Is it just me or is File Naming in iPhoto Library Wack-a-Doo?

Question

After eight years of using iPhoto on a MacBook, I finally upgraded to an iMac in 2013 and the latest version of iPhoto. In the previous version, I would name my albums (I have a nomenclature that includes the year, month, day, general geographic location [i.e. EU, US, SA, AFR, etc.], specific location or event [Vienna, Paris, Dubai, Grandpa’s Funeral, Denise’s Birthday, Fetes de Geneve, etc.]) and, when I had finished editing them and uploading them either to my blog, FB, or my photo sales site, I would then archive/back-up the folder on my external hard drive. After that, I’d delete the folder from my MacBook HD and from iPhoto.
In previous versions of iPhoto, I would use the following path to get to my photos and transfer them from my Mac HD to my external HDD. To wit: Finder > Macintosh HD > Users > jayemkay > Pictures > iPhoto Library. Then, I’d right click on the folder and choose “Show Package Contents”. This would then take to me to set of folders that included two important folders: Originals and Modified. When I would open these folders, I would find my photos in folders using the nomenclature described in the first paragraph (e.g. 2013-0514_EU-FR-Ferney_My Birthday). Transferring the files from the Mac HD to the external was easy-peasy. I use this nomenclature, because it allows me to easily find and identify sets of photos or events quickly and without a lot of fuss. (And yes, I tag photos, but more often than not, I’m looking for something by date and event and this is the quickest way for me to do that. It’s also the best way to organize, for me.)
In the current version of iPhoto (9.5.1) and Aperture, when I follow the same path — Finder > Macintosh HD > Users > jayemkay > Pictures > iPhoto Library, right-click and “Show Package Contents”, I now get a series of folders that make no sense. I’ve identified that Masters and Previews seem to be the current version of Originals and Modified. Fine, no problem there. I’m even encouraged that the folders then divide into years. In this case, I have a folder for 2013 and 2014. But now, instead of finding a series of folders that reflect my nomenclature when I’m in iPhoto, I have a series of folders that make absolutely no sense. Instead of 2013 > 2013-0514_EU-FR-Ferney_My Birthday, I now have 2013 > 07 > 26 > 20130726-205233 > and then the images (IMG) or digital files (DSC / NEF). Some folders contain the full album. Others have one or two photos. Still other folders seem to then have a nomenclature that looks like someone took an alphanumeric series and threw it in my folder for the helluva it (e.g. 2013 > 07 > 26 > 20130726-205233 > 2vdHumRtRcqZt53dunOSAA) and there will be one photo in the folder, but multiple alphanumeric folders within 20130726-205233. 
This is patently unhelpful and will require that I go through every single file and rename each file such as I have out in iPhoto. This is a waste of my time. Is there a way to change this so the files in Masters and Preview in the iPhoto Library reflect the effort I have put into using my chosen nomenclature?

Answer 1

It is just you
You are not using iPhoto correctly
Direct access to your photos is not (and never has been) supported - yoou access using the supplies methods and tools as described in the user tip on access your iPhoto files
No - there is no way to change it - iPhoto is a SQLite database and its database structre in not controled by you and can not be changes by you - and you can not make any changes to its content or structure without loseing data
iPhoto is not required - if you do not like the way it works then simply switch to a different program
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