Iphoto library is BIGGER than photos library. WHY?

I have migrated my iphoto library to photos app. No problem.
But now I can see that my iPHOTO library has ten Gb more than my PHOTOS library!!!
Have I lost photos during the migration?? Should I delete iPHOTo library or not??
Thanks.

What is confusing me is that when I sync my MacBook and my iPad, on itunes I select to sync ALL my photos from iPhoto to my iPad. However, on my iPad they take up only 6.66gb of space, with a total of 5670 photos on the iPad (duplicates within albums, recently deleted folder and camera roll I guess).
Syncing with iTunes will store only smaller versions on your iPad, not the full sized originals, so the storage required will be less.
But the syncing will also create a cache inside the iPhoto Library with the optimised versions and require additional space on your Mac, see: iTunes: Understanding the iPod Photo Cache folder

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I wish I had more info for this but I'm stumped. As I said there is no reason Aperture would increase the iPhoto library size by importing iPhoto's library.
BTW how did you do the import, that might shed some light on the problem.
The image count between the backup and the live iPhoto libraries seems fairly consistent so why the jump in size I can't say. And as for the increase in the number of images in Aperture, you started with an empty Aperture library, correct? And did you import anything directly into Aperture since you did the iPhoto import?
I'm still a little confused on the whole thing where Aperture shows both original and edited versions of an image, and some show both RAW & JPEG versions of an image,
Well Aperture really doesn't show both the original and edited versions, all you ever see are the versions unless you specifically ask to see the master. When you import an image into Aperture a version of the master is automatically made and displayed. Because at this point the version is no different then the master (you haven't made any adjustments to it yet) the version looks exactly like the master but it is the version you are seeing.
As for the RAW & JPG thing, if you shoot both RAW + JPG's in your camera when you import them you have the choice of which to make the master or to make each one a master. Not sure if that is what you are referring to.
I'm wondering whether I would have been better off just moving the whole iPhoto library into Aperture at the beginning, and deleting the iPhoto library.
That is definitly one option and the option most users who switch eventually make. You're not going to want to have both programs handeling your photos. But you should probably hold off until you;re more omfortable with Aperture and make sure you have a good backup of the iPhoto library before you do anything.
Remember when you import the iPhoto library into Aperture you're only choice is to copy the images not move them. This is done so that you can make sure all went OK before doing anything with iPhoto.
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Rebuilding iphoto library - why, downside, pitfalls

It seems easy to rebuild iPhoto library.
1. Will it fill iPhoto with duplicates of those already successfully viewed in my iPhoto?
2. Is there a reason to NOT rebuild iPhoto library?
3. Will I then see photos I thought were gone?
4. Would the rebuild transfer the original, full-sized photos or just thumbnails?
5. Would only a fool do this for the heck of it to see what happens?

1 - rebuilding has not effect on duplicates - it will neither create nor remove them - it simply fixes the database
2 - no reason to unless you have a problem - if you like the way iPhoto works dfor you then there is no reason to rebuild
3 - often - it depends on why you thought they were gone - if they are not showing due to problems with the database then it will - if they are not showing because they are gone then it will not - the only way to find out is to do it
4 - the rebuild transfers nothing - it simply rebuilds the database
5 - what ever you want - again if things are good then why
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I recently created a new iPhoto library, why does it now show 2 iPhoto libraries the same and 1 being my new one when I hold option and open iPhoto at the same time?

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Try the following to see if you can get rid of the ghost:
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User/Home/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
User/Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder (Snow Leopard and Earlier).
or with Lion and Mt. Lion from the User/Library/Containers/com.apple.iPhoto/
Data/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder
3 - launch iPhoto and try again.
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Photos do not show up in iPhoto yet still in user/pics/iPhoto Library. Why?

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Macbook Pro 2014
13-inch
Intel i5
8GB RAM
128GB flash SSD,
Integrated Graphics
iPhoto library is on external HDD
I was in a slideshow, with around 1,911 photos in it. About halfway through, my Macbook ran out of battery. Now when I restarted and charged the Macbook and reopened iPhoto, the slideshow won't advance through photos, and I can't figure out any reason why it would do this.
I thought it may be corrupted, so I deleted and reinstalled iPhoto library, iPhoto itself, and disconnected and reconnected my external HDD.
This didn't work, the photos still won't advance.
I don't know any reason why this would be happening, and there is ample space on my internal drive.
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James

Make a few tests, James, to narrow down the problem and find out, if the slideshow is corrupted, your iPhoto Library, or settings in your account.
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Create a new standard or admin user account in Users & Groups preferences.
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See these instructions for OS X Mountain Lion.
See this video, or these instructions for OS X Lion.
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Log out of your current user account by choosing Log Out from the Apple () menu.
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Hello everyone.
My iPhoto library is 22.91gb when shown in finder, and 13.8gb when shown in the iPhoto window inside iPhoto. There are 4665 photos. I understand why there's a difference - that's not my question.
What is confusing me is that when I sync my MacBook and my iPad, on itunes I select to sync ALL my photos from iPhoto to my iPad. However, on my iPad they take up only 6.66gb of space, with a total of 5670 photos on the iPad (duplicates within albums, recently deleted folder and camera roll I guess).
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Photos from my iphoto library are just green in imovie - Why?

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from some reason (i'm not sure why..) my whole iphoto library got deleted. I restored the whole library from my backup. Now all the photos are blank but steel have the photo info. (date, res., size etc.) Do you know what's the prob.? why can't i see my pics.

It's says that file does not exist. How come? And why does it still show the image info.?
Where can i find those files (i have a daily backup)
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I restored the whole library from my backup.
Try restoring from an older backup, from before you first noticed the problem.
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It's says that file does not exist. How come?
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Why is my iPhoto Library duplicating photos

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I need to reduce the files on my AIR, in particular the iPhoto library which is showing as 38.58Gb in Finder. However when I click on Info in iPhoto it says that I have 8,422 photos and they are only 18.9 GB.
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However when I click on Info in iPhoto it says that I have 8,422 photos and they are only 18.9 GB.
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the iPhoto library which is showing as 38.58Gb in Finder
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