Lap top users....

I have a macbook pro with only 120 gb of space. I take a TON of pictures. I just recently downloaded iphoto library manger and put a second iphoto on an enteral hard drive.
Is this a good option? It sort of worries not having all my pictures in one location. I wish I could keep them on my laptop, but I just don't have space any longer. I know it is best to have 1 iphoto library and keep it in the pictures folder - but will this mess anything up if I use the manger software?
Also I wish I could keep smaller versions (not the high-res version) of my photos on my laptop so I can have them to see. Is it posable? Or would I have to export every pictures in a "small" version. (if so that would take months to do)
One more thing - another bad thing about having a 2nd lib. on a external drive is that Time Machine will not be able to back that library up. (I really enjoy the convenience of time machine)
Anyways, just wanted to see what other laptop users where doing out there that take lots of pictures.
thanks!

Rick
The safest way to do this is to have all your pics in one Library on the external and a subset on your laptop. You can move pics/albums/events plus associated metadat between the two using iPhoto Library Manager.
For details on backing up with time machine, check on the Time Machine Forum
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1227
Also I wish I could keep smaller versions (not the high-res version) of my photos on my laptop so I can have them to see. Is it posable? Or would I have to export every pictures in a "small" version. (if so that would take months to do)
You can do this with a Referenced Library, but this has other pitfalls. I don’t think it will take “months” to export a low res version of the pics in your Library - how many do you have?
If you go for the Full Second Library on the external, you could - carefully - import the thumbnails from it as low-res versions. Post back if you need more.
Regards
TD

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