Library questions

I am working with Aperature now because I outgrew the Iphoto application. I currently have more than 40k pics and they are in various formats from jpeg to dcim to NEF and I am feeling a bit out of sorts. I know I have repeats everywhere and I cannot get a handle on how to stop this.
I thought by getting the aperture and opening up multiple libaries it would make it easier, but I am finding out just the opposite as I have to remember which library I put the pics into and now I have 20 libraries in all.
I am looking to consolidate the libraries so I can make searching easier. Can anyone assist me or do I have to start the whole process again.
Lastly I will be importing another 3500 pictures and need to make it easier to distinguish between RAW and JPEG images after they are imported because my online sevices, ie., shutterfly, only works with JPEG.
Thanks,
Lance Harris
Imac G5, Mac OS X (10.8.2)

Lance,
from your email:
I was trying to respond via the apple support page and was unable to find you so...
I don't need to rebuild or repair my Libraries but I do want to consolidate them. And I was following the instructions but now I am getting an error that says that either the Library I am importing or the library I am trying to import is out of date.
I am hard pressed to figure this out.
This error message means, that at least one of your iPhoto libraries needs to be upgraded. If your current Aperture version is 3.4.3, upgrade your iPhoto version to 9.4.2.
Open each iPhoto library in the recent iPhoto version at least once to upgrade the library to the current version.
After that you should be able to import them into Aperture.
I don't need to rebuild or repair my Libraries but I do want to consolidate them.
Please reconsider. Without ensuring that the libraries are in top working condition, the merging of libraries might be risky. Libraries are sometimes left in an inconsistent state, if Aperture crashed or has been force quit. And then library operations can go terribly wrong, if you do not take the precaution to repair the possible damage. I am sure you do not want to lose your photos.

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You cannot. Iphone will sync/manually manage music with one and only one computer at a time. Syncing/manually managing with another will erase the current content from the iphone.
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Imported photos error message & Pictures Folder in Library question

I've spent today moving my photos from an external drive to iPhoto on my new iMac. I was pretty much successful, except for a few problems, and questions:
I dragged My Pictures folder from the e-drive to iPhoto, copying the pix. Long story short, I stupidly did it a second time a few hours later, causing a duplicate folder for every one I already had in iPhoto. I dragged each dupe folder to the trash, emptying it after every 100 photos or so. I merged some events, deleted some unwanted pix and organized things a bit.
Okay, I thought everything was fine, but the next time I opened iPhoto, I got this message: "3 photos have been found in the iPhoto library that were not imported. Would you like to import them?" I hit "Yes", which brought up this message: "3 Unreadable files - The following files could not be imported...". This added a Recovered Photos folder to "My Albums" in iPhoto. I closed iPhoto, and when I opened it again was presented with the same "...would you like to import them" message. This time I hit "No" and was told the files could be found in my Library in a "Recovered Photos" folder.
I went to Go then to Library and found 2 Recovered Photos folders in "Pictures" in library. I tried to open one and it started Terminal (yikes!). I quickly quit Terminal, hoping I didn't cause my Mac any harm. In the meantime, every time I open iPhoto, I get the same message, along with another Recovered Photos folder in both My Albums in iPhoto and in the Pictures folder in my Library. I now have 6 of these folders in my Library and I'm afraid to go near them. Can I delete them or is that a no-no? (Sorry, I'm an ex-PC user). What can I do to stop that "would I like to import the 3 photos" message every time I open iPhoto?
Also, I know that when I'm ready to backup my photos to the e-drive I'll drag the iPhoto library file from the Library folder directly to the e-drive. But... why are the folders I originally dragged from the e-drive into iPhoto still in my Library folder under "Pictures"? They still have the names I originally gave them when they were on my e-drive, and I've since renamed and merged them in iPhoto. If they've been copied into the official (or whatever it's called) iPhoto library file, then are they dupes? Can I safely delete the old folders or do they serve some kind of purpose?
Thank you in advance,
Sunny (scared to make any mistakes on my new precious machine!)

I dragged My Pictures folder from the e-drive to iPhoto, copying the pix.
That imports your old library into iPhoto and will give you duplicates of all photos and triplicates of modified photos - the way to move your iPhoto library to a new machine is to connect the machines together - via a network or firewire target mode - drag the iPhoto library (if there is one) on the new machine to the desktop and drag the old iPhoto library intact as a single entity to the pictures folder of the new Mac and launching iPhoto on the new machine - there is no importing involved
Long story short, I stupidly did it a second time a few hours later, causing a duplicate folder for every one I already had in iPhoto. I dragged each dupe folder to the trash, emptying it after every 100 photos or so. I merged some events, deleted some unwanted pix and organized things a bit.
Okay, I thought everything was fine, but the next time I opened iPhoto, I got this message: "3 photos have been found in the iPhoto library that were not imported. Would you like to import them?" I hit "Yes", which brought up this message: "3 Unreadable files - The following files could not be imported...". This added a Recovered Photos folder to "My Albums" in iPhoto. I closed iPhoto, and when I opened it again was presented with the same "...would you like to import them" message. This time I hit "No" and was told the files could be found in my Library in a "Recovered Photos" folder.
I went to Go then to Library and found 2 Recovered Photos folders in "Pictures" in library. I tried to open one and it started Terminal (yikes!). I quickly quit Terminal, hoping I didn't cause my Mac any harm. In the meantime, every time I open iPhoto, I get the same message, along with another Recovered Photos folder in both My Albums in iPhoto and in the Pictures folder in my Library. I now have 6 of these folders in my Library and I'm afraid to go near them. Can I delete them or is that a no-no? (Sorry, I'm an ex-PC user). What can I do to stop that "would I like to import the 3 photos" message every time I open iPhoto?
Doing the above procedure will correct this since you are removing the library that has the problem and bringing over a good library
If this ever occurs in the future it is one of the very few times that you should delete something from your iPhoto library - quit iPhoto, right click (control click) on the iPhoto library and select the show package contents command - drag the import (or importing) folder to the desktop and launch iPhoto - the problem will be gone - open the import(ing) folder(s) on your desktop and be sure that there are no photos in there that you want and then delete the folders
Also, I know that when I'm ready to backup my photos to the e-drive I'll drag the iPhoto library file from the Library folder directly to the e-drive. But... why are the folders I originally dragged from the e-drive into iPhoto still in my Library folder under "Pictures"? They still have the names I originally gave them when they were on my e-drive, and I've since renamed and merged them in iPhoto. If they've been copied into the official (or whatever it's called) iPhoto library file, then are they dupes? Can I safely delete the old folders or do they serve some kind of purpose?
When you drag between volumes it copies the files/folders - so to backup you drag the iPhoto library from the pictures folder on your iMac to the external hard drive it will copy it
As to deleting the iphoto library on the e-drive - I suggest you get your iPhoto library totally fixed ad tested on your iMac before deleting any original files or the old iPhoto library
LN

Size of iTunes library question

When I am in iTunes and select library, it give me the total number of songs and the gigabytes (in my case assume around 9500 tracks and 43G). However, when I get info on the iTunes folder in my music folder and get info it shows 100G. Is this right? I am trying to back up my music and it appears it is taking up 100G on my LaCie drive.

What is shown in iTunes is the total for what has actually been added to the iTunes library. What is shown in the folder is what is actually in the folder and not everything in the folder has to also be in the iTunes library.
For example, you can delete songs from the iTunes library but answer NO when it asks you if you want to move the files to the trash/recycle also. If you say no, then the files stay on the hard drive in the folder but are no longer in the iTunes library.
So to answer your question, yes, it is completely possible to have the iTunes library be one size and the iTunes folder to be a completely different size. They are not synchronized together.
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ITunes library question...

before I got myiPod, I had already imported my entire cd collection in mp3 format via media player...when I got my iPod, I imported these files to the library...my question is, can I re-import these files via itunes in AAC format with itunes automatically replacing these mp3 files with the new AAC file, or do I need to manually delete the mp3 files from the library for this to work..please advise.

Hey JoeViv,
You can conert files inside of iTunesthrough the advanced menu. This article: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93123 gives more detailed information on the process.
You will have a second copy but can always delete the MP3 when you are done converting. Changing the view options will make it easiier to grop the file types.
Jason
MBP 2.0, 2GB ram Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Add new folder to library question

My wife and I have a VERY LARGE library of music and while still trying to get iTunes situated for our particular use we frequently have files that are manually copied into the music file folder that of course iTunes then has no idea is there unless we add the entire music folder to the library AGAIN which takes forever. Also, I'm concerned that it's adding duplicates when it does this.
If we were just adding a single folder or something at a time I wouldn't be concerned, I could just add that one folder, but the way these files are added it's basically a script that runs that compares another drive to the music folders drive of iTunes, whatever is not there it copies over so it's different files, different folders etc so I can't really just select one folder to add, it's adding the entire folder in iTunes again.
Is there an easier way to do this? Will doing this create duplicates?
Thanks!

After posting that and re-reading I decided to re-write it but my system wouldn't let me save the edit; here's the edit...
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Aperture vs iPhoto library questions

Hello, I am brand new to Aperture from iPhoto. I am moving to Aperture to take advantage of the organization options because I am starting to run out of HD space with my 100 GB iPhoto library. I want to have the option in the near future to switch to referenced masters on an external drive. So my question has to do with the unified library between iPhoto and Aperture. When I upgraded to Aperture, I had to first update iPhoto to the new library format. I then opened my iPhoto library in Aperture. Everything I've read about the unified format has explained that it is compatible with both applications. But I've also read that iPhoto does not work with referenced masters. So, can I use Aperture to convert my iPhoto library to Referenced masters? Or do I need to transfer my photos into a native Aperture library first? And then once I switch to referenced masters, will iPhoto still work with my new library?
Thank you,
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But I've also read that iPhoto does not work with referenced masters.
And then once I switch to referenced masters, will iPhoto still work with my new library?
Ray,
iPhoto can use referenced original master image file, it works well in iPhoto '11. Only, iPhoto has no built-in tools to repair broken references, if referenced files get accidentally moved or changed, so it is not recommended to do this in iPhoto. But since you now want to use Aperture, that will not be a problem. You will be able to repair broken references using Aperture. iPhoto will work well with a referenced Aperture library. I am using it all the time.
So, can I use Aperture to convert my iPhoto library to Referenced masters? Or do I need to transfer my photos into a native Aperture library first?
Yes, that is simple.
Upgrade your iPhoto Library by opening it in the latest iPhoto version, and then use the command "File > Open Library in Aperture". Now Aperture will work with your iPhoto library as an Aperture library. Events will show as Projects in Aperture, albums will still be albums. All keywords and ratings, Faces and Places will transfer.
To switch to referenced masters/originals select the images you want to relocate and use the command "File > Relocate originals".
You may want to read this page of the manual:
Aperture 3 User Manual: Working with Referenced Images
But make a full backup of your libraries before you start to reorganize them and relocate files.
Regards
Léonie
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Quick Multiple Library Question.

Hi all,
My wife's iPhoto library is hitting 60gigs. Time to split it up. My goal is to keep only this last year (2011) on her laptop and have years 2001-2010 in a separate library on and external HD. Now this library is ten plus years of cropping, adjusting, tagging, organizing and other heavy editing, so I'm trying to find a way to do this without reimporting the originals and modified folders and setting the whole thing back to square one...
My question is this:
Can I duplicate her existing iPhoto library and then just simply rename it?
I'd move the renamed duplicate to the external HD, then she can just delete years 2001-20010 within the library on her laptop and then delete 2011 pics within the external HD one.
That way all her events and folders and edits stay intact, right?
Thanks in advance,
Derrick

Make sure the external is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
Here's one way to do what you want:
1. Quit iPhoto.
2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the external drive.
Now you have two full copies of the Library. To choose between them: Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library'
3. On the Internal Library, remove the pics you don't want with you all the time.
Now you have one full library on the external and another smaller sub-set on the Internal.
A couple of comments:
a: Managing Multiple Libraries - including moving pics/albums/rolls and metadata between them - is greatly facilitated by using iPhoto Library Manager
b: When you're removing the unwanted pics from the Internal Library you need to delete them in batches of about 100 or so. Trashing more at one time can cause problems with the database.
c: Remember you need a back up on another disk for that Library on the External.
Regards
TD

ICloud photo library question

So I can find hundreds of articles telling me that if you iCloud storage is full, your photos won't sync anymore. But if you have thousands of photos, what will happen in my phone is eventually full?
I mean, I have my "optimize iPhone storage" option turned on, but there will be a maximum right? Or are the optimized versions really that small of size?
Thank you in advance for answering my question.
Rafael

Yeah - I'm not seeing anywhere that it states if there is a maximum of "optimized" photos you can keep on your device. I'm guessing that "optimized" photos must be much like iTunes in the Cloud where you can see all of your music (including what is stored in the cloud), but only the music you have actually downloaded will be on your physical device. So only the "original photos" that the management system have left on your device, or that you have specifically downloaded are actually on your device.
Sorry I'm not 100% on that. I'll see if any of our Photo experts know for certain!
But to answer your question about:
"nowhere it's stated that your oldest/never viewed pictures will be removed from your device" I think this covers that particular question:
How does iCloud Photo Library save space on my device?
If you turn on Optimize [device] Storage, iCloud Photo Library will automatically manage the size of your library on your iOS device, so you can make the most of your device's storage and access more photos than ever. iCloud Photo Library stores the original, high-resolution photos and videos in iCloud and can keep lightweight, device-optimized versions on each of your devices. As long as you have enough storage, recent photos and videos that you access the most will stay on your device at full resolution.
To turn on Optimize [device] Storage on your device, tap Settings > iCloud > Photos or Settings > Photos & Camera, then select Optimize [device] Storage. You need an Internet connection to access an original photo or video that’s stored only in iCloud.
So, if original photos are the ones that are actually on your device, then it will remove older and least viewed original photos to maximize storage when needed.
This is supported by the paragraph about turning off iCloud Photo Library:
You can turn off iCloud Photo Library for a single iOS device by going to Settings > iCloud > Photos and turning off iCloud Photo Library beta. If you turned on Optimize [device] Storage, you might not be storing all original photos and videos on that device. To download the original photos and videos, select Download and Keep Originals.
If it is off, you do not have access to those photos that are "optimized", so that supports the idea that they actually live in the cloud.
Cheers,
GB

Iphoto/aperture unified library question

I have just bought a new iMac to replace an ageing one. I succesfully copied my iphoto library to the new machine (via a separte hard drive). I checked the library opened fine in iPhoto and everything was there (all fine). I then bought and installed Aperture on the new machine and pointed it the the iphoto library which it opened (after first upgrading it) with no problem. So I now effectively have a "unified" iPhoto and Aperture library, although in practice I do not intend to use iPhoto any more, I will always be working in Aperture.
I now have a simple question, my photo library in the Finder (sits in the Pictures folder) is still identified as "iPhoto Library", does this matter?.
Now I believe I can (if I want) simply rename this to "Aperture Libary" or whatever else I want to call it but this made me wonder whether there is any distinction between a unified library that began life as an iPhoto library (as in my case) or a unifed library which began life as a Aperture library. Specifically, is there any change I could or should make to my library given I only ever intending using it with Aperture - or once you have a unified library is there really no differance at al between a library labelled as an "iPhoto Library" and a library labelled as an "Aperture Library" - other than in name?
Thanks for your help.

No it makes no difference.
Regards
TD

Podcast and library questions

1) How do I move my podcasts and library database between old and new PC's?
2) Why do Video Podcasts not play the ALL episodes when pressing PLAY the same as Audio Podcasts?
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Part-backup, full Library question

I'm about to get a 32GB flash drive (it's on offer) and will use it to backup some iTunes data. This includes a big project about 17GB in size, with lots of nested playlists and important tagged data. This will easily fit on the drive, along with my Favourites playlist. However, there isn't room for my entire iTunes folder which is over 38GB.
The question is, how to achieve this without losing any of the important stuff like playlists, tags, ratings, etc? I can, for example, drag the relevant playlists to the flash drive from within iTunes. I could also drag the iTunes Library files there too. But those will refer to the whole iTunes Library, not just the 66% - 75% of it I'm backing up.
What would happen if I ever tried to recreate iTunes on a different machine, from the iTunes Library file on the flash drive? The Library file and the music won't be in sync with each other.
I already have a full backup of iTunes on an external HDD, but this is 'important belt and braces' stuff - I want to know that my most important music and playlists and data are preserved should the worst ever happen and I need to use what's on the flash drive.

I don't think you can do exactly what you want to do -- not easily.
The following is just theoretical, but it might work (I would back up first to make sure!):
You could try selectively consolidating some items to an iTunes folder on the flash drive. Consolidating, I believe, just copies files, not move them (or my references are out of date). Then once there is a partial duplicate of the library on the flash drive you could copy the library files and artwork, etc. to the drive so you reconstruct everything a normal iTunes folder would need to start with a partial version of your current library. Of course there would be many broken links but you could use one of Dougscripts to remove dead links for the files you hadn't copied.
I have never consolidated but I think you change the media location preference in your iTunes preferences. Then do not let it organize things when you close preferences -- you don't want to have it do it automatically for everything. Select items to be copied in iTunes, then there will be a consolidate command you can use to consolidate selected items. Go back and return your iTunes preferences to normal.

HT204053 iTunes Library question

Organizing my iTunes Library I somehow deleted my 1500+ songs, it's empty! They're still on my iPhone though.
So my question is:
How do I transfer my music FROM my iPhone TO my MacBook Pro so I can restore my Library the way it was? Only 10% of these songs was purchased on the iTunes store so I already transfer those but... that didn't help too much.
I thought my music would be in the cloud but I don't even know where to find it. Not sure if it's because my iTunes Apple ID is different from my iCloud Apple ID which HAS to be a @me.com account in order to sync emails, etc.
Thanks in advance!

You can't just delete tunes like that, they would at least go into the trash, however if you have since emptied the trash, you will need to restore from your computer backup.

Acrobat sdk and pdf library questions.

hello everyone. i have some questions.
is acrobat sdk can develop software without acrobat? like pdf library sdk
pdf library sdk and acrobat sdk can use same project?
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This question belongs here: http://forums.adobe.com/community/acrobat/acrobat_sdk

Multiple library question

Is it possible to create a second music library and copy songs from the origianl music library and add them to the new library? I'm gettting an 8gb nano to go with my 30gb 5.5. I'd like my new nano to have it's own seperate music library, but having many of the same music that is in my original library. I've been looking in itunes help and I see info on how to create a seperate library, but nothing about both libraries having the same or nearly the same content. Is this possible? Thanks in advance.
Reg

Hi, Reg.
Have a look at this article in the Apple Knowledge Base and let us know if it answers your question.

Another script library question

I had a quesiotn about this and "kel" gave me this suggestion:
put these in [external script file]:
property var1 : "VAR1"
property var22 : "VAR22"
property var333 : "VAR333"
then in the actual script, do:
set f to [external script file]
set s_lib to load script f
var22 of s_lib
This works but there is a problem. I have now hundreds of lines of code with almost 30 variables, occurring dozens of times in the text and to manually find each and every one of them and paste "of s_lib" after them would be just awful.
So my question is: is there a way to avoid it and simply "#include" the library somehow, like in C++?
Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hello Asu,
I'm afraid you've missed an important point on global declaration.
The point is that the variables imported by the previous 'SCRIPT 2' become global variables in the importer script just as though they were declared as global in importer's implicit run handler. And in order to refer to those global variables from a handler other than implicit or explicit run handler, you have to declare them as global in the handler unless you have declared them as global in the top level of importer script. In this respect, the global declaration in 'handler1()' in 'SCRIPT 2' is mandatory.
Global variable declared in top level of a script and global variable declared in a handler in a script have different behaviours in regards to their scope. Please peruse the language manual for details:
cf. pp. 311-323
'Scope of Script Variables and Properties'
AppleScriptLanguageGuide.pdf
By the way, of course you may define a new variable and set it to an imported global variable, but then I think you should lose the only advantage of 'SCRIPT 2' over 'SCRIPT 1', that is no reassignments of variables are needed in 'SCRIPT 2'.
As for handlers in external script, you'd need more complicated device. See the codes below. 'SCRIPT 1A' and 'SCRIPT 2A' are revised samples for 'SCRIPT 1' and 'SCRIPT 2' respectively. Although I'm posting them here, I don't recommend this sort of coding practice at all. It unnecessarily complicates matters and makes debugging harder. I'd recommend instead the simple and natural approach in AppleScript, that is; to load an external script and to tell it to do its tasks (as kel has explained), that should minimize non-essential dependencies and maxmize modularity (in AppleScript's own fashion).
Hope this helps,
H
PS. 'run' command of AppleScript and 'run script' command in Standard Additions are utterly two things. The latter creates a new instance of script every time it is invoked and hence cannot share the context with caller script in normal means. And I see no reason to use 'run script' where I can use 'run'.
-- SCRIPT 1A
(* Import properties *)
property p1 : {} -- required if it is used in external handler with 'my' possessive. -- [*A]
property p2 : {} -- idem. -- [*A]
property pf1 : {} -- mandatory. -- [*A]
property pf11 : {} -- mandatory. -- [*A]
main()
on main()
set o to load script file "RAM Disk:test:properties.scpt" -- load external script
set {p1, p2, pf1, pf11} to o's {p1, p2, pf1, pf11}
return {p1, p2, pf1(), pf11(), handler1()}
end main
on handler1()
return {pf1(), pf11()}
end handler1
  [A] Alternatively, these properties can be declared as globals as well.
   The point is that they must not be local.
   (Also if the following code were entirely in implicit or explicit run handler,
   no declaration of properties or globals should be required, for they become implicit globals)
-- external script "properties.scpt" contains following code
on f1() -- [*1]
--return f11() -- [*2]
return pf11() -- [*3]
end f1
on f11() -- [*1]
return (my p1) + (my p2) -- [*4]
end f11
property p1 : 1
property p2 : 2
property pf1 : f1
property pf11 : f11
  [1] Handler definitions must precede the definitions of the handler name's properties.
    e.g. f1()'s definition must precede the definition of 'property pf1 : f1'.
  [2] This should fail if f1() is called (via pf1()) in a script that loads this script; e.g.
    -- code of caller
    set o to load script file "path to this script"
    set pf1 to o's pf1
    return pf1() -- this should throw error -1708
    -- end of code of caller
  [3] Always invoke other handler by its 'global' (i.e. 'property') name. cf. [2]
  [4] Possessive 'my' is required to resolve property variable properly in a handler that is
   assigned to a property by itself.
    e.g. 'my p1' is required in 'f11()' when 'p1' is a property and 'f11()' is assigned to a property.
-- end of "properties.scpt"
-- END OF SCRIPT 1A
-- SCRIPT 2A
(* Import globals *)
main()
on main()
set o to load script file "RAM Disk:test:globals.scpt" -- load external script
tell o to run
global g1, g2 -- mandatory -- [*A]
--global gf1, gf11 -- [*B]
return {{g1, g2, gf1(), gf11()}, handler1()}
end main
on handler1()
global g1, g2 -- mandatory -- [*C]
--global gf1, gf11 -- [*B]
{g1, g2, gf1(), gf11()}
end handler1
  [A] If the code currently in main() were in implicit or explicit run handler instead,
   no global declaration should be required, for the variables become implicit globals.
  [ B] Not required for 'global' handler name (that are redefined as global in 'globals.scpt').
  [C] Always required in a handler other than implicit or explicit run handler.
-- external script "globals.scpt" contains following code
global g1, g2 -- mandatory.
main()
on main()
global gf1, gf11 -- mandatory -- [*1]
set g1 to 1
set g2 to 2
set gf1 to my f1 -- [*2]
set gf11 to my f11 -- [*2]
end main
on f1()
--return f11() -- [*3]
return gf11() -- [*4]
end f1
on f11()
return g1 + g2
end f11
  [1] If the code currently in main() were in implicit or explicit run handler instead,
   no global declaration should be required for handler names, for the variables become implicit globals.
  [2] Possessive 'my' is required to resolve handler name properly in another handler.
   If the code currently in main() were in top level of script (i.e. in implicit run handler) instead,
   'my' possessive should not be required.
  [3] This should fail if f1() is called (via gf1()) in a script that loads this script; e.g.
    -- code of caller
    tell (load script file "path to this script") to run
    return gf1() -- this should throw error -1708
    -- end of code of caller
  [4] Always invoke other handler by its 'global' name. cf. [3]
-- end of "globals.scpt"
-- END OF SCRIPT 2A
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