IPhoto Restore Question

Will restoring my iPhoto Library from Time Machine blow away pictures that are newer than the backup? Or will it simply restore photos from before the backup date?
See, I think I'm missing a photo and video from a couple of years ago, so I'd like to restore those pictures to see what I have. But if it blows away every photo and video I've taken since the backup, it's not worth restoring it.
Thanks for any help.

Thanks, Terence. I do backup more than just every couple of years! But this was a good idea. The thing that solved my problem was a command I didn't know about in iPhoto, under the File Menu > Browse Backups. It actually goes into your Time Machine Backups so you can see your pictures in the backup folder, without having to do a restore. I was able to go back and look for those files. Thanks for responding!

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Iphoto restore & time machine

hi,
if i wish to restore only a couple of photos from a week ago, do i restore the entire iphoto library backup from that date?
if so, will this delete (from the library on my computer) all photos that i've added in the past week?
do i have to move the iphoto library (on my computer) to some other folder, then restore, then export the ones i'm looking for and add those back to the library?
is there a simpler way?
also, i've read here that time machine will not back up iphoto if it's open - is that true?
i'd also like to make sure that iphoto is indeed being backed-up, what is the easiest way to be sure of this?
i'm running osx v10.5.8 & iphoto '08 on a macbook pro and use a time capsule for backups.
many thanks.

a522 wrote:
hi,
if i wish to restore only a couple of photos from a week ago, do i restore the entire iphoto library backup from that date?
You can restore selected photos. See the iPhoto section in #15 of the Frequently Asked Questions *User Tip,* also at the top of this forum.
also, i've read here that time machine will not back up iphoto if it's open - is that true?
Sometimes. It seems to depend on exactly what you're doing. iPhoto isn't a normal collection of separate, independent files, but a "package." If whatever you're doing has the various interdependent parts in an inconsistent state, iPhoto will skip it. None of us mere mortals seems to know just what those conditions are. TM does not send any sort of message, but the next backup will have a message about a "missed reservation."
i'd also like to make sure that iphoto is indeed being backed-up, what is the easiest way to be sure of this?
Quit iPhoto before a backup gets started, or quit it and do a +Back Up Now+ from the TM icon in the menubar, or right-click the TM icon in your Dock.

Where in file structure on new hard drive should I direct IPhoto restore from Mozy?

I have a substantial IPhoto '08 library backed up on Mozy.com. My hard drive crashed and, after replacement by Apple, I notice I now have IPhoto '09 installed. I know Mozy has had problems with restoring metadata associated with IPhoto (they know it, too) but after lengthy discussions with Mozy personnel they assure me all metadata will be preserved during a restore if (and only if) I use the "Restore" tab from within the Mozy backup interface, as opposed to using any of the other avaiable Mozy restore tools. My entire IPhoto library shows up within the Mozy restore file structure as a single, very large file. My question is this: Where / what should I choose as the destination for the restoe on this brand-new hard drive?
Thanks to all for any help or guidance.
Ted

Ted,
There is an iPhoto forum, I'd suggest re-posting there if no one here is able to answer your question. This forum is more a general iMac forum.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/ilife/iphoto

Reinstalling Leopard - Restoring questions

I'm planning on giving my MacBook Pro (Early 2008) a fresh start by reinstalling Leopard. I have my computer backed up on Time Machine. I know I can just either "Restore with Time Machine" during the install process, or use Migration Assistant to restore my stuff. But I don't want to restore everything. So my questions are:
1. Using either of those processes, can I choose which applications to restore and which applications to forget about?
2. My latest backups are from the latest Leopard update (10.5.6), so I assume I should download all software updates before restoring?
3. Will this cause issues with the more "heavy" programs like the Adobe CS4 suite, Microsoft Office 2008, or Final Cut Studio 2? I'll reinstall them from the disks if I need to, but if I can just restore them, that'd be so much better.
4. Is it easy to restore my iWeb data? iPhoto data? What about the wide selection of albums I have in MobileMe through iPhoto? Will those still be listed in iPhoto?
That's all I can think of, thanks in advance!

requieminadream wrote:
3. Will this cause issues with the more "heavy" programs like the Adobe CS4 suite, Microsoft Office 2008, or Final Cut Studio 2? I'll reinstall them from the disks if I need to, but if I can just restore them, that'd be so much better.
The biggest potential problem is if they use activation or a limited number of installations. Things like Apple iTunes (to play any iTunes Store purchases) and Adobe CS suite use activation and this is tracked by system configuration. Restoration may cause the application to think it is on a different or new computer, and might trigger a reactivation request or a loss of one of your allocated activations. The best practice here is to make sure you make a list of all apps that require activation and deactivate them before any type of migration or "restoration."

Time Machine Restore Question

Hi,
I need to restore my Macbook Pro from my Time Machine backup as I cannot boot (gets stuck on the Apple screen with the wheel spinning and Disk Verify and Repair both fail). My questions is......if I do that will my bootcamp partition, which works perfectly, remain in place or will it be deleted / removed.
Thanks

your bootcamp partition will not be affected in any way.

ISE 1.2 backup restore questions

Hi all,
I have been looking at the backup and restore procedure for ISE deployments and have to say I have found the documentation to be somewhat confusing in general. Whilst I get the gist of it I have found numerous areas that are grey. This question is the first of many but here we go.
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/ise/1-2/user_guide/ise_user_guide/ise_backup.html#pgfId-1073378
Based on that link to restore a failed primary admin node I am left wondering about the state of the licensing. In a deployment that has the licensing configured to utilise the UDIs of the primary and secondary node what happens after you have rebuilt the primary from the ground up?
As far as I am aware when you run up a new node the UDI changes meaning that the license detail is no longer correct - how does this affect the rebuilt node becoming primary again and do you have to rehost the license to reflect the new UDI?

Another question I have is about the restoration of monitoring data to a primary monitoring node that has temporarily failed. As per documentation it states that a manual backup should be taken from the secondary node and restored to the primary to essentially provide the missing events during the outage. I have a couple of questions about this process:
1. What happens when the primary monitoring comes back online - does it sync up with the secondary monitoring node effectively overwriting the events the secondary has or does it just continue on its merry way?
2. To restore data to the primary monitoring node do you need to de-register the primary before restoring the backup taken from the secondary and re-join it to the deployment or do you just restore from the primary admin GUI? As far as I can see this still means that there will be a hole in the data for the period of time it takes to restore from backup.

Exchange Server 2013 backup and restoration question

Good afternoon
I am wondering if I can pick people's brains here if that's not too much trouble.
I have recently implemented an Exchange 2013 environment with 3 servers (two multi-role CAS & MBX physical machines, and one further virtual CAS server). Everything is working correctly and mail-flow is fine. My question relates to backup and restoration
procedures. I am running a single Database Availability group with the two multi-role servers members of the this group and I have one Mailbox Database on the DAG, passive on one member and active on the other. Failover has been tested and this is functioning
as expected.
The backup environment I have implemented is as follows. I have utilized a separate Microsoft DPM 2012 server that runs a nightly Bare Metal backup on both multi-role servers with a retention range of 14 days and I have protected the DAG using DPM with a
nightly full-express backup and 4 hourly syncs on one of the multi-role servers. Furthermore the Mailbox Database is protected, again nightly with a copy-backup.
I am confident I know what to do should the mailbox database become corrupted or lost or need to be restored for one reason or another (it would just be a case of restoring the backed up mailbox database using DPM to a pre-created recovery database), what
I am not quite so sure on is what I would do should I lose one or both of the multi-role CAS and MBX servers (the third CAS I am not so worried about as it is not used for incoming mail flow from the internet and we really only use it for ECP as we did not
want to expose this to the internet). I wonder what process should follow to restore my Exchange servers (I know how to perform the Bare Metal recoveries using WSB) and what configuration would be required after restoring the Bare Metal backups.
I know this is a reasonably long question but if anyone has any advice for me I would appreciate it greatly in the unlikely event something goes horribly wrong with my Exchange environment.
Thanks in advance

Hi,
Yes, Most of the configuration settings are stored in AD. Mail data and personal related data are store in Mailbox DB. We just need to take consideration of these two points.
Thanks,
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DB2 restore question

Hi!
Due to a unwanted batch input job we need to restore a R/3 system from prod to a sandbox system to have a reference system.
I have created a restore script with the brdb6brt tool to do a redirected restore, and it is currently creating table spaces in the database.
We are running on AIX v5.2 and DB2 v8 FP 11.
We have a full DB backup on disk and incremental backups on a networker managed tape library.
My question is:
If you restore with the parameter "incremental", is it possible to mark the DB as restored and start the rollforward process without applying the incremental backups on tape?
The documentation for DB2 leaves some space for interpretation, and I don't have the time to do wrong for this 1.4 TB DB.
Here are the examples from the documentation:
"Notes:
After successful completion of step 1, and before completing step 3, the restore operation can be aborted by issuing:
db2 restore db mydb abort
After successful completion of step 3, and before issuing all the required commands in step 4, the restore operation can be aborted by issuing:
db2 restore db mydb incremental abort "
Will any of these commands abort the restore so I need to restart the restore, or just exit the restore procedure so I can continue with rollforward.
BR Morten

Hi!
I will answer this post myself.
First read contetn in link: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v8/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.db2.udb.doc/admin/t0006070.htm
In addition:
Here the description of the command parameters for the restore:
CONTINUE
Specifies that the containers have been redefined, and that the
final step in a redirected restore operation should be performed.
ABORT
This parameter:
Stops a redirected restore operation. This is useful when an
error has occurred that requires one or more steps to be
repeated. After RESTORE DATABASE with the ABORT option has
been issued, each step of a redirected restore operation must
be repeated, including RESTORE DATABASE with the REDIRECT
option.
Terminates an incremental restore operation before completion.
Therefore if you allready have issued the "RETSTORE DATABASE NBP
CONTINUE" without any error, then the restore is finished.
You cannot do a continue manually because you are in another session
then the script (Therefore you get the SQL2008N).
Best regards,
Steffen Stolz
SAP Global Support, DB2 UDB for UNIX and Windows

Iphoto - restoring events/albums

I am using OSX 10.6.8 and Iphoto 11 9.2.1. It was not responding so I did the alt and create new album thing - its works now. But I have nothing in it. How do I restore all my events/ albums and slideshows??? I found iphoto in time machine and tried to relaunch it that way but it still only has the one album in it.
My 21st is on Saturday and I need the slide show.. Please help!!

To back up the Library:
Most Simple Back Up
Drag the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to another Disk. This will make a copy on that disk.
Slightly more complex:
Use an app that will do incremental back ups. This is a very good way to work. The first time you run the back up the app will make a complete copy of the Library. Thereafter it will update the back up with the changes you have made. That makes subsequent back ups much faster. Many of these apps also have scheduling capabilities: So set it up and it will do the back up automatically. Examples of such apps: Chronosync or DejaVu . But are many others. Search on MacUpdate
If you were to delete iphoto then they would go into the trash. So an obvious thing would be to export the Albums to the finder first. They'll export as folders full of images.
i know want to back up to this drive so albums are separate as they were in windows.
Then export the albums. Quite pointless but that's what you do. Much better to back up the Library.
Regards
TD

IPhoto restoration please help!

Hi, my iPhoto has just corrupted, it says restore, is there a way to do this without restoring the whole machine? I didn't have time machine set up (lesson learnt) and how do i restore iPhoto? I have tried repairing it using command and alt, didn't work

The Apple Support Communities are an international user to user technical support forum. As a man from Mexico, Spanish is my native tongue. I do not speak English very well, however, I do write in English with the aid of the Mac OS X spelling and grammar checks. I also live in a culture perhaps very very different from your own. When offering advice in the ASC, my comments are not meant to be anything more than helpful and certainly not to be taken as insults.
The app and the photo library are separate. Replacing the app should not have any effect on the photo library. Is the app from the Mac App Store (MAS)? If so, drag the app to the Trash, open the MAS app, sign into your iTunes/MAS account, open the Purchases pane and download the app again.

Iphoto slideshow questions

I am running iphoto 9.5.1 with OSX 10.9.3 I am making a slideshow that I will eventually export to an external HD. When I make a title for the first picture it does not save for some reason...I have to constantly redue it. Why?
I don't see an option to save the slideshow and it seems to be auto-saving which is great, but that first picture's title won't save.
Last question...when I have completed the slideshow can I just drag and drop it into my external HD?
thanks

, but it only works on my computer!
Where do you want to play it? If you want to create a video DVD that will play on TV sets with DVD players you need to use a video DVD authoring applicaiton like iDVD. Here's how:
Export the slideshow out of iPhoto as a QT movie file via the Export button in the lower toolbar. For iPhoto 9.4.3 and earlier select Size = Medium or Large. For iPhoto 9.5 and later selct 480p.
Open iDVD, select a theme and drag the exported QT movie file into the open iDVD window being careful to avoid any drop zones.
Follow this workflow to help assure the best quality video DVD:
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
The following is important only if you don't already have iDVD on your Mac:
If iDVD was not preinstalled on your Mac you'll have to obtain it by purchasing a copy of the iLife 09 disk from a 3rd party retailer like Amazon.com: ilife 09: Software or eBay.com. Why, because iDVD (and iWeb) was discontinued by Apple over a year ago.
Why iLife 09 instead of 11?
If you have to purchase an iLife disc in order to obtain the iDVD application remember that the iLife 11 disc only provides themes from iDVD 5-7. The Software Update no longer installs the earlier themes when starting from the iLIfe 11 disk nor do any of the iDVD 7 updaters available from the Apple Downloads website contain them.
Currently the only sure fire way to get all themes is to start with the iLife 09 disc:
This shows the iDVD contents in the iLife 09 disc via Pacifist:
You then can upgrade from iDVD 7.0.3 to iDVD 7.1.2 via the updaters at the Apple Downloads webpage.
OT

IPhoto '11 Questions / Issues

I upgraded to iPhoto '11 as soon as it became available. As I have been working with it and trying to update all of my old photos with titles, descriptions, locations, etc, I have found a few things that either are bugs with iPhoto, or I just haven't figured out how to do them yet.
First, when setting a location on a photo, the only way I have found to do it is to go into the info screen, then use the small map in the corner to place the marker. Is there a way to get a full-sized map when locating photos?
Second, I have been having some issues with Faces. When I am looking in the info screen for a picture, some pictures show that I have xx number of unnamed faces, where xx could be any number. However, when I look at the picture, I can't find any spot in the photo where there is the box around a section of the photo with the "unnamed" label below it. Why is it showing that I have unnamed faces if there are no markers on the photo?
Also with Faces, I have tried using the feature where I can look at and name 5 pictures at a time. I have 2 questions with regards to this feature. First, is it possible, especially while in full-screen mode to look at more than 5 faces at a time, and second, why does it keep having me rename the same photos over and over again that are all from the same photo?
And finally, another Faces issue, after I mark some Faces through the feature where I name multiple faces at once, I have looked at some photos and it shows a person's name, but it will have the box around a completely different person? Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Regarding the locations see my post HERE.
Can't help you with faces as I don't use that feature.
Happy Holidays

IPhoto file questions

Hello! I am new to Macs. Having recently switched from a PC to a Mac, I am a little confused by the file management.
Every time I import photos using iPhoto, where are the files saved?
If I want to copy, email, or open photos using any non-Apple software (say, my email in Safari), how do I find the uploaded photos?
I apologize if these questions have been asked before, and I thank you for your reply.

. To access them, control-click it in the Finder and choose Show Package Contents. Don't change anything inside.
This is not a supported way to access the files.
There are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto:
*For Users of 10.5 and later*
You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Command-Click for selecting multiple pics.
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(Note the above illustration is not a Finder Window. It's the dialogue you get when you go File -> Open)
You can access the Library from the New Message Window in Mail:
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*For users of 10.4 and later* ...
Many internet sites such as Flickr and SmugMug have plug-ins for accessing the iPhoto Library. If the site you want to use doesn’t then some, one or any of these will also work:
To upload to a site that does not have an iPhoto Export Plug-in the recommended way is to Select the Pic in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export and export the pic to the desktop, then upload from there. After the upload you can trash the pic on the desktop. It's only a copy and your original is safe in iPhoto.
This is also true for emailing with Web-based services. However, if you're using Gmail you can use iPhoto2GMail
If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto.
If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
*If you want to access the files with iPhoto not running*:
For users of 10.6 and later:
You can download a free Services component from MacOSXAutomation which will give you access to the iPhoto Library from your Services Menu. Using the Services Preference Pane you can even create a keyboard shortcut for it.
For Users of 10.4 and later:
Create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use this free utility Karelia iMedia Browser
Other options include:
1. *Drag and Drop*: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
2. *File -> Export*: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
3. *Show File*: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
Regards
TD

Iphoto restored but problems

My Mac crashed 2 weeks ago and restoring iPhoto has been a nightmare. All of my "events" are gone, I have duplicates, triplicates, etc. My photos have jibberish under them like "hyvSMkMfS2mpzg1LnmCDsA". I have over 20,000 photos and have most backed up on another mac. Is there a way to take that photo library off that one and move it to my restored (new hard drive mac) - or is there a way to repair / restore what I have?

As your back up is hosed your nest step is to recover the original files from the damaged back up and then make a new Library and start over from scratch. Easiest way to do it is with iPhoto Library Manager
http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/Help/extracting%20photos%20from%20a%20corrupt ed%20iphoto%20library.html

Aperture vs iPhoto library questions

Hello, I am brand new to Aperture from iPhoto. I am moving to Aperture to take advantage of the organization options because I am starting to run out of HD space with my 100 GB iPhoto library. I want to have the option in the near future to switch to referenced masters on an external drive. So my question has to do with the unified library between iPhoto and Aperture. When I upgraded to Aperture, I had to first update iPhoto to the new library format. I then opened my iPhoto library in Aperture. Everything I've read about the unified format has explained that it is compatible with both applications. But I've also read that iPhoto does not work with referenced masters. So, can I use Aperture to convert my iPhoto library to Referenced masters? Or do I need to transfer my photos into a native Aperture library first? And then once I switch to referenced masters, will iPhoto still work with my new library?
Thank you,
Ray

But I've also read that iPhoto does not work with referenced masters.
And then once I switch to referenced masters, will iPhoto still work with my new library?
Ray,
iPhoto can use referenced original master image file, it works well in iPhoto '11. Only, iPhoto has no built-in tools to repair broken references, if referenced files get accidentally moved or changed, so it is not recommended to do this in iPhoto. But since you now want to use Aperture, that will not be a problem. You will be able to repair broken references using Aperture. iPhoto will work well with a referenced Aperture library. I am using it all the time.
So, can I use Aperture to convert my iPhoto library to Referenced masters? Or do I need to transfer my photos into a native Aperture library first?
Yes, that is simple.
Upgrade your iPhoto Library by opening it in the latest iPhoto version, and then use the command "File > Open Library in Aperture". Now Aperture will work with your iPhoto library as an Aperture library. Events will show as Projects in Aperture, albums will still be albums. All keywords and ratings, Faces and Places will transfer.
To switch to referenced masters/originals select the images you want to relocate and use the command "File > Relocate originals".
You may want to read this page of the manual:
Aperture 3 User Manual: Working with Referenced Images
But make a full backup of your libraries before you start to reorganize them and relocate files.
Regards
Léonie
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