Automating Event Name Changes in iPhoto

I am looking for a way to do a find/replace on event names in iPhoto. Does anyone know of any applescripts or actions that will enable this? Failing that, how does one cycle through events in applescript?

Any way to have this behave as it used to in iPhoto 08?
No
You can backup by dragging the iPhoto library to the external drive or using a clone or backup program (I use Carbon Copy Cloner - http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
If you are "backing up" by copying parts of the iPhoto library you are not getting a backup of the library - you need to copy the entire library as a single entity or clone it or use an incremental backup program that works with iPhoto
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Event name changes back to 'new event'

When I put in an event and hit enter or apply, quite often the name doesn't stay but reverts to 'New Event'. Any ideas how to stop this. I thought it was a bug that everyone would have and that an update would fix it, but I've had it for a long time now. It started sometime after installing Lion and/or the update after that.

Give us a bit more info.. I am guessing you are using Mavericks on the computer.. but if not exactly what OS?
And please what does Airport + TC actually mean.. and how are they configured and connected???
The TC is highly unlikely to change the name of the hard disk drive. Auto spontaneously.. that would be extremely unusual.
But for Mavericks to get it fouled up is not hard to fathom at all. It is a hopeless OS with the TC network drive.
Can you please change the drive name back to what you want.. but ensure the TC has no spaces or special characters in its name or the name of the drive. And max of 20 characters.
Then in Finder mount the disk manually.. use top menu, Go, Connect to Server.. and type
AFP://TCname or IPaddress (where you replace with the actual name or ip).
The computer should find the resources and require you to register the password.. keep it in your keychain so it is not forgotten.
Then delete the current TM setup and redo it.
See A4 here.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Any backup over wireless is slow..
Any backup over double hop wireless ie extend wireless from AE to TC.. you will discover a new meaning to the word "SLOW".. pain and suffering like the belly of Sarlacc awaits you.. do not do it.. never double hop wireless for backups. Connect units by ethernet so there is max one wireless link.
Good luck.

HT4236 edited event name will not change on iPad

I edited the spelling of an event name in my Iphoto App., but it will not change after syncing with my Ipad.
I tried deselecting the event and then sync the Ipad to delete the event on the Ipad. Then I selected the
edited event and then synced the Ipad again. But the spelling of the event name did not change.
Any Ideas?

Oh yeah I have synched several times. I have PC with VISTA. I think it has something to do with some titles being READ ONLY or something like that. I need to find how to make them writeable. No changes work on about 20 titles, the artist name? Genre? NOTHING will sync. After sync all changes work fine accept for that 20 or so. titles just won't budge. every time. If I go look on I tunes my changes are still there, just don't sync to Itouch. It not the end of world but the more I upload the more I come across this. I have about 900 full albums and maybe 20 is all that's doing it.

Iphoto doesn't seem to search in event names

I'm in the process of organizing everything in events. I've got a lot of events with the word soccer in the title. So i tried to search everything to do with soccer. It only listed a couple of pictures with the title soccer and none of the events. Did anyone else notice this or is it just me.
Thanks,
Peter

Peter
I've just run a test add very odd words to my Event names, and yes, iPhoto found them with no problems.
Perhaps you need to force Spotlight to re-index: Open the Spotlight Preference Pane and Add your Pictures Folder to the Privacy Pane. leave it there for a few moments - like 2 minutes - then remove it from there and allow Spotlight time to re-index.
Regards
TD

Changed name by automator now no pictures in iphoto?

hi everybody,
i changed the picture name by automator and i think the link between the pics and iphoto is no more there?
what shall i do
thanks

tda:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. If you used Automator to change the file name of your iPhoto photos then you've committed the cardinal sin of iPhoto: Don't tamper with files in the iPhoto Library folder from the Finder.
There's nothing you can do but start over unless you have a backup copy of the iPhoto LIbrary folder. To start over move your current library to the desktop and then move it's Originals folder also to the desktop.
Now launch iPhoto and create a new library when it asks you what to do. Then drag the Originals folder from the desktop into the open iPhoto window. This will import you photos into iPhoto and they will be in the same rolls as they were in your first library. The dates on the rolls may be different on some, however.
Do you Twango?

Changing the file name in the iPhoto Library

I just recently converted from a pc to a iMac, which is very cool, however the pc file names are only unique inside an Event.
Is there a utility that I can run to give each photo in iPhoto a unique file name?

You can only change the actual file name if you export the file out of iPhoto with the option to use the title as the new file name.
Happy Holidays
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

Roll/event names in iPhoto 9 folder

In previous versions of iPhoto, when looking into the iPhoto "package contents," the rolls/events appeared with the name I gave them in the program iPhoto and they therefore could easily be identified.
Since I updated to iPhoto 9, the rolls/events are identified by the date they were taken... such as 5 nov. 09. This makes searching for missing photos nearly impossible since the photos do not even appear in chronological order! All photos on the 1st of any month and year are followed by all photos on the 2nd of any month and year etc.
Is there any way to have the roll/events appear as the name given in iPhoto or at least chronologically? I'm afraid that if I change them manually, it will corrupt the file.
Anyone have a solution? Many thanks.

I just went ahead and tried manually changing the event/roll names in a small "trial" library and it opened perfectly well.
Where did you change the Event title? In the iPhoto Window? Inside the Library Package?
1. I have too many photos to fit in 1 library and sometimes I like to create libraries with different themes or combine photos from different libraries.
You can have multiple Libraries and move files between them with iPhoto Library Manager.
2. I like to have a back up of my photos which is independent of any software so that I can start over in the event that I would like to use something other than iPhoto one day in the unforeseeable future.
iPhoto stores the files in the Finder, just like you do. In the case of migrating, some apps will facilitate that (such as Aperture which will read the iPhoto Library, for others, File -> Export does the same job.
3. I have had too many software failures to trust them completely.
But you trust the Finder?
Would you know how to write a script, or how to get iphoto to list the "events/rolls" in chronological order ? (For example: 2010.01.09 rather than 9 jan. 10?)
Afraid not. You may be able to do something with Automator.
If it is not possible to have the photos filed chronologically, do you know how to export all the events (which I give a name beginning with the date)?
Select an Event and Export it to an appropriately named Folder. To automate this, again, I suggest Automator.
When I use the export function, I lose the "event/roll" name and end up with a long list of unrecognizable photo files.
Not if you export Event by Event, and check out the Filename opportunities in the Export dialogue as well.
Regards
TD

Why don't my iphoto event names match up to my iphoto master file names?

Yosemite 10.10
iPhoto 9.6
MacBook Pro 2009
I recently downloaded Yosemite, which has slowed my laptop down significantly. This has prompted me to transfer all large files - photos, movies and music off my laptop and onto an external hard drive (in addition to my time machine backup hard drive).
I was instructed (at the Apple Store) to open Finder then Pictures > iPhoto Library. Then to right click on the iPhoto Library folder and select 'show package contents', this reveals a large list of folders but I understand that the Masters folder is the one to care about with respect to back ups. When I open up Masters I can see 8 folders labelled 2007 - 2014. In each of these folders are other folders housing all the jpeg files.
THE PROBLEM:
For some reason in the 2007-2009 folders the Master file names match up to the Event names in iPhoto. This is great and makes sense! However, after 2009 everything gets really messed up in the Masters folder - despite my iPhoto Library being meticulously organised into Events that are all labelled. For example, when I open up the 2014 folder the path looks like this 2014 > 10 > 06 > 20141006-214510 > which then houses the jpeg images. It looks to me like these folders represent upload events as opposed to the Events that I organised them into in the front end of iPhoto. WHY!?!
THE QUESTIONS:
Why is this happening? And can I fix it so that it doesn't happen when I next import photos into iPhoto?
Should I just stop using iPhoto?
What happens if I change the names of the Master folders in the back end of iPhoto to reflect the Event names in the front end? Would it be better to just organise them on my hard drive?
Thank you

1. It's not a problem as you never ever access your photos in this way.
2. If you want to back up your original photos you do this via the Export function: File -> Export
This User Tip
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4921
has details of the options in the Export dialogue.
3. None of this saves space on your HD. To do that you need to move your Library from the HD to the external:
Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
a. Quit iPhoto
b. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
c. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
d. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
4. That particular Apple Genius isn't.
As to the specific questions:
Why is this happening? And can I fix it so that it doesn't happen when I next import photos into iPhoto?
It's happening as that is how iPhoto works and there is nothing ti fix. Exporting makes the issue redundant.
Should I just stop using iPhoto?
Why?
What happens if I change the names of the Master folders in the back end of iPhoto to reflect the Event names in the front end?
You'll corrupt the Library. And it's unnecessary.
Would it be better to just organise them on my hard drive?
No.

IPhoto will not let me type in event names properly

Just updated to OS X Mavericks and iPhoto 9.5. Now I can't properly name new events or change names of existing events in iPhoto. After I click on the event name, the program kicks me out after typing 1 or 2 characters. Sometimes I can't even get in 1 character successfully. Please HELP!!! (This is not a keyboard problem - same problem comes up on both my MacBook keyboard and my separate keyboard.)

Try the following:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
User/Home/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache file delete the contents the following folder:
User/Library/Containers/com.apple.iPhoto/
Data/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto
3 - reboot, launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: For Mavericks, 10.9, go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring the this window:
where you can check the Show Library Folder checkbox.

IPhoto Event Names with Ampersands- Movie ?

I have some videos taken with a Flip Mino that I imported into iPhoto with an event name of "2008 August Mom & Dad Visit". That event didn't show up in my iMovie "iPhoto Videos" browser, but when I went back into iPhoto and renamed the event "2008 August Mom/Dad Visit", it showed up just fine. I wonder if there's a bug in the iMovie project import code that causes it to have problems with event names that have ampersands in them?

Jeffrey, You're a godsend! It was driving me CrAzY trying to figure out one of my event album videos wasn't showing up in iMovie. SURE ENOUGH, I had an "&" in the name. Once I changed it, it showed right up in iMovie! Thanks for saving me from pulling my hair out!

IPhoto file names changed

I have just noticed that in several of my events the underlying file name of several imported photos has been changed to my assigned Title. Since I didn't think Apple provided a way in iPhoto for Mac to change the file name, and I am not digging into the file structure of iPhoto, I can't change the file name back to that assigned by the camera (and I don't necessarily know it anyway). I see no obvious reason why specific file names were changed. Is there some non-obvious way to change file names that I accidentally stumble upon?

iPhoto 9.4.3. Not sure what you mean by history. It has been in use for some time. No other obvious problems. The file name changes, at least that I have noticed, are from this year and, in particular, this past week. One other observation is that I only happened to notice because I exported a group of photos and saw that a few of the exported names did not have the camera assigned names and then I looked back at iPhoto (hovering the cursor over the title - which gives the file name). Again, the files were exported as a group and no obvious reason for something to change for one rather than another file. It is possible the change took place when I exported the photos rather than earlier as I had no reason to check.

IPhoto Folder Names Different Than Event Names?

Hello! I have used iPhoto since 2007, before Time Machine, and I back up all of my events as I upload them onto a zip drive. In the past, before Yosemite, when I would go into the iPhoto package contents, I would select the year (2014), and I could easily find the name of the event I just uploaded. I would then drag it to my zip drive.
Since the Yosemite upgrade, the iPhoto package content folders do not match my event names in iPhoto. Why is this? How can I make it so that the originals within the iPhoto package content folder again matches that of my iPhoto events? In the past, when I have made any changes within Finder, I have regretted it, so I don't think that is the solution. Just wondering why the event names and the folder names are not matching up any more, and if there is an easy fix to this.
Thank you in advance!!!

What you were doing was not supported and it changed about 6 years ago.
The supported way to do what you want is simply to export the originals from iPhoto to folders named for the Event. Takes the same time.
File -> Export and set the Kind to Original.
This User Tip
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4921
has details of the options in the Export dialogue.

Can't change photo event names.

I can't name or rename photo events. How do I fix this?
I have seen come older threads on this with similar symptoms but nothing recently. I"m on iPhoto 9.5.1

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Why does iPhoto (9.0/11) not retain the Event name when exporting more than one event? (using File - Export - Album name with number).

Why does iPhoto (9.0/11) not retain the Event name when exporting more than one event? (using File -> Export -> Album name with number).
Exporting a single Event retains the Event name which is what I'd expect. But highlighting more than one event and exporting it renames the images to Events 001.JPG, Event 002.JPG etc.
I was recently on holidays and had all my events nicely split on Dad's computer but when I went to export it I couldn't retain any of this information. Now I have to replicate this all again on my computer.
It wasn't possible to export the entire library as the external drive was fat32 format an I didn't want all of it. It would be nice to export a bunch of events to someone and have it retain the name.
Does anyone have a work around or will this be fixed at some point by Apple?

Why does iPhoto (9.0/11) not retain the Event name when exporting more than one event? (using File -> Export -> Album name with number).
Exporting a single Event retains the Event name which is what I'd expect. But highlighting more than one event and exporting it renames the images to Events 001.JPG, Event 002.JPG etc.
I was recently on holidays and had all my events nicely split on Dad's computer but when I went to export it I couldn't retain any of this information. Now I have to replicate this all again on my computer.
It wasn't possible to export the entire library as the external drive was fat32 format an I didn't want all of it. It would be nice to export a bunch of events to someone and have it retain the name.
Does anyone have a work around or will this be fixed at some point by Apple?

11g change an event name on an ADF OperationBinding

Hi,
In the main page I have an eventmap where I defined some events with their consumer and producers.
Now in a task flow I want to change the event name in a particular situation so it fires a different event in the main page eventmap
how can I do this from a backing bean.
here is the methodaction from the pagedef of the page fragement
<action IterBinding="DepartmentsViewTFLeftIterator"
id="setCurrentRowWithKeyValue" RequiresUpdateModel="false"
Action="setCurrentRowWithKeyValue">
<NamedData NDName="rowKey" NDType="java.lang.String"
NDValue="${bindings.setCurrentRowWithKeyValue_rowKey}"/>
<events xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/adfm/contextualEvent">
<event name="LeftSetCurrentRowWithKeyValue"/>
</events>
</action>
I want to change LeftSetCurrentRowWithKeyValue
event name to an other name.
Here some code where I can retrieve from event information but this does not get me any further.
DCBindingContainer bc = (DCBindingContainer)BindingContext.getCurrent().getCurrentBindingsEntry();
JUCtrlActionBinding con2 = (JUCtrlActionBinding) bc.findCtrlBinding("setCurrentRowWithKeyValue");
EventConsumer eventC = con2.getEventConsumer();
EventProducer eventP = con2.getEventProducer();
Hope someone can help me
thanks Edwin

Hi Frank.
I have a TaskList TF where I show the BPEL workflow tasks, These tasks belong to a task type. For every task type I have in the main page I have an eventmap with so many event handling.
Now in the TaskList TF I don't want to use a TF router and call the same method action for every workflow type with the only difference an other event name in the pagedef.
Is this is not possible I will use TF input parameters
thanks Edwin

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