, I see thousands of 
this message:

2005-02-11 08:12:28.862 iPhoto[524] *** -[NSCFString 
timeIntervalSinceNow]: selector not recognized
2005-02-11 08:12:28.862 iPhoto[524] *** -[NSCFString 
timeIntervalSinceNow]: selector not recognized
2005-02-11 08:12:28.862 iPhoto[524] *** -[NSCFString 
timeIntervalSinceNow]: selector not recognized
2005-02-11 08:12:28.862 iPhoto[524] *** -[NSCFString 
timeIntervalSinceNow]: selector not recognized

I force quit iPhoto, and restarted with the same result.

The first time this happened, I thought it was fatal, and I went 
through the apple-option-shift rebuild, which took hours, but 
eventually succeeded.  It happened again this morning, and I discovered 
that if I open a different library, exit iPhoto, then reopen the large 
library, the problem disappears.

This is on my 2.5DP w/1.5G ram. It first occurred on 10.3.7, now on 
10.3.8.

I am happy that I have a workaround, but would like to know what is 
causing this.

Cheers,
    Drew


- Andrew T. Lynch
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- Verisity Design Inc.
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