IPhoto to Seagate External Drive
I am trying to transfer iPhoto library from MacBook Air (OSX Vers 10.6.8) to Seagate GoFlex external drive. I want this to be the location of the library and any additions. When following on line suggestions, I get circle with / thru it...files don't transfer.
Is the drive prepped for the Mac:
Drive Preparation
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
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Wen doing the following User>Pictures I try to drag iphoto library onto my desktop Seagate drive icon. Nothing happens. The files do not copy onto the external drive.
Can anyone help with whatIt should not be a problem. How is the drive formatted?
Select the Drive in Finder, then Get Info (cmd-i).
You'll see the format in the General section: -
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I followed the procedure to copy the iPhoto Library of my Macbook to the external drive in order to free up disk space. However, the library on the external drive was not in the selection list after the pressing the "option key" and opening the iPhoto, as many have suggested. The iPhoto is version '08. This may be very dumb question. I tried to remove the "Picture/iPhoto Library" and then opened the iPhoto. The response was that " the iPhoto Library not found, etc." It did not seen to recognize the external drive. I have exhausted my limited understanding on the subject. Appreciate greatly for any suggestion. The MacBook is down to about 5% free space.
Thank you!Thank you so much for responding.
The external drive I'd Seagate 500 GB, connected with USB. It is formatted as Journaled. This drive was used as the Time Machine drive before i installed the 2T Time Capsule. I like to relocate the iPhoto Library to the Seagate to free up the internal drive and hopefully a much faster response time on MacBook.
I did what you described. However, the external drive (and copied Library) was not found after holding the Option key and launched iPhoto.
I did the following tests:
1) I could launch the iPhoto by double click the icon from either Picture/iPhoto Library or External drive/iPhoto Library.
2) I modified a picture in either icon and the modification appeared in both. It seemed, some how, that both libraries are linked.
3) I used the Disk Utility to verify that the external disk is indeed Journaled. However I do not remember how I erased the old backup files from the external drive. Do I need to reformat ED again to have a clean slate?
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cant seem to get a seagate external drive to show up in finder when on the airport extreme base station. ver 7.5 using 10.6.2 any special setting to show it up in finder?
I tested a FAT 32 drive and it will show up.
Open your Hard Drive and look for your AirPort Extreme under the SHARED heading
Click the AirPort Extreme icon and then click Connect As at the upper right of the window
Your drive should appear
If not, click anywhere on your open desktop so that the Finder menus appear at the top of the screen
Click Finder, then click Preferences, then click the General tab
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I have just installed Photoshop Elements for a MAC. MY photos were in iPhoto, I have 47,000 pictures and my drive on my Mac laptop is not large enough. I store my photos in iPhoto on an external drive. Can I store all my photos on an external drive when using Photoshop Elements? If so, in what format should they be stored in? I do I move them from iPhoto to the new storage location? How do I call them up in organizer? And how do I call them up to Edit? I do not want to store any pictures on my Apple Mac laptop. I want to store pictures on several external devices.
Yes you can store images on an external hard dive and have them referenced in Organizer. It’s best to export copies to separate folders/subfolders and that will ensure iPhoto does not get corrupted.
Alternatively you could continue to use iPhoto with the Elements Editor set up in the iPhoto prefs as your external editing app. Then there is no need to use Organizer and no need to duplicate your images.
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Double-click on a thumbnail to edit in iPhoto editor.
Control (right) - click on a thumbnail to edit in the elements app.
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/photoshop-elements-iphoto-mac-os.html -
Can't read iPhoto library from external drive
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Network Drive? a NAS?
iPhoto needs to have the Library sitting on disk formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Users with the Library sitting on disks otherwise formatted regularly report issues including, but not limited to, importing, exporting, saving edits and sharing the photos.
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Can photos be transferred back and forth from/to iPhoto and an external drive? If so, how?
When in iPhoto for iOS you can share your photo to iTunes and then connect your iPad to your computer and use the file sharing window to move the photo to any connected hard disk. Sharing to iTunes is the only way to maintain original file size when sharing a photo in iPhoto for iOS.
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how do i launch iphoto on an external drive with my iphoto library already on it, how do i launch iphoto on an external drive with my iphoto library already on it
If you start iPhoto while holding down the option key you will get the library choice window.
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How to save all photos in IPHOTO to an external drive or USB?
How do I save my all the photos in my IPHOTO to an external drive or USB?
to an external drive or USB?
Before you copy the library to the external drive, make sure it has the correct file system. The file system needs to be MacOS Extended (Journaled). If the drive has a different file system,, save the content to a different drive and reform the drive, just like described in this document for Aperture:
Format external drives to Mac OS Extended before using with Aperture -
How to run iphoto 08 off external drive?
Hi - I'm trying to clear space on my 60 gig power book g4 and was wondering if I can run iphoto off an external drive (where I would house many - but not all - photos). Currently, copying the photos to the drive loses all the iphoto info. Thanks for any help - and I'm open to suggestions as to other methods to clear off hard drive. (Have the same with itunes - I lose all the info when I "copy" files to the external drive). Thanks!
Quit iPhoto and drag your iPhoto library to the external drive (just one big drag - do not drag components)
Then launch iPhoto while depressing the option (alt) key and point use the select library option to point to the external drive - verify your library on the external drive by using it for a while and then you can delete the iPhoto library on your internal drive or you can switch back to it and delete some photos by using iPhoto to move them to the iPhoto trash and emptying the iPhoto trash
DO NOT delete photos or otherwise modify your iPhoto Library using the finder or you will corrupt your library and lose data
You may find that iPhoto library manager is useful in managing multiple libraries - http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/
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Hello,
I accidentally unplugged my 2TB Seagate external drive, and when I pugged it back on, my Mac was still recognizing it, however, when I tried to access its contents, the folders appeared empty, so I tried to eject the drive, but the icon on the desktop was gone, I unplugged it, restarted my Mac, and it did not recognize the external drive. Then I repeated the stunt at lest three times. I thought the drive was ruined, so I got a laptop that runs Ubuntu, and Ubuntu recognizes and displays the contents correctly, which makes me think the external drive is fine. Any ideas on what to do? I mean my Mac won't even acknowledge the drive at all, otherwise I would think about re-formatting. Any ideas, I'd much appreciate it. Thank you.Hello,
I accidentally unplugged my 2TB Seagate external drive, and when I pugged it back on, my Mac was still recognizing it, however, when I tried to access its contents, the folders appeared empty, so I tried to eject the drive, but the icon on the desktop was gone, I unplugged it, restarted my Mac, and it did not recognize the external drive. Then I repeated the stunt at lest three times. I thought the drive was ruined, so I got a laptop that runs Ubuntu, and Ubuntu recognizes and displays the contents correctly, which makes me think the external drive is fine. Any ideas on what to do? I mean my Mac won't even acknowledge the drive at all, otherwise I would think about re-formatting. Any ideas, I'd much appreciate it. Thank you. -
When I try to drag and drop my photos in iPhoto to an external drive (for backup or to transfer them to my other Mac) only some will transfer. If I copy and paste, the same thing happens. The photos are all taken with the same camera, but some will not transfer. It tells me right away - for example, I'll "grab" 3500 photos to drag and move, and the red ball will tell me it's moving 3256 or something. If I use the copy function instead - copy 3500 photos, it will show in Finder that I can paste 3256 or whatever. This happens on my iMac as well as my MacBook Pro. It started recently and I've never had this before. Any thoughts? Thank you!
Are you able to use the File ➙ Export ➙ File Export menu to export the photos into a folder on the EHD?
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How to open older version of iPhoto from an external drive. It won't let me open or upgrade to the latest version?
With the amount of information you've provided it's impossible to offer a potential solution. We can't see your computer so we need to know the details of your problem and setup, i.e.:
what version of iPhoto are you using?
what system version are you running?
what fixes have you tried?
how is the EHD where the library is located formatted?
did you apply any updates or upgrades just prior to the problem occurring?
are you running a "managed" or "referenced" library?
what type of Mac?
how much free space on your boot drive?
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My Seagate external drive won't work since I downloaded Yosemite
My Mac recognizes my Seagate external drive but it doesn't work since I downloaded Yosemite.
Yosemite is not a Classic operating system. See where to post here:
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Check out KB Article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1408 How to transfer data from a PC to a Macintosh
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