Images in Finder vs Images in Iphoto

My computer is almost full and I have removed several thousand images from iPhoto to an external hard drive. However, my computer still shows that most of my space is taken up by image files. When I open Finder, the images section shows I have over 17,000 (most are RAW format) images on my Mac. I have done a little research and most of what I read says you cannot erase those images without corrupting iPhoto. I just don't know what else to do. Anyone else have this issue?

You need to move your iPhoto library to a hardwired external disk that is formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) - quit iPhoto and drag the iPhoto library to the EHD, launch iPhoto while holding down the option key until the select library window appears and select the new location - once it is fully tested you can delete the old library test one more time before emptying the trash)
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Cannot move some images in iPhoto to desktop

I cannot move an image from iPhoto to my desktop. Also, when I click on the image in iPhoto to enlarge it, I get an exclamation point. When the image is small size in iphoto, I can see it. But if I click on it to enlarge it in iphoto, I get the exclamation point. Don't know why this is happening? I have Iphoto 09, version 8.1.2 (424) My goal: Be able to move any image in iphoto to my desktop and not get the exclamation point anymore.
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The ! turns up when iPhoto loses the link to the original image - and that's why you can move it to the desktop.
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

How to import images in iPhoto?

I use iPhoto importing images from this same computer and from iPhone with iCloud. A problem I've always suffered also before buying iPhone was that I can't import images in iPhoto.
Well, I can drag an image from, for example, the desktop, but if I delete that file on the desktop I won't be able to open that image in iPhoto, even if I've imported it. This is because of I don't know a way to "consolidate the library" in iPhoto (while I usually do it in iTunes), so iPhoto just manages my images, but it doesn't really import them.
When, in iPhoto, I import a photo shooted with iPhone and showed in Photo Stream, that photo is really copied in the library, so in the computer, and I can delete the photo source, in fact if I delete that photo from Photo Stream that photo will remain however in iPhoto, and if I click on the high menu bar (FIle, Show Original ), a Finder window of the folder in which there is the copied photo will be opened. That finder is "hidden" in the stuff of the iPhoto Library (in Images folder of Mac), but it's not simply to go and find any photo in this way (folders and subfolders named with long numbers).
So can I choose what way to use? The good of that second method is that iPhoto manage directly and really its photos because it "has" them, but the bad is the almost impossible way to find photos in that organization library (waster than iTunes media folder, that is clear). The good of the first method is that no automatic copies will be created because iPhoto just manage photos which remain in my folders, but the bad is that iPhoto doesn't manage them direclty, but depending on my folders and my files wherever and however they are, and I can't edit them because I would change the file that is used in iPhoto with an other different version.
I think this is an annoying problem because there is a file with photos (i.e. the iPhoto Library) that contains copies of photos occuping memory while I don't know this is happening, because that copy is not announced, and simultaneously I have those photos of iPhoto free to be changed and removed with the risk of disappearing from the photos of the program.

I can drag an image from, for example, the desktop, but if I delete that file on the desktop I won't be able to open that image in iPhoto, even if I've imported it
That's an indication that you may have your library set up as a referenced library:
Check the Advanced preferences in iPhoto to see if that checkbox is selected or not. If it isn't checkec, check it and try importing agan.
To make sure all Photo Stream photos are automatically imported into your library set up iPhoto's PS preferences like this:
You should read this User Tip by Terence Devlin which is the best treatise on how to access photos (for use outside of iPhoto): How to Access Files in iPhoto
OT

Rotating images in iphoto & screen saver questions

hi there!!
i'm a newbie to apple discussions! too bad i didn't find out about it BEFORE i broke the cardinal rule and lost nearly my WHOLE library very comforting to see that i'm not the only one ;_
anyway, here are my questions:
1. when i import images into iphoto library, the vertical ones automatically show up in the upright position in the library. BUT when i switch to the edit window they show up sideways. the same is true when i use my iphoto library/folders as a screen saver: even though they are upright in the library, they are being displayed sideways. if i rotate them inside the edit window into the upright position, they show up sideways in my library. it seems like either way i can't win.
2. when i use iphoto library or any of my albums as a screen saver, the slideshow plays for a little while and then stops. i mean, not longer than 2 or 3 minutes long. and sometimes i won't start at all. any ideas??
thank you much!!!
katmack

What version of iPhoto 5 are you running? The iPhoto 5.0.4 Updateupdate fixes that problems.
OT

Can't drag or import images into iPhoto

For some reason, I can't drag images into iPhoto or importing by going to "Add t olibrary"
As opposed to many people I have no problems draggin in jpgs from my computer, but I can't bring in images that iPhoto has sored from my didigtal camera.
In other words, when I import pictures from my digital camera (a regular Sony camera) it imports them no problem, and then stores them in separate folders. But if I ever want to grab images from those folders and drag them back into iPhoto it won't let me.

Try making a direct shortcut to the Organizer and then the Editor.
You should then be able to drag and drop on to the desktop icon.
On Windows right click on the desktop and select New >> Shortcut
Browse to Computer OS C:
And find the PSE Organizer application in Program Files or Program Files (x86) on Windows 7 - 64 bit.
Inside the Adobe >> Photoshop Elements Organizer (yellow folder) you are looking for an application file “PhotoshopEementsOrganizer” with six small icons (e.g. representing thumbnails - could be different in PSE5 but look for the exe file)
Select it and click OK
Click next
Rename by taking out Photoshop Elements leaving just the word Organizer
Then click finish
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You can set up a similar direct link to the Editor application.

Add image to iPhoto library doesn't open IPhoto screen

OS 10.4.10
Ibook G4
1.5 GB Ram
iPhoto 5.0.4
Hi,
When I want to capture a picture, whether from the web or elsewhere, I usually press control-click and a pop down window appears with various choices, one of which is "Add image to iPhoto library". Ordinarily, what happens is that the iPhoto screen appears, says "loading photos" and I see the image I have added.
Today, I have pressed control-click, "Add image to iPhoto library", but the iPhoto window didn't open. The application opened because the tool bar (menu?) at the top was iPhoto, and said so at the far left corner.
The weird thing then was that when I did get the iPhoto screen to open (and I don't remember what I did to do that) all the pictures I thought I hadn't downloaded, were there.
I admit I have been having some weird things going on in all my programs and in the finder, such as lots of the beach ball, and the stopped watch; putting the cursor into a line of text not to select but to write, and the word and/or the line got selected. Other things too. But iPhoto has been reliable up to today. I'm pleased that I /did/ get the pictures after all, but I'd like to know why the iPhoto screen didn't appear as usual.
Thanks for any help you can give,
Rafael

Rafael
My concern is that your issue is not with iPhoto, but a more generalised one - especially when I read
I have been having some weird things going on in all my programs and in the finder, such as lots of the beach ball, and the stopped watch; putting the cursor into a line of text not to select but to write, and the word and/or the line got selected. Other things too.
I would have that Hard Disk checked, this could be the beginnings of a hardware issue.
Regards
TD

Exporting images to Iphoto libraries

I am new to Apple and am probably trying to run before I can walk so apologies in advance if this is a "dumb blonde" question. I have happily been using Iphoto to store/manage and edit my images. I have recently started to shoot in RAW format, and have installed the trial version of Aperture 3 so enable me to work with these images more constructively. When I have enhanced an image and want to "keep" it I was thinking I could put it into Iphoto - for some reason I cannot find a way of doing this or if this is just using up space, how/where is the finished image, as opposed to the master held in Aperture. I don't want to duplicate files just looking for a simple manner to storing my "best" images.

Warienosmum,
iPhoto is in charge of its library, no one else, so there's no such thing as "exporting to iPhoto." Rather you have to use iPhoto to import into iPhoto.
To answer your other question, your versions are stored nowhere as full JPG's or anything like that. Don't go looking for them because they're not there. You can see them rendered for you in Aperture, but if you need them outside Aperture, you must export.
nathan

Inverted black and white images in iPhoto 6

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Macintosh PowerPC G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

iPhoto 6 does not work well with Grayscale. You'll need to convert them to sRGB. They'll still be black & white, but they'll have a color profile that iPhoto 6 will accept. Old Toad created an Automator application to embed the sRGB profile into your photos. Go to his Toad's Cellar and download the "Embed wRGB Color Profile 2" App. In Finder go in your Originals folder, then drop a roll folder containing these photos onto the app.
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I just upgraded to ilife iphoto 09. Now when I alter images in iphoto the iphoto 8.1.2 program freezes up. I have downloaded all the latest updates from apple, but nothing seems to correct this. Anyone else experience this?

I just upgraded to ilife iphoto 09. Now when I alter images in iphoto 8.1.2 the program freezes up. I have downloaded all of the latest updates from apple, but nothing seems to correct this problem. Has anyone else experienced this?
Thanks for your reply,
LuAnn
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To re-install iPhoto
1. Put the iPhoto.app in the trash (Drag it from your Applications Folder to the trash)
2a: On 10.5: Go to HD/Library/Receipts and remove any pkg file there with iPhoto in the name.
2b: On 10.6: Those receipts may be found as follows: In the Finder use the Go menu and select Go To Folder. In the resulting window type
/var/db/receipts/
2c: on 10.7 they're at
/private/var/db/receipts
A Finder Window will open at that location and you can remove the iPhoto pkg files.
3. Re-install.
If you purchased an iLife Disk, then iPhoto is on it.
If iPhoto was installed on your Mac when you go it then it’s on the System Restore disks that came with your Mac. Insert the first one and opt to ‘Install Bundled Applications Only.
If you purchased it on the App Store you can find it in your Purchases List.

How do I Export Raw images from Iphoto to Adobe Photo Elements 4

I recently purchased Photo elements 4 because I could import images from Iphoto in Raw format and work with them. Everything I have read and the instructional video sent to me by Adobe make it look and sound very easy but so far I have had no success.
I have been able to open Bridge and view photos from Iphoto so it seems to me that everything that I have in Iphoto is automatically transfered to Elements 4. However I can not find my Raw images. What am I doing wrong or failing to do and is there some logical sequence that I have to follow to import Raw images.
I am using a Nikon D200 and just to be safe I have been shooting so the images are saved both in JPEG and RAW.
Thanks for any help you can provide

dakota8,
iPhoto and Adobe Bridge are incompatible, so you need to decide which one you want to use (for which photos). iPhoto is a database, with many flexible features for organizing your library and finding your photos. Bridge is a file browser with some organizing capabilities. You absolutely should not use Bridge or any other application (Finder included) to browse the files inside your iPhoto Library folder, as it will damage the iPhoto database. To verify, click on iPhoto's Help and read the section "About using the iPhoto Library."
If you want to keep your RAW files in iPhoto, then you'll need to open them from iPhoto. As Dave E said, this can be done by setting the iPhoto pref to export RAW files. You also need to set PE 4 as the external editor in iPhoto's preferences. With this setup, you can select photos using iPhoto, open the RAW files into PE 4, then edit. Now comes the wrinkle in the workflow. Normally, you would do a Save to cause your edited file to be saved back into the iPhoto library. This Save, not Save As, requires that the filename and extension stay the same. Works great with jpeg files. However, once you edit the RAW, the extension (and file format) must change. Save will not work, because any save at this point is treated like a Save As. So you have to Save As to a folder OUTside of your iPhoto Library, and then import it in as a new file. There will be no link between the edited version and its unedited RAW file. You could organize inside iPhoto to display the edited file beside its original RAW, or keep separate rolls for the originals and edits.
With that in mind, you might not want to save the RAW files in iPhoto at all. You could create your own filing system for them, which you would browse using Bridge. Upload using Image Capture to save your files to a folder of your choice. Once you edit the RAW files and save as another format, you could them import into iPhoto for cataloging or further editing. You'll just have to find the system that works best for you.
BTW, don't save your edited RAW files as Adobe RAW. I tried and discovered that iPhoto refuses to import them at all.
I have been able to open Bridge and view photos from Iphoto so it seems to me that everything that I have in Iphoto is automatically transfered to Elements 4.
There's no transferring involved at all. Bridge is rooting directly inside the iPhoto Library folder. Did I mention that it's best to avoid this?
However I can not find my Raw images.
When you import a file it is saved into the Originals folder. Your RAW files are there, along with any video clips you may have imported.
iPhoto automatically creates a jpeg version of your RAW files and stores it in the Modified folder. It has to do this in order to display the picture on your screen. With video clips, a jpeg of the first frame is created for display purposes.
I am using a Nikon D200 and just to be safe I have been shooting so the images are saved both in JPEG and RAW.
If you import both versions into iPhoto, then you have
Originals - RAW
Modified - jpeg
Originals - jpeg
(Modified - jpeg - if you edit the jpeg version or if they are auto-rotated to portrait orientation)
I don't shoot in RAW, so I can't really comment about which workflow would be the most efficient. I just played with it long enough to realize that there is no easy way to do it.
Regards.

Import image into iPhoto

Hi, I'm trying to assign a folder action to a folder I drop random stuff into. I want to sort out images, and import them into iPhoto, then delete the file.
I'm by no means a good programmer, I've tried to put this together with help from random scripts I've found search for this. I'd like to know if anyone could tell me what's wrong with the script:
Here it is:
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
if the name of aFile contains {".jpg"} ¬
or the name of aFile contains {".gif"} ¬
or the name of aFile contains {".png"} ¬
or the name of aFile contains {".pict"} ¬
or the name of aFile contains {".tiff"} ¬
or the name of aFile contains {".gif"} ¬
or the name of aFile contains {".psd"} ¬
or the name of aFile contains {".bmp"} then
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import from added_items to (the first album whose name is "New images")
delay 5
select (the first album whose name is "New images")
end tell
tell application "Finder" to delete added_items
end if
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property tAlbum : "New images" -- Destination 'iPhoto' album.
property gList : {"bmp", "gif", "jpg", "jpeg", "pict", "png", "psd", "tif", "tiff"} -- List of graphic file extension. Note: Removed unwanted additions.
on adding folder items to tFolder after receiving tItems -- Obtain name of folder and items droppped onto folder.
repeat with i in tItems -- Cycle through the added items.
try -- Capture, and ignore, any AppleScript error(s).
-- When individual items' 'name extension' matches an item in 'dList' then import into 'iPhoto'. Into the first 'New images' album.
if (gList contains (name extension of (info for i))) then
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delay 2.0 -- Wait two (2) seconds.
end if
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try -- Capture, and ignore, any AppleScript error(s).
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activate -- 'iPhoto' is front most process.
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Can I write titles of comments on the picture image using iPhoto?

I will like to be able to write titles or labels in the pictures stored on iPhoto files without the need to go to another photo software.
Is it a way to write descriptive titles on the image using iPhoto?
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punkylobo:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. You will need a 3rd party editor like GraphicConverter or Photoshop Elements 3. Also Gimp is an open source version of Photoshop that would do it. You can find the first two at VersionTracker.com and the other thru a Google search. No matter what editor you use you set up iPhoto (in its preferences) to use that application as the editor of choice when you double click on a thumbnail. You never want to open a file directly thru the editor.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.

Lost images from iphoto

Hi everyone, I am very new to this!. My photos where not in iPhoto this morning so I went into finder and clicked "all images" I highlighted the photos I wanted to put back in the library and drag them over, but they would not drag, then I copied then but they didn't copy then I dragged the "all images" sign and put it over iPhoto and puff it disappeared in a cloud and now my "all images" have gone too! Could someone please suggest how I fix this major problem. Many thanks

This is a relatively simple issue that got a whole lot more complicated.
My photos where not in iPhoto this morning
Option 1 will work in about 90% of cases:
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2 gets the rest
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
But neither may help because:
so I went into finder and clicked "all images" I highlighted the photos I wanted to put back in the library and drag them over, but they would not drag,
Never ever manipulate images in iPhoto via the All Images saved search. It's an excellent way to trash your Library. Please, forget about it, you're better off without it.
and puff it disappeared in a cloud
All you've done there is drag the All Images search from your sidebar.
Try the iPhoto fixes and see if they work.
Regards
TD

Adding images to iphoto library??

i was just wondering.. when you push CTRL + MOUSE CLICK ( i dont know what to call it??) on an image on a website, it says "add image to iphoto library"... i notice that these pictures go into my iphoto program.. but where does the file save to? like if i wanted to use them later?!?! i am very confused.. please help!
and also, when i save pictures files into the iphoto folder (in the finder), they don't show up in the actual iphoto program??
sorry for the dumb questions!!

where does the file save to? like if i wanted to use them later?
There are several ways to access a file that is inside your iPhoto Library:
* Drag and drop - from iPhoto to your desktop or to certain applications will create a copy of the photo outside of your library
* Control-click (or right-click) on a selected photo in your iPhoto library and choose "Show File" to see a Finder window with that file selected.
* File > Export > File Export selected photo(s) to export a copy. This is the most flexible choice, with the option to downsize or rename the files during the export. Great for preparing files for uploading to websites or for storing on CD or DVD. Exporting always creates a copy; iPhoto retains the files inside its database.
when i save pictures files into the iphoto folder (in the finder), they don't show up in the actual iphoto program??
The concept with iPhoto is that you allow it to manage the files. You stay out of its filing system and manipulate your photos via the iPhoto application. This means that to get photos into your library, you must import them. (As Niel said, "consult" iPhoto.) Saving directly into your iPhoto Library folder does not work. Either open iPhoto and choose File > Import, or drag the photo's icon into the iPhoto window.
For more information, try the Apple iPhoto multimedia tutorial here: http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/iphoto/.
No question is dumb except the one that goes unasked. If you need more help, don't hesitate to post.

Image importer fails to import images under iPhoto library folder

If a JPEG image is located in the default iPhoto library directory (i.e. ~/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Originals/...), mdimporter isn't able to import all the metadata from the image. The error message (when -d2 flag is used) is "Importer indicated failure" (full output attached below). When mdls is used to list all the metadata of that image, a lot of metadata is skipped (e.g. kMDItemAcquisitionMake and kMDItemAcquisitionModel). Naturally, mdfind or Spotlight search menu item doesn't see that metadata either.
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IMHO, this is clearly a bug (and I'll report it via bugreporter), but I would still like to hear any workarounds to this issue.
mdimporter output:
mdimport -d2 ~/Pictures/iPhoto\ Library/Originals/2007/Roll\ 43/09012007019.jpg
2007-02-20 16:48:23.173 mdimport[545] Import '/Users/nzhuk/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Originals/2007/Roll 43/09012007019.jpg' type 'public.jpeg' using 'file://localhost/System/Library/Spotlight/Image.mdimporter/'
2007-02-20 16:48:23.173 mdimport[545] Importer indicated failure for file '/Users/nzhuk/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Originals/2007/Roll 43/09012007019.jpg'
2007-02-20 16:48:23.173 mdimport[545] Sending attributes of '/Users/nzhuk/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Originals/2007/Roll 43/09012007019.jpg' to server. Attributes: '{
"comapple_metadatamodtime" = 190044947;
kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2007-01-09 16:15:47 +0200;
kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2007-01-09 16:15:47 +0200;
kMDItemContentType = "public.jpeg";
kMDItemContentTypeTree = ("public.jpeg", "public.image", "public.data", "public.item", "public.content");
kMDItemDisplayName = {"" = "09012007019.jpg"; };
kMDItemKind = {"" = "JPEG Image"; };
MacBookPro 2GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8) iPhoto 6.0.5 (316)
MacBookPro 2GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8) iPhoto 6.0.5 (316)

I can drag an image from, for example, the desktop, but if I delete that file on the desktop I won't be able to open that image in iPhoto, even if I've imported it
That's an indication that you may have your library set up as a referenced library:
Check the Advanced preferences in iPhoto to see if that checkbox is selected or not. If it isn't checkec, check it and try importing agan.
To make sure all Photo Stream photos are automatically imported into your library set up iPhoto's PS preferences like this:
You should read this User Tip by Terence Devlin which is the best treatise on how to access photos (for use outside of iPhoto): How to Access Files in iPhoto
OT

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