IPhoto duplicates its library

Looking inside my iPhoto library and the package contents I saw that my library got duplicated several times. Original--Modifief,etc.. Why?

They are not duplicates, as Larry says, but different versions.
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.
(iii) Data holds the thumbnails the the app needs to show you the photos in the iPhoto Window.
Remember: iPhoto depends on the structure as well as the contents of this folder. Moving things, renaming things or otherwise making changes will prevent iPhoto from working and could even cause you to damage or lose your photos.
Regards
TD

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Does Aperture and iPhoto synchronize its library?

I have over 26,000 photos and videos in iPhoto. I would like to use Aperture as my main application. After what feels like 3 hours of adding the iPhoto library to Aperture, I am ready to go.
The problem is that if I make an edit add or remove a picture in iPhoto can I make this change synchronize with Aperture so I have an upto date library of iPhoto in Aperture.
I really don't want to have to load everything in everytime I make a change in iPhoto.
Thanks in Advance

Hi Terence,
I have only been using iPhoto because that was my only choice back when I loaded the pics in. These are not professional shots more travel memories on ranging quality digital cameras.
The thing is that I am quite enjoying the Faces and Places function on iPhoto, also the integration of images on my iPhone. If I want to add pictures, a selection of faces to the phone I can do this seamlessly through iTunes/iPhoto.
I understand that Aperture is a great RAW editor and great with working colours etc.
So if Aperture could run Faces and also Places, this would be a step closer to a perfect application.
I realise that there is an app called Maperture which I am trying but do all my previous GPS settings get automatically brought into Aperture? How about Faces? I also realise that there is a bit of code that can be used but I am not able to utilise this due to lack of knowledge.
Could you please tell me how I would run iPhoto in a referenced mode with Aperture.
Thanks

Iphoto forgets its library

running the latest yosemite on a 2010 imac. we have two users with separate log-ins to keep one of us from accidentally corrupting the other's data. a guru placed our iphoto library so that it could be shared and either of us could edit/corrupt at will.
one user has had no problems, ever. the other has, on more than one occasion. for that user, when iphoto is launched, it does not 'see' the correct library (13,000 photos) and load it automatically. instead it asks the user to 'choose a library. ' it offers only one, and not the real one: 'iphoto library (default)' which contains maybe a few hundred pics. once, it (the default library) contained only one picture.
i know just barely enough to get in trouble, but in the past i have messed around and somehow gotten the correct library back in service. it works for a while (months, maybe) and goes out again. since i don't know what i'm doing, i neither know what exactly did the fix nor do i remember how to repeat it when the problem recurs.
if anybody can provide a remedy that will be permanent, great. one i can save and reuse will also be appreciated.

Find a new Guru - the only successful way to share a library between different accounts is on an external hard disk with ownership ignored - iPhoto: Sharing libraries among multiple users - Apple Support
And note that by sharing a library you eliminate the goal of
keep one of us from accidentally corrupting the other's data.
With a shared library either account can corrupt the shared library
LN

Hello, i have my iPhoto library on my macbook air. how can i duplicate this library on my new iMac?

hello,
i have my iphoto library on my macbook air. how can i duplicate this library on my new imac?
thanks

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After 9.5.1 iphoto doesn't save changes in its library

Since I've updated iphoto to v9.5.1, iphoto doesn't save changes made to the library.
When I
- delete event
- import event from aperture
- import pictures
everything goes well until I close and reopen iphoto. Than everything is the same as when I opened iphoto before the changes.
So it doesn't save the changes in its library.
Anyone experiencing the same problem? Or anyone who has a solution?

Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one. .
Regards
TD

Can iPhoto access its Photo Library if it is located on an external hard drive?

I have a MacBook (white, about 4 years old) and the hard drive is full, mostly of photos my iPhoto Library file is huge and I have two young children so I am taking lots of photos and will be taking more of course but I can't fit them on my computer and I'm not buying a new computer just for more space when I have a perfectly good G-Drive with over 200 GB of space. Is there a way to move (permanently and not just a copy) iPhoto's photo library to the external drive and then have iPhoto access the drive to store and retrieve the photos from this location? Just to be clear I'm not talking about backing it up I want to move the iPhoto Library to the external drive so my laptop isn't always full and so everything is on the external where there is plenty of room. Is this possible?

Yes.
Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
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.
Regards
TD

IPhoto wont open library after upgrade

I just updated to iLife 11 and iPhoto will not open. I get the following message:
You can’t open your current photo library using this version of iPhoto.
This library must be upgraded by the iPhoto Library Upgrader application before you can use it with iPhoto. Please reinstall iPhoto from your iLife disc.
Where do I get the iPhoto Library Upgrader application from?

James:
Make a temporary, duplicate copy of the library and try the three fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your Home/Library/Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache files that are located in your Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder.
3 - reboot, launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding the the Option key. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
Fix #2
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library. Select options #1, #2 and #6.
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Fix #3
Rebuild the library using iPhoto Library Manager as follows:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 -Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 -Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File->Rebuild Library menu option
4 - In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
5 - Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
Hopefully one of these will work and you won't have to resort to Fix #4, starting over with a new library and importing the original files from the current library.

IPhoto to Aperture Library Transfer Oddity

Or maybe I should have just said iPhoto Library oddity, since Aperture seems fine, and in the end, seems to have done what it should have.
Let me explain:
A few weekends ago, I started to transfer my entire iPhoto library from iPhoto v7.x (current version) to my Aperture v2 library. I started my iPhoto library over three years ago, using iPhoto v5 and OS X 10.4, later upgrading to iPhoto v6 via iLife ’06 in mid 2006, and finally iPhoto v7 via iLife ’08 last Fall. I then upgraded to Leopard and Aperture v2 this past Spring.
After transferring some 46,000 photos (with most being RAW + Jpeg pairs) from iPhoto to Aperture, I noticed that a there were a large number (approximately 1,800) of stacked photos were one photo was an iPhoto Original RAW photo, and the other was an iPhoto Edited RAW photo. The curious thing is, I didn't edit all of those RAW files in iPhoto, I only edited a select few dozen of them. It should be noted that all of the edited and original Jpegs pairs were also stacked, and the orientation of all of them looked fine.
As it turned out, all of these mysteriously edited photos were shot as verticals, none were horizontals. And when looking at the unstacked pair, the edited photo was properly rotated, but the Original iPhoto RAW photo was not, despite having its orientation listed as portrait. When I rotated an Original iPhoto RAW photo to correct it, the orientation was changed to landscape, even though the photo was displayed in portrait mode.
Upon further digging, it seems that all of the vertical photos that were imported into iPhoto v5 were affected, as were some of the vertical photos that were imported by iPhoto 6, but none of the photos imported be iPhoto v7. I don't remember the exact dates that I imported them and when I upgraded iPhoto, but the timeline seems close.
I also noticed recently when using iPhoto that the info display panel listed some of the RAW photos as “Jpeg (From Nikon RAW)”. I have not spot checked these files yet, but I suspect that these are the photos that resulted the creation of the Original & Edited iPhoto stacked pair in Aperture.
I do realize that iPhoto converts RAW files to Jpegs if you edit them, and I would expect that it does not when you don’t edit them. However, it would appear that iPhoto v5 always did when it rotated them, iPhoto v6 did some times, and iPhoto v7 doesn't.
I’m puzzled as to how these RAW files got edited in the first place.
I can only guess that it happened as either:
1) The result rebuilding the cache at some point, or
2) Possible as a result of a conversion process for the iPhoto updates, or
3) How iPhoto handled RAW files, particularity with iPhoto v5.
But as to why these particular files were affected, and most of the vertical shots were OK, I don't know. Any Ideas?
As for the iPhoto edited RAW photos, I plan to delete them since there doesn't seem to be a point in keeping them, because I have the original RAW file, and the original and edited Jpeg versions. They were easy to find using keyword and Aperture excellent filtering tool.
Incidently, I've also had some problems with the "Black Frames" problem and also the "Unsupported File Format" error with photos that were directly imported into Aperture. I hope that my photos are not corrupted.
Other than that, I'm really liking Aperture2 a lot!

My iPhoto library shrunk drastically when I switched to Aperture, from around 13.8GB it dropped to 9GB. I was worried at first but everything appears to have showed up.
The only things that I can attribute it to is the fact that when an image is imported into iPhoto with auto rotate data, the image is duplicated before it is rotated in Aperture it is not.
iPhoto duplicates the image on virtually every modification.
My iPod photo cache was quite large as well, but Aperture does not import this.
Videos you may have in iPhoto will not be imported into Aperture.
I also get the feeling that preview and tumbnail data is more optimized in Aperture.
If you are unsure backup your iPhoto library to an external drive as a read-only disk image, then if you find any problems with your photos in Aperture you can go to the disk image and get them.

Have iphoto 9.0 working on a mac osx 10.7.4 yesterday ilife with idvd was downloaded into my mac,i can't open my iPhoto now its telling me to update app, but when i do it says no new updates are available at this time,and iPhoto update mesg pops up again.

Have iphoto 9.0 working on a mac osx 10.7.4 yesterday ilife with idvd was downloaded into my mac,i can't open my iPhoto now its telling me to update app, but when i do it says no new updates are available at this time,and iPhoto update mesg pops up again.

Hi,
I scoured the web looking everywhere for a solution to this.
Exit Code 15
OSX 8.5 with Work@Home DVD media for CS6
I followed instructions to run 3rd party cleaner software
I tried the adobe removal tool
removing all copies of adobe software manually
installing from a new account, safe mode, plist everything suggested that i found did not work.
A colleague suggested that removing the below folder would allow the installation:
/Library/Application Supports/Adobe
They turned out to be correct, so i am passing this on, because this took far too many hours of my time.
Cheers,
Smokey

I want to download the "FREE" iPhoto duplicate remover software, but the download process keeps asking me for my payment information.

I want to download the "FREE" iPhoto duplicate remover software, but the download process keeps asking me for my payment information. I have tried it several times.. But it says I cannot download this app unless I give my payment information.. So I went back and looked again and again.. and it still says it's "Free"...

You need to contact the authors re download or payment issues - we are only users like yourself and help with iPhoto for the Mac issues
here is Old TOad's list of potential packages including his comments
These applications will identify and help remove duplicate photos from an iPhoto Library:
iPhoto Library Manager - $29.95
Duplicate Annihilator - $7.95 - only app able to detect duplicate thumbnail files or faces files when an iPhoto 8 or earlier library has been imported into another.
PhotoSweeper - $9.95 - This app can search by comparing the image's bitmaps or histograms thus finding duplicates with different file names and dates.
DeCloner - $19.95 - can find duplicates in iPhoto Libraries or in folders on the HD.
DupliFinder - $7 - shows which events the photos are in.
iPhoto AppleScript to Remove Duplicates - Free
PhotoDedupo - $4.99 (App Store) - this app has a "similar" search feature which is like PhotoSweeper's bitmap comparison. It found all duplicates
Duplicate Cleaner for iPhoto - free - was able to recognize the duplicated HDR and normal files from an iPhone shooting in HDR
Some users have reported that PhotoSweeper did the best in finding all of the dups in their library: iphoto has duplicated many photos, how...: Apple Support Communities.
If you have an iPhone and have it set to keep the normal photo when shooting HDR photos the two image files that are created will be duplicates in a manner of speaking (same image) but there are only twp apps that detected the iPhone HDR and normal photos as being duplicates: PhotoSweeper and Duplicate Cleaner for iPhoto. None of the other apps detected those two files as being duplicates as they look for file name as well as other attributes and the two files from the iPhone have different file names.
iPLM, however, is the best all around iPhoto utility as it can do so much more than just find duplicates. IMO it's a must have tool if using iPhoto.
LN

IPhoto cannot open library

I'm trying to get iPhoto to work again. I've upgraded from a G4 to a new Mini under Snow Leopard. Before the upgrade iPhoto, when launched, wouldn't open its library. That condition continues. When I hold down the command-option keys on launch nothing happens, it doesn't prompt me in any way.
I believe something is seriously corrupted inside the library but I do not know how to get iPhoto to rebuild the library. Short of that I'd simply like to get all the images out of it and then rebuild from scratch.
I read that there is something called the iPhoto Library Manager but I cannot find that to download.
Thank you for any enlightenment you can provide.

Just to be sure iPhoto itself is working correctly, if you hold down just the option key and launch iPhoto do you get the Library selection window?
If not:
Remove the following to the trash and restart your computer:
Home > Library > Caches
Home > Library > Preferences > com.apple.iphoto (There may be more than one of these. Remove them all.)
If you do get the library selection window then that would suggest the issue is indeed with your library. If the command and option keys fail to trigger the rebuild window then you can use the iPhoto Library Manager as you indicated (See the last post by Old Toad here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2467773&tstart=15)
Failing that you can follow the very bottom of this article to manually rebuild your library: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2638
Hope that helps.

I am not able to mail the photos from iPhoto. Its always saying that the email address it's not recognized. Another situation is that when I try to add my me account in the preferences account, doesn't recognize my @me password. Tks for any help! :-)

I am not able to mail the photos from iPhoto. Its always saying that the email address it's not recognized. Another situation is that when I try to add my me account in the preferences account, doesn't recognize my @me password. Tks for any help! :-)

1. You did not get an error message telling you that your iPhoto library was getting full. You got a message telling you that your HD was getting full, right?
OS X needs about 10 gigs of hard drive space for normal OS operations - things like virtual memory, temporary files and so on.
Without this space your Mac will slow down as the OS hunts for space on the disk, files will be fragmented, also slowing things down, apps will crash and the risk of data corruption - that is damage to your files, photos, music - increases exponentially.
Your first priority is to make more space on that HD. Nothing else can be done until you do.
Purchase an external HD and move your Photos and Music to it. Both iPhoto and iTunes can run perfectly well with the Library on an external disk.
Your Library has been damaged from being run on an overfull disk.
How much free space on it now?

Iphoto 11 repair library stuck at 94%

I've been having trouble with iphoto 11 hanging and not quiting without force quit. So I decide to try to repair library database (alt command) and I let it run all night and never got past 94%. Tried again and stalled at 94%. I created a new library and imported 2 photos but could not quit that one either. latest iphoto 11.
-Erich

Are you able to run the library normally? Is it only the rebuilding that's giving you problems. Instead of rebuilding with all options selected backup the library and try the three fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your User/Library/Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache files that are located in the User/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder.
3 - reboot, launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding the the Option key. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
Fix #2
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library. Select options #1, #2 and #6.
Click to view full size
Fix #3
Rebuild the library using iPhoto Library Manager as follows:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 -Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 -Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your User/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File->Rebuild Library menu option
4 - In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
5 - Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.

Duplicate iTunes library entry

Apple support is awful and unhelpful. Do I really have to go to an Apple store (miles away and in areas where parking is expensive) just to find a solution? (Rhetorical question, no need to reply to this.)
I've searched for an solution in support/communities but found nothing for this particular problem.
My iTunes library on MacBook Pro was imported to the MacBook Pro from an older laptop. I still have the older laptop. I do not listen to music on the older laptop and I do not use it for synching devices.
The new laptop now has duplicate music library entries and I can't tell which is the original and which is the duplicate.
Likewise, I've lost a link to a lot of music when I deleted duplicate entries. (Apple, this was a stupid design.) So…anyone got any solutions to help me RID my iTunes library of the duplicates listings WHILE maintaining a link to the original music? And where do I find the index so I can get my deleted files back?
Thanks.

This is what you should have done. You can tell us what you actually did:
If you use iTunes' default preferences settings: Copy the entire iTunes folder (and in doing so all its subfolders and files) intact to the other drive. Open iTunes and immediately hold down the option (alt) key (shift on Windows) so you get a prompt to choose a library, then select the copied iTunes folder.
If this is to a new computer and you put the copied iTunes folder in the default location of Macintosh HD > Users > *User Name* > Music then you don't even need to start with the option key held down, iTunes will automatically look for it there. (Make sure there isn't anything already in the iTunes folder there that you want to keep since you will be replacing it with the one you are moving.)

IPhoto duplicate in launchpad

Hi there,
I have a problem with iPhoto duplicate in my Lunchpad.
I have read most of the threads here (I believe) regarding application duplicates in Launchpad, but I can't seem to find a solution.
Most people appear to have problems after osx lion upgrade from snow leopard.
I, on the other had, have just bought the new Macbook Air with OSX lion native on the system.
I have gone through the usual post unboxing update, and updated iPhoto through the app store. Since I have done this, I have 2 iphotos in my launchpad, both of which launch the same version number of iphoto. (9.1.5):
i have done a spotlight search of "iphoto", this only turns up one application in the folder
there is no duplicate application folder anyway as this was not an upgrade from an older osx
there is no duplicate of an older version of iphoto in the application folder
i have even gone so far as deleting the dock iphoto icon
i have even deleted my whole iphoto library (they're backed up elsewhere)
In short I have no idea where the duplicate is...
Any one have ideas?

re: launchpad DB.
Anyone else have a Macbook Air with native Lion?
I have tried searching for Library\application support, but there is no "dock" folder people are describing...
That seems to be a dead end for me.
My Library\application support folder has:
apple, avbdeviced, crashreporter, garageband, ilifemediabrowser, proapps, scripteditor...
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