IPhoto duplicate deletions with 2 Libraries
I want to designate my iPhoto Library to an external firewire directory. (I do this in iTunes without issues) Yet it seems this features does not exist in iPhoto 6.
Now I have an iPhoto library on my external firewire drive and on my iMac both named iPhoto Library (or whatever the default name is) So consequently I have a multitude of duplicates. My first thought was to delete my iMac library...but I noticed I have a 2006 folder here and not on my external. Which got me thinking when in 2005 did I make the switch…can't remember and now I'm worried about losing photos with a library deletion.
iPhoto discussions tells me there are 2 options for duplicate deletions.
1: Duplicate Annihilator from Brattoo Software
or
2: iPhoto Diet (which currently does not work on iPhoto 6)
Are there any other solutions?
iMac (Early 2006) Mac OS X (10.4.7)
André:
You can use iPhoto Library Manager to merge two libraries or move photos, albums and/or rolls from one library to another. Once you get all of your photos into the library on the external HD you can delete the other one. Once you have merged the libraries you can use Duplicate Annihilator to cull out any duplicates that may exist.
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Migrating from iPhoto for iOS to Photos on iOS 8 - Apple Support
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Moving the iPhoto library is safe and simple - quit iPhoto and drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity to the external drive - depress the option key and launch iPhoto using the "select library" option to point to the new location on the external drive - fully test it and then trash the old library on the internal drive (test one more time prior to emptying the trash)
And be sure that the External drive is formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) (iPhoto does not work with drives with other formats) and that it is always available prior to launching iPhoto
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We do need more information to help. Are the images gone from your iPhoto library, or is the iPhoto Library missing? How and when did this happen?
If images are missing from the library: Did you check for hidden photos? Did you check the iPhoto Trash?
If the pictures are still in the iPhoto Trash, open the Trash, select the images and and press the liitle arrow in the lower right corner - select "Put back".
If the pictures are still in an "iPhoto" folder in the system Trash (with sub folders named by date), import these folders to your iPhoto library.
Have you checked, if you have opened the correct iPhoto Library? Launch iPhoto with the options key held down, to select another Library.
If the entire Library is missing, have you searched for ".photolibrary" with spotlight?
Do have a backup?
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iPhoto Library Manager - $29.95
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Dear all,
I've been searching for an answer to my specific issue but no luck yet.
I understand iPhoto and the duplicates it collects in the iPhoto 'file'. I read a few of T Devlin's posts!
However after some deliberation, I've decided to move to Lightroom instead of using iPhoto.
I don't mind manually sorting/collecting my photos in my own folders and not using iPhoto to help me manage them
Therefore, I've been wanting to delete that iPhoto duplicates 'file' but wondering if it is safe to do so without messing up my originals in their folders.
I intend to uncheck 'copy items in photo library...' option but wondering if that auto deletes the massive iPhoto file, or do I have to them go in and delete it manually?
Also, I want to reinstall my OSX onto an SSD and then use my 1TB as an extra drive. I'm guessing if I, at that point, re-check that option, it auto backs up the photos all over again?
Thanks for your advice1 - You do not understand how iPhoto works - it never duplicates photos (it does have different versions - no duplicates)
2 - you should not ever import any photo into iPhoto with the Copy imported items to iPhoto unchecked - it is a recipe for many future problems
3 - to move to any other program including LR simply select your photos and export them - see Exporting From iPhoto - for details
4 - after your photos are safely out of iPhoto trash the iPhoto library
5 - if you do not use iPhoto you will never create another library - and if yo do use it you do not want a referenced library - see iPhoto and File Management
6 - you should not use both iPhoto and LR - they do the same thing in different ways and can not work together in any way
LN -
Situation:
4 computer based house (1 PC, 1 Mac, 1 Linux, 1 NAS Server (synology - linux)), all photos stored on server so that they can be accessed by all computers.
Recently got the Mac, so I've imported by WITHOUT copying them to the MAC using the option in the advanced settings that took me ages to find (why would I want to copy 100GB and fill up my HD!)
Just tried to rotate a photo, click export to save it back to the server (even though I really ought not to have to do this), save it as the same file name, and it promptly DELETES my photo.
My synopsis is that it deletes the photo BEFORE saving the the modified version, which it can't access because it just deleted it.
Does any one have any other suggestions, or is my conclusion that I can't save a photo that I've modified in iphoto without using a different name, manually deleting the old one, then renaming correct?
Cheers, Glyn.Glyn:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. I think the issue is with the NAS server. iPhoto doesn't play well with them and using a "referenced" library is adding fuel to the fire. It's just not a multi-platform tool. I think your source files are save and sound on the server with maybe the exception of the edited one you tried to export.
why would I want to copy 100GB and fill up my HD!
So that iPhoto would run as it is designed to without a high probability of problems. Ain't hindsight great!
When you exported the modified version back to the server you were attempting to replace the source file with the modified one. That probably broke the alias link somehow bringing down the library as a whole. Why not just leave the modified version in the library that did the editing and have the other Macs do the editing if they see fit. As for the PC it will have to do it's own editing by if it edits the source file it may break the link again. iPhoto prefers a OS X Extended (journaled) format for best stability.
Do you see any thumbnail images and what happens when you double click on one? If you've just broken the alias links to the source files you might be able to re-link them, event by event (i.e. folder by folder) by linking one file in each event/folder. That has re-linked all of the files in that folder for me in the past, BUT they were residing on an external FW hard drive.
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.
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Note: There now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard. -
Can anyone tell me how to stop iphoto deleting pics from my facebook account when i delete them from iphoto on my mac? Have just lost 40k pics as i thought they were safe on facebook!
notcloudy wrote:
Apple's Icloud with Yosemite and IOS8 on devices is suppose to do just that - synchronize between devices so when you get home the pictures you took with our devices will magically be on you primary computer.
You may also want to look into other "clouds" available -- including clouds you can set up yourself (WD offers make your own cloud - haven't looked into it as don't need it)
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The deleting comment is more around temporarily storing them in one iPhoto library, uploading to Facebook, then deleting from iPhoto without deleting from FB -- it's not so much about how to transfer the photos around. It's pretty easy to shoot 15 or 20GB of photos in a day with a modern camera, and you might find yourself without an internet connection, or at the very least, too spotty to copy that much data overnight.
For example, on a recent trip, my workflow was to load photos from my RX-100 via SD card into my MacBook Air which only has 128GB of storage.
So I'd copy all photos to iPhoto, flag favorites, edit, add to FB album in iPhoto, let that upload, then export to disk, let that sync to my CloudStation folder back on my NAS at home in the US, then finally delete all un-flagged photos in iPhoto (the "rejects"). By the end of the trip, even the 15GB of all of the flagged, edited photos took up too much space (in addition to all of the originals I was storing on disk), so I deleted the Facebook sync so I that was able to delete them from iPhoto.
Of course, I kept all my originals, but those were in 3 places: SD card, CloudStation folder on my Air, and on my NAS back at home (plus any devices that were powered on and syncing to CloudStation).
This worked great in Iceland where I had 50up/50down internet, but not so great at an agriturismo in Italy where I was getting something like 50% packet loss on their point-to-point wifi internet connection!
When I get home, every single original picture goes onto my master iPhoto library on the Mac Pro at home, but I treat the libraries on my laptops as transient places for editing and uploading, then deleting. This is not just a multiple-computer problem, though -- I am sure many users just wish to upload then delete, and never keep their originals. -
Is iPhoto 6 compatible with iPhoto 7 files? Can they be synchronized?
I did a search but can't find the answer so I figured I'd check with the experts...
I have a MacBook Pro with iPhoto 6 and a new iMac with iPhoto 7 installed. All my existing photos are on the laptop, but I'd like to sync them with the iMac. What are the options?
I have ChronoSync synchronizing software, which I haven't used yet, to sync some document files. Ideally I'd like to sync the two computers and have all photos available on both, but the issue is whether I can sync the 2 different versions of iPhoto in a functional way, and if so how? It seems the iPhoto library on version 7 is not simply a folder as it is in version 6.
Otherwise, if I upgrade to iPhoto 7 on the laptop, would I then be able to do this?
Thanks every and anyone!Dr. JEP
From http://www.econtechnologies.com/site/Pages/ChronoSync/chrono_tips12.html
ChronoSync can keep iPhoto on two Macs in sync but it can not merge data together.
When you "back up" iPhoto from one computer to the other, is that backup a functional one, i.e. one that gets inserted into the iPhoto databases or whatever on that new computer, or is it something I would have to manually import into iPhoto after deleting it's existing database? How do you do it?
The back up, assuming you back up the library in it's entirety, will be completely functional. But it will NOT take account of changes in the other library, it'll just overwrite it.
You can move pics -and associated metadata between libraries using iPhoto Library Manager. But this is not automated, nor is it a back up application.
What both iPhoto and iTunes allow is Sharing Libraries - where one user can allow other Users to See (or hear) a library, but not allow the sharing person to alter the library.
The alternative is really to get a media server app - rather more expensive.
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I am using a Macbook pro, Mountain lion, and Iphoto. What a nightmare! Iphoto duplicates every photo or folder I import. If I create a new folder it cannot find the folder or the photos within. I have tried updating IPhoto but it appears my IPhoto is up to date.
Is there a fix for this?
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Whenever I import photos from either my Nikon camera or my iPhone, either the device (which doesn't seem likely given they are two completely separate devices made by two different companies) or iPhoto itself creates a small thumbnail duplicate of the image. The name differs slightly to :*number*.jpg instead of *number*.JPG. as such, when I navigate through Finder to All Images and look at my images in the source folder, I can see a duplicate of every image. When I navigate to the same photo through iPhoto itself, I cannot see that duplicate.
I originally thought this was a problem and so began to manually and painfully delete all these duplicates from the Finder window. However now in iPhoto, the thumbnail image that you can usually see as the 'front' photo on each event folder (ie before you even go into the event) has disappeared. additionally, normally you can move your mouse over an event folder (again before you enter it) and the different images in that event flicker across. Now it's just blank. However when I enter the event i can still see all the photos so I know they're still there.
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Second Question : If my guess is right and the small duplicate is meant to be a thumbnail image which can be seen in the events window, how do I get them back now that i've deleted them? (they're gone out of the trash too)
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