How do I backup my iPhoto library to the iCloud?

How do I backup my iPhoto library to the iCloud?

You can only backup the iPhoto libraries on iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, iPad) to iCloud, not the iPhoto Libraries on a Mac. Use Time Machine to backup your iPhoto Library or create clones of the drives with iPhoto Libraries.
This will change next year, when the new Photos.app will be released for Mac on the new MacOS X 10.10. Then you will be able to store the photo library in the cloud and access it from all your devices.

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    How can I backup my iPhoto Library to an external hard drive and keep my photos grouped by their events?

    I have attempted to make sure my iPhoto library has been backed up on the external hard drive and that it is safe to delete some events from my internal hard drive
    You need to think this through.
    Time Machine is a back up application. It keeps a rolling back up of the data. It's called rolling because it means you can revert to the data you had on a specific date and time. But that's not eternal, and as time goes by, and your drive fills up, older backups are deleted. So if you delete Events on your Mac they will - eventually - also be deleted from the Time Machine back up.
    If you wan tot archive data hendon't use Time Machine for that job. Here's how you might archive an iPhoto Library:
    Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
    1. Quit iPhoto
    2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
    Now you have two full versions of the Library.
    3. On the Internal library, trash the Events you don't want there
    Now you have a full copy of the Library on the External and a smaller subset on the Internal
    Some Notes:
    As a general rule: when deleting photos do them in batches of about 100 at a time. iPhoto can baulk at trashing large numbers at one go.
    You can choose which Library to open: Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library'
    You can keep the Library on the external updated with new imports using iPhoto Library Manager

  • HT4847 Can I back up my Iphoto library to the Icloud - if so how

    Can I back up my Iphoto library to the Icloud - if so how

    No, unfortunately you cannot do that. At the moment iCloud does only backup hotos of your camera roll. Please make a local backup of your pictures using a Mac/PC or any other cloud storage service like Dropbox.

  • How do you access your itunes library from the icloud on your ipad

    How do you access your itunes library from the icloud on your ipad?

    You have asked two different questions?
    Your account is just a user name and password.  You can access that to buy content from any computer with itunes, just sign it.
    Your library wil only be where your put it. Yo can copy it from one computer to another, or from your backup copy of your computer ot another computer. In some countries you can download some past itunes purchases.
    Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

  • How do you backup your iphone 4s to the icloud?

    How do you backup your iphone 4s to the icloud?

    Restore from an iCloud backup
    1. On your iOS device, go to Settings > General > Software Update. If a newer version of iOS is available, follow the onscreen instructions to download and install it.
    2. Make sure you have a recent backup to restore from.
    On your iOS 8 device: Go to Settings > iCloud > Storage > Manage Storage, then tap a device listed under Backups to see the date and size of its latest backup.
    On your iOS 7 device: Go to Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup > Manage Storage, then tap a device listed under Backups to see the date and size of its latest backup.
    3. Go to Settings > General > Reset, then tap “Erase all content and settings.”
    4. In the Setup Assistant, proceed to “Set up your device,” tap Restore from a Backup, then sign in to iCloud.
    5. Proceed to “Choose backup,” then choose from a list of available backups in iCloud.
    For more information, you can go to http://support.apple.com/kb/ph12521
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  • How do I retrieve my iphoto library from the Time Machine back-up drive, when the original iphoto library was on a separate external hard drive that has crashed?

    I recently backed up my iMAC and Simpletech external hard-drive to a 1 TB WD Passport  external hard drive, using Time Machine's back-up utility.  Today, I tried to access my iphoto library from the back-up drive, but received a message saying "the iPhoto library is a Time Machine back up, and so cannot be used as the main library.  Relaunch iPHoto with options key held down to choose another library."  Since my Simpletech died on me, what other iPhoto library is it expecting me to access?  I know approximately 169 GB were backed up, and my iPhoto library is roughly 54 GB. 
    Angie in Charlotte

    Thanks.  I will try going through TM.  Since my Simpletech is on the way out, I'll be plugging in a new external hard drive (other than the back-up drive) and trying to restore the library to the new drive.  Any advice or warning if this is NOT the right thing to do?
    Meanwhile, that is a great tip to do an alternate back-up using a different means.  It's been tough to figure out how to "preserve access" to digital images and files for posterity, knowing the hardware will always fail/obsolesce sooner or later, and that "clouds" are only as good as their consistent and reliable accessibility.  Upping the odds with redundancy will help dull the edge of my "access anxiety", though logically, it can never relieve it.  Will look into
    Carbon Copy Cloner.

  • How do I open my iPhoto library in the time machine to make sure it's there?

    When I click on iphoto library in the time machine it tells me the size of the file and nothing else.  I want to make sure my photos are really thre.  Is there another place to open this?

    Try this discussion >   https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5501845?tstart=0

  • HT4914 How do I access my iTunes library in the iCloud on my PC?

    Currently in the process of uploading my music library to iCloud via iTunes Match. I actually need to re-install my entire operating system (Windows XP) and hence the reason for choosing iCloud to store my music somewhere safely. Once I get my PC back up and running, and iTunes re-installed, how do I acces my library in the iCloud so that I can download my music back?

    If you mean music that's stored in the itunes library, the only way to get it to icloud is to purchase a subscription to iTunes Match.  Google iTunes Match for more info.
    If you want all the data that iTunes library stores, like music, apps, video, screencasts, etc. then you can't put all that in icloud.  iCloud is a syncing service, not a storage service.

  • How do I backup my iphoto library from an external hard drive to an online storage service?

    I moved my iPhoto library from my iMac to an external hard drive because I was running low on memory on my computer.  I decided I wanted to backup my computer files with an online service since I no longer have the external hard drive as a backup.  I am using ZipCloud and have tagged my iPhoto library to be backed up (it is called "Rebuilt Library").  I can see "Rebuilt Library" on my online backup files but it doesn't contain my pictures, just a few folders and some random data files.  
    I started using ZipCloud before I deleted my iPhoto library from my hard drive so all of my pictures except the ones from the last month or two are backed up online under the files of my main hard drive; indeed they show up under "Rebuilt Library" there in nice folders separated by year and then event.   I would feel better if I could get the newer pictures on there as well.
    Does anyone know how I can get these files backed up to an online service?
    Thank you.

    What version of iPhoto are you using?  Is your library a package when on your Mac?  Does that package remain a package when backed up to ZipCloud or is it just a folder? How big is your library?  What's the library size as determined by the Finder?
    The photos will be stored in subfolders inside the Originals folder or Masters folder inside the library folder/package.  You are running a Managed library, right?
    I'm not familiar with ZipCloud but it might not handle OS X packages properly.
    OT

  • How do I store all iPhoto libraries on the iCloud?

    I believe I can save my photos to the iCloud in case of disaster.  How do I store ALL of my iPhoto libraries/events/photos on the iCloud?  It doesn't appear there are there when I look at iCloud.com.
    Thank you.

    iCloud Photo Library (Beta) is not yet available on the Mac, only for mobile devices with iOS 8.  It will be supported on the Mac, when the Photos.app for mac will be released, probably sometime in spring this year.
    See this link for what iCloud Photo Library will be able to to.  iCloud Photo Library beta FAQ
    But since you are making about a cloud backup - iCloud for the Mac is not meant as an off-site backup. It is meant as a central storage for the documents and data you are using and updating them on all your devices, when they change in iCloud. You will need to keep a local backup of your iCloud documents and data.

  • HT4859 how do i backup my mac pc to the iCloud?

    I'm having problems working out how to apply the Icloud to my mac, all information given is for devices connected to pc not the pc itself

    That's correct.  You can't.  It's only for mobile devices. The following is from this Apple document: iCloud: Backup and restore overview which you probably already have read:
    iCloud automatically backs up the most important data on your device using iOS 5 or later. Once you have enabled Backup on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch .....
    What is backed up
    You get unlimited free storage for:
    Purchased music, movies, TV shows, apps, and books
    Notes: Backup of purchased music is not available in all countries. Backups of purchased movies and TV shows are U.S. only. Previous purchases may not be restored if they are no longer in the iTunes Store, App Store, or iBookstore.
    Some previously purchased movies may not be available in iTunes in the Cloud. These movies will indicate that they are not available in iTunes in the Cloud on their product details page in the iTunes Store. Previous purchases may be unavailable if they have been refunded or are no longer available in the iTunes Store, App Store, or iBookstore.
    You get 5 GB of free iCloud storage for:
    Photos and videos in the Camera Roll
    Device settings (for example: Phone Favorites, Wallpaper, and Mail, Contacts, Calendar accounts)
    App data
    Home screen and app organization
    Messages (iMessage, SMS, and MMS)
    Ringtones
    Visual Voicemails
    OT

  • How can I rebuild my iphoto library from backup

    Can I rebuild my iphoto library from the Time Machine backup?
    Somehow the iPHoto libary structure(?), if that's the word, has gotten corrupted. 
    There phtos are still these, in their year/month/day folders, but though iPhoto
    opens it does not show Events, Slideshow, etc.
    I found a Support page  that tell you how to re-build the library, but
    it didn't work.
    It just occurred to me that the Time Machine back up should contain the 'library'.
    Is so, how do I access it and will it open the iPhoto library intact with Events, Slideshows,
    etc.?
    Thanks,
    Hal

    You don't rebuild a library from a backup, you replace the library with the backup:
    If you'll describe what happend when you tried rebuilding the library with iPhoto maybe we can offer another possible fix like try using iPLM as Larry suggested.
    OT

  • How do i import an iPhoto library from a time machine backup?

    how do i import an iPhoto library from a time machine backup? I did a back up and i formatted my machine. How do i get iphoto to be the same?

    This screenshot shows how to restore a library from Time Machine.
    There is NO importing necessary.  One should never import one library into another.  Just restore it to your Pictures folder and launch iPhoto.
    OT

  • How do I access my iphoto library on time machine backup external drive using Lion, originally saved from old computer and system

    how do I access my iphoto library on time machine backup external drive using Lion, originally saved off old computer and system.  It's not letting me open the folder???

    Once again here's how to restore an iPhoto Library from Time Machine:

  • My macbook pro crashed and the hard drive was replaced. How do I restore my backup pre- 9.6 iphoto library to the 9.6.1 iphoto library? They look completely different.

    My macbook pro crashed and the hard drive was replaced. How do I restore my backup pre- 9.6 iphoto library to the 9.6.1 iphoto library? They look completely different. When I look at my backed-up iphoto library folder I see lots of files and folders: ALbumData.xml, Attachments folder, etc. The 9.6.1 iphoto library doesn't appear to be a folder at all. Help!

    iPhoto 6 and earlier libraries were regular folders with the kind of files your reporting.  With the advent of iPhoto 7 the library folder was changed to a package similar to the application packages but have essentially the same files and folders inside.  There's no reason to have access to the inside of the iPhoto Library so Apple changed them to packages.
    Do you have a backup copy of the iPhoto Library from before the HD crash.  If so restore it to the Pictures folder in your Home folder.  If you previous version of iPhoto was iPhoto 7 or earlier download and run the iPhoto Library Upgrader 1.1 on your library before trying to open it with iPhoto 9.6.1.

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