IPhoto libraries and duplicates.

When opening iPhoto for the first time it asks to create a library. Will it duplicate my pictures folder? At one time I had a problem and ended up with multiple copies of my photos because of something iPhoto did (don't ask what happened because I forgot) and I had to delete thousands of pictures manually. I stopped using iPhoto because of this. Does anyone know why this happend? As far as I know Picasa does not do this, nor Canon ImageBrowser.

Let's see. You did something some time that caused some duplication but Yu are not sure what you did, when you did itbor what happened and you want total strangers to explain it. No No one knows
However iPhoto does not duplicate anything so you can safely use it
LN

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I set up my macbook pro wrong 2 years ago and am suffering for my stupidity. I have 2 iphoto libraries, both with different photos in them. Last week I imported photos from one library into the other and now I have 56,000 photos, most of which are duplicates. I have deleted about 20,000 - folders were duplicated several times. New folders contain 'face' photos (just heads, from the face identity bit of iphoto but now as an individual photo). What I want to do now is to restore my iphoto to how it was 10 days ago because i can't cope with the number of duplicates i have.
I have selected folders and chosen duplicate from the drop down menu but this just gives me MORE duplicates, it doesn't get rid of them. I have bought photo sweeper app which is meant to show duplicates but this has made no difference to the library.
Can anyone help me either restore my library, get rid of duplicates or anything else?
I am not great with the compuer, so I need simple mac speak please
Thanks

To merge libraries use iPhoto Library Manager - http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/ - or Aperature
To find duplicates within an iPhoto library use iPhoto Library Manager - http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/ -
Photos that are not in an iPhoto library can be imported telling iPhoto not to import duplicates (an imperfect procews) and then IPLM can find the duplicates
As to keeping seperate libraries - only you can do that - IPLM can move photos between libraries for you but only you can know which photos should be in which library
LN

How do you combine mutable iphoto libraries and clean up duplicates

how do you combine multiple iphoto libraries and clean up duplicates

If not the only answer is the paid version of iPhoto Library Manager -http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/ - and maybe duplicate annihaliator -http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/18748/duplicate-annihilator
You must have IPLM as stated - you may also need DA depending on how thing go with the merge
LN

I have multiple iPhoto libraries w/ duplicates in several. How can I consolidate and find the dupes? Some photos are versions of the original.

I have multiple iPhoto libraries w/ duplicates in several. How can I consolidate and find the dupes? Some photos are versions of the original. On my iMac, I also have many folders containing some of the same photos. My computer is used for both personal and business purposes. My libraries should be separated, one for each.

To merge libraries use iPhoto Library Manager - http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/ - or Aperature
To find duplicates within an iPhoto library use iPhoto Library Manager - http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/ -
Photos that are not in an iPhoto library can be imported telling iPhoto not to import duplicates (an imperfect procews) and then IPLM can find the duplicates
As to keeping seperate libraries - only you can do that - IPLM can move photos between libraries for you but only you can know which photos should be in which library
LN

Multiple iPhoto Libraries and iPhone syncing

Hi-
Thanks for reading. I recently used iPhoto Library Manager from Fatcat (highly recommended) to take a 23,000 photo library and chop it down into several iphoto libraries. It seems that my phone by default wants to sync photos with the original library, and not one of the new ones. I am wondering a few things:
1. when i hold down the "option" key when opening iphoto i have the choice of opening any of my libraries. Perhaps the iphone will sync to which ever iphoto library i used last???
2. perhaps iphoto will always recognize my original library as "default" and i need to look into making one of my new libraries the master default?
Is this possible? Can I create a new iphoto library and use this as default across all apple programs going forward?
Any clarity on connection between new iphoto libraries and how the computer, and most importantly, my iphone, will recognize them is appreciated. thanks in advance,
Joe
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1. when i hold down the "option" key when opening iphoto i have the choice of opening any of my libraries. Perhaps the iphone will sync to which ever iphoto library i used last???
When you launch iPhoto it opens the last used library - so when you force a launch by connecting a camera or iPhone you will be syncing to the last used library
LN

How do you merge iphoto libraries without duplicates and maintaining events?

I have a few iphoto libraries on my computer that I need to merge, without duplicates, and maintaining the seperate events. Does anyone know how to do this efficiently?

"Terence Devlin" does not work for Apple, for the makers of Library Manager and has no beneficial interest in whether or not you use or purchase this or any other app. If "Terence Devlin" did have such an interest the terms of use of the Forum would require that he add such information to the post. No, Aperture cannot merge iPhoto Libraries. Aperture can convert them to Aperture Libraries and merge them, but that would be of no use to an iPhoto user, as iPhoto can't open an Aperture Library.
And the fact remains that the paid version of Library Manager is the only way to merge Libraries
Regards
"TD"

How to easily merge 2 iphoto libraries (with duplicates)

Hello,
I would like advice on an easy way to merge my iphoto library with my husbands. I am concerned for the following reasons. We have many pictures and events that are on both computers, but also have many pictures that just reside on one computer.
I'm concerned as each computer has varying amount of faces/locations identified on it, and they are different between both computers (some pictures have had faces identified on both computers, and then some on one and not the other). Also, for common pictures on both computers, the event name is often different between both computers.
What is the best way to merge both our libraries together, while preserving faces and locations specified, event names, and avoiding duplicates?
Thank you so much for your help!

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. The only way to do what you want is with the paid version of iPhoto Library Manager.
Connect the two computers so when iPLM is launched on one it can see both libraries. Then select one of the libraries and go to the File menu and select Merge Libraries. You can set the iPLM preferences to not copy duplicates and maintain Events, etc. Keywords, faces, places and titles will automatically be kept.
You select the location and name of the new, merged library.
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Slideshows, books and other keepsakes will not be copied. If you need them to be included then select the library with the least important books, slideshows, etc. and copy it into the the other library. That will keep the keepsakes of one library intact.
OT

IPhoto merge and duplicates

Hello,
I have read posts on this issue but I am left with two questions. First, my scenario: I have backed up three iPhoto Libraries on an external hard drive over the past couple years. Unfortunately, the second transfer between the xHD and my old iBook went wrong (because I had broken the golden rule and extracting files from inside the folders of the Library......which meant some of what I copied back to the iBook were thumbnails, not the full res photos).
In any case, by the time I cleaned up the second library and backed it up properly to my new MB (just drag-and-drop), and then backed THAt library also onto the xHD (but did not overwrite the original) it has left me with three libraries, each with different sets of photos but also many 'duplicates' that are actually different sizes (e.g. I will have two identical images but one will be 500kb and one will be 2MB).
So, finally, here are my questions:
1. Does the IPhoto Library Manager merge function handle duplicates--or does it simply import photos from one library to another (which I can do manually my selecting 'import' into my MB library from the xHD library, right?)
2. If PLM does not handle duplicates, is there an easy way to sort my library so that pictures that look the same but are different sizes are somehow distinguishable? Or will it simply come down to manually checking each duplicate with the 'info' button to see their sizes before deleting one?
Any advice is greatly appreciated!

As it merges the libraries iphoto library manager will ask you what you want to do with duplicates. However, remember files with different sizes are not duplicates. Also importing one library to another is not a good idea. You'll get a mess of different versions of files treated as new imports, so that's no way to merge.

How to merge parts of two iPhoto libraries and remain separate users

We have two user accounts - let's call them A and B - on our iMac and hence two separate libraries which is fine for the major part of our photos, but we have many photos of mutual adventures and hopefully more to come in the future. If this is relevant: the photos are imports from other computers, but are no longer available from these computers. There's a continuous backup on Time Capsule via Time Machine.
We would like to share the photos from the two existing accounts, except those that are from each users past.
I expect to have to move or copy some photos including new imports in the future to a new shared library AND keep our old libraries from the past separate as they are from the past.
I further more would like to share the photos from mutual adventures to to Apple TV - maybe via Airplay as I can already do with the iTunes library on account A.
It seems to me the best way would be to have a separate user account - account C - for mutual iPhoto and our music in iTunes, BUT user A synchronize the music to my iPhone and user B does not yet. To complicate things - I think - user B has less storage on the iPhone than user A, so the full iTunes library simply does not fit on user B. I do realise it's possible to do selective synchronisation of music, but will this work in such a setup?
How do I do this?

Thank you for a quick reply. Unfortunately this is turning out to be more complicated than I initially had hoped. Please see why in explanation below.
I would like to give more information about the setup, just to be absolutely sure there's no smart setup for us. As user A was the first user in our network this user has an iTunes id which is used for the Appstore/iTunes syncing iPhone/Airplay to share music and photos from user A's library. User A (unfortunately?) also has an iCloud id which is different from the iTunes id in order to use the iCloud sync features for Mail/iCal etc. User B has an iTunes id and a small music library, but is currently not using it. User B also has an iCloud id to use the sync features.
From your answers it seems there's no way to "get it all" (sharing, syncing, personal/mutual data) in our current setup and the whole iCloud/Air Play/sharing is a little confusing to me, but given that the primary purpose is to show the mutual photos as a screensaver on our iMac and Apple TV and play the music there too there are two ways to do this:
1. your suggested setup with the extra library (to be shared via Airplay to Apple TV with an iTunes id assigned to the new Media user iTunes/iPhoto library). In this setup user B looses the ability to see photos on the iPad unless duplicates exist.
2. copying all mutual photos for user A respectively B to two separate albums in the existing separate libraries and making these albums available as screensavers and sharing via Airplay, BUT with the limitation that only one user's album will be available at a time as screensaver and as far as the Apple TV goes the users two separate iTunes id's have to be used to access the album from one user at a time.
Question:
Ref. 1 As I understand it iTunes purchases are linked to one id. So what are the consequences for a user if the iTunes id is in use for the Apple TV homesharing via Airplay and a logon is attempted on the user's iPhone?
Ref. 1 As I understand the sharing setup the iTunes id for user A with the most music must be the preferred one for the new Media user and the music library for user A must also be copied to the new Media user?
Ref. 2 As I said the whole iCloud/sharing/synchronizing issues are a little confusing. Given the above information with two separate iPhones, iTunes accounts, iCloud accounts and the wish to share photos/music
Do you see any smarter way to do this than your initial suggestion?

Multiple iPhoto Libraries and iDVD

I am using iPhoto (v.6.0.5) that allows for multiple libaries but iDVD (v.6) only accesses the orignial library. Is there an easy way to have iDVD locate my other iPhoto libraries without having to rename the libaries each time?
Thanks for your help!

Jerry:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. John's suggestion about drag and drop to the slide bin is how I do my iDVD slideshow. You can use iPhoto Library Manager to manage your libraries but iDVD will have to be restarted whenever you change libraries. But, iPLM (the paid version for 20 or more photos) will let you copy albums or rolls between libraries and that would let you create a new library just for the iDVD project and move the necessary photos quickly and easily to the special library.
Do you Twango?

I have multiple iPhoto libraries and when I selecting which library to view (hold down 'option' key and launch iPhoto from the dock) it automatically closes another open apps window eg. Chome, Word. 1 app closes every time I launch iPhoto this way.

I have multiple iPhoto libraries on my Macbook Air 10.7.5 and when I am selecting which library to view (hold down 'option' key and launch iPhoto from the dock) it automatically closes another open application window eg. Chome, Word. 1 app closes every time I launch iPhoto this way.

If you're pushing Option at the exact moment you're clicking the Dock icon, it's supposed to do that. Wait until just after clicking it.
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External iPhoto Libraries and Incremental Back-ups?

Any recommendations on best way to go external with iPhoto libraries?
I'm thinking 500Gig OWC FW800's over any External SATA drives...
How about using Carbon Copy Cloner for incremental Backup of iP libraries?
Thanks as I've been snooping around with not much advice found,
Rosco

I assume that what you really need is some form of keeping the photograph folders on your internal hard drive in sync with the folders on your external hard drive (the catalog itself can be backed up from within Lightroom). This downloadable little utility works for me when I want to keep my spreadsheets, letters, iTunes files ...etc... backed up;
http://www.goodsync.com/download/update
It's nothing to do with Lightroom. You first set up simple jobs within the utility, telling it which folders on your internal drive should be backed up to which folders on your external drive. It will then run, and copy to the ehd any items in the source folder that have changed since the last sync. Then, if your internal hard drive fails, you can copy these folders and catalogs from your ehd to the replacement hd, using the original folder structure.
In Lightroom, the catalog is the main organisational tool, rather than the folder. I let LR decide on it's own folder structure, because I never refer to my RAW files outside of LR. Hope this helps.

Backup iphoto libraries and applicaation

To free up space on my ibook, I would like to move all of iphoto and its libraries to an external disk that has been partitioned to house a "clone" of my hard disc and iphoto. Question: will i be able to access an iphoto library and either add files or work on file in CS2. The iphoto app is on the external and CS2 on the internal. I will back up my iphoto files via CD's.
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David

Hi David,
as far as I know iPhoto.app has to be on the boot drive and in the root of the Applications folder (for software update to see it and notify you of updates).
The libraries, on the other hand, can be anywhere on your HD or on an external.
You can set up CS2 to be your external editor within iPhoto Preferences. Once you do this you can double click on an image in iPhoto and it will open in CS2 to be edited.
The image must be flattened and saved with the same name for the edit to be reflected in the iPhoto Library.
Once the library has been copied to the external, launch iPhoto with the Option key depressed.
When you launch iPhoto holding down the Option key this is the window you will get.
Create a new library or choose a library to open
Choose to create a new library if that is what you want to do, or choose a library to open by clicking the "choose" button.
If you click the "create library" iPhoto will open with a brand new library for you to import images to. If you click "choose" then you will get this window.
Open library
Navigate to where the library is on your computer and then choose it.

IPhoto 9.4.3 - Obversations on Importing Other Libraries and Duplicates

Just ran some tests with iPhoto 9.4.3 and came up with these observations:
1 - iPhoto 9.4.3 can't import iPhoto 7 or later libraries.
They are grayed out.
2 - when you drop an iPhoto 7 or later library onto iPhoto in the Dock or into the open window you get this message:
3 - this goes hand in hand with the newest option to the File Menu:
We don't have to close and use the Option key any more.
4 - when importing an iPhoto 5 library it did not import the thumbnail files. It did import the original and modified files.
5 - when importing an iPhoto 6 library it did import the thumbnail, original and and modified files.
iPhoto 5 is the earliest verson library I have to test.
I've tested the various duplicate detection apps and so far non have been able to detect the thumbnail files imported from the iPhoto 6 library along with the original and modified files. I believe the reason for that is the thumbnail files created by iPhoto 6 have the .jpeg extension and the original file has the .jpg extension. Therefore, no file name match is possible.
Has anyone run similar tests?
OT

Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreText.framework/Versions/A/CoreText
iPhoto is missing background software that it needs to run, at OS level. Do you have another Mac? If so copy that over. Otherwise try donwload and re-install the 10.7.5 update. If that fails then reinstall the OS.

Multiple iphoto libraries and sharing (Facebook & iCloud)

Hi All,
I have split my iPhoto library into two separate libraries - one for work photos, one for personal photos. This all works nicely and I'm happy with how it went.
I have a question about sharing photos though...does the sharing I've set up with Facebook and iCloud photostreams travel "with" the library, or is that a higher level, "iPhoto wide" setting?
For example, say in the formerly single library, I had shared a number of personal photos on Facebook and various shared photostreams. Now, in the new "work" library, I delete those photos. I saw the "update" wheel spinning beside the Facebook item in the sidebar when I did so. Should I have turned off sharing for the "work" library?
I guess the question comes down to - does (or can) each iPhoto library have its own sharing settings?

To answer my own question....
With the "work" library open, I turned off my FB account. Tried opening up the "personal" library, and the FB account was not enabled. So the FB sharing is an "app wide" setting, not a "library level" setting. I turned it back on and I'm good to go. All the pics are still up on FB, and viewable from iPhoto, so I guess it's working fine.
Seems a bit counter-intuitive to me...I would think that if you had multiple libraries for different people, you would want to be able to associate specific FB accounts with those libraries. I.e. Susie's FB account with Susie's library, Johnny's FB account with Johnny's library, etc.
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