Can iPhoto use files on an external hard drive?
I am nearly out of space on my iBook hard drive, and would like to move all my photos to an external USB hard drive. Of course, I would then like iPhoto to be able to use the files just on the external drive. Yes, it's a bit slow, but until I get a new laptop, I'm hoping that will do. It seems, though, that when I import anything to iPhoto, iPhoto wants to put it on the iBook hard drive. All help/ideas appreciated. Thanks.
Hi, lllapides. First, make sure the USB drive is formatted Mac OS Extended. iPhoto definitely won't use it unless it is. Then copy your entire iPhoto Library folder, intact, from your internal to the external drive. Open iPhoto while holding down the Option key, and when invited to find your library, navigate to the external drive and do so. If you aren't allowed to choose that library folder, or the library fails to open after you've done it, or the internal-drive copy of the library opens instead, there may be a problem with using a USB drive. This procedure would work fine with a FireWire drive.
If the library opens up normally from the USB drive, you're all set. Wait to trash the library folder that's on the internal drive until you're absolutely sure everything is OK.
It should go without saying, but if you don't have room to keep a copy of the library on your internal drive, you'd better have a third drive on which to keep a backup copy. Working without a backup is an invitation to disaster — and sooner or later, disaster will accept the invitation.
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