Iphoto, iweb migration

I just bought an iMac and went through the migration assistant in copying all files and applications from my MacBook. However, none of my iweb sites or iphoto pics copied over to the new mac. Any suggestions on how I can merge this information?

Connect the computers with a FireWire cable, start up the old machine with the T key held down, and then move the items Pictures/iPhoto Library/ and Library/Application Support/iWeb/ from the home folder on the old machine, which is in /Users/ by default, to that on the new one.
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IPhoto/iWeb - am I an idiot or does this really stink this bad?

I have been using .Mac with iPhoto for a while now publishing photos to .Mac for my family to view. This use to be a wonderfully simply procedure, all integrated in iPhoto.
Now iPhoto launches iWeb for this task and I have a big issue with what happens -- iWeb uploads all the photos for all my pages every time I want to add one new page. Is this the way it's suppose to happen? Right now, I'm waiting for iWeb to finish uploading over 100 photos spread over 8 pages. It's actually uploading every page every time I add a new page. Am I an idiot and I'm missing something?
Also, iWeb should give you a clear indication that it's uploading, as in a dialog with a status.
Thanks to everyone who answers any of my questions!

Hello Scott,
I think I know what is going on here. Usually iWeb does not upload EVERY page if only something small has changed. But in your case, I bet everytime you add a page you display a new navigation menu link for the new page, right? So now you have 8 items in the navigation menu...one for each page, right? Well, what is happening here is that when you add an item to the navigation menu, you are in effect changing EVERY page because EVERY page has that darned navigation menu. Let me konw if I am way off base for you.
Let me suggest a little bit more elegant method of doing your photo pages in iWeb. Unfortunately, this may require you to revamp your whole site, but I think the results are a lot better and allow for future expandability. And it only puts a single link up on your navigation menu...call it "The Photo Gallery" or something catchy like that...."Gallery" is even better...simpler... Here's the method...
Assuming that you keep your photos organized in albums in iPhoto, here is a lovely way to AUTOMATICALLY generate photo pages AND make a nice index page that leads to all your present and future photo galleries...
Create a living, growing photo gallery
I hope you find this helpful. I think it is a particularly elegant and automatic way of doing photo galleries via iPhoto and iWeb, especially now that there is no Homepages option in the new iPhoto. iWeb is the future.

Duplicate user account OR migrate iPhoto/iWeb between users

I've seen this question asked several times before, but have not seen an answer!
So, with as many details as I can muster:
I have, on my computer, 4 user accounts: my admin account, my user account, my boyfriend's user account, and our business account... All separate, keeps things nice and tidy (sort of!).
I have a new and separate project that I'm starting to work on which involves lots of images, and new websites, and new and different stuff that's necessary for the project, but just clutter in any of the other accounts.
Because this project started out as something my man wanted to play around with, all of the beginnings of this are in his iPhoto and his iWeb, and they're well organized. I've not had luck so far moving the iPhoto and iWeb libraries to a new/blank user and maintaining the organization that I've spent time and attention making right.
He's not so great with technology, and gets very frustrated (and unproductive!) when anything on the computer doesn't work exactly like he expects it to. (When Lion came out and the scrolling went "the wrong direction" he was afraid to use the computer at all for a week, because "everything changed, I don't even know how to use it anymore" that's between us though, personal issure ). So I'd like to keep the user experience the same for him. I'd like to duplicate his settings, preferences, etc. into a new user for him, and take over his current account to isolate this project.
So, in summary:
I want to create a new account with the same user experience as a current account without having to find and reset all of his settings.
OR
I want an exact copy of the iPhoto and iWeb from this user account to another one, on the same machine.
I am currently running OSX 10.7.2, iPhoto '11 9.2.1 and iWeb 3.0.4
Thanks in advance for any help!

Kenzishly wrote:
I want to create a new account with the same user experience as a current account without having to find and reset all of his settings.
That's easy, if you have Time Machine or "bootable clone" backups. (If you don't, you should anyway. Post back if you need info on them.)
Use Migration Assistant to transfer just that user account from the backups; it will put up a screen saying it can't transfer it under the same name as the existing account, and allowing you to rename it.
Other than having a different name, the transferred account will be identical to the existing one. Then you can modifiy them separately as necessary.
EDIT: see Using Migration Assistant on Lion for detailed instructions. Be sure to un-check the boxes for eveything except that one user account.
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Can't open iphoto after migration to new machine

I just migrated from an older iMac to a new one, and now when I try to open iPhoto I get the message "You can't open your current photo library using this version of iPhoto". I tried updating iPhoto on the new machine, but it seems to be up to date. The old library is VERY large (>35 GB), and I don't want to have to go back and deal with touching up all the photos again. Any ideas?

What version of iPhoto was on the old machine?
What version of iPhoto on the new machine?
How did you move the Library?

Web sites won't recognize photos added to iPhoto since migrating data

So, I'm stymied. I haven't seen a solution or question already asked that is precisely like my problem, so I thought I'd just ask it myself.
A couple months ago, I did something to bork up the permissions in Lion - if I could be more specific I would. The solution as it eventually dawned on me and the actually really helpful guy at the Genius Bar, after trying literally everything possible besides wiping, was to just wipe the HDD and start over. So that's what I did. I used Time Machine to back up everything so that I could just import the data into the new programs, without simply copying everything over including preferences using Migration Assistant. Lo and behold, it fixed all my permissions problems. But now I have a new problem.
Whenever I want to upload photos to a website, such as Flickr (or any other - I've tried many of them), photos added to my iPhoto '09 library after that migration happened do not appear in the Media browser window. Everything before the migration is there, but nothing after. This is not the case for pictures taken in Photo Booth, interestingly enough.
I've verified and repaired disk permissions, I've cleaned out all the iPhoto plist files, both in Library/Caches and Library/App Support. I've opt+cmd started iPhoto and 1) rebuilt all thumbnails, and 2) examined and repaired iPhoto permissions. I've cleared out all the caches on all my browsers. Nothing has worked. I imagine upgrading to iPhoto '11 may help, but I'm not sure. I'm willing to give that a shot if it's the last option.

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.

Slide Shows in iLife, iPhoto, iWeb '08 and Web Gallery

I have iLife '08 abd thus iWeb '08 and developed my website in 2006 using iWeb '06. I also belong to .Mac and therefore have access to that Web Gallery or .Mac Gallery (unsure which name it has). I like the newer slide shows/carousels that are newly available and would like to know whether I can make such slide shows and place such slide shows in my iWeb website.
I realize that another alternative is to make a slide show and put it in the Web Gallery and access it in my website via a URL pointing to the slidehow.
Is it true that ALL OF THE VARIATIONS OF SLIDE SHOWS are created in iPhoto '08? If so, then I guess if I make the slideshows there, I can decide where I want to place them (in my website or in Web Gallery).
~ Lorna in Southern California
http://web.mac.com/lorna6

I have found an answer thanks to jaxjason in this post:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1086973&tstart=0
Go to web gallery, find out the album ID that you need to delete.
iDisk -> Web -> Sites -> _gallery
Delete the album ID of the albums that arn't in iphoto.
Then resync the albums missing.

Photos in iPhoto / iWeb

If I've used a photo in iWeb from iPhoto and then delete the photo from iPhoto, does the photo remain in iWeb or does it become a blank space?

iWeb will "remember" it. The info is stored in the domain.sites2 file.

Photo Browser in Mail does not show iPhoto after migration

I've posted in this in the iPhoto '08 thread but I'm thinking this is a Mail issue.
After using the Migration Assistant to move files from my MacBook to my iMac, when in Mail, the "Photo Browser" shows photos from Photo Booth but no longer from iPhoto.
Ideas? Many thanks!

Have been working with LarryHN in an iPhoto thread. He posted this SOLUTION. Yes!!!
Try this - Download and reapply the latest iLife support update - iLife support 9.0.3 - http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/ilifesupport903. html
LN

IPhoto 11 Migration Issue: Unique Circumstance (Boot Drive Crash)

Hello good folk,
I have a migration issue with iPhoto 11 due to a boot drive crash.
The issue: I have imported my library database file and all of my 25,000 photos into a clean install of iPhoto 11. All of the events are imported, but all of the photos appear in the very first event. All of the other events are populated with the correct number of photos, but none of the actual photos have been linked.
I know all about holding down option-click and option-command-click to rebuild libraries, directories, etc., as I have read about in multiple posts. But many tries haven't gotten me to success.
Any suggestions? What am I doing wrong?
Here are the specifics of the chain of events, in case it helps [sorry for all the details, but it might help]:
1. Was running iPhoto 09 in 10.5.8, my boot drive bit the dust.
2. I was able to save most of my data from the drive. Due to corrupt files, I was forced to back up unconventionally: instead of saving the entire library, which I could not do, I unpacked the iPhoto library and, from the Originals folder, I copied over entire year folders (2002, 2003, etc.) onto a non-boot drive. This worked.
3. I then installed the new boot HD and installed 10.6.X.
4. I installed fresh copy of iPhoto 11 and updated the software.
5. In iPhoto 11, I threw away the database and replaced with the recovered database from the old boot drive.
6. I copied all of the year photo folders (from the "Originals" folder on the manual backup disk) wholesale into the "Masters" folder of the new iPhoto 11 install.
7. [I could not use Migration Assistant to do this because Migration Assistant, for some reason, will not migrate from a non-boot drive that's installed internally on my Mac Pro.]
8. I option-command-clicked open iPhoto and selected:
-- Repair iPhoto Library Database
-- Rebuild small thumbnails
-- Rebuild all thumbnails
-- Examine/repair permissions.
9. I did this twice. The first time, the events from the database installed correctly, but the photos did not show up. The second time, after a very long time rebuilding the thumbnails, all 25,000 photos showed up, but in the very first event. All of the other events remain blank.
10. I then did an option-click, and chose to open the main library. I did that, but nothing changed.
11. Perhaps interestingly, when I option-click, it says that my manual backup from my internal drive -- where I did my emergency backup -- remains as the "default." The main iPhoto library is not the default.
12. That's where I am now. I really don't want to have to install manually without the data, when all of the events imported fine, and all of the photos are there, but in the wrong event.
Sorry for the long-windedness. Any suggestions are much appreciated!
John

I have imported my library database file and all of my 25,000 photos into a clean install of iPhoto 11. All of the events are imported, but all of the photos appear in the very first event. All of the other events are populated with the correct number of photos, but none of the actual photos have been linked.
You can not "Import" an old iPhoto library into another iPhoto library - it is not the way it works - if your old iPhoto library is available you simply place it in the pictures folder and launch iPhoto - no importing involved
you can not piece together an iPhoto library - which is why having a backup up is critical to avoid lost data
If your iPhoto library is not available as a single entity then you will have to start over and create a new library and import the photos into it losing all edits, metadata changes, etc
And if the future remember to always backup soon and often -it is the only way to avoid data loss due to failures - hardware, software and/or human
LN

Photoshop edited images move to iPhoto & iWeb

I plan to redesign my web site and publish in iWeb. Previously, my web site was developed with FrontPage and hosted on an Earthlink server. My photo images were edited in Photoshop. I assume I will need to import my photos into iPhoto before designing my web site in iWeb. Any advice on photo size, resolution, and file type before I import my photos into iPhoto?

I suspect you will get other responses, but if you haven't seen this it's from the Iweb Help and may be of interest.
good luck
Resampling (or downsampling) is a method of reducing a photo’s file size. Downsampling helps your website publish faster and helps photos display and download faster for your visitors.
Photos you add to a Photos template are imported full size and downsampled automatically when you publish.
For very large, high-quality RAW and JPG images, you can choose iWeb > Preferences and select “Optimize images on import.” This setting reduces the size of imported images by up to 60 percent so they don’t take up as much space in your Domain file.

Best workflow for Photo Album site - Aperture-iPhoto-iWeb??

*_I posted this on iWeb board, but perhaps this is a more appropriate audience*._
I am trying to find the best way to get Pics online. I shoot RAW and post-process in Aperture. Have used:
Aperture web gallery - easy workflow, very poor user interface, good image resolution
iphoto - extra work to get from Aperture library, nice design but very very slow loading of pics!!, not happy with image resolution
iweb - nice interface, fast, but not happy with image resolution.
My goal is a nice user interface for viewing pics in albums, fast, but with GOOD image quality. Is there a way to adjust image resolution in iWEB? Seems like the default is Preview image quality, despite using full resolution JPEG exported from Aperture. It is somewhat disappointing to work so hard in Aperture on adjustments, but then view low res images on website.
Any Suggestions?

When you say "low res images on website" do you mean those created by Aperture? It is possible to duplicate one of the default web gallery formats in Aperture, and then modify it so that the photos output are larger e.g. 950pixels wide instead of 800. I've done that with the Stock Black format - I now have a Stock Black Large which is similar on the thumbnails screen, but much larger when people click through to the larger image.
I think to do it you have to find the folder containing the web presets and make a copy of one of them.
Its fiddly but possible to do. Hopefully they'll improve this in a future release

IPhoto & iWeb 08 on G3

Although iLife 06 said I couldn't load iPhoto 06 and iWeb 06 on my G3 iBook, I was able to do it. I had no need for iMovie or Garage Band, both of which are RAM eaters. Could not, however, load these apps in 08 versions. Is there a workaround to pull this off?

Not that I'm aware off.
There's one to get the package installed on G4's- Google some appropriate words - but I've no idea if it work for G3's.
Even if there are hacks out there, it'd be quite possible that any software updates would cripple the install on older machines.
I've not been a Mac user that long, but am pretty unimpressed that Apple cripple software from installing on older machines - it may work very poorly but it's for the user to decide if that's good enough or to take a gamble if their machine is below recommended specs.
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Posting photo to iPhoto - iWeb failed

I try to post photo on iPhoto, so that I can link to iWeb.
However, it kept showing: Request to the server failed
Please let me know why?
Also, I try to type in my "Personal Domain" link, it's been configuring more than a week. I try to contact hotline, they told me I should send email. So I send email for twice already. Mac send automatic email said will reply within 24 Hrs. But I didn't hear anything. Anyone can help here???

You are not laing see
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1136410&tstart=0

IPhoto, iWeb & shared library

Hi,
Is it possible to have a (home) network with a multi & full accessed read/write iPhoto library?
I've an old PowerPC MacMini primarily used (like a NAS) as a central storage device. It contains my music, photo libraries etc which are further stored on a connected Iomega 300G Hard Disk. My photo library runs under iPhoto 5.0.4.
My other (and primary) machine is my laptop, MacBook Pro, where I want to do all my work - such as publishing photos, maintaining web-site. I don't want to store my music/photos on any of my laptops, I want them centralised.
The first problem I have is that I cannot export to iWeb on my MBP when I use my shared library (with iPhoto 6.0.6). The option is greyed out - presumably standard for shared libraries.
The second problem is that I will get another laptop soon (MacBook) and would like to be able to add photos to my library from any of my Macs. I don't want to have to unplug my Iomega hard disk and attach it to whatever Mac I am using.
Is it possible to overcome these limitations?
I tried sharing my MacMini and changing my MBP iPhoto library to the mount point - but using afp the external 'Volumes' are not shown. So I tried using Samba - but it doesn't always show up, doesn't auto-mount, and iPhoto on the MBP complained that it didn't have write-access.
In the Mac world, there must be an easier way?
TIA

If I understand correctly, you have two computers. One of them has an external hard drive connected to it and you want to know how to make that available to another computer, correct?
If this is the scenario, for ease of reference, let's name the computers. We'll call the computer with the external hard drive Scrooge. The one that wants access to the hard drive we'll call Cratchet. One way to give Cratchet access to Scrooge's hard drive is through firewire. Assuming that both have an available firewire port, you can do the following:
(This process may not be perfect, since I am not set up to test it at the moment, but...)
1. Plug them in through firewire (both hot)--do NOT put one in transfer mode.
2. On Scrooge, go to the sharing portion of the system preferences and activate:
a. personal filesharing
b. remote login
3. On Cratchet, go to the network portion of the system preferences and:
a. Select "Built-in FileWire" from the "Show" pull-down menu.
b. Under the TCP/IP setting, select "Using DHCP"
c. Push the button "Configure IPv6.."
Unless I am mistaken, this should prepare Cratchet to see Scrooge.
4. Now Cratchet should be able to connect to Scrooge using the "Connect to server" command in the Finder menus as normal. When you do connect, you will have to log on. When it prompts you for what disk to mount, simply select the hard drive that you want to work on.
5. Once you have mounted the desired hard drive, you can save yourself time in the future by ctrl-clicking the hard drive's icon on the desktop and making an alias of it. Then in the future, you can (after plugging-in the firewire) double click on this alias and enter your password to access it.
PS: If desired, you can also tell Scrooge to share his internet connection with the firewire connected computer (if relevant) in his network preferences--kind of cool, huh?
I hope this helps.

Iphoto/iweb sharing

In iphoto where are the pictures, the actual images? All i see is giant library file thats 13GB. Are all my picts in that single folder? Would i just copy that library file to a new computer if i wanted to import my library. I'm about to do a clean install (time machine isn't working) and I want to make sure that my website keeps all its links.
Thanks!

So thats it? Its just one file?
the iPhoto library is a collection of many files
But it is an entity and there are no user serviceable parts in it
No - I no nothing about iWeb - the appropriate iWeb forum would be a better place for such info - http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=188
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