Library merge question

I want to export a portion of my library to work on it on a second computer. I want to delete projects, split projects, create new projects, delete pictures, move pictures from one project to another, etc.
However, when merging this back into the library of the first computer, I read this in the Aperture help:
"Aperture imports the modified library from the second computer, merging the changes made to the projects and albums on the second computer into the same projects and albums on the first computer. "
"Into the same projects" is what bothers me. This implies that the second library has to have the same project structure as the first. Is this the case? What if I delete, split, merge projects, move pictures from one to another, etc? Can I only work within the project structure that was exported?

If you make changes to your exported library you will have the option whether you want to merge or add the library when re-importing it. You can also say which library you want to use to resolve conflicts if any occur when merging.

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Selected iPhoto 6 technical notes (NO Library merging abilities)

A query on iPhoto 6 SOMETIMES displays up to 250 tech notes for the release on Apple's support site. Sometimes it shows nothing. I suspect their servers are still updating. These caught me eye.
Specific links are on my blog, a paste of the comments are below. See
http://googlefaughnan.blogspot.com/2006/01/selected-iphoto-6-tech-notes.html
# What's new: NOT Library merging, alas! At least, not documented. I just can't understand why this doesn't make the list.
# You still can't add shared photos to a Library
# There's an option to save edited RAW images as 16 bit TIFF
# You can create and edit rolls, I don't know if that moves files around one's hard drive.
# iPhoto is not Aperture -- one note says it really works best with JPEG images
# Control key lets you compare image to original
# There's a 'create library' menu item.
# Advanced options: don't import images to library when adding, you can assign a color profile on import to a particular image
I am beginning to think that Apple considers "library merge" to be a hard cutoff between iPhoto and Aperture. If you need to manipulate multiple Libraries, you need Aperture. Absurd. I have no other explanation for why this is not supported however.

For those that get this annoying message which
results in text loss on the iPhoto 6 PDFs, we solved
the problem by quitting iPhoto, trash the file,
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iPhoto.plist.
I have just encountered the same problem after printing a large number of photos (not pdfs) with no probs iphoto print or print preview suddenly started coming up with the same message when using an Epson Photo R210 printer. Unfortunately I do not have the ...iphoto.plist file in the location suggested even though other .plist files exist for other applications. Any ideas? My problem occurred when I staretd using the 4X6 print size. Nothing I change fixes it though.
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6) Epson Stylus Photo R210 printer

Aperture 3 library syncing question

I want to move to Aperture, but I need some advice first. (I have considered Aperture in the past, but my expectations and demands were unrealistic. Now I am trying to be as realistic as possible about what I want from Aperture.)
I have learned that Aperture 3 in fact supports syncing libraries between computers. Before I attempt this however I want to find out from you people whether what I want to do will work.
First let me describe my situation.
I have Mac Pro which contains the following types of files dating from 1997:
RAW + JPEG pairs from my DSLR, mirrorless, and compact cameras
JPEG solo images from DSLR, mirrorless, and compact cameras
TIFFs, PSDs, and JPEGs from film scans
TIFFs, PSDs, and JPEGs that are saved, edited versions of the above (edited files have the same filename as the original, plus a few letters added to indicate which changes have been made; s = sharpened, a = converted with ACR, c = cropped, w = web resolution, etc.)
AVI, MOV, MP4, and MTS (AVCHD) movies shot with various digital cameras
There are 160,383 files in total, although the number of photographs is probably less than 100,000 due to RAW + JPEG pairs counting as two files. The total space used is ~1.2TB. The files are on an internal 2TB RAID volume, which is constantly backed up to an external Time Machine RAID.
The files are all organized into folders by year up to 2009, and inside each year's folder are sub-folders that organize the pictures by event. All photos taken after 2009 are organized either by event or by subject matter, depending on which seemed more relevant to the particular shoot. I have been using Adobe Bridge to sort them. After they are sorted, I use a wonderful gem called ChronoSync to sync the JPEGs only (but not the RAWs, TIFFs, PSDs, or movies) to my MacBook Pro. That way I have my photos with me in the field in case I want to make some prints, upload to Flickr/Facebook, etc.
However, I am feeling many limitations of this workflow -- hence why I am considering Aperture.
Here are the main things I want to do with Aperture. Please tell me if this will work, and what any gotcha's might be.
I want to have a "master" Aperture library on the Mac Pro. I will add all my existing files into the master library in a 'referenced' fashion -- they will remain where they are in the current directory structure on the 2TB RAID.
I want to also maintain a "satellite" Aperture library on the MacBook Pro that contains only the JPEG versions of these files. I would use ChronoSync to copy over all the referenced JPEGs such that they exist in the same places in the directory structure of the laptop as they do on the desktop (i.e. /Users/me/Pictures/etc.), so that hopefully when Aperture looks for them it can find them. (I am guessing that I would create the "satellite" library by simply copying the "master" library to the laptop, rather than creating a fresh library there.)
I want to use the "satellite" library on the MacBook Pro to perform tagging, adding location data, rating, further organizing, etc. and then sync those changes back to the "master" library on the Mac Pro.
I know that Aperture 3 has the ability to sync/merge libraries, but my questions are:
If the "satellite" library has only the JPEGs available on the local drive, then will any metadata changes made in the "satellite" library properly sync back to the JPEG+RAW pairs in the "master" library? I.e. will Aperture still apply changes in metadata to both the RAWs and JPEGs, even though the RAWs were not present on the "satellite"?
Will Aperture allow me to group other versions of the file besides the RAW and JPEG on the master library? Will metadata to just the JPEG also be applied to these other versions upon syncing, as described above?
Is it a "two-way sync" -- i.e. will changes made to the master library also sync back to the satellite library? (If not, that's OK with me, because presumably after merging the satellite into the master, I can delete the satellite library, then re-copy the master back to the laptop to make a new satellite library -- I am also going to have copy over any new JPEG files to the laptop as well, so I don't mind copying one extra file [the new satellite library].)
I'm sure I've forgotton something important here but, my time is limited so I'll leave it at this for now and post any other questions later. Thanks for any tips, I know this is a complicated issue.
-=DM=-

I still need to do some experimenting to see if the file references are volume-specific or if they are volume-blind -- i.e. if they just use paths starting with "/[path]" instead of paths starting with "/Volumes/SpecificDriveName/[path]".
I am not sure I understand you fully - what kind of file referencing are you speaking of?
If you use managed master image files, the master images are stored inside the Aperture library, and if you move the complete library to a new drive, then thereferences to files inside the package still work. So obviously Aperture uses relative pathes here.
If you use referenced master image files - let's for example assume the Aperture library is on Volume A, the referenced master image files are on Volume B, and you move your Aperture library now from A to Volume C: If you open the Library on Volume C, it will still find the master image files on Volume B, so the library stores the absolute path for referenced masters. This even works with referenced masters on network volumes, but I really cannot recommend to store the masters on remote volumes; you will have to make sure the volume is mounted, when you launch Aperture.
Is that what you were asking about? if not, please rephrase your question.
Regards
Léonie

Husband/Wife workflow using library merges - feasible?

The problem
I have been banging my head against a wall for weeks now to see if there is any way to resonably manage our family's photos together, from our separate iPhones and laptops. It's well documented that Apple has not made this easy, but I'm trying to find if there is any sort of reasonable workflow that will allow the following:
Give my wife and I immediate access to our own photos, on our own laptops (via iPhoto, Aperture, whatever)
Give us both semi-immediate (or even relatively soon) access to each other's photos (we often take similar photos in the same room around the same time) on our own laptops
Allow me (and preferrably both of us) the ability to keyword tag and mark rejects on our own time and laptops (or iOS devices) to our combined photos
In the end have "one" version of our library, after keywording, etc has taken place (preferrably alongside the working version of new files)
The "hopeful" semi-solution
I've read a bit about Aperture having the ability for photographers to systematically export their library to their remote laptop, have them and an assistant work on the same library space (separately, on separate machines), and then re-merge the library when the photographer comes back to the studio. This sounds like it could be made to work for my needs, but I have a few questions about how this works (I don't have Aperture yet).
If I understand the workflow correctly, I could do the following:
My laptop would effectively house the master lbrary
Take the current Aperture library on my machine and export it to my wife's machine, to give her a fresh "up-to-date" library
We each make edits & maybe import new photos on our respective machines, add keyword tags, etc.
Occasionally I merge her current year library into mine, merging our edits. Then I export my libary again for her latest "up-to-date"
Rinse, repeat every so often
If that is how it works, I have a few questions:
If we make edits, version, etc to the same photo, what happens? I think I read that as long as it wasn't the same type of change (i.e. keywords) then they would merge, but if we both made the same change, one machine would be set to override the other's changes. Is that correct?
How does this setup manage duplicates? If we separately import the same photo to our own machine while the library is separated, will it merge that photo (and edits/metadata) when we merge the library?
Is this type of workflow reliable, or does it have a lot of gotchas?

My wife and I also share a camera. We use the D50. The D50 allows you to create seperate folders on the camera. We use this when shooting to seperate our picture into two folders. The only problem with doing it this way is that when importing them it ignores the folders. I have been manually importing the pictures rather than letting it pull them from the camera to get around this though.
I'm not sure if the D70 azllows this, but it may be an idea.

Pre-iPhoto library merging with iPhoto

Hi all, recently I got myself a new Macbook Pro with it came the latest iPhoto program. I have now approx 2.6 GB of photos managed by iPhoto. I actually quite like the program with face detection etcetera. My events are named like this: reversed date_description (for example 110430_Wedding). The reason why I use names like this is because in this manner in Finder the folders will be listed in the chronological order. I used this method before I started using iPhoto.
I also have a photo library of around 32 GB with the same file name structure as mentioned above and just using Finder to manage it. I would like to use iPhoto to manage both libraries and thus need to merge / import the libraries but have some queries:
- will iPhoto become sluggish after importing 32 GB with a total library of roughly 35 GB?
- if I import my older photos will iPhoto use the existing folder names for the events (or do I have to type it all in again)?
- if I import my older photos will iPhoto use the dates in the exif file to arrange the events (something which I do not want to happen)?
- if I export my merged library what will the names of the folders be called?
- what would be recommended as a backup strategy (manually copying it to an external hard drive)?
- would you recommend another photo managing program for me?
That is for now, I might find some more questions. Thanks in advance, macroen

- will iPhoto become sluggish after importing 32 GB with a total library of roughly 35 GB?
No - iPhoto handles that size library just fine - it is rated for up to 250,000 photos
- if I import my older photos will iPhoto use the existing folder names for the events (or do I have to type it all in again)?
If you drag each existing folder onto the iPhoto window it will create events matching them
- if I import my older photos will iPhoto use the dates in the exif file to arrange the events (something which I do not want to happen)?
Yes - iPhoto uses the EXIF dates for photos - events can be sorted by several methods (view menu ==> sort events)
- if I export my merged library what will the names of the folders be called?
What ever you name them - when you export you say where to pace the exported photos
- what would be recommended as a backup strategy (manually copying it to an external hard drive)?
That is one way -- I use Time machine to create a time based set of backups p;us a nightly clone of my entire system including iPhoto to give me a bootable exact copy as of the clone time - plus an occasional Tm backup at a second location - my photos ( and other data) are valuable to me and worth trying to save from software/hardware/human failure
- would you recommend another photo managing program for me?
That is strictly a personal decision - I choose iPhoto - TD uses iPhoto and Aperature - Old Toad uses anoher DAM mostly and iPhoto for projects primarily
LN

One computer with 2 different apple accounts - why does the library merge?

we have one computer currently being used with my son's itunes account. When we added my younger son's account to this same computer, his downloaded/purchased music is being merged into the same library as my older son's. Is there any way to separate these accounts so that each kid doesn't have a library full of their AND their sibling's music? We assumed that by creating a new account that the music he purchased would go into his unique library.

If you are using different iTunes Store accounts on the same Windows or Mac OS X user account and haven't explicitly set up a separate library, there will only be one iTunes library regardless of how many iTunes Store accounts you have. iTunes libraries are completely separate from iTunes Store accounts.
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Library Sharing question

Hi
I am not even sure if this is possible
I have a desktop PC (Vista & iTunes 8) and all my music is on an external 250gb hd.
I have successfully managed to share this library with my laptop (again Vista & iTunes 8)over my wireless network. None of the music is actually on the hd of the laptop.
My question is , is it possible to edit the song info on the laptop?
Regards
Graeme

Yes. That itunes sharing feature lets folks in dorms & offices share music.
So, itunes is not going to let you edit somebody else's library. In this case the other library also belongs to you, but iTunes doesn't know that.
You have to make the changes on your desktop PC.

Library Management question

Hi, is there a way of ordering the library view by albums which are collapseable, so that I don't have to scroll down endless tracks? Ideally I'd just like to see a nice unclutterd list of my albums by title, which I could then expand individually to see the track names. I don't want to setup playlists for all my albums, and mostly use the library view. Hope this isn't too obvious. thanks

Thanks for the replies, but I'm really not sure that you understand my question. I know you can display and order by song, album, track. What I want is each album displayed as a single one line title, without all its tracks displayed, making a short neat list of albums. I would then, for example, be able to click a collapse/expand triangle, or on the album name, to see all the tracks on each individual album. I find the default setting where you see all the tracks cluttered and exhausting to scroll down. thanks

Library list question

I just got a new computer, redownloaded iTunes, and imported my music back into it. Somehow I got most, if not all, my songs in my library twice. It is a pain but I can go through and delete them. My question is that some of the songs now have an exclaimation point icon in front of the title of the song. I was unable to find a list of what the icons mean. I am afraid to start deleting the duplicate songs until I know what the exclaimation point means. Anyone know? Sorry if this is already posted out there somewhere. Thanks.

Hello,
The exclamation point icon means that the music file was moved from its original location at some point and is no longer there. So the 'duplicate' ones are the old songs, that have the exclamation points, and can be deleted. However, they are not different files. The songs without exclamation points should be the ones that work (if you click on them they should play.) To be safe, I would check to make sure that the songs without exclamation points work and the ones with them don't work before you delete anything. Hope this helps.
Victoria

Library Filter Question

Within the Metadata Library Filter I often use the 'Treatment' tag to view just colour or just B&W images. I discovered that to give an image the 'Black & White' treatment stamp you needed to use the B&W section in the develop module. However I often use CS5 for my B&W conversion so my question is, is it possible to get this "Black & White' treatment stamp without actually using that aspect of the Develop module?
Thanks in advance guys

Unfortunately not.
Your black and white photos made in Photoshop, will be treated as "Color", even if they were converted to a grayscale "space" in Photoshop. And you cannot even change the treatment to "Black and White", because the treatment control is disabled for grayscale files. This is a little dumb.
My work around is to apply a "BW" keyword to these files, then use a smart collection with the following rule set:
Any of the follwofing:
Treatment is "black and white"
Keywords contain words "BW"

[CS5.5/6] - XML / Data Merge questions & Best practice.

Fellow Countrymen (and women),
I work as a graphic designer for a large outlet chain retailer which is constantly growing our base of centers. This growth has brought a workload that used to be manageable with but two people to a never ending sprint with five. Much of what we do is print, which is not my forte, but is also generally a disorganized, ad-hoc affair into which I am wading to try to help reduce overall strain.
Upon picking up InDesign I noted the power of the simple Data Merge function and have added it to our repetoire in mass merging data sources. There are some critical failures I see in this as a tool going forward for our purposes, however:
1) Data Merge cannot handle information stored and categorized in a singular column well. As an example we have centers in many cities, and each center has its own list of specific stores. Data merge cannot handle a single column, or even multiple column list of these stores very easily and has forced us into some manual operations to concatenate the data into one cell and then, using delimiter characters, find and replace hard returns to seperate them.
2) Data Merge offers no method of alternate alignment of data, or selection by ranges. That is to say: I cannot tell Data merge to start at Cell1 in one column, and in another column select say... Cell 42 as the starting point.
3) Data merge only accepts data organized in a very specific, and generally inflexible pattern.
These are just a few limitations.
ON TO MY ACTUAL DILEMMA aka Convert to XML or not?
Recently my coworker has suggested we move toward using XML as a repository / delivery system that helps us quickly get data from our SQL database into a usable form in InDesign.
I've watched some tutorials on Lynda.com and havent yet seen a clear answer to a very simple question:
"Can XML help to 'merge' large, dynamic, data sets like a list of 200 stores per center over 40 centers based off of a single template file?"
What I've seen is that I would need to manually duplicate pages, linking the correct XML entry as I go rather than the program generating a set of merged pages like that from Data Merge with very little effort on my part. Perhaps setting up a master page would allow for easy drag and drop fields for my XML data?
I'm not an idiot, I'm simply green with this -- and it's kind of scary because I genuinely want us to proceed forward with the most flexible, reliable, trainable and sustainable solution. A tall order, I know. Correct me if I'm wrong, but XML is that beast, no?
Formatting the XML
Currently I'm afraid our XML feed for our centers isnt formatted correctly with the current format looking as such:
<BRANDS>
     <BRAND>
          • BrandID = xxxx
          [Brand Name]
          [Description]
          [WebMoniker]
          <CATEGORIES>
               <CATEGORY>
                    • xmlns = URL
                    • WebMoniker = category_type
          <STORES>
               <STORE>
                    • StoreID = ID#
                    • CenterID = ID#
I dont think this is currently usable because if I wanted to create a list of stores from a particular center, that information is stored as an attribute of the <Store> tag, buried deep within the data, making it impossible to 'drag-n-drop'.
Not to mention much of the important data is held in attributes rather than text fields which are children of the tag.
Im thinking of proposing the following organizational layout:
<CENTERS>
     <CENTER>
     [Center_name]
     [Center_location]
          <CATEGORIES>
               <CATEGORY>
                    [Category_Type]
                    <BRANDS>
                         <BRAND>
                              [Brand_name]
My thought is that if I have the <CENTER> tag then I can simply drag that into a frame and it will auto populate all of the brands by Category (as organized in the XML) for that center into the frame.
Why is this important?
This is used on multiple documents in different layout styles, and since our store list is ever changes as leases end or begin, over 40 centers this becomes a big hairy monster. We want this to be as automated as possible, but I'd settle for a significant amount of dragging and dropping as long as it is simple and straightforward. I have a high tollerance for druding through code and creating work arounds but my co-workers do not. This needs to be a system that is repeatable and understandable and needs to be able to function whether I'm here or not -- Mainly because I would like to step away from the responsibility of setting it up every time
I'd love to hear your raw, unadulterated thoughts on the subject of Data merge and XML usage to accomplish these sorts of tasks. What are your best practices and how would you / do you accomplish these operations?
Regards-
Robert

From what I've gleaned through watching Lynda tutorials on the subject is that what I'm hoping to do is indeed possible.
Peter, I dont disagree with you that there is a steep learning curve for me as the instigator / designer of this method for our team, but in terms of my teammates and end-users that will be softened considerably. Even so I'm used to steep learning curves and the associated frustrations -- but I cope well with new learning and am self taught in many tools and programs.
Flow based XML structures:
It seems as though as long as the initial page is set up correctly using imported XML, individual data records that cascade in a logical fashion can be flowed automatically into new pages. Basically what you do is to create an XML based layout with the dynamic portion you wish to flow in a single frame, apply paragraph styles to the different tags appropriately and then after deleting unused records, reimport the XML with some specific boxes checked (depending on how you wish to proceed).
From there simply dragging the data root into the frame will cause overset text as it imports all the XML information into the frame. Assuming that everything is cascaded correctly using auto-flow will cause new pages to be automatically generated with the tags correctly placed in a similar fashion to datamerge -- but far more powerful and flexible.
The issue then again comes down to data organization in the XML file. In order to use this method the data must be organized in the same order in which it will be displayed. For example if I had a Lastname field, and a Firstname field in that order, I could not call the Firstname first without faulting the document using the flow method. I could, however, still drag and drop content from each tag into the frame and it would populate correctly regardless of the order of appearance in the XML.
Honestly either method would be fantastic for our current set of projects, however the flow method may be particularly useful in jobs that would require more than 40 spreads or simple layouts with huge amounts of data to be merged.

Data Merge questions

We are using MS Mail Merge to populate existing forms. We have 250+ different MS Word .docx forms that have different information in different places. We are serving the mail merge data from a database throught a VB.Net program and it's working well. As most probably know, the process is to map mail merge fields onto the form using Word and then populate them through the application based on the form and information the end user needs.
We want to do the same thing with PDF documents. I've been poking around this site and the internet and am confused about what is available to do this. Data Merge seems to kind of do the same thing, but through files instead of a database. I see some functions in this and other Adobe SDK's, but I'm not clear on which would be the one I'd need. And it would need to be programmable with VB.net.
Or do I need an aftermarket SDK to do this (hope it's okay to ask that question here)?

You might want to look into some of the third party catalogue plugins for ID.

Aperture 2 library / folder question

When I originally imported some 15k photos from iPhoto into Aperture 1 it appears that I copied folders/ albums but they did NOT go into the Aperture library (I think I may have forgotten to tick the copy to library button). I want to have all masters and all photos in the library. How can I: a) be sure that my originals are in the library and; b) move everything (15K+) of photos from various albums/ folders I have in Aperture 2 into the library?
When I tried to work on project (new book) I noticed by dragging photos from albums that it was asking if I wanted to move masters. This is when I noticed that I fear my masters are in folders rather than library. Any thoughts much welcome.

No problem, this is what these boards are made for; questions and answers.
iPhoto always leave the originals in their location and creates a JPEG- version inside the iPhoto Library. This is not only true for RAW- images but also for importing JPEG's. Then, when you imported the iPhoto Library into Aperture the first time you had to choose if the images should remain in their location (referenced) or managed in the Aperture library. If you told Aperture to import them as referenced, then the masters live in their original location and not inside iPhoto since iPhoto also had these images as referenced.
If you told Aperture to import the iPhoto library as managed images, then all the (iPhoto referenced) images were imported into the Aperture library.
As I wrote earlier, Aperture will verify each image when you start to consolidate them. Mind you though, when consolidating the images that came from iPhoto: You will, as usual, get the option to move or copy the images into the Aperture library. If you choose to move them, then Aperture will go to their original location and move them into the library. This will give you a warning in iPhoto telling you that the original is missing when you try to CTRL / Right- click an image or select an image and try to go to the Images menu.
So, when consolidating images from iPhoto, IMO the better solution is to copy the images into the Aperture library if you would like to work with the images in iPhoto as well. It will make duplicates of your images so this is a choice the individual user have to take.
Hope this helped you understand the structure and how to work with the two libraries when it comes to importing and consolidating.
Regards
Paul K

ITunes library transfer question

Everyone,
I create a Libary on my MacBook Air it has 2000 songs. I want to move this to my Mac Book Pro machine and then Sync it with a new purchased iPod Touch. Can this be done and how. Do I just copy the iTunes Media folder?
I tested this and it copied to my Mac Book Pro by coping the iTunes Media folder at the file level to the Music ITunes folder on my Mac Book Pro held down the option key and selected the library. It opened fine on my Mac Book Pro just fine. Then I decided to test coping it to a device. I have a very old iPod I choose some songs and sync it. Worked fine can listen to the music on the iPod but when I go to iTunes all the music from the iPod is grayed out. I can play it from iTunes. WHY?
Steps that I want to do
1. I create my iTunes library the way I want it on my MacBook Air.
2. I copy it (is there a special way) to my MacBook Pro open iTunes holding down the option key choose this library and it should work where I can play music in iTunes.
My exact question is this.
If I purchase a 32GB iPod Touch can I plug it into my Macbook Pro and Sync it and it will copy the music over will the music from my library play and work on both in iTunes and on the newly pruchase iPod Touch.
I am trying to fine this out before purchasing the iPod Touch.
Are they coming out with new modeled iPod Touches in Oct? Should I wait is my question.

click here http://lifehacker.com/242468/geek-to-live--how-to-move-an-itunes-library-from-a- pc-to-mac-and-back
and here http://www.myfirstmac.com/index.php/mac/articles/how-do-i-move-my-itunes-library -from-pc-to-mac-and-keep-my-settings-intact/
and here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2518

Iphoto library folder question.

Don't quite know how to word this one but here goes. If i go to Finder and click on the Pictures icon, i see an iPhoto Library icon. If i highlight that then click on the small wheel cog thing drop down menu above it and go to "Open With" i see several "iPhoto" options. The top one says default but under that there are four more iPhoto icons. Whichever one i click on it seems to open iPhoto correctly but why do i have so many, i only have one iPhoto Library on my mac. I went to the apple store today but they couldn't answer my question,. I did have a look at thier macs scattered about the store and they all seem to have this issue. Some of them had two iPhoto icons, some had three. I was expecting there to be only one?
What causes there to be so many?
I'm just a neat freak so these things puzzle me.

Hi Leonie. Thanks for such a swift reply. As far as i can see i only have one version of iPhoto installed. I've only had the Mac for less than a year and haven't changed any settings.
As i say, i had a quick play with the Macs in the Apple store and most of them had this same thing. There were one or two that just had the iPhoto showing once.
When i click on "Open With"...it's listed as follows          iPhoto (default)
                                                                                    iPhoto
                                                                                    iPhoto
                                                                                 iPhoto
                                                                                    Terminal
Whichever one i click on to it opens iPhoto with no problem. I'm just confused as to why there are four.
Any further help would be appreciated.
Thanks

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