Iphoto cleanup and migration to Apeture
I have been using Iphoto for some time now on my mac book pro and ammased at 92gig photo library.
Unknowigly i didnt know that rotating photos or touching up red eyes would create duplicate photos in my iphoto library, taking my library size to: 92gig masters and 120 gig in previews!!!!
Add to that an iphone chache of 60gig and you can tell I made some big misatkes along the way to managing my library of photos.
Well I have spent a fair bit of time reading about what to do. I am now ready to migrate to apeture BUT I just want some piece of mind before I do it so I dont destroy my library.
I am planing to copy and move my current library to a external drive as a fall back in case I make a mistake.
Then with the photo library still on my mac I will rename it and this will be what I use going forward as my apetrue photo library.
Not sure about the following:
1) How do I get ride of all the previews and iphone cache from the library so that when I assign that as the aperture library I dont have the same issue again?
2) I am planing to get ride of (if possible) my whole previews section of the library, all I want is the originals. I have not done any major photo editing to any photos so I am happy to losse those as long as I have my originals.
However, I have read that previews may also make up any photos that I have uploaded online? Is this true?
EG: I have uploaded photos from iphoto to facebook albums. If I get ride of all my previews will the connection to the album on facebook be lost? Im thinking it wont but just after piece of mind.
3) I have every photo ever imported into Iphoto stored also on my mac book pro hard drive in a seperate folder to the iphoto library. When a photo is imported to iphoto or appetrue its imported to the library, also on the hard drive. So to avodi making further mistakes after I upload a photo into Iphoto or Appeture I really should be removing the photo from mt harddrive right? Pretty sure I should be as its now in the main library but just after reassurance.
4) open to idea to help me manage my library better in future. I have always broken my photos up into events but when I migrate to appeture I may have a lot more better options available. Happy to hear of any best practise you may have for managing large libraries.
Thanks in advance for any tips you can give me.
Previews are a key part of the iPhoto (and Aperture) workflow and you might want to think carefully before getting rid of them.
Remember that iPhoto (and Aperture) is a non-destructive processing tool. When you edit a shot - like fix red eye - your master file is not touched. Instead, your decision is recorded in the database and applied live to the shot when you view it. So, what you see in the iPhoto window is your Master+you decision. The edits are not committed to the photograph until you create a new file that includes them. To do that, you export. File -> Export, and anything you export (except at the Original setting, of course) will contain the edits in a new file.
Obviously that would be tedious to do everytime you wanted to email a snap to Grandma or upload a shot to FB. So, to ease that issue we have Previews. These are medium quality versions of the photos, with little metadata, that can be accessed via Media Browser and/or drag and drop.
Removing the Previews means removing that capability, and every time you want to use a shot in a Word Processing document or sync to your iPhone means you have to export it to the Finder first.
Just bear that in mind.
1) How do I get ride of all the previews and iphone cache from the library so that when I assign that as the aperture library I dont have the same issue again?
Aperture has options to generate, remove or change the quality of Previews, so you will manage those in Aperture. There is nothing to be done before migrating to Apertrue that cannot be done more safely afterwards. See the Help on Aperture for more.
However, I have read that previews may also make up any photos that I have uploaded online? Is this true?
EG: I have uploaded photos from iphoto to facebook albums. If I get ride of all my previews will the connection to the album on facebook be lost? Im thinking it wont but just after piece of mind.
Depending on the specific method you used to upload, yes it is very likely that those are the Previews - otherwise your facebook shots would have red eye and be the wrong orientation. (This is why Previews are used. Same in Aperture, but you can chose simply not to integrate with other apps.)
I'm not absolutely sure what will happen to your FB albums if you delete the Previews. I'd ask that on the Aperture forum.
o to avodi making further mistakes after I upload a photo into Iphoto or Appeture I really should be removing the photo from mt harddrive right? Pretty sure I should be as its now in the main library but just after reassurance.
That is wasting disk space, and as it's not even on another disk it doesn't constitute a back up.
4) open to idea to help me manage my library better in future. I have always broken my photos up into events but when I migrate to appeture I may have a lot more better options available. Happy to hear of any best practise you may have for managing large libraries.
I'd ask that one on the Aperture forum. It doesn't use Events but a similar concept called projects. FWIW I have my basic organisation is a Folder per year and within it, a project for either chunks of the year - like Spring 05 - or specific events - John's Wedding. Pretty much everything else is done with Keyowrds.
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regards,You might want to have a llook at the iPhoto tutorials. They cover a lot of these basics.
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*How to do it:*
Simply go to iPhoto Menu -> Preferences -> Advanced and uncheck 'Copy Files to the iPhoto Library on Import'.
*What Happens:*
Now iPhoto will not copy the files, but rather simply reference them on your HD. To do this it will create an alias in the Originals Folder that points to your file. It will still create a thumbnail and, if you modify the pics, a Modified version within the iPhoto Library Folder.
*Some things to consider:*
1. Importing and deleting pics are more complex procedures. You have to to put the files where they will be stored before importing them. When you delete them you'll need to remove the files from the HD yourself.
2. You cannot move or rename the files on your system or iPhoto will lose track of them on systems prior to 10.5 and iPhoto 08. Even with the later versions issues can still arise if you move the referenced files to new volumes or between volumes.
3. Most importantly, migrating to a new disk or computer can be much more complex.
4. Because iPhoto has no tools for managing Referenced Files, if, for some reason, the path to the photos changes then you could find yourself resolving aliases for +each photo in the Library+ one by one.
My own opinion:
I've yet to see a good reason to run iPhoto in referenced mode unless you're using two photo organisers
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3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
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*For Users of 10.5 and later*
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*For users of 10.4 and later* ...
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+Some Other Comments+
iPhoto will not touch any file outside its library. Period.
It will copy files on import and leave existing files untouched,
It will delete files within the Library but not outside the Library.
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I just did a test by editing a photo using Canon Professional and the changes were not reflected in iPhoto. And vise versa.
The point of iPhoto is that you interface with your Photos via the Application. Like Addressbook for your contacts, iTunes for your Music, it's the go-to app for your Photos.
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You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.
Note that iPhoto sends a copy+ of the file to Photoshop, so when you save be sure to use the Save command, not Save As... If you use Save As then you're creating a new file and iPhoto has no way of knowing about this new file. iPhoto is preserving your original anyway.
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