IPhoto back up to hard drive - not using Time Machine

Hi everyone,
I've gone through the support pages etc but can't seem to find a simple, easy to read and understand way of transferring my photos onto an external hard drive.
What I want to do is get all my iPhoto photos, onto an external harddrive, preferably keeping the folders that are set-up within iPhoto. Is there an easy way to do this? I know I can drop and drag each individual 'event' however it won't seem to move the folder with it - therefore I have to do each 'Event' individually, which will take hours.
Any assistance is greatly appreciated!!
Thanks,
Andrew

Drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity to the external hard drive
Or use a clone program like Carbon Coly Cloner or SuperDuper to do it and update it
LN

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You do not have to use Time Machine.. but the TC is hardly suitable for a NAS.. it has no means to back itself up and is relatively slow. Still that is up to you..
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I have a MacBookPro and had to take it in for servicing. I backed up all my data using Time machine. They had to replace my battery, hard drive, and logic board, basically wiping my slate clean. When I got my computer back and plugged in my hard drive time machine came up asking if I wanted to restore a back up. I chose the drive. Then that drive disappeared from the desktop and changed the disk name from "BACKUP" to "disk1s4" and is unreadable. Cannot get anything off the hard drive.
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Jlk51496 wrote:
When I got my computer back and plugged in my hard drive time machine came up asking if I wanted to restore a back up.
Hi, and welcome to the forums.
Do you mean this window?
or this one?
They are very different, obviously.
Try repairing the drive, per #A5 in [Time Machine - Troubleshooting|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Troubleshooting.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
Why was your Mac seviced? What did they replace?

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I have an external Seagate HD that I used to back up files using Time Machine. How do I now read/open/view the Seagate External Hard Drive to see all that was saved for example documents, photos etc?

probe_droid wrote:
TimeMachine does an exact copy of the hardrive that you backed-up.
Not exactly, but close. It doesn't duplicate files and folders that haven't changed. It creates hard links to the originals so that it looks as if they are in the current dated folders, but they really aren't. I think this even throws off the Finder, sometimes. That's why digging through the Time Machine backup via the Finder is not a good idea and will likely cause more consternation.
Pondini has a nice FAQ and troublshooting site devoted to Time Machine. It is well worth everyone's time to take a look at what he has compiled. On the troubleshooting page are links to some tools that will allow you to peek into the backup and see what has or hasn't been backed up.

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Can you remember what the permissions problem was that you had before? You may need to reinstall OS X from scratch and not reinstall anything from your Time Machine backups. To be on the safe side you should reinstall all third-party applications from scratch, as well. Then only restore from your backup your document/data files.

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I just upgraded a Macbook (2006) hard drive and had problems importing the Time Machine backup. The problem was that the initial install discs were for Tiger, which did not support Time Machine. After numerous attempts at a work-around I solved this problem the following way:
I connected the 2006 Macbook (with new hard drive) to a newer Macbook (with Firewire port) - one with install discs for Leopard (which supports Time Machine).
I launched the newer Macbook with the install disc (#1)
I connected the two Macbook via firewire cable.
I launched the 2006 (new hard drive) Macbook in the Target Disc mode.
I connected the USB external hard drive containing the Tme Machine data to a USB port in the newer Macbook.
Next I went to the Utilities Menu on the Macbook (operating from the Install Disc) and selected Time Machine. I followed the prompts to match the source and destination. The process worked fine.
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Cheers.
Bill

Bill,
No, the glass is half full!! In this case, we (collectively) have three things to brighten our day:
1) That I was mistaken, and that your usage is completely legitimate. I definitely prefer this to what was inherent in my erroneous assumption, and I do not mind being wrong (not in the slightest).
2) That we can be clever enough to overcome obstacles, then go out of our way to share our newfound knowledge with others. More specifically, that you have done so.
3) That we are willing to police ourselves, if and when one of us might go astray. Even if I was wrong in this case, isn't it nice to know I am willing scold someone for being less than honorable?
Perhaps my greatest mistake was the assumption that, if you had the proper disks at one time, you would still have them, or would have said so in your initial post. My apologies. Technically speaking, the media for a given OS should always be somewhere in your possession when running that OS. In practice, however, I strongly believe that some "wiggle room" exists, guided by common sense. In this case, I believe that the fact that you purchased said media gives you a pass, regardless of whether or not you know off the top of your head where it is.
There. Are you still saddened?
Scott

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I guess the external drive is hanging off the Mac..
Getting access to the drive from PC should be possible.. you may need to move public directory onto the external drive and then set up permissions to do it.. I have not done it and simply would not do it.
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C

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Click on it..
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Q3 http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html

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I am very new to Mac and might did something stupid. I have one small portable hard drive that I keep everything in it as my backup. All Photos, music, files, etc, now are gone because I was enable this hard drive to be the Time Machine backup.
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