How does iPhoto compare to Picassa which I have used a long time?

How does iPhoto compare? And is it simple to bring all to iPhoto in the same organization?
Thanks!

Very vague question... in what way? You obviously know the strngths of Picasa. The feature list of iPhoto is on the Apple Site.
Best advice I can give is to make a library and import 100 pics and explore. See what you like - or don't. It'll help you to ask pointed questions that will get you better quality answers (that this one )
As to migration... there is no path from Picasa and it will depend on what Picasa can export.
Regards
TD

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Hi,
I am curious, how does iPhoto store data? I have three folders:
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3. Originals
All appear to have the same directory, but have vastly different content, ranging from 2.4 GB to just a few MB.
I would like to slim my hard drive, but not throw out something that is essential in iPhoto’s operation.
Thanks,
Klaus

Klaus
Good thing you checked here first
It is strongly advised that you do not move, change or in anyway alter things in the iPhoto Library Folder as this can cause the application to fail and even lead to data loss
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TD

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But then I got to thinking. How does iPhoto actually recognize a duplicate? Is it solely by the external characteristics (name, date, size), or does it have a method to actually analyize the content of the two photos to see if one is actually a copy of the other? I really hope it is not just by name, as I have a number of photos that have the same name but complelely different topics.

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StanB:
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