Force iPhoto to save as original?

I've been googling & searching various Mac-forums without any results. My question is if it is possible to (after editing a photo via iPhoto in an external editor - PS) save the image as the original in the Originals-folder. I don't want a new copy of it in the Modified-folder. Is there any way to make this work?

No. iPhoto keeps the original as a digital negative so that one can always revert back to it as that is good practice digital asset management. If you crop the photo so you can print a 4 x 6 and saved it as the original you wouldn't be able to revert back to the original in case you wanted to print an 8 x 10.
You may have to look for another image management application what will let you edit and save original directly.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) 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 or later), 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 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. Just put the application in the Dock and click on it whenever you want to backup the dB file. 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.
Note: There's now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

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I had my first joyous experience with iPhoto 5.x flakiness last night. I'd done about a half hour of edits, then tried to email some images. The system hung and after 15 minutes of the spinning pizza of death I killed iPhoto.
To my surprise, I discovered I'd lost all my edits. The images were there, but not the edits. iPhoto 2-4 were all bad in their own evil ways, but none of them did that to me. What a great "feature".
I've discovered via Google that this is a common complaint. iPhoto 5 only saves the catalog on exit. If anything happens prior to that the work is lost (I wonder if this accounts for some lost images).
Bad design. Clearly iPhoto needs an autosave preference and/or a save command. In the meantime, does anyone know of an AppleScript that would save the catalog? Alternatively an automator function that quits and restarts iPhoto.
The last application that combined equal parts of sheer rotteness with elegance was a 1980s classic app called something like "FullWrite Professional". Darned aggravating.

IPhoto Library Manager displays a 'relaunch' iPhoto button when iPhoto is running. I use this to force a save and restart, so I don't lose my work when iPhoto craters.

Force iphoto to store all photos in library

I have iPhoto 9 running on a brand new MacBook Air, and my problem is twofold.
Firstly, when I initially created the library, I imported the photos from a variety of folders copied onto an external HDD (which is the location of the iPhoto library too, for information purposese). However, the 'copy files to iPhoto library' option was not checked, so it appears on first impression that the files are referenced and not stored. I realise this was a mistake, not least because all the sorting and deleting I have done within iPhoto is a waste of time, because I have to keep the original folders and cannot delete them, because iPhoto cannot find the files if I do. So the first question is 1) can I force iPhoto to copy all the photos from the original location to its own library so they are not referenced, but managed files? I have tried checking the option to 'copy imported photos into iPhoto', shutting down then restarting in the hope it would do this, but when I delete the original reference folder from which they were imported, iPhoto wont find them - so clearly it hasnt worked. I cannot believe that I will have to start again and there isnt a way to now force iPhoto to just store all the photos it uses, within its own library and allow me to delete the original folders. Can anybody help?
Secondly, I am trying to create a Photobook from within a piece of Third Party software - When I navigate to the 'Masters' folder in iPhoto it wont allow the files to be previewed and dropped into the photobook. So if I do all my photo management within iPhoto, is there any way to be able to view the photos in a finder style window from within the third party software (which for information is CEWE Photoworld, built for Mac)? It seems rather ridiculous that if you manage your photos in iPhoto, you cannot then view them in anything else, or do anything with them. There must surely be some way to open the library and be able to 'use' my organised and edited photos elsewhere...? Otherwise the software I am trying to use is completely and utterly pointless, as most people will presumably use iPhoto (being free and part of the basic Mac software package) as their photo management and editing suite. To say I am frustrated is an understatement.
Hoping somebody can come to the rescue and sort these problems out.
Thanks in advance.

You can get all of the photos into the library by setting iPhoto's preferences to copy during import. Then do the following:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.>Click on the Add Library button,
2 - select the library you want to add from those in the selection window.
3 - make sure that in the rebuild window the checkbox "Scavange orphaned photos" is checked.
4 - now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the Library ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
5 - in the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed. Click on the Create button.
Note 1: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost.
Note 2: Your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.
The rebuild library will have all of the photos imported into the library. If you can live with the loss of the projects, i.e. books, etc., keep the rebuild library and delete the old library..
As for accessing the photos for the 3rd party application you do not need to access the Masters folder via the Finder and should not. You can drag a photos from the open iPhoto window into the other apps window or use one of the methods described in the following User Tip by Terence Devlin : How to Access Files in iPhoto

IPhoto & Photoshop Saves

Do I have this right?
I use iPhoto to organize my photos, and use it to launch Photoshop to edit a picture. As a photographer, I don't edit your originals. You save the edited version elsewhere. But I am unable to save it back to iPhoto in the original folder or a new one. The only way to get an edited photo back into iPhoto without overwriting the original is to save it elsewhere, then import it back into iPhoto.
Is this right? This doesn't seem a very "Apple" way to go about this, especially with such an obviously popular editing program. No one thought of this integration issue when dealing with an outside application?
I have yet to figure out why iPhoto design does this "library" way of storing everything. So far, using iPhoto instead of Adobe Bridge is very inflexible...but then again I'm migrating from Windows, so there may be ways of working with Apple's apps that aren't apparent to me.
Thanks for any advice or workarounds.

Using Photoshop (or Photoshop Elements) as Your Editor of Choice in iPhoto.
1 - select Photoshop as your editor of choice in iPhoto's General Preference Section's under the "Edit photo:" menu.
2 - double click on the thumbnail in iPhoto to open it in Photoshop. When you're finished editing click on the Save button. If you immediately get the JPEG Options window make your selection (Baseline standard seems to be the most compatible jpeg format) and click on the OK button. Your done.
3 - however, if you get the navigation window that indicates that PS wants to save it as a PS formatted file. You'll need to either select JPEG from the menu and save (top image) or click on the desktop in the Navigation window (bottom image) and save it to the desktop for importing as a new photo.
This method will let iPhoto know that the photo has been editied and will update the thumbnail file to reflect the edit..
If you want to use both iPhoto's editing mode and PS without having to go back and forth to the Preference pane, once you've selected PS as your editor of choice, reset the Preferences back to "Open in main window". That will let you either edit in iPhoto (double click on the thumbnail) or in PS (Control-click on the thumbnail and seledt "Edit in external editor" in the Contextual menu). This way you get the best of both worlds
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IPhoto endlessly asks for original image

I use referenced files in my iPhoto library.
Sometimes though iPhoto says 'cannot find original' when I have not even opened the event the image is in.
Hitting Esc is ineffective, it just goes to the next image it can't find and so on, through the entire library.
It's maddening, once it's stuck in this loop there's no way out unless I plug in the drive the originals are in or force quit iPhoto, but sometimes the drive is not available.
How can I prevent this?

1. Don't run a Referenced Library where the files are on one volume and the Library on another. There are a number of reasons why this is not a good idea, not least of which is the work involved rebuilding the Library if the path to the files changes.
Or
2. Always ave the external available when you launch iPhoto.
That's the only way around this.
If you really want to work in this format consider upgrading to Aperture. None of this an issue with it.
Regards
TD

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