IPhoto confusion

hi, I have all current updates for iPhoto, but when I went to download 9.1.5, it said I needed version 9.0 or above. I went searching for 9.0 to no avail and tried 9.1, but this still wouldn't load without 9.0! My current version is 8.1.2 on OSX 10.6.8
I'm having exact same problem with iMovie?
any help truly appreciated as I'm new here

Updates - that is, going from v8.0 to v8.1.2 - are free. These updates consist of bug fixes in the main.
UpGrades - that is going from v8 to v9 -require a purchase. These upgrades consist of new features.
So, to get v9 you'll need to purchase it.
Regards
TD

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IPhoto '08 (7.0.1) has scambled some of my albums

I upgraded my existing iPhoto album from the '06 version to the new '08 version. In doing so, a few strange things happened.
I have about 2200 photos and most of them were already organizaed into albums under iPhoto '06. I was going through some of my albums and noticed that, while all the thumbnails appear in the correct albums, when I click the albums to view the larger image, instead I get a giant (and very blurry) grey spot with an exclamation point on it.
I was worried that iLife had somehow corrupted the photos or lost them completely. Turns out if I look at the name of the photo image (the name in the filesystem), and then do a Spotlight search for the file, these images are all found -- but NOT in the albums where they are supposed to be.
Something about the upload seems to have relocated some of the photos. I haven't gone through everything to find out how many are misplaced.
Does anyone know of a way to get iPhoto to validate the library and correct this? I considered attempting to manually move the files around in the hidden filesystem below iPhoto... but I'm not sure how iPhoto will react to this.

I called AppleCare and they walked me through the rebuild. There are several options... and they wanted me to select all rebuild options. It took about 8 minutes to do my library (of about 2100 photos).
Unfortunately it didn't correct the problem.
Upon re-opening iPhoto, the same "lost" photos were still lost. Thumbnails showed up in the correct albums where I put them, but the full-size versions of the pictures couldn't be found (and were still in the wrong folder).
iPhoto 7 ('08) defines the iPhoto Library as a 'Package' on the Mac -- which hides the actual structure of the filesystem below the package name. This (hopefully) keeps users from messing with it. BUT... by right-clicking the package name, there's an option to 'show package contents' and it's possible to see how it's organized things. (A word to the wise: NEVER attempt to manually move files or photos around inside the iPhoto Library -- let iPhoto manage this library itself).
I'd say the 'library' is partially corrupt, but the files are fine. E.g. once Spotlight shows me where a picture is located, I can open these pictures and it opens with no problem. The problem seems to be iPhoto confusion in that I originally put photos into albums as usual, but a few of them ended up having their full-sized images moved to different albums even though the thumbnails were still in the original albums and the meta-data was telling iPhoto that the photos were still present, when they were not.
The rebuild completed by didn't correct the problem, but since I had taken a good backup the day before doing the upgrade, we quit iPhoto, drug the iPhoto '08 library to the trash, restored the backup, then started iPhoto and allowed it to 'upgrade' the library again.
After restoring the backup & re-upgrading the library again, it seems to have worked. I am unable to find any other corruption and all seems well.
None of the missing photos were pictures that I had played with since upgrading. I had done some re-organizing of 'events' by splitting some events apart (when I could clearly see pictures together that were taken at different real-life activities) and also merged some events back together (e.g. pictures taken on just one vacation would appear as many events because each import from the camera is assumed to be a different event). I don't know if the manipulation of "events" could have caused the problem with Albums.
For now, it's working, I have the original backup (which I'll never delete), and I'll keep an eye on iPhoto and hope this doesn't occur again.

"Revert to Original" Grayed out

I notice on all photos in my iPhoto '08 library that the "Revert to Original" item is grayed out in the menu. This appears for all photos, but I know the originals are in the system, as they can be found in Finder, in the unaltered state that I imported them. Oh, and when I do a right-click on a photo, I just now noticed "Show Original File" is grayed out.
Could this have to do with my dragging files from the iPhoto window to my Photoshop Elements 4.0 dock icon? It seems the funny problems started when I edited a few files that way several days ago. I wonder if saving the changes I made in Photoshop Elements could have left iPhoto "confused" in some way with its complex file-management system.
Oh, and I got the latest iLife software update.

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Using Photoshop (or Photoshop Elements) as Your Editor of Choice in iPhoto.
1 - select Photoshop as your editor of choice in iPhoto's General Preference Section's under the "Edit photo:" menu.
2 - double click on the thumbnail in iPhoto to open it in Photoshop. When you're finished editing click on the Save button. If you immediately get the JPEG Options window make your selection (Baseline standard seems to be the most compatible jpeg format) and click on the OK button. Your done.
3 - however, if you get the navigation window that indicates that PS wants to save it as a PS formatted file. You'll need to either select JPEG from the menu and save (top image) or click on the desktop in the Navigation window (bottom image) and save it to the desktop for importing as a new photo.
This method will let iPhoto know that the photo has been editied and will update the thumbnail file to reflect the edit..
NOTE: With Photoshop Elements 6 the Saving File preferences should be configured: "On First Save: Save Over Current File". Also I suggest the Maximize PSD File Compatabilty be set to Always.
If you want to use both iPhoto's editing mode and PS without having to go back and forth to the Preference pane, once you've selected PS as your editor of choice, reset the Preferences back to "Open in main window". That will let you either edit in iPhoto (double click on the thumbnail) or in PS (Control-click on the thumbnail and seledt "Edit in external editor" in the Contextual menu). This way you get the best of both worlds
2 - double click on the thumbnail in iPhoto to open it in Photoshop. When you're finished editing click on the Save button. If you immediately get the JPEG Options window make your selection (Baseline standard seems to be the most compatible jpeg format) and click on the OK button. Your done.
3 - however, if you get the navigation window that indicates that PS wants to save it as a PS formatted file. You'll need to either select JPEG from the menu and save (top image) or click on the desktop in the Navigation window (bottom image) and save it to the desktop for importing as a new photo.
This method will let iPhoto know that the photo has been editied and will update the thumbnail file to reflect the edit..
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) 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.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
Note: There now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

My new events no longer show up in Events, since I upgraded to iPhoto 11 at the end of March. The number of events goes up, but they no longer show. The photos are in my photo place all right, but everything is getting every messy and confusing. Help!

I upgraded to iPhoto 11 from iPhoto 08 at the end of March, 2012. Since then, although all my photos appear in the library,and the number of events tally goes up, no new events show up in Events. My iPhoto is getting very mess and confusing. I have checked preferences, and they are the same as what I always had (one event/day)

Go into the Event mode and set the View ➙ Sort menu option to By Date, either ascending or descending, and look for the new events at the top or bottom of the list.
You can view the last import in the Last Import section and then Control (right) click on one of the photos and select Show Event. That will take you to the event where you can rename it at the top and then check to see where in the list it is placed.
OT

HT4236 on syncing photos to my iphone from my mac (iphoto), just 2 or 3 per event retain the edited verisons, the rest are shown in the original version. I'm confused by this. Is this a bug? Is there a way to see all the photos on the mac-edited version o

on syncing photos to my iphone from my mac (snow leopard) (iphoto), just 2 or 3 per event retain the edited verisons, the rest are shown in the original version. I'm confused by this. Is this a bug? Is there a way to see all the photos on the mac-edited version on iphn?

Thanks for your reply
I solved my problem,
Definitely a bug in syncing through itunes.
- Connect Iphone with MacBook Pro through USB
- Go to iphone on itunes, photos, deselect photo synchronization.
- Sync (all pics will be removed from iphone)
- Close itunes, iphoto, disconnect iphone
- Select in finder: (home)-pictures-iphoto library.
- Sec click on iphoto library and choose "show package contents"
- Delete iPod Photo Cache
- Close finder
- Empty trash
- Reconnect iphone
- Allow photo synchronization again and everything works smooth.
After this, changes made in iphoto are instantaneously reflected in iphone photos.
Once every hundred photos, one gets detached from iphoto and then changes are no longer reflected (buggy) :-(
In this case I erase the photo in iphoto, sync, go back to iphoto trash, reestablish the photo from the trash and sync again.
Hope this improves. Still have to try cloud though.
Thanks
RC

IPhoto Exporting Quality Size dpi etc. etc. Confused?

Life used to be simple!
JPEG Quality:
If I wanted a photo for view on the web or my computer screen, I wanted a resolution of 72dpi (dots per inch)
If I wanted to it professionally printed, I wanted a resolution of 300dpi, and if I wanted a rough print version for
my home/business printer then I would probably be OK with 150dpi.
Now I can export from iPhoto as JPEG and I am no longer given the resolution options (72 or 150 or 300dpi etc.)
but rather the options for JPEG Quality ARE: Maximimum, High, Medium and Low [unhelpfully referred to as "Smallest size" what else would it be?]
Whatever choice I make appears to make no difference to the visual quality of the picture on screen, but makes a heck of a
difference to the file size AND gives me NO help on what the resolution of the resulting picture is.
0. This would lead me to believe that I should choose Low for ALL web or computer screen uses - as this will result in the
smallest possible file size - which in turn will reduce loading speeds for websites. Is this correct?
Unhelpfully, the iphoto Manual does not explain what these Quality Options mean and therefore I have no idea why or when I should
choose one over another.
1. Can someone out there who really knows their stuff, demystify this for me ?
What do these Quality Options mean, what dpi is assigned to each, and why and when should I coose one over another?
Maximimum
High
Medium
Low
JPEG Size:
This is confusing. If I know that for a particular use I need a particular size photograph (height vs width), I edit it in
iPhoto to the height/width that I need. For example, in the gallery I am using in Rapid Weaver, the designer suggests
a good size for one particular design's revolving banner photos is 980 wide by 656 high - and I am assuming that these are pixel dimensions.
My photos from various sources are inevitably greater than this - and in some cases I might want to re-frame a portrait
photo into a landscape shape. To do this I use the Edit and Crop facility in iPhoto. And I make sure that the photo is edited to
the dimensions I want first.
iPhoto retains the full size photo in it's library, and I can always get it back after cropping if I wish
(by duplicating and reverting to origonal). However once cropped, it helpfully appears to EXPORT the cropped size.
The EXPORT function allows me to chose a JPEG's Size (by which I assume it means pixel width vs height)
2. Can someone tell me the exact effect/meaning of choosing any one of the following - in other words what do these mean or
put another way what pixel size am I choosing for:
Small
Medium
Large
Full Size
3. And am I choosing just the Height size or the Width size and what happens to the other dimension? And how does it
decide? And what are the Heigh or Width sizes allocated to these rather odd choices (Small, Medium, Large, Full Size.)
4. I am assuming that Small must equal a specific Width for a landscape photo, and in that case does it keep the height as it was, or does it constrain the proportions on the basis of the Width it has allocated to Small?
There is a fifth option, but again, it is unclear as to what exactly it does, and I would like help here too! (Sorry, but this is driving me demented!)
Custom
Within Custom, I have three choices:
Width
Height
Dimensions
5. What happens to the Height if I define the Width option? Or similiarly, what happens to the Width if I define the Height option?
6. What on earth does Dimensions mean when it only gives me one dimension to define?
Will it try and make a portrait picture square for example? Is it editing here?
Sorry this is so long, but I would really like to NAIL this - and I suspect I am not the only one!
All I am trying to do is to create the optimized output for the purpose I intend to use a picture for - really simple - or is it?
Thanks to anyone who can have a go at this..... Michael

OK I've got it! - Thanks a thousand - and for anyone who wants a Quick Summary, here it is:
1. Cropping a photo in iPhoto sets the Aspect Ratio
Despite what it appears to do, cropping a photo in iPhoto does not affect the photos’s height or width. It does affect it’s Aspect Ratio - or shape (for example 6 x 4 ), and what is visible within that shape - but not the width or height. Note the absence of inches or cm or meters there. It also affects the content of the picture - or rather which area of the picture is visible (which is the ‘cropped’ area).
So it is OK to Crop the photo in iPhoto, but this should not be confused with the idea that you are cutting the photo into a specific dimension (width or height) - to do that you need the Export facility in iPhoto where you choose a JPEGs Size.
2. JPEG Size
Once the Aspect Ratio is determined (the shape) of the visible area of the picture - the Custom Size Option in the Export Facility can be used to select either the Width or the Height. Obviously if you chose the width, then that measurement will pre-determine the height as iPhoto will calculate the height needed to retain the Aspect Ratio you have set when you cropped it.
If you don’t crop, it will calculate based on the initial Aspect Ratio (shape) of the original photo.
Full Size is exactly that: the image at the dimensions imported from the camera. The others allow you to scale the image. Each reduces the size by about 33% or thereabouts.
Full Size = 100% of the Imported from the camera Dimensions
Large = 66% of the imported Dimensions
Medium = 44% of the imported Dimensions
Small = 29% of the imported Dimensions
As a rule of thumb a 3000 x 2000 (approx) image will reduce to 640 x 480 with the Medium setting
Thumbnails can be generated using the Export and then Web Page function, rather than the File Export function.
Otherwise, you can use the Custom setting to specify an Exact width or an Exact height (and of course the Aspect Ratio will determine the other dimension NOT specified.)
3. JPEG Quality
JPEG Quality is setting the compression of the file which will affect the file size (not the picture Dimensions or the Aspect Ratio), but it will also affect the Quality of the visual image. So here you are seeking to minimise the file size while not losing acceptable visual quality.
Which you choose depends on what you're using the image for... Web site? Start at Low and work from there, if the quality is poor or visually unacceptable, choose a higher quality.
If you are Archiving go for max. The rest - trial and error...
4. For a deeper understanding of these issues
1. Read the thread below AND/OR
2. Take a look at this: The Myth of DPI. AND
3. This: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4921
Clarity Rules! - And many many thanks to Terence Devlin for the lesson...

Confused about projects after moving from iPhoto

Hi
I recently moved 13k+ photos and 347 projects from iPhoto to A3 primarily for the better editing capabilities of A3. I shoot for fun , not professionally
i am reading the A3 manual and their screenshots seem to show another structure in place then mine (see image).
basically, under the Projects & Albums, I have a duplication of every project that is seen in the Aperture 3 Library, Projects view i.e. a long list of 347 projects Is this normal?
if so, I think what is confusing me is why the redundancy since in iPhoto, all i used were Events/Projects and keywords to organize and not sure why each project also appears seperately below in the Projects and Albums section
I think I understand smart albums and will create using keywords since albums are just a collection of aliases (correct?) so I can create, delete as needed, just like in iTunes
that being the case, why would I use folders? often one of my projects could consist of multiple activities (ex. vacation which has hiking, camping, water shots, wildlife, etc) so I am not sure how or why I would use folders.
I guess I could have a folder labeled Vacations and stick projects in that or could i just also assign a keyword "vacations" and then I could search for photos that are vacations and wildlife?
If i use folders, then when i import a project, i guess I would need to assign it to a folder?
Also a project could contain multiple folders and albums?
maybe i am confused because there too many choices
thanks for any advice

Yes, now that we can see your your screenshot it is easier to understand what you are asking. Kirby's brief naming essay will have given you already a very good introduction to the library structure, and I am sure he will elaborate on that when he returns to this thread. Just a few additional pointers to the different sections of the Inspector window; for coming from iPhoto you might be puzzled; everything seems to be there twice, which can be confusing.
The upper part of the Inspector panel (With the Heading "Aperture 3 Library and with Projects, Faces, Places, Photos ...) offers different views of your Library: Each view projects (like the vies of a database) the metadata of your images and groups the images in a specific way: in the "Faces View" you can assign names to the faces and browse the images grouped according to persons, in the Places View you assign locations and group according to locations, etc. You use these views for specific tasks.
The lower part, with the headline "Projects & Albums" organizes your storage structure, like Kirby described in his post.
A flat structure with 300 projects at the same level will make the access difficult, even if you use smart albums - for you, and or Aperture as well.
If you think about it, the folder structure is static and created once, when you import your images. That does not need much processing on Aperture's side when you reopen a Aperture Library.
The smart albums are dynamic - computed each time you change or assign a metadata tag. And if your smart albums are defined in the scope of the whole library, then each time you change a keyword all of your library has to be processed. So if you are not too fond of watching the beachball spinning, it is wise to be frugal with the use of smart albums and don't use them for tasks that can easily be solved by the static organisation. Also folders can be used to limit the scope of smart albums - why search for images of grizzlies in your Hawaii projects; if all your Alaska projects are contained in one folder, you can define a smart album of bears inside that folder, and thus avoid searching the anniversary images and other vacation shots.
Bummer - none of the iPhoto keywords seen to have come across
That really is a bummer - how did you import your iPhoto library?
Regards
Léonie

IPhoto 9.6 won't upload new pics/confuses thumbnails

So frustrated!
I upgraded my MacBook Pro to OX Yosemite 10.10.1 and iPhoto to 9.6... everything should be up to date. But when I opened iPhoto to import new pictures, it pretends to upload them but doesn't actually. In my "Last Uploaded" folder, there are the correct number of photos that I tried to upload, but the thumbnails are random pictures from five, ten years ago. When I click on the thumbnail, it is the actual picture I tried to upload. Confusing, right?
Well, I go into my Events library to see if my new pictures are there-- nope! Instead, the photos from the jumbled up thumbnails are there as if I had just imported THEM (the pictures from years and years ago). It's so confusing. I tried to rebuild the thumbnail library but it didn't solve the problem. I am almost about to have a break down trying to figure this out. Please help.

Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - from the resulting first aid window rebuild thumbnails - if needed repair permissions and if necessary rebuild your database
LN

What exactly is the difference between the new photos app for mac and iPhoto? i'm very confused...

Ever since i've bought my macbook pro i used iPhoto to organize my photos. Now apple added this new photos app and i don't really understand what is it meant for? can someone please explain me the difference? I'm very confused about the purposes of both apps....

Now apple added this new photos app and i don't really understand what is it meant for? can someone please explain me the difference? I'm very confused about the purposes of both apps....
Photos is a completely new designed photo application, designed for Yosemite and the MacOS X versions to come. Many differences are under the hood. It uses the new system libraries and frameworks for more efficient image processing on the new powerful macs, like the mac pro, it is extensible by app extensions, if other developers will add functionality, and most important, it brings integration with iCloud Photo Library. With Photos you can store your photo library in iCloud and sync it across all devices.
Some features are still missing however, and you can continue to use iPhoto, if you like. Or create a small Photos library for testing and explore Photos, while keeping your main libraries in iPhoto.

Iphoto 11 - Duplicates and confusing suffixes on External Edit

Just a warning. Iphoto 11 has some changes that make it difficult to use an external editor.
I use iphoto in my photo processing process to edit photo's externally with photoshop CS4. I like iphoto for cropping because it has standard frame sizes and I like its view on the database. I also like iphoto as easy to understand. I also use(d) iphoto because it is easy edit on my mac laptop and then finally import the new iphoto library into aperture when done.
Iphoto 11 now creates a duplicate file so you will have the original raw and duplicate when you are done, in your iphoto library. It is very confusing because they have the same names and you grab one thinking its the other.
In addition, I am getting all kinds of errors in transferring files from iphoto to CS4. I think what is happening is that iphoto is saving in tiff but putting a jpg suffix on it and CS4 is seeing it as a corrupt jpeg and won't open.
Anyway, until apple/adobe coordinate on this, iphoto is not longer easy to use with an external editor.
You might want to stay in iphoto 9 until they get the bugs out or consider moving to lightroom or aperture if you are a heavy photoshop user.
If I am wrong, I would appreciated feedback. I have struggled with it for 1/2 a day and given up for now.
Scott

YEs - this is very frustrating. I was trying to use CaptureDX2 to edit the Raws - using it as an external editor. But when you open up the external program, iPhoto quickly creates a duplicate image in your library - a view of the browser shows that this thumbnail image in the library points to the original file, in this case the RAW file I was trying to edit. ARGHH. This, obviously, makes a mess of the library (with duplicate thumbnails every time you'd open the file to edit in the external editor. Does anyone have any ideas regarding this?

Iphoto Library confusion- removing duplicates - photo appears too small now

I have a massive mess in my Iphoto library so please excuse the confusion of this question but I can't simplify it any more
1) I had many duplicate photos so I recently started deleting duplicates manually through the Iphoto window.
2) I also have two photo libraries. I made a new library awhile back on the advice of this forum as I had Question Marks instead of pictures. I never removed the old library and now not sure what to do with it. Should I trash it?
3) After deleting duplicates and rebuilding thumbnail cache as it prompted me, now when I look at some of the photos they appear very small in the Iphoto viewer window and others appear fully. When I try to make them bigger in the Iphoto window they become fuzzy..
4) However, when I look at the actual files in the library in the Finder, I see I still have these photos in quadruplicate plus I have backups on other drives..
5)When I look at each copy of the same exact photo all of them appear in Preview as the same size as they do in the Iphoto library window. All except one - this one appears full screen...and very clear. The one that appears clear is actually visible in the finder menu where as the others all just have the jpeg icon...
6) How do I get my photos to appear as there full size in the iphoto library...Thank you....

I have a massive mess in my Iphoto library so please excuse the confusion of this question but I can't simplify it any more
1) I had many duplicate photos so I recently started deleting duplicates manually through the Iphoto window.
2) I also have two photo libraries. I made a new library awhile back on the advice of this forum as I had Question Marks instead of pictures. I never removed the old library and now not sure what to do with it. Should I trash it?
3) After deleting duplicates and rebuilding thumbnail cache as it prompted me, now when I look at some of the photos they appear very small in the Iphoto viewer window and others appear fully. When I try to make them bigger in the Iphoto window they become fuzzy..
4) However, when I look at the actual files in the library in the Finder, I see I still have these photos in quadruplicate plus I have backups on other drives..
5)When I look at each copy of the same exact photo all of them appear in Preview as the same size as they do in the Iphoto library window. All except one - this one appears full screen...and very clear. The one that appears clear is actually visible in the finder menu where as the others all just have the jpeg icon...
6) How do I get my photos to appear as there full size in the iphoto library...Thank you....

Confused... iPhoto import

Ok.. I am very confused as how to use iPhoto. I want to import photos from my camera onto my Mac and and need some clarification here. For some reason, it feels like I haven't got the hang of it!
1. After, my camera is detected as a mounted volume, iPhoto opens and kind of hangs for some time. It takes a while for my camera to be displayed in the devices section of iPhoto. Is this the general behavior? I noticed that iPhoto hangs for atleast 5-10 minutes before I can proceed with the import.
2. What does the option 'copy to iPhoto library during import' really do? I have posted previously on a similar topic but still I get so confused. Please help me. What really happens with that option checked and unchecked? How would it affect the import of photos from my camera? Would it mean iPhoto duplicates the imported photos? Confused a lot with this option....
3. Is there any other way for me to import? Or should I just use iPhoto, because it doesn't give me the flexibility to organize the photos as I wish on my Mac...

1. After, my camera is detected as a mounted volume, iPhoto opens and kind of hangs for some time. It takes a while for my camera to be displayed in the devices section of iPhoto. Is this the general behavior? I noticed that iPhoto hangs for atleast 5-10 minutes before I can proceed with the import.
No - this is not normal
How much free disk space do you have (you should have a minimum of 10GB of available disk at all times)
2. What does the option 'copy to iPhoto library during import' really do? I have posted previously on a similar topic but still I get so confused. Please help me. What really happens with that option checked and unchecked? How would it affect the import of photos from my camera? Would it mean iPhoto duplicates the imported photos? Confused a lot with this option....
It means that "iPhoto copies imported items to the iPhoto library"
Once the photos are successfully copied into the iPhoto library you can delete the originals that yo impoted - never go into the iPhoto library and never make any changes in the iPhoto library using any program except iPhoto
3. Is there any other way for me to import? Or should I just use iPhoto, because it doesn't give me the flexibility to organize the photos as I wish on my Mac...
You can use image capture - or any program of or choice - in the iPhoto preferences set the program you want as the action when a camera is connected - or set no program and just drag them where you want them
Or should I just use iPhoto, because it doesn't give me the flexibility to organize the photos as I wish on my Mac...
That is your choice - iPhoto is a very powerful photo manager - if you want a file manager then you should not use it - but you will be missing a lot - for simply managing files use the finder or Google Picaso for Mac
LN

IPhoto 08-Libraries(confused)

I have in the past used iPhoto 5, but just recently upgraded to 08. I have 4 Libraries and am using
iPhoto Library Manager.
Now for my problems::
ONE Library has all blanks and when I try to open, I get "rebuilding thumbnail caches". when that is complete, no photos, only blanks. I think that happened when I tried to open iPhoto by holding the option key and clicking on the iPhoto icon in the dock and then choosing the Library I wanted to open.
This Library is one I would like to remove, for it appears to be a dup of another, but in my PICTURES
FOLDER, names on the icons are not matching the names of the libraries in IPLM.
I'm told that to completely remove the library, I need to drag to the trash, but don't know which is the right icon. I'm sure this sounds confusing but trusting someone can give me some clues. I'm very cautious, not wanting to "mess up" even more.
Jack

Rename the libraries with iPLM and then check via the Finder to see if that will help with the library identification of the libraries in the Finder. That should enable you to better identify which library is which.
For the problem library, open it and then close. Now launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library. Select the first three options. If that doesn't help try rebuilding that library with iPhoto Library Manager. It creates a new library, which you can name for easy identification, and uses the AlbumData.xml file to create the library. If it isn't any better than the original you can trash it.
With renaming and check via the Finder you should be able to identify the problem library and delete it.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) 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.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. Just put the application in the Dock and click on it whenever you want to backup the dB file. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
Note: There's now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

Hi, I upgraded to OX X Mountain Lion, and now I can't upload any pictures from iphoto/desktop to email, etc. After I choose my file and hit "attach file" to upload, it says: "Invalid File Specified". I am using jpg, so I'm confused. Any suggestions?

Hi, I recently upgraded to OX X Mountain Lion, and now I cannot upload any of my pictures from iphoto or even my desktop to email, etc. After I choose my file and hit "attach file" to upload, it says: "Invalid File Specified". I am using jpg, so I'm confused. Any suggestions?

Not having a media card in your BlackBerry may affect your ability to transfer media files onto it. There is a file size limit of 2.86MB when transferring files into device memory. http://bbry.lv/9XNuy0
Have you verified that the applications you are trying to install are supported by your current wireless provider? Unlocked devices from one provider may not have full functionality on another network.
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I am trying to upgrade my iPhoto 09 version 8.1.2 to iPhoto 11 on my mac but i am confused

I currently have iPhoto '09 version 8.1.2 which was installed on my Macbook when I bought it. I have recently upgraded to OX Lion & want to upgrade to iPhoto '11 so I can use iCloud between my mac & iPhone but every time I click on the App in the App Store it keeps giving me a warning message: "iPhoto 8.1.2 is already installed and was not purchased from the Mac App Store - Do you want to buy iPhoto 9.2.3?"
I am worried that if I select BUY it will delete my current iPhoto programme & I will lose everything?
can anybody tell me what to do?

Back up your library and install it.
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