Iphoto '11 file system

I use photoshop elements 11 with the organizer as my photo catalog. I have deleted my photos off my iphone. I want to get a selet few of the photographs back onto my phone. I thought the easiest way would be to use iphoto with itunes. I don't want to email myself each individual photograph back to myself. My filing system is as following tree
Pictures/photoshop/Each year I have take photographs/Month I have taken photographs/
I want to keep the photographs in their current location. I have about 4500 photographs now and growing.
Can I import my photoshop file with all folder with all the subfolder and future folders into iphoto library without disturbing my filing system and file links to catalog in photoshop elements organizer?

No if you want to manage files then iPhoto is the wrong program to use -- it manages photos not files - referencing your file structure is strongly not recommended - and direct access into the iPhoto library is not supported
There is no work around -- you either use iPhoto the way it works or you use a different program
iPhoto does not work for people who manage files - it is a DAM (digital Asset Manager) that uses a SQLite database and you can not access or control the structure of that database. you must either find a different program or learn how to use a database and change your workflow to use it. iPhopto is not the program for your requirements
LN

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iPhoto'09 allows you to import the albums/events selectively. However iPhoto'011 does not allow that from Elements Organizer.
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I thought this was a pretty simple process.
I heard that you can make it so that when you import photos into iPhoto it will leave the pictures and/or folders in their original file system and NOT import them into iPhoto's file system.
I was really excited about this because I HATE how iPhoto organizes photos...I can never find one if I look for it in Finder.
So I unchecked the button under Advance so that I could keep my own file system/organization.
I cleared out all the photos from iPhoto and deleted all files in the iPhoto Library folder.
I have several folders, about 15, which have names such as "My Birthday" or "Sister's Birthday" and corresponding pictures in the folders. These folders are inside one folder on my Desktop.
I thought that if I simply dragged that single folder into the iPhoto window it would import all the folders, BUT KEEP THEM THERE. I thought that it would use that folder as reference.
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Thanks that cleared a few things up.
I imported that single folder off the desktop into iPhoto. Now if I go into my iPhoto library and into Originals I'm presented with the year and if I go into a specific year then I can find all my files easily...in my own file organization.
The year thing is no big deal, even though one year says 1969. I can deal with it.
However, each individual picture files is now an alias.
The whole reason I wanted to do this from the beginning was to:
1) Get MY photos in MY own organization.
2) Save disk space
You see, because I don't like iPhoto's organization at all I've been keeping two different "libraries".
I have the folder on my desktop with ALL the pictures in MY own organization.
Then in iPhoto I have ALL the same photos, but in iPhoto's organization. I don't use iPhoto for editing at all so I never get confused about whether iPhoto or my desktop folder has the newest version.
So a quick run through:
I'll have taken picture with my digital camera. I pop the card into the reader and copy the files into the desktop folder and name/organize them etc. Then I will copy that folder into iPhoto.
The resultant is I have my own "library" on my desktop to quickly access photos and then I have the same exact photos in iPhoto, but where I can easily mail them and show them off.
Do you understand how I have this set up...? I know it's a little confusing.
As you can see have these two libraries double disk space. So I want to only have the iPhoto library, but in my OWN file organization so that I can find it easily.
Now back to the alias thing...
It seems if I delete the folder off the desktop then the alias will be looking at nothing and then I won't have any photos. yikes!
Hopefully you followed this.
All I want it to be able to use iPhoto, but have its library so that I can organize it.
Thanks again. Major points for you if you can help me some more.

IPhoto The library could not be opened because the file system of the library's volume is unsupported.

Have Yosemite installed on both my MBA and Mac Pro. iPhoto 9.0 running well on the MBA but when I tried opening iPhoto on my Mac pro get the message "The library could not be opened because the file system of the library's volume is unsupported." This is after I upgraded iPhoto.
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While holding down the command & option keys boot into iPhoto and have it repair the Library. If that does not work then download "Library Manager" and have that program work. I found that better than the Apple program.

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A while ago I moved all my pictures from a 2007 MacBook to a 2006 iMac. I bought the iMac from the school I attended and it was running an older version of iPhoto. Instead of "Events" they were "Rolls." Anyway, I've since updated to iPhoto '11 9.2.1. On my MacBook I frequently opened the iPhoto library to access photos for emailing or uploading rather than going through iPhoto. I've never modified any folders or photos or anything else within the file system, only in iPhoto. Ever since I updated iPhoto, however, something strange has occurred. The file tree used to mimic the events in iPhoto so it was easy to locate the pictures I wanted. Now, it is very confusing. All previous events from my MacBook are the same, but new photos aren't. After importing photos and organizing them into events, the file system doesn't reflect it. Instead, my photos within the file system are all over the place. The organization is based on the date of importing and not the events in iPhoto which frustrates me to no end since I am a bit OCD with file organization. Anyway, does anyone know what I can do? It drives me crazy. In iPhoto itself, the photos are organized by event exactly like I want. In the file system in Finder, however, it is not. You might ask why I care.... I just do. Obviously something is wrong and/or different than before.
If this has been answered before, I apologize. I've tried to do some research so if you know where, just point me in the right direction. Thank you SO much for any help!

Answered here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/8925249#8925249
Unfortunately I couldn't find it until I asked it and it was suggested on the sidebar. Sorry everyone!

Reloading iphoto library and streamlining iphoto file system.

I had a hard-disk failure recently, and lost a lot of photos: basically all the full size files. Only the thumbnails remained on the system disk, so when I had the new drive installed, the engineer made these the iphoto library.
Fortunately, I had most of my photos backed up on a separate harddrive (in the 'originals' folder). What is the best way of putting these into my iphoto library in place of the thumbnails already there? (ie, don't want to see both in iphoto).
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raggabishp
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Is there anything that can be done ... put it back on a date-based filing system?
No, once you use iPhoto 6, that's the file system. But it's not that difficult to follow: A Note about the iPhoto Library Folder:
In this folder there are various files, which are the Library itself and some ancillary files. Then you have three folders
Originals are the photos as they were downloaded from your camera or scanner.
(ii) Modified contains edited pics, shots that you have cropped, rotated or changed in any way.
This allows the Photos -> Revert to Original command - very useful if you don't like the changes you've made.
(iii) Data holds the thumbnails the the app needs to show you the photos in the iPhoto Window.
Finding the Picture file is easy: There are three ways (at least) to get files from the iPhoto Window.
1. Drag and Drop: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
2. File -> Export: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
3. Show File: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
Rolls in the iPhoto Window correspond exactly with the Roll Folders in the Originals Folder in the iPhoto Library Folder. You can move photos between Rolls, you can rename rolls, edit them, create them, as long as you do it via the iPhoto Window. Check out the Info Pane (wee 'i', lower left) the name and date fields are editable. Edit a Roll Name using the Info Pane, the Roll Folder in iPhoto Library Folder/Originals will also have the new name.
So the structure is different, but - especially if you use the Film Rolls view - very straightforward.
There is no easy way to rid yourself of these 'thumbs become originals'. If the thumbs have the same filenames as the Originals, then you could overwrite the thumbs with the Originals, but you would need to do that on a file by file basis, I'm afraid.
Other than that, compare the full size pics with the thumbs and trash the duplicates is all I can suggest.
Regards
TD

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TS4213 Why can't iPhoto, Pages, Numbers, Keynote and iMovie access my iTunes Library files and Pages, Numbers, Keynote and iMovie access my iPhoto Library files now that I upgraded to '11?

Why can't iPhoto, Pages, Numbers, Keynote and iMovie access my iTunes Library files and Pages, Numbers, Keynote and iMovie access my iPhoto Library files now that I upgraded to '11?
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1. In Pages, Numbers & Keynote, when I go to the media browser the Audio section reads "Open iTunes to populate this list" even after iTunes has been opened, .xml file has been replaced/repaired, etc AND Photo section reads "Open iPhoto to see photos from your iPhoto Library in this list" even after iPhoto Library has been replaced and new default library created.
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I have the same problem on a new MacBook Pro. I have not been able to access the iTunes library from iPhoto since I got this computer. I looked in the Preferences file and deleted the com.apple.iApps.plist but there was no com.apple.iApps.lockfile so I just deleted the iAPPs.plist and rebooted the computer. Still no iTunes available in iPhoto.
All my music is in iTunes and plays. After reading the above I brought up Pages and I was able to access music and insert a track into a document.
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IPhoto9: "library could not be opened because the file system of the library's volume is unsupported."

Can please anyone help me with this issue.
After upgrading from iPhoto8 to iPhoto9 my library won't open anymore. I have stored all my pictures on a NAS (Buffalo Link Station Duo). It all worked fine but since upgrading to iPhoto9 I do have the following problem:
When opening iPhoto I receive a message that the library needs to be updated. I assume that iPhoto should just do this sort of automatically in order to upgrade to iPhoto9.However, next message I receive then is
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There is no solution.
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Old Toad
Burning dvd's for back up.
I see that if I command-click Event folders the size increases down where it says information in the left bottom corner. Keep it to 4gig or less for each dvd. That works for me. When doing this does it also save any keywords etc.
I would happily go through my library this way to get a secure iphoto archive. Safest way... no?
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ps./ I went to your site. What's up with this font - HelveticaNeue.dfont. Do I need this?
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Dave Stamm

David:
If you use the Share->Burn menu option you will preserve the keywords, comments and titles.
Burning to DVD is a good way to archive the photos for later use in iPhoto if necessary. To get those photos back into an iPhoto library just mount the disk with iPhoto open. It will show up in the left hand pane under the Events and Photos icon. Drag the entire disk icon or drag individual albums or events (not shown in the video screenshot below) onto the Events icon like this.
However, for a way to quickly recover from a damaged library I suggest a backup copy of the library on a second hard drive. You can perform incremental backups of the library, copying only new or editied files, with a backup application like Synk. It only takes about a minute or less to perform an incremental backup. There are several other backup applications that can do incremental backups on iPhoto Library packages. Yes external HDs can fail but having both fail at the same time would be unusual unless you were to experience a power surge that would blow everything powered up. I have an external HD that I only turn on when I do a backup of specific files and folders (in addition to Time Machine), daily or every other day.
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OT

Should a graphic designer use Iphoto for file management ?

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kidquotes:
I would seriously look into a more robust DAM (digital asset management) application. The one that I use is Media Expression. It allows you to manage your folder system, move image files between folders from within the application, rename files, add metadata and write them to the files so they travel with them.
Go go The DAM Forum where professional photographers discuss the various DAM applications and their relative merits, etc. Expression Media was originally iView MediaPro and, at the time, was consdered one of the very best. EM was bought by Microsoft (ugh) but has evolved into am improved product but is more expensive.
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I'm a new convert from the Windows world. I'm trying to setup multiple accounts for each user within my household. However, I'd like us to all share the same set of folders for photos within iPhoto and music in iTunes. Is it best to just used the "shared" folder instead of keeping them in the standard home directory and trying to share those folders with other users? What is the best approach to this. I would imagine most people do this for managing their music if not photos as well. Just trying to learn best practice on the file system management before I copy over gigs of files from my old PC.
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champlir
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. This might help with iPhoto.
There are two ways to share, depending on what you mean by 'share'.
If you want the other user to be able to see the pics, but not add to, change or alter your library, then enable Sharing in your iPhoto (Preferences -> Sharing), leave iPhoto running and use Fast User Switching to open the other account. In that account, enable 'Look For Shared Libraries'. Your Library will appear in the other source pane.
Remember iPhoto must be running in both accounts for this to work.
If you want the other user to have the same access to the library as you: to be able to add, edit, organise, keyword etc. then:
Quit iPhoto in both accounts
Move the iPhoto Library Folder to an external HD set to ignore permissions. You could also use a Disk Image or even partition your Hard Disk.
In each account in turn: Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting dialogue, select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new library location. From that point on, this will be the default library location. Both accounts will have full access to the library, in fact, both accounts will 'own' it.
However, there is a catch with this system and it is a significant one. iPhoto is not a multi-user app., it does not have the code to negotiate two users simultaneously writing to the database, and trying will cause db corruption. So only one user at a time, and back up, back up back up.
Finally: If you’re comfortable in the Terminal, and understand File Permissions, ACL’s etc., some folks have reported success using the process outlined here . (Note this page refers to 10.4, but it should also work on 10.5). If you’re not comfortable with the terminal, and don’t know an ACL from the ACLU, then you’re best doing something else... Oh, and the warning about simultaneous users still applies.
Regards
TD

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