I am trying to back up my iPhoto library to a WD Passport external hard drive and wondering how to do this
Hi. I am putting my Mac desktop into storage for almost a year and I want to back up my iPhoto library onto a WD My Passport to keep with me and also if I can on to the Airport Time Capsule.
How can I do this successfully? I have about 15,000 photos on the desktop. Or would I be best to us iCloud? Is it expensive? How do I tell how big my iPhoto library is?
How do I know my backups have worked?
Thanks for any help I might receive.
Apple have specific instructions for moving the library.. follow it and make sure the library is working by then opening it from iphoto.
iPhoto '11: Move your iPhoto library to a new location
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/01/25/how-to-safely-move-your-macs-iphoto-li brary-onto-an-external-drive
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Never do this - this imports one iPhoto library into the new one which does not work and creates a massive mess
holding down the Option key.
If you depress the option key and launch iPhoto you get a select library window - you use this to select a different iPhoto library or if you have moved the existing iPhoto library to select its new location
When the external drive is not connected it says that the volumes cannot be found.
This is a symptom of a referenced library which is strongly not recommended - in the iPhoto preferences is the preference to "copy imported items to the iPhoto library" checked (default) or have you unchecked it?
I have tried saving a new version of the iphoto library with a different name and directing the computer to that but that did not work.
What does not work about this?
the way to move an iPhoto library is to simp;y drag it intact as a single entity to the new location and to depress the option key, launch iPhoto and select the new location
However if you have a referenced library then you need to post back for more information
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Welcome to the Apple user discussion forums
Since your question has nothing to do with the topic you threadjacked you would be more likely to get good answers by having created a new post
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