Comments on: iPhoto “Empty Trash” Crash Returns – Yet Another Fix

By: Viv

Viv — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:06:05 +0000

I had given up trying until two years later when I had 4000 pics in the trash. I'm glad I didn't end up exporting and creating a new iPhoto album. That would have scrapped all my hard work! Thank you so much for posting this and saving us much grief. All is well once again.

By: Daniel Steinbock

Daniel Steinbock — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:42:33 +0000

Wow, after months of frustration, a solution at last! And a weird hack of a solution at that. Thanks for bringing this to light. I also had to quit iPhoto and relaunch before re-enabling item counts. Otherwise iPhoto crashed and seemed to revert to its pre-emptying trash state. Strangely, it crashed again when I quit iPhoto with item counts disabled, but everything looks okay now that I've relaunched. Corrupt thumbnails are gone and iPhoto quits and empties trash normally.

By: Ben M

Ben M — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:58:14 +0000

Awesome! This worked for me. I had to quit iPhoto before re-enabling item counts, but this works! Thanks for posting this solution.