Automatically importing Photos to I Photos

Hi.
I have a shared photo drive (windows and Mac) where I store all my photos. When I put photos on the drive using my widows machine iphoto does not automaticallly recognise the new content. is there a simple way to make iphotos import the new files....?
Thanks,

jackfriday
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No there isn't. However, if you can attach an applescript or Automator action to the folder using Folder Actions you may be able to configure something. Check in the relevant forums.
Regards
TD

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