How can I best keep a current iPhoto file between two computers?

I currently have an iMac and a Macbook Pro. I would like to be able to use iPhoto on both computers, but what I do with one computer, it doesn't sync with the other (sorry I didn't get Mobile Me when I could!!). Anyone have an idea of how best to manage this? Mainly I spend time organizing the photos (1,000s of them, getting them all in order) on the Macbook, while I would edit and make albums on the iMac. THANK YOU!

This is an age-old question, and a tricky one. In theory, you could store the iPhoto library file on Dropbox or another service shared between both your Macs. However you'd have to be very diligent in making sure to never have both iPhotos open at the same time. I'm not sure what would happen if both Macs accessed the same file simultaneously, but let's just assume the universe would collapse.
Alternatively, if you primarily EDIT on one Mac, but only VIEW on another Mac, and if they're both on the same local network, you could set up local sharing between the two computers. You can do this in the iPhoto preferences > Sharing.
I'm sure there are other methods too, but the fact is iPhoto just wasn't designed for this.

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