Iphoto photos when offline
Where are my photos stored on my macbook? I have not had the internet for a few days but I still want access to my photos. Where are they? Are they only in the cloud? How can I import them or download them to my hard drive? I never know if a picture I am looking at lives in the cloud or on my drive.
I can't access my photos using Photoshop unless I am on the internet If I edit the photos on photoshop, then I can save it in my Photos drive locally. How can i control where my files live?
Is there a way to delete a photo from all devices? I deleted a photo from my iPad and it was still on the cloud on my macbook.
Is there a clear explanation of this somewhere?
Thanks
You're not grasping what iPhoto is and what it is for.
It's your Photo Manager. It's the starting point for anything you want to do with your Photos. This
i cant access any iphoto pictures from photoshop. Instead, i have to chhose the picture in iphoto and select to edit in photoshop.
is because you're starting in Photoshop. You start in the Manager not in the editor.
I cant browse my photos using photoshop bridge
Correct. Bridge is pointless if you use iPhoto. It replaces Bridge. If you're using iPhoto, just forget about Bridge.
My photos shold live in my Finder app in the sidebar under pictures, not hidden in an app that is not accessible to other software.
Well there's no "should" about it. If you want to use the Finder to manage your files, then do. If you want to use a Photo Manager, forget about the Finder. It's a different way of working, more flexible and feature rich, but there is a learning curve, yes. But it is factually wrong to say the photos are hidden and unavailable to other software. On the contrary they are easily accessible to every app on your Mac. There in every single Open... dialogue
For help accessing your photos in iPhoto see this user tip:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4491
When I choose what items to show in my sidebar, one would think that when i pick to display Pictures that i could find all of my pictures in that folder
You're confusing files - which is what the Finder is for and Photos which is what iPhoto is for. You're rather obsessing about folders when there is no need. Just a little learning.
i can choose to put all of my lifhtroom photos there but not mi iphoto pictures, which live in my applications folder.
Your iPhoto pictures are in the iPhoto Library in your Pictures Folder, unless you moved the Library.
Is there a way to put all of the pictures on my hard drive into my pictures folder on the sidebar?
Sure: Export them from iPhoto
File -> Export
This User Tip
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4921
has details of the options in the Export dialogue.
And then don't use iPhoto. It's not compulsory. But if you are going to use it then you need to learn a little.
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Ideas?Hello cskozma,
After reviewing your post, it sounds like you want to have the SD pictures on the iPhone and not need the internet to access them using iCloud photo library. I would recommend that you read this article, it may be able to help the issue.
iCloud Photo Library beta FAQ - Apple Support
iCloud Photo Library stores the original, high-resolution photos and videos in iCloud and can keep lightweight, device-optimized versions on each of your devices.
You need an Internet connection to access an original photo or video that’s stored only in iCloud.
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
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Disable Photo Stream in the System/iCloud preference pane
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Reboot and reenable both respectively. That should jump start Photo Stream.
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I have been organizing my photos in iPhoto and have written descriptions for them. In the past, with an older version of iPhoto, I would burn a CD. When I would put the CD back in my computer, the description would also be on the CD. Now, I am burning the CD's and there is no record of the description. This is very important as I want the information stored with the photos, both for my own reference, but also if something would happen to me my family would know who are in the photos and what the occasions were. Is there some way I can do this? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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I have not tried exporting the photos to finder and then burning as they suggest doing if you want the CD to be readable on Windows program, but I never had to do that with my old iPhoto program, so did not know if that would make a difference.
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I deleted the photos via Finder and empty trash long time ago. The thing is, that I want to recover one event or album. The event appears in the iphoto but when open, it shows "!". Is it possible to recover the photos?
No. When you removed the photos via the finder you damage the library. Photos should always be removed from the library using iPhoto, never with the Finder.
If you have a Time Machine backup of the library from before you deleted the photos you can restore the library to the Desktop and export that album from it to import into your current library.
It's been too long to be able to try one of the file recovery applications. You sure to have overwritten those files with new files since them.
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I can see my thumbnails for my events in iphoto, but when I click to open the folder, no photos show up. However, when I hover over the thumbnail, it shows the flicker of images
that should be inside the folder, as well as # of images in each folder. It also occasionally says the following when I try to even open iphoto: "Your photo library will not be readable by previous versions of iPhoto after the upgrade. The upgrade process for very large libraries may take an hour or more to complete." So, I am scared to hit "upgrade" for fear I will never recover any of the images as the wording in this quote seems odd. The photos are not in the trash. Did I lose them all? Do you know if/how I can retrieve them?iPhoto 08?
Try these in order - from best option on down...
1. Do you have an up-to-date back up? If so, try copy the library6.iphoto file from the back up to the iPhoto Library (Right Click -> Show Package Contents) allowing it to overwrite the damaged file.
2. Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In Library Manager it's the FIle -> Rebuild command)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, 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.
3. If neither of these work then you'll need to create and populate a new library.
To create and populate a new *iPhoto 08* library:
Note this will give you a working library with the same Events and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, modified versions, books, calendars etc.
In the iPhoto Preferences -> Events Uncheck the box at 'Imported Items from the Finder'
Move the iPhoto Library to the desktop
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I did a restore on my Imac and now it says You can’t open your current photo library using this version of iPhoto.So when I go to apps icon they want to charge me 14.99 for new Iphoto
It would help if you would answer questions and give information rather then constantlhy complaining
You do not need to purchase anything - but to help you you do have to supply the requested information
Have you installed iPhoto from the DVD that came with the computer or from the App Store?
The answer to this is critical to helping you -- please answer
WE probably also need to know exactly how you "restored" your Mac and why youneeded to restore it
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I want my carefully organized photos in a iPhoto Album to remain in SAME order when sending the album to my iPad from my MacBook Pro via Photo Stream. How can I do this?
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