How to copy iphoto library to a flash drive in mountain lion

I have been backing up my entire iPhoto library (about 34GB) to a flash drive every month for the last couple of years.
I tried to do it last night, after upgrading to Mountain Lion, and could not complete the backup. I tried several times, and the same thing happened each time - the first 190MB or so were transferred very quickly, then the pace slowed until finally, after 225.1 MB were transferred, I got an error message: "The operation can’t be completed because an item with the name “iPhoto Library” already exists."
I tried trashing the partial file on the flash drive, renaming the partial file, using Disk Repair - same exact thing happens. Always stopping after 225.1 MB.
I have 5 years of photos on my iMac, and am freaked out about losing them. Anyone have any ideas?

That'll be the problem then.
iPhoto needs to have the Library sitting on disk formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Users with the Library sitting on disks otherwise formatted regularly report issues including, but not limited to, importing, saving edits and sharing the photos.
Regards
TD

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I have been backing up my entire iPhoto library (about 34GB) to a flash drive every month for the last couple of years.
I tried to do it last night, after upgrading to Mountain Lion, and could not complete the backup. I tried several times, and the same thing happened each time - the first 190MB or so were transferred very quickly, then the pace slowed until finally, after 225.1 MB were transferred, I got an error message: "The operation can’t be completed because an item with the name “iPhoto Library” already exists."
I tried trashing the partial file on the flash drive, renaming the partial file, using Disk Repair - same exact thing happens. Always stopping after 225.1 MB.
I have 5 years of photos on my iMac, and am freaked out about losing them. Anyone have any ideas?

That'll be the problem then.
iPhoto needs to have the Library sitting on disk formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Users with the Library sitting on disks otherwise formatted regularly report issues including, but not limited to, importing, saving edits and sharing the photos.
Regards
TD

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Not without more information - what happens - what errors do you get - if the external drive formatted Mac OS extended (journaled)?
This procedure has been used thousands of times successfully
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That code is
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ioErr
I/O error (bummers)
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Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button,
navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
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Click on the Create button.
Note 1: 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.
Note 2: Your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.
OT

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Q15 http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
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I did a search and found some related topics that helped, but I wanted to make sure I got some more detail on this, as it seems to be a bit more complicated than I thought:
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LN

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https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4921
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Events.
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Regards
TD

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do you want to copy the iPHoto library to a flash drive? If so then format the flash drive Mac OS extended (journaled) and drag the iPhoto library to it
Or
do you want to copy all of your photos from the iPhoto library to a flash drive? If so select them all in iPhoto and export to a desktop folder (see the user tip on exporting for details on the available options), mount the Flash drive and drag that folder to it
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