IPhoto library is full of web images

My father-in-law currently has quite an issue with iPhoto. Somehow his library has filled up with what I can only guess to be web cache. The library is populated with small gifs from websites he frequents (weather graphics, emoticons, etc.) I'm not sure what to make of it and have no idea how to prevent it from happening. Any insights would be greatly appreciated.

This can happen if something like a cache folder is dragged to the iPhoto Window or iPhoto icon inadvertently.
The best solution is to restore from back up from prior to the event.
Regards
TD

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Updating iPhoto library memory full, photos gone!!

Similar to the problem indicated in the response from: Muhamad Abdulkadir
in this thread: Pictures disappeared after installing Yosemite and new Iphoto. Why
When my iPhoto library (very large >1TB) was updating, it ran out of memory. Unfortunately, something happened and on rebuild, all my photos were gone.
Looking in the "Old Masters" that Muhammad mentioned, I see the folder structure, but no photos.
Now under my "iPhoto Library Recovered Photos" folder, I have >1TB of data in that folder. All the photos have a number appended to it (e.g. IMG_1469_14.JPG) in the example, the appended number is _14.
It sounds like this is all my photos, and would love to restore these photos, but can't seem to do it. I do have a backup, but its offsite at the moment. Any ideas?

Thanks Larry!
You bring up a great point.. Based on your comment "..assure that you have adequate disk space available..." It sounds like the upgrade copies the library and tries to upgrade it? When not enough memory is available, it would generate the "memory full" message? Somehow, when I saw it said memory full, I assumed it was RAM related and not storage.. If it is storage, then that makes sense, because I have just under 1TB available.

My iPhoto library is full, can i use ilife 11 to upload my pics to the cloud?

I'm currently running OS X 10.9.4 and iPhoto 8.1.2. My iPhoto library is getting too large and I'm not sure what to do. I back my system up on time machine monthly. I was going to delete some files, many family videos because they're backed up, to make room to install ilife11. The thought was I would then be able to use the cloud storage, after installing ilife 11, to put my photos on. Does this seem like a good options to roll with?

No
There is no place to store photos from your Mac in iCloud with any version of iPhoto for the Mac - and a backup is different from an archive - a backup will sooner or later delete anything that is deleted form the main drive - how long depends on the software you use and the available disk space
for m=now you need to purchase an external drive formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) and move your library to it -
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
And backup soon and often - having your iPhoto library on an external drive is not a backup and if you are using Time Machine you need to check and be sure that TM is backing up your external drive
LN

Image browsing very slow - iPhoto library on a shared disk image

Hello,
I'm experiencing serious slowness when browsing images with iPhoto. I get the spinning beach ball for several seconds every time go to next image. According to the activity monitor my CPU load is close to 100% when this happens. The problems started when I got a new camera and had to update to Photo 11 to get the RAW support. Also, I had to update to Mountain Lion to get iPhoto 11 running.
My library is on a shared disk image, and my wife and I are sharing the same library. I have increased the size of the image a couple of times as my library has grown. We have 17680 pictures in the library. Mostly RAW format.
I have tried flushing the iphoto cache and rebuilding the library. No effect. Then I created a new library (non-shared) and that seemed to work fine. The problem seems to be related to the disk image. I don't know what to do? Is there something I could try?
I'm running OS X 10.8.4 and iPhoto 9.4.3. There is about 100 GB free space on my boot drive. Here is my hardware Overview:
Model Name:    iMac
Model Identifier:    iMac9,1
Processor Name:    Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:    2,66 GHz
Number of Processors:    1
Total Number of Cores:    2
L2 Cache:    6 MB
Memory:    4 GB
Bus Speed:    1,07 GHz
Thanks,
Lasse

Using a disk image in the Shared folder has worked for few that it's not a method I would advise using in any situation. Get an external HD as TD has suggested. You'll be a lot more satisfied with the results if you do.
OT

IPhoto Library Says disk is full and it isnt!!

Hello Al
My first post on here - have tried following various other threads relating to this but my problem is that I that although I am getting a message in iphoto saying I cant import as iphoto library is full - it is by no means full. The library is on my hard drive which has 500gig free!!
I do have external hard drives etc. and can of course copy the library to these - but I don't understand why when I have 500gig free I am being told the disk containing my iphoto library is full?
Please help as I have so many photos on my camera I would like to import so I can make some Christmas prezzies! Thanks
Claire

What size have you allocated to the dmg?
There is no need for this with iPhoto 09.
You can simply drag the Library to the Users/Shared Folder.
In each account in turn: Double click on the Library to open it. (You may be asked to repair the Library Permissions.) From that point on, this will be the default library location. Both accounts will have full access to the library, in fact, both accounts will 'own' it.
However, there is a catch with this system and it is a significant one. iPhoto is not a multi-user app., it does not have the code to negotiate two users simultaneously writing to the database, and trying will cause db corruption. So only one user at a time, and back up, back up back up.
If that still reports the same issue, then 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, faces and places 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 i use an old iPhoto library for referenced images?

I upgraded to Mavericks today (from Snow Leopard) and want to find a way to continue to view + edit images from my old iPhoto library.
My version of iPhoto is 8.1.2, and is 390GB. I have also been using Aperture for some time, and now have 3.5.1. The Aperture library is 71GB of Managed Images.
I have several backups of the iPhoto library of external disks. Can I set things up so that the images can be accessed by Aperture as Referenced Images'?
And if so, will the iPhoto structure (events, folders etc) be retained?

It's achieveable, but somewhat of a hack, and the best you'll get is something close to your event structure, but not albums.
I'd really recommend lêonie's approach above.
However, if you really want to play...:
There are two main problems to solve.
1) The files are inside the iPhoto library bundle which is not selectable from the import panel.
2) You'll have a combination of master, non-destructive edits, and previews. I no longer have an 8.1 library to check so I can't decribe the structure). You'll need to decide if you want to bring in originals and edits (where available).
You'll need to have a look around the iPhoto library structure; navigate to it in finder, right-click the library and choose 'Show package contents'.
Explore this until you are happy you know where the images are stored (orginals and edited copies), these are the images you can access directly.
To make them accessible for import in Aperture, drag any folders your are interested in (eg: originals, masters, previews, etc) to your finder favourites sidebar. This doesn't move them anywhere, it just gives you shortcuts to those folders that reside inside the iPhoto library bundle.
In Aperture, use 'Import->Folders as Projects' from the file menu. Here you can specify that the images stay in their original location (imported as referenced) and you can use the shortcut on your finder sidebar (created above) to navigate into the iPhoto library to pick up the images.
You can try the different options for the stucture of the import ('Folders and Projects' or 'Projects and Albums'). 'Folders and Projects' will probably work best as it will give something approximating your import history which may match your event structure, but the project names will likely not match the event names.
Once you've got them in Aperture, youll probably need to tidy up the structure, but in Aperture you can move and change projects as much as you want withouth affecting anything in the old iPhoto Library. The things that can impact the iPhoto Library are deleting or relocating any of the masters.
As I say, it's a bit of a hack, and in the long run you will probably be better off by just importing the library and relocating the masters. This will keep your event and album structure and be much cleaner, but it will give you an additional copy of the images, which I suspect is what you are trying to avoid.
Also, if you get future problems with your images, you'll have to explain all the above or people may have trouble helping you!
Andy

Iphoto library folders

Why is it when you mess around with the folder names & change them they dissapear from iphoto? I'd like to organize my iphoto library folders better then having to search multiple numbered folders but when I start renaming then it's no longer in iphoto.

Yes, that is what I am saying.
I can tell you though, if you upgrade to iPhoto 6 you will be happier.
In iPhoto 6, the name you give your rolls is also reflected in the Finder.
When I import dated folders of photos I make sure I give the folder a name like
"12/25/2006 Christmas" or 7/04/2006 Fireworks". So if I need to find a photo, it is there in the Finder under the Year with the same roll name.
You can rename your rolls now, though the new name for the rolls won't be reflected in the Finder until you install iPhoto 6 and upgrade your library.
I can also tell you that I keyword all my photos. In iPhoto preferences under keywords, I add the new keywords I need. After each import I keyword all my photos.
Using Spotlight to search for a keyword will give me all the photos with that keyword. I can then find the photo in the Finder by Control clicking on the photo in the search window and scrolling to "reveal in Finder"
There are lots of more little tricks so ask away if you need more info.
To get you started, here is some stuff I put together for iPhoto 5:
--First thing to know and remember is this...Do not drag any images, folder of images into the iPhoto Library in the Finder. Images have to be imported into iPhoto within the application. Do not scan images and save them into the iPhoto Library folder in the Finder. Save them to another location such as the Pictures folder or even the desktop. You can then import them into iPhoto.
If you have already put files/folders in the iPhoto Library folder in the Finder then you will also find out that if you try to import them into iPhoto you will get an error message. No worry, just drag them to the desktop and import from there.
--All images that you import are shown in the library view. You can choose how you want to view, by rolls, by date, by rating, etc. When you put images in an Album, slideshow, book, etc, you are actually just putting pointers to those images in the library. You are not adding more images. If you delete an image from the Album it will still be in the library. If you delete an image from the library it is deleted from iPhoto's database (the iPhoto Library folder in the Finder) and your hard drive ONLY after you empty iPhoto's trash. (unless you have it backed up somewhere else)
--You have a folder of images on your hard drive and want to import them into iPhoto. Drag the folder of images into an open iPhoto Library window and the folder of photos will be copied into the library, resulting in a new roll with the name of the folder. You now have two copies of those photos, the ones in iPhoto's database and the ones on your desktop. You can keep the ones on your desktop that you just imported as backup or you can delete that folder. You can also drag a folder of photos into an empty space in the source column and a new roll and album will be created at the smae time for those images in the folder. The album will have the same name as the folder you dragged into the source column.
-- you scan a picture/pictures and save it in a folder. You cannot scan directly into iPhoto or the iPhoto Library folder in the Finder.
You want all your photos in iPhoto so you import them into iPhoto.
Now you have two copies of that picture/pictures, so you can delete the originals that were in the scanned folder and keep the one/ones that were imported into iPhoto.
-- You download pictures from your camera into iPhoto.
There is now one copy of each of the pictures. (DO NOT HAVE IPHOTO DELETE THE IMAGES FROM YOUR CAMERA! DELETE THEM MANUALLY WITH THE CAMERA-if something goes wrong with the import and they are never imported and then they are deleted from the camera you might end up losing those images)
--You want to change something about a picture you imported, such as
cropping it or changing the size, or changing the orientation.
Once you do that to a picture, you now have two copies of the picture
in iPhoto, the original and the edited one. The edited one will be in the library organize view. The original is packed away in an Original folder in your iPhoto Library folder under the date of the roll. You can always revert to the original by control clicking on the photo and choose "revert to orginal" You will not have this choice if you used iPhoto Diet to get rid of the Originals.
(a quick note on cropping within iPhoto...when you are in edit mode, you automatically will be in the crop mode with cross hairs to highlight the crop area. To finish cropping you must click the crop button and then go back to library view and your cropped picture will be there.
--You want to use Photoshop or another graphic program to edit a picture in your iPhoto library.
You can open up prefs for iPhoto and choose
For iPhoto 5--"when double clicking on
photo" ..do" choose "other" and select Photoshop. Now you can edit all
pictures in your iPhoto library in PhotoShop by double clicking. If you save the photo with the same name and as a flattened file it will be saved right into iPhoto and you will see the changes. If you don't want to save it into iPhoto then do a "save as" and save to the desktop. You will then have the original photo still in iPhoto and your new edited photo on the desktop.
For iPhoto 6 (from the Apple Help Menu)-Have you ever used PS as the external editor set up within iPhoto Prefs?
From the iPhoto Help menu;
"Choosing what happens when you click the Edit button
When you want to edit a photo, you can have the photo open in iPhoto's edit view, in a separate window, in full-screen view, or in another application.
To choose a preference:
Choose iPhoto > Preferences.
Click General at the top of the Preferences window.
Under Edit Photo, select one of the following options:
"In main window" opens the photo in the main viewing area.
"In separate window" opens the photo in a separate window.
"Using full screen" opens the photo in full-screen view.
"In application" opens the photo in another application you choose.
To open a photo in its own window when "Main window" is selected, press the Option key when double-clicking the photo.
To open a photo in edit view when "Separate window" is selected, press the Option key when double-clicking the photo.
Note: Any video clip you imported into iPhoto will always open in QuickTime Player when you double-click it."
And...
"Editing photos in another application
You can do many editing tasks in iPhoto, such as rotating and cropping a photo, changing a color photo to black and white, adjusting exposure and contrast, and reducing red-eye. If you want to make other changes to a photo, you can open it in another image-editing application, such as Adobe Photoshop.
To edit photos in another application:
Set your preferences to open photos in another application when you double-click them or click the Edit button. (See Related Topics below.)
Double-click the photo to open it in the application.
Edit the photo and save it using the same name and file format.
The changes you made to the photo will be visible when you return to iPhoto.
IMPORTANT: When you double-click a RAW-format photo, iPhoto creates a copy of the photo in JPEG format, which opens in the other application. To edit the photo in its original RAW format, drag the photo from the iPhoto window to the Finder, and then use the other application to open it. (If you previously used iPhoto to edit the RAW photo, select the photo and choose Photos > Revert to Original before dragging it to the Finder. This way, you can edit the photo using its RAW data in the other application.) If you want to import the photo back into iPhoto, you must first save it as a JPEG or TIFF file."
--Or, with iPhoto open, you can drag a picture from the library window
to your desktop (you see a + sign on the pic you are dragging). You now
have two of the same picture, one in the iPhoto library and one on your desktop. You can open up the one on your desktop in any graphic program and work on it. The one in iPhoto stays the same. You can also share/export the picture/pictures to your desktop or folder to work on them or do batch processing, etc. You will still have the originals in your iPhoto Library.
--Or, you can open up the ~/Pictures/iPhoto Library/folders and option drag any
picture out of the folder to your desktop. Notice that you will see a plus sign while dragging the photo. This is copying the file to your desktop
I would advise anyone not to do this as they might forget to use the option key and drag the photo out. Next time you open iPhoto the photo will be missing.
-The one option you will not find within iPhoto is to resize photos. iPhoto wants you to keep all full size images within iPhoto to give you the best size for printing or using for other applications. You can however go to Share>export (for iPhoto 5) or File>export (for iPhoto 6) and choose the naming scheme, input the dimensions and export to the desktop to use for uploading to a web space or emailing.
--to email a photo set up your email client in iPhoto Preferences. Once done, just select a photo/photos and hit the email icon in the toolbar.
If you use a web based email, then you need to export the photo to the desktop and upload it from there.
Two Apple kbs for you to read
Don't tamper with files in the iPhoto library folder
About the iPhoto Library folder
Don't forget that in Library view you can Control click on any picture and get a contextual menu with many options. One is to revert to original.
For more help and information you can go to the Help menu wiithin iPhoto and input your search term in the search bar, then hit the "enter" key on the keyboard.
You can also go to the iPhoto Support site.
iPhoto Support

Addressbook picture edit does not allow iPhoto library entries in menu

I can't get the iPhoto picture to show up for selection when inserting an image in an address. See the attached menu, not the list of options on left contains no way to access iPhoto images. Is there any way to search for and add an iPhoto picture withe the Addressbook dialog (this used to work fine in Lion and earlier version of Addressbook). Drag and drop seems the only workaround. I'd think that since the old method allowed opening of iPhoto library and browsing for an image to insert. Why was this deleted?
H

Colin Robinson wrote:
You only get this option (Faces):
If the name in the card matches that in the Faces section in iPhoto.
Not disagreeing with you Colin, just sayin' that the web version (Cloud version) works differently, this seems weird because I don'r remembeer this ever working that way (in Lion or previous OS's)! Why change something that ain't broke? And it's far more user friendly the old way, on the iPad.
Why they did this in this ML release is beyond me. I actually never tried this before someone pointed it out to me.
Henry

After installing PSE 10 on OS X Lion, no longer able to select pictures from iPhoto library

I've downloaded and installed Photoshop Elements 10 on my MacBook Pro, which is running OS X 10.7.4. After installation and importing the photos from iPhoto, I noticed that I am no longer able to select images from my iPhoto library from other applications, such as Facebook, Address Book, etc. (ie; typically in a dialog to select a photo or image, simply browse to iPhoto library to get access to all Events, Albums, Faces, etc.).
This capability now seems to be broken even if I browse to the iPhoto Library using Finder. Showing Package Contents on the iPhoto Library reveals that all the images are there.
Any ideas on how to fix this? Drilling into the file structure of the PE Organizer is painful at best.

You assume too much. I am not mucking around with the iPhoto Library.
Here is an example of my problem:
Open Address Book
Select a Contact
Click Edit
Double Click the Photo icon
A dialog appears for me to "Choose" a photo
Click Choose...
Another dialog appears for me to browse to the photo that I would like to attach to that conract
I select my username under "Favorites", then expand the "Pictures" folder
When I click on iPhoto Library, I am no longer able to expand it and presented with the photos, events, faces, albums within it, but only get an icon for the iPhoto Library instead.
This is part of the way a Mac works, and is now broken. It exhibits this in Address Book and any other program, and it was working fine until I installed PSE 10.

Why is the iPhoto Library file so big?

Why is the iPhoto Library File so big?
I cancelled the option in settings that it copies the files to the Library but the LIbrary file grows and grows when I import new photos?
Can someone help me?

You have disabled "Copy items to the iPhoto Library"?
Then the original image files should not be imported; you can check this by selecting one of the recently imported photos and using the command "File > Reveal in Finder > Original File". Does it show you a file outside the library?
Your library will grow in size, when you import and edit photos, even if the originals are not included. iPhoto will store thumbnails of your photos, previews of the edited versions, of the faces, and if you sync your library with iTunes, there will also be an iPod Photo cache, that can be quite large:
iTunes: Understanding the iPod Photo Cache folder
You know, that disabling "Copy items to the iPhoto Library" is quite risky, don't you? Just in case you are not aware of the risks - iPhoto does provide no tools at all, if the connection between your referenced original files and your thumbnails in iPhoto gets broken. Or if you need to move your photos to a different drive, when the drive fails, as will happen one day. You will not be able to migrate the library to a new computer or restoring from your backup will be difficult. You will need third party apps like iPhoto Library Manager to recover from such a situation.
If you need to free space on your mac it is much safer to move the whole library to an external drive, or to split it and relocate the partial library with the older photos to an external drive.
-- Léonie

IPhoto Library says it's empty-don't know what to do next-info overload

Okay, I am a newbie. I am overwhelmed with all the info I've read in the forums and now I am afraid to make a move and screw something else up! Your help would be very much appreciated. I will give some background:
Main Problem: My iPhoto is empty. There is nothing in the Library. Where did everything disappear to?
1. I organized my desktop today (bad idea) - had lots of folders and photos on it (like a messy desk). Did this cause some of the problems?
2. I moved the photos from the desktop into the "Pictures" file folder (with better folder names for me-more changed locations for the photos-another bad idea-huh?).
3. While in the Pictures folder I saw the iPhoto library and wondered why it was there. I dragged it out of that place to the desktop. I put it back in the Pictures folder later thinking that was a problem, but at some point I got the message that there were no photos in my library.
4. My iPhotos had many albums, books, etc... two books ready to go to print - of course they are missing in action.
5. I had photos on my desktop (I used in my books, etc.) and photos simply imported into iPhotos from my camera (so they aren't on my desktop). Where would those photos be? They WERE in iPhoto as an Event. I didn't drag them anywhere.
6. I don't have the Time Machine program set up. Just discovered that while researching this problem. I thought I could go back in time.
7. I am using a iMac and have version 8 of iPhoto.
What does anyone recommend I do?
Thank you. CBJ2009

Main Problem: My iPhoto is empty. There is nothing in the Library. Where did everything disappear to?
Sound like you may have created a second blank iPhoto library - launch iPhoto while depressing the option (alt) key and use the select library option to select from available valid libraries - hopwfully this will solve your problem
1. I organized my desktop today (bad idea) - had lots of folders and photos on it (like a messy desk). Did this cause some of the problems?
That is not a problem AS LONG as none of the things you changed were in the iPhoto library (note that the all images smart folder displays items from the iPhoto library so you have to be very careful if you use it (probably best not to)
2. I moved the photos from the desktop into the "Pictures" file folder (with better folder names for me-more changed locations for the photos-another bad idea-huh?).
Again That is not a problem AS LONG as none of the things you changed were in the iPhoto library - the pictures folder is fine
3. While in the Pictures folder I saw the iPhoto library and wondered why it was there. I dragged it out of that place to the desktop. I put it back in the Pictures folder later thinking that was a problem, but at some point I got the message that there were no photos in my library.
THat is not good - never muck with the iPhoto library - and never change anything inside of it
If iPhoto was running when you did this you may have a bigger problem - but for now lest assume not - most likely you launched iPhoto while there was no iPhoto library available and it created a blank one - hopefully step one fixed this
5. I had photos on my desktop (I used in my books, etc.) and photos simply imported into iPhotos from my camera (so they aren't on my desktop). Where would those photos be? They WERE in iPhoto as an Event. I didn't drag them anywhere.
Assuming that you left the default setting for iPhoto to "copy imported items to the iPhoto library" your photos are all in the originals folder of the iPhoto library. Unless you deleted your iPhoto library in the process of playing around and emptied the trash - they are there.
6. I don't have the Time Machine program set up. Just discovered that while researching this problem. I thought I could go back in time.
getting TM running would be a good idea
LN
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Backing up my iPhoto library

My iPhoto library contains about 10,000 images of plants and flowers and these have carefully been arranged into folders by genus and species. I would like to back-up this Library to an external hard drive and then delete many of the images to free up some space on my hard drive. My question is "Will the folder structure be maintained in the backed-up copy of the iPHoto library, or will it disintegrate into 1000s of individuals jpegs in no order?" If I can, indeed, do this, what would be the best way to make the back-up, i.e. how best to move the images from my Powerbook to the external drive?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've invested a lot of time in setting up all of these folders, and I would hate to mess things up. I do, however, desperately need to free up some space on my hard drive. Thanks.

Hi King Jules,
If your library is small enough to fit on one DVD, then that is what you would do. I don't think your library of 10,000 image will fit on one DVD. It will fit on your iPod if your iPod has room. In your signature it says you have an extra hard disk.
To burn your library to discs you will have to take your library apart, burn the parts, then put the library back together.
To make it easier to do...
Drag the iPhoto Library to the desktop
Drag out each year folder from that library to the desktop
Put in a blank disc, follow directions to burn the 2005 folder
Put in blank disc and follow directions to burn 2004 folder
Put in blank disc and follow directions to burn 2003 folder
The last folder to burn would be the iPhoto Library folder with one of the smaller years folder inside it.
After all are burned, put the Year folders back into the iPhoto Library folder.
Drag the iPhoto Library folder back into the Pictures folder.
You should now just be able to launch iPhoto and it will open your library.

Why is my Aperture 3 Library 50% larger than my iPhoto Library?

So I have the latest iPhoto and I bought Aperture 3 (unlocked the trial). I imported my iPhoto Library into Aperture 3 with faces disabled and the preview option off. once it was imported, I turned on Faces and let it do its thing. As of right now, my iPhoto Library is 44.91GB and the Aperture 3 Library is 65.78GB. By y math that's about a 50% increase. Anyone have any insight into why?
I have maybe 50 RAW shots, the rest are all JPG and the occasional iPhone 3GS video. 450 Projects if that matters.
The only clue I can think of is that in my keyword list I have "iPhoto Original" and "iPhoto Modified", both have about 40k images tagged. Did the import from iPhoto perhaps copy both masters and versions? If so, how do I fix it cause I don't see duplicate images.

Terence Devlin wrote:
Search on iPhoto Edited keyword - a Smart Album, for instance. If these are jpegs then I would keep the original and rotate them again in Aperture. You lose less quality that way.
I think I may have mistyped above. After importing the iPhoto Library, I have 4 new keywords: iPhoto Converted, iPhoto Edited, iPhoto Hidden and iPhoto Original.
Converted has 280 images
Edited has 1 image, but that image says "1 of 2" in the upper left corner.
Hidden has 6, but these are just the images that were hidden in my iPhoto library.
Original has 40,309 images
If I go to Photos at the top of the sidebar in A3, I get 40,310 images.
For completeness, iPhoto shows 41,118 items, but I have been removing some projects from A3, so I expected it to be less.
So now I'm back to being confused about the size increase. I totally get that it would have imported both the Originals and Modified folders from the iPhoto Library. But if the image count isn't any higher, I don't see where the huge size increase is coming from.

What Does the iPhoto Library File Contain?

Does the iPhoto Library File (located: User -> Pictures -> iPhoto Library) contain both i) the images and ii) the layout, photo sizing, photo positioning, etc. for a Book Project created in iPhoto 08? I want to move a Book Project that I have created on computer "MacA" to another computer "MacB." MacA and MacB are not on the same network, so I will need to copy the file(s).
I want to be certain that the iPhoto Library File (described above) contains ALL OF THE FILES necessary to successfully move the Book Project from MacA to MacB. Will someone kindly confirm this. Thank you. Dale

If you have not changed the default setting for "copy imported items to the iPhoto library" then you iPhoto library is totally self contained and can be successfully copied to another Mac with the same or newer version of iPhoto - if you have changed that preference (strongly not recommended) then you will have great difficulty in moving your library
LN

443 projects after iphoto library import - what the hey?

I recently imported 9500+ images to A3 via file->import->iphoto library and while all the images are in the A3 library, they are randomly split into a total of 443 projects (yes, I counted them thank you very much).
Is it possible to import the iphoto library to one project? Or at least to a number of projects in somewhat logical order? How does one do this?
Thanks
M

The projects created after an iPhoto library input directly relate to the iPhoto events, each Aperture project was an iPhoto event.

IPhoto library is full of web images

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