How can i backup iphoto in time machine from external drive

I have recently placed iphoto onto an external drive to save on space. How can I still ensure that this is backed up on time machine?
Thanks

If you're on 10.5 best to take that to a Time Machine forum here
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/mac_os_x_v10.5_leopard

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My Macbook has just completely failed (I think an issue with power supply).
I had a bulging battery and have a new Macbook Pro on the way, but as I live in a very remote area this is taking a while. So, one day, my Macbook just wouldn't start again.
I hadn't backed up to Time Machine for about a week and would really like to get all the missing data. When the new computer arrives I'm planning to use Migration Assistant to migrate all my data from Time Machine.
So, my question is, is it possible to back up to Time Machine from the hard drive of my dead Macbook? I was thinking either cloning it somehow, or making a disk image and booting it from another Macbook, but this is stretching the limits of my limited IT skills. I don't want to interfere with the other Macbook I'm using or inadvertently wipe the data on the hard drive or Time Machine disk.
Any advice much appreciated!
My Macbook ran Snow Leopard and was up to date with software updates as of two days ago. It was purchased about two years ago, but I think it's manufacture date was about March 2008.

Thanks Noondaywitch and Pondini!
The HD of the failed Macbook turned out to be fine. Just to be safe I did a full functional back-up of my Time Machine disk to another external disk as well as cloning my Macbook hard drive using Carbon Cloner to another partition of the external disk.
I then booted from a friend's Macbook and did an incremental Time Machine backup from the original Macbook HD to the original TM backup (making sure I excluded the host computer's hard drive from the backup!); when I did the backup it asked whether I wanted to "Reuse backup" I clicked yes.
As said, the hard drive was fine, but at setup I needed an ethernet or firewire connection, which I didn't have on the enclosure, so I migrated my data to the new Macbook Pro using the original TM backup. Strangely, the backup said it was transferring only 120GB, whereas the HD had 150GB of used space. Redundant files, etc. perhaps? Anyway, it's just transferring now, so will sit back and read the paper and see what it looks like in an hour and a half!
Thanks very much again!
Now, if anyone's got any suggestions to fix my old Macbook, which I was going to give away to impecunious friends if they bought a new battery……
HD is fine, power seems buggered, the rest, I don't know. Suggestions welcomed (I live 300+kms from the nearest service centre, so it's strictly DIY or go to local computer shop who know nothing about Macs).

Can't open iPhoto on Time Machine from within iPhoto

I have all my iPhoto (iLife 11) libraries backed up to Time Capsule. When I enter Time Machine to restore any other item (for example a Word document) it works fine. But when I try to restore an iPhoto library I get the message that I don't have permission to restore an iPhoto file. I've repaired all permissions through Disk Utility and checked all the file permissions through 'Get Info'.
I saw others were experiencing difficultions and they suggested opening Time Machine through iPhoto.This works well for Address Book. But when I open iPhoto and then open Time Machine the desktop is selected instead and I have to go through the Desk top on the Time Capsule to find the User-Pictures- correct Library. I then can't restore either a library or a single picture because of the permissions issue. I notice that when I select the iPhoto library in Time Machine and then select 'Open with iPhoto' it doesn't.
I've tried using a second external hard drive as the Time Capsule but the same thing happens.
I'm running a PowerMac 2x2.8 Ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon with Lion.
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Glenda

Glenda A. White wrote:
I have followed E10 exactly and without any difficulties (except that my default wasn't 'Single partition-Apple partition map'
That's curious. Shouldn't matter, though.
but I got there) but every time I got as far as 'restore to folder' - and selected the disk image in the Finder sidebar I got a message that the disk was too small. I increased the size of the disk from 100 MB to 500 MB to 639 (CD size) (following your instructions each time) and still got the message even though the selected library was only 805.8 MB. And that's my smallest library!!!
You need to select something larger than 806 MB.
I also tried the suggestion to 'reset the password and/or user permission' but neither 'CMD and R' keys nor the Alt/Option key brought up the Recovery HD.
That option won't help with existing backups -- only the current contents of your user home folder, and subsequent backups.
Are you using a wired keyboard? If not, that might be the problem -- sometimes a wireless keyboard isn't recongnized quickly enough during the startup sequence.
A Recovery HD is fairly important to have. Do you recall when you installed Lion if you got a message about it not being created?
You can verify whether you have one, via Disk Utility. First, enable Debug Mode:
Open the Terminal app (in your Applications/Utilities folder). Be very careful with this app. It's a direct link into UNIX, the underpinnings of OSX, but without the protections of OSX.
In Terminal, the prompt looks like this: <Computer Name>:~ <your name>$
(where <your name> is your short user name). It's followed by a non-blinking block cursor.
Copy the following after the prompt: defaults write com.apple.diskutility DUDebugMenuEnabled 1
Then press Return. (You can disable it later by running it again, with a zero instead of the 1.)
Then start Disk Utility and select Debug > Show Every Partition.
That should show a Recovery HD, grayed-out, under your internal HD:

I have just started using Time Machine. I was thinking about deleting old E-Mails on my Mac to clean. Does Time Machine back up the E-Mails , if so how can I find them in Time Machine ??

I have just started using Time Machine. I was thinking about deleting old E-Mails on my Mac to clean. Does Time Machine back up the E-Mails , if so how can I find them in Time Machine ??

If you back up your mac before deleting your emails, Time Machine should back up your e-mails.
I never tried this so i'm not sure to find them in Time Machine. To browse in your backups simply click the Time Machine icon in your dock. In the right bar, you can select an backup. Than you can browse in finder, in your backkup.
EDIT: Just browsed and CT above was right. This topic might help you:
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2. OWC
3. WiebeTech
4. Firewire Direct
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When I make back-up by time-machine on external drive,my computer do the same on his Hard Drive...

When I make back-up by time-machine on external drive,my computer do the same on his Hard Drive...So I loose all of the capacity of the HD...I notice that only today but the problem is critical...The backups on the HD take 400 Go on my 500 Go SSD...
I've got a MBP Retina 15' Octobre 2013_Processor 2,6 GHz Intel Core i7_Memory 16 Go 1600 MHz DDR3

Click on the  icon on the menu bar and retrieve this display:
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I use to manage all my time machine backups on the Time Capsule.
From some days until now, I noticed that the Time Machine scheduled backups just abort in the middle of the process, after it scans the files to backup.
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Pondini, I'm using the internal HD.
Here is my log from the last backup:
Jan 12 22:10:20 antonio-parrachos-macbook com.apple.backupd[247]: Starting standard backup
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Jan 12 22:10:30 antonio-parrachos-macbook com.apple.backupd[247]: Mounted network destination using URL: afp://Antonio%[email protected]/Time%20Capsule
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Jan 12 22:10:45 antonio-parrachos-macbook com.apple.backupd[247]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
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Jan 12 22:10:47 antonio-parrachos-macbook mds[37]: (Normal) DiskStore: Creating index for /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
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Jan 12 22:15:32 antonio-parrachos-macbook com.apple.backupd[247]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Jan 12 22:16:32 antonio-parrachos-macbook com.apple.backupd[247]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
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Basically what happened was I accidentally put an older time machine backup from my external hard drive into the trash on my macbook. Since then, time machine has made new backups onto my external hard drive. How can I either "Put Back" or replace the deleted backup back into my hard drive?
Whenever I try to move it it says "A newer item named “Backups.backupdb” already exists in this location. Do you want to replace it with the older one you’re moving?" I click replace and after a few minutes of loading, it says "Cannot replace. An item named "" already exists."

As long as you don't delete the trash, the files should be recoverable.
I suspect using the Put Back command could take a long time, so be patient.
If your Time Machine backups are mixed with your daughter's backups you might want to buy a larger drive and move the Time Machine files to the new drive.
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http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/
Options for a larger drive.
I like the Seagate USB 3.0 Backup plus drives. Works on USB 2.0 ports. They come formatted for PC but easy to format in Disk Utility.
I don't recommend Western Digital because of the boot problem with some of their drives.
LaCie makes good drives.
All Mac formatted drives will cost more and it’s easy to reformat with Disk Utility. Do not use the software that comes with the drives. It’s recommended that you use Apple’s Disk Utility.
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1) Can anyone tell me how to force the trash to empty?
2) Is there a way to delete the whole external HD and start over with a new full backup via Time Machine? In Disk Utility I try to erase the partition and get an error "Volume Erase failed with the error: Couldn't unmount disk." Then I try to Unmount it and get another "Unmount failed. The disk Backup iOmega could not be unmounted. Make sure that all applications and files are closed on this disk." I turned off Time Machine and tried again but with the same errors.
The external HD is called iOmega. It only connects to the iMac with USB. Any help is much appreciated!!!!

Try this instead:
Drive Partition and Format
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. Select the backup volume from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.)
4. Click on the Erase button.
You will need to reconfigure Time Machine preferences for the backup.
FYI: Never remove Time Machine backup data except through the Time Machine application. If you aren't sure about using Time Machine then visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help with all things related to Time Machine.

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