How do i back up my iphoto library to time capsule?

I was told I can back up my iphoto's library to my time capsule but I'm not sure how to do this. Any help is appreciated.

If you've set up Time Machine to back up your computer to it and haven't moved the library off the internal drive, it's already been done.
If you've set up Time Machine to back up your computer to it and have moved the library off the internal drive, ensure the drive holding it isn't excluded in the Time Machine pane of System Preferences.
If you haven't set up Time Machine, either turn it on or drag the iPhoto library from the Pictures item of your home folder to the Time Capsule manually.
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How can I back up the iPhoto library when iPhoto won't open and I can't simply copy the iPhoto library packet because "some of the data in the packet cannot be read from or written to"?

How can I back up the iPhoto library when iPhoto won't open and I can't simply copy the iPhoto library packet because "some of the data canny be read from or written to"?

Regarding not being able to open iPhoto. As a test launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and create a new, test library. Were you able to create a new library?
If so then your current library is damaged and needs to be repaired.
Apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Since only one option can be run at a time start
with Option #4 and then #1 as needed.
Fix #2
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 - click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option.
4 - In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
5 - Click on the Create button.
Note: 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. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
OT

How can I back up my iPhoto library to my MacBook?

How can I back up my iPhoto library to my MacBook?

backup all your data to an external hard drive. If your mac's hard drive crashes, anything not backed up to an external hard drive will most likely be lost.

Can I store an iPhoto library on Time Capsule?

I would like to store my iPhoto library externally. Can I store it on my Time Capsule or do I need an additional, external hard drive?

I would like to store my iPhoto library externally. Can I store it on my Time Capsule
Please do NOT do this.
Access to the library will be very slow, even more so if you are using wireless. More importantly, there is a real danger that any break in communication between iPhoto and the iPhoto library will create a corruption issue that will likely affect the entire library, rendering it useless. Confirm with the experts in the iPhoto support area about this to verify.
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In addition, if you move the iPhoto library to the Time Capsule......have you thought about how you will back up the iPhoto library that is on the Time Capsule? Obviously, you will still need another hard drive to backup the "original" iPhoto library on the Time Capsule.
A much better plan would be to connect a USB or FireWire drive directly to your Mac.....and move the iPhoto library to that hard drive. Access to the library will be fast....just as if the library was on your Mac's hard drive.
Then.....Time Machine can be set up to back up both your Mac and the hard drive to the Time Capsule. That would be a minimum backup plan. Many of us who value our images make additional copies of the library on yet another hard drive on a regular basis.

Restore just iPhoto Library from Time Capsule, to a new machine

Hi,
To free up space on my MacBook Pro, I backed up my iPhoto library to Time Machine before moving the library to a seperate external hard-drive. My EHD was excluded from automatic time machine backups, and when it subsequently got unrepairably damaged about 4 weeks later I lost about 4 weeks of photos - luckily not a big problem. I checked time-machine and my old iPhoto library was still there in an earlier backup, not the latest - naturally that shows the current state of my MPB without an iPhoto library.
Now, I'm trying to restore the iPhoto library to a Mac Mini rather than to my MacBook Pro, however, I'm not having much luck. I've tried the following:
Use migration assistant, selecting only photos - this created a new account, (even though I didn't want it to) but the photo library was blank. I think this may be because my last time-machine back up was after I'd moved iPhoto to an EHD
Use finder to navigate to the correct iPhoto folder in time-machine... I get an error message saying I don't have permission to access the file
I have used the same apple ID when setting up the the Mac Mini as I did on the MBP, but the accounts have slightly different names.
I would appreciate any help you could give.

Setup Assistant would be my recommendation for this if possible.
Migration Assistant can work, but there may be some issues with file ownership and permissions.
See Pondini's great support document on this:
http://pondini.org/OSX/Setup.html

Access iPhoto library in time capsule

Hello,
I have my iPhoto library in time capsule. Everything is ok with my mac, view, edit, stream, etc.
But some times I dont bring my Mac home, and I would like access my library from my iPad and if possible stream to apple tv, like i do it from Mac.
Since its not possible to access my library with iPhoto for iOS, is there any app that does it?
Thanks,
ruirego

No. The two iPhoto apps have only their name in common. There's no interaction between the two possible. You can send a feature requres to Apple via http://www.apple.com/feedback/.
OT

HT1175 How do you back up additional hard disks to time capsule? Which disks etc. to you choose?

How do you back up additional hard disks to time capsule? Which disks etc. to you choose?

I can read your question a number of ways.
If you mean a disk plugged into your computer you wish to include in Time Machine backup.. just make sure it is HFS+ formatted and remove it from the exclusion list in the TM preferences.
If you mean a disk plugged into your TC for backup,
You can plug a USB disk into a Time Capsule as long as it is compatible.. and the disk is formatted HFS+, ie Mac OS extended Journaled.
You need a USB powered hub if you want to use multiple hard disks and even one might still need a hub.
Not all external drives are recogised but for example the Touro Deskpro works fine.
You can buy them up to 4TB.. how much added space do you want.
Also notice that USB 2 on a TC or AE is slow.. I mean half the speed of the same disk plugged into your computer so consider if speed is relevant to you.
You cannot use TM to backup network disks.. again I am not 100% sure what the question means.

How do I back up my iphoto library on one external harddrive to another?

I have successfully created one external hard drive back up from iphoto library. I am trying to back up this first hard drive with an additional hard drive, so my iphoto library is saved in two external hard drive locations. As of right now every time I go to back up the iphoto library on my first harddrive onto the second, it recopies the entire library (which takes a deeply laborious amount of time!) Is there a program that would recognize which photos have not been transferred and select accordingly? Apparently time machine does not operate between two external hard drives. Any feedback would be wonderful!

If you've set up Time Machine to back up your computer to it and haven't moved the library off the internal drive, it's already been done.
If you've set up Time Machine to back up your computer to it and have moved the library off the internal drive, ensure the drive holding it isn't excluded in the Time Machine pane of System Preferences.
If you haven't set up Time Machine, either turn it on or drag the iPhoto library from the Pictures item of your home folder to the Time Capsule manually.
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Transfer iPhoto library to time capsule

How do I use Time Capsule as a network drive to host my photos or if not photos, my music?

The experts in the iPhoto forum strongly advise against moving your "main" iPhoto library to the Time Capsule due to the likelihood of corruption issues.
Please post over in the iPhoto support area if you need more details about this.
Although I do not recommend that you do this, information about how to move your iTunes Media Folder to the Time Capsule is in this Apple Support Document:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449
But, before you do this......do you have a plan as to how will you backup this important data once you have moved the folder to the Time Capsule?
If you have a Time Capsule problem, you will lose everything unless you have a backup on another hard drive for this important iTunes data.
A better plan might be this.......add an external USB or FireWire hard drive to your Mac and move your iPhoto and iTunes data to that drive. Then Time Machine will back up both your Mac and the external hard drive.
So, you have backups for everything.

Can't Access iphoto Library on Time Capsule

I can’t access one of my iphoto’s library on time capsule. I tried the permission keys- alt+cmd- fix and the Caution warning still pops up. All my libraries are working fine, but this particular one hasn’t allow me to enter the permissions fix window despite is set up as a default library- Your help much appreciate it. Thanks!

Have you opened this one over a wireless connection in the past?
A strong warning: If you're trying to edit the Library (that is, make albums, move photos around, keyword, make books or slideshows etc.) or edit individual photos in it via Wireless be very careful. Dropouts are a common fact of wireless networking, and should one occur while the app is writing to the database then your Library will be damaged. Simply, I would not do this with my Libraries.

Hi, how do I back up my iPhoto library to Lightroom, so its also on an external hard drive, where is the Back up utility?

Hi, somehow I imported all of my iPhoto library into Lightroom, which is saved to an external hard drive, but now I cannot remember how I did that...and I am looking to update the additional photos i've put into iPhoto to Lightroom...
Thanks for any advice...Eric

As a mich more powerful app I think you'll find that Lightroom is also quite capable of "uploading, screening, and deleting unwanted photos."
The point about using both is that you have an overly complex workflow - and that leads to situations like the one you have now, where you can't recall the workflow you used.
Put another way, it's like wrting your novel part on Word and part in TextEdit. Which bit goes where? The best advice is to pick one horse and ride it.
Do don't "import photos to the Finder" you export them from iPhoto to the Finder. File -> Export....
On your Mac you have Time Machine as a back up application. There are also many, many others. Search on
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Regards
TD

How do I back up my iPhoto library when it is locked?

During a power outage, my iphoto library "froze" on my desktop iMac - now I get a message saying that another application is using my iphoto, and it is locked. I read the directions that say to rebuild the library, but it recommends a back up before attempting this. I don't use time machine, and have no backups to return to. However, I do have a flash drive that I would like to copy the library onto - - if I could find the library. . .I'd appreciate any help you could offer!
(BTW, I read the post where it says to just move your "picture" folder over to the flash drive, but I don't see a picture file either.)

No I don't know much, these are the easier questions.
Glad your photos are safe.
The cloud backup is a possiblity, the are a number of problems. The amount to backup, my Aperture library is 41GB and I don't take lots of photos but they go back many years. The initial backup of this through your internet connection could be very slow and may be costly if your ISP charges by the GB. It will also have an on going cost to store in the cloud. There is also the possibilty that the cloud providor does not backup just the changes to the library and needs to backup the whole library every time, this of course depends on who you choose.
However if your requirements are modest it may be the easiest way for you.
To backup at home the Apple Time capsule is designed for the job, unfortunaley it has extra functionality that you may not require, this makes it more expensive than an external disk drive.
Again if you can use the extra functionality and understand how to use it it is a good option.
This is the setup and user guide, also you should get advice to help you at the Apple store.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1645/en_US/airport_time_capsule_802 11ac_setup.pdf
The last way I know is an External disk drive, choose one that matches the I/O ports on your i.e. Mac, USB, Firewire, Thunderbolt. You must partition the drive as GUID and use the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) file format.
There are plenty External disk drives to choode from, try to get one large enough to allow many backups before it fills up, the first backup is a full one and the diffs after. Depending on who you speak to you will get different advice on whose disks are best, just choose one of the well known makes.
More reading for you on Time Machine, worth reading.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427
and some external disk drives http://store.apple.com/us/mac/mac-accessories/storage#!
Get some advice from the sellere as to its suitablility.
If the Apple store is nearby, use them, they should guide you to the best option for your requirements.

How can I back up an IPhoto library from one external hard drive to another?

Hey Folks, WIth your help I have consolidated my IPhoto libraries using IPhoto Library Manager. I'm storing it on an external hard drive because I have run out of space on my Macbook Pro. Now I'd like to back it up. I have another large external hard drive that is set to perform Time Machine backups on my Macbook. Is there a way to ALSO use it to perform occasional backups of my IPhoto library which, as I mentioned, is not kept on the Macbook itself? Thanks in advance, David

I do not understand your question
The basic answer is that TM backes up everything that is not excluded - it backsup to the TM backup - it can not backup any files that are on the TM backup volume - only those on other volumes
To remove an item form the excluded list select the item and click the "-" button
See te FAQs for many more details - http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
Se the Apple article for basic set up and details - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
LN

How do I back up my iPhoto Library onto a CD?

I selected 6 albums in my iPhoto Library to burn to a CD. I chose my Desktop as the location to receive them. When I went to drag the 6 folders onto the disk's icon, there were a ZILLION little folders there, ------every one of them were individual photos, all on top of one another! It has taken me two hours and I've dragged some pictures 3 times and missed others ---- it's a mess!
What's the best and easiest way to do this from now on?
Thanks for any guidance ---specific, please.

But I don't understand why you say that this is not backing up my photos.
That is not what TD said - it backs up your photos but does not backup your library which contains metadata like keywords, etc in addition to photos
Note that this does not back up your Library. For that you need to use the Share -> Burn command
Where and when would I find the "Share -> Burn" command if I wanted to do that?
Under the Share Menu
LN
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Help! How can I restore iTunes/iPhoto library from Time Capsule to new Mac?

Sorry to trouble you, because it looks like this should be an easy thing, but I can't find an answer anywhere...
I've got an 2008 MacBook Pro that suddenly began to suffer start up problems. Sometimes it boots to a black/grey screen and sometimes the screen/mouse freezes after only a few minutes of use.
I've borrowed my brother's Mac until I can find out how to get mine repaired, so I'd like to copy over my iTunes and iPhoto stuff from a Time Capsule (where I'm hoping it hasn't been damaged) to his Mac. I only want to copy the iTunes and iPhoto stuff, without filling up his computer with all my other junk.
Is there an easy way to do this? Thanks!

Hi ...
I've found a solution to my problem.
Time Machine locates extenal HDD backups differently depending if they were done via a network or via a USB/FireWire/Thunderbolt connection.
My initial backup was done via a direct Thunderbolt connection. I ran into the above issue b/c the second time when I tried looking for the backup file the HDD was conencted to my iMac and I was accessing it via a network conenction.
I simply connected the drive directly to my MacBook pro and ... voila. I was able to see the backup, select the iPhoto library and begin the restore.
Hope this helps.
BTW - I found this out by reading the 'blue box' selection on this page: http://pondini.org/TM/E2.html
(Thanks goes to Pondini!)

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