How do I transfer my iphoto library from my macbook to my imac easily?
How do I easily transfer my entire iphoto library from my macbook to my iMac? My iMac is not new and I know I should have done this on day 1! I also want to move my itunes. If possible I want to avoid moving in on my external.
Thanks
Details are critical to getting valid advice
The answer to your question is very simple. Connect the two macs together however you wish or use an external hard drive that is formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) and drag the iPhoto library from to old Mac to the pictures folder of the new Mac
However your comment about the iMac being old raises the question of a critical detail you left out. Do you have an existing library on your iMac that you want to keep? If so post back for different instructions
LN
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Full Details Here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
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To move an iPhoto Library to a new machine:
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i'm sorry for repeating this, but i have not found a clear, step-by-step answer in several hours.
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thank you -No.
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Community,
Every time I try to transfer my iphoto library from a Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled) harddrive to a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) hard drive, I receive the attached message: "You can't copy 'iPhoto Library' because it has the same name as another ideon on the destination volume, and that volume doesn't destinguish between upper- and lowercase letters in filenames."
My theory is, if I am able to unpackage my iphoto library, I can transfer each folder one at a time so that I can trouble shoot any "duplicates." Will this work?
Let's say that works. How can I repackage the library so iphoto recognizes it?
Is there a better way?
Thank you,
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The error doesn't mean you have name conflicts. It means that the Finder won't take the chance that you might have them.
You're suggesting that all I would need to do would be to use Carbon Copy Cloner to transfer the files from the case-sensative harddrive to my Extended Journaled harddrive?
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rsync -aE --delete
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rsync -aE --delete /Users/you/Pictures/iPhoto\ Library
Drag the Pictures folder on the destination volume into the window. Now you have this (line will wrap on the page):
rsync -aE --delete /Users/you/Pictures/iPhoto\ Library /Volumes/something/Users/you/Pictures
Press return. The copying operation will start. When it finishes, you'll see a new dollar-sign ("$") prompt below what you entered. If there were no errors, you're done. -
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Export them
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This User Tip
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