Is there a way to copy photos to iphoto library AFTER they are imported?

Hi!
When I switch from PC to Mac I was reluctant to let iphoto manage my photos. After becoming a HUGE fan of the mac (iphone etc!) I decided I was ready to let go of that power I thought I needed! I read that I could check to have the photos copied to the library when they're imported, but now I'd like to do that for those already imported. I tried creating a new library and reimporting, but my keywords were from an older library I had for some reason. I must have written the keywords to the pictures back then, but not in my most recent library? Anyway, could I now convert to the way I should have imported in the 1st place?

You seem to have some problems with repeating keys - especially with the ‘?’ and ‘!’. You may need to get that looked at.
I downloaded the manager, held down Option and Command while launching iPhoto and then checked all.
Holding the Option and Command keys when launching iPhoto invokes +iPhoto’s own rebuild command+ so you haven’t actually used iPhoto Library Manager.
8. I did use a program called Name Mangler in the past to rename groups of pictures. iPhoto had been fine. This was before I replaced the shortcuts with the real files. I'm not sure if this was one of those I had renamed. Could a file be internally store differently than what we see in Finder?
If you renamed the files, then iPhoto lost track of them. Why? Because the alias in the Library lost the original file it pointed to - because you renamed it. The when you tried to use AliasHerder it couldn’t resolve the alias to replace it with the actual file.
I made a new library and tried the manual rebuild instructions I found online but ended up in same boat as when I imported all from scratch...wrong keywords!
I’m not sure what you did here but if you did a manual rebuild you would end up with +no keywords+.
Because of this issue with renaming the files I think you need to start over again with a new Library:
To create and populate a new library:
Note this will give you a working library with the same pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, modified versions, books, calendars, faces, places etc.
In the iPhoto Preferences -> Events Uncheck the box at 'Imported Items from the Finder'
Move the iPhoto Library to the desktop
Launch iPhoto. It will ask if you wish to create a new Library. Say Yes.
Go into the iPhoto Library (Right Click -> Show Package Contents) on your desktop and find the Originals folder. From the Originals folder drag the individual Event Folders to the iPhoto Window and it will recreate them in the new library. As you import +Make sure that you do not import any alias files+.
Then go back to where ever you stored the files before and find those re-named files and import those.
When you're sure all is well you can delete the iPhoto Library on your desktop.
Regards
TD

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