Move photo library

I've got a late '11 MBP w/Lion 10.7.2 (11C74). My photo library is on a fire wire external drive. What's the cleanest, safest way to move it to my new iPhoto?

Drag it to the Pictures item of the Finder's sidebar, or launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and point it to that library. Keep a backup in any case.
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Move photo library to external drive

I would like to move my Photo library from my internal HD to an external HD. Does anyone know the correct way to do this without losing any data?Is this done by an export of all photos (which I tried but it hung up for two days with no progress after making it mostly through). Will dragging and dropping the Photo Library work (I am scared to try this.) Thanks!

Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
1. Quit Photos
2. Copy the Photos Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching Photos. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
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Want to move photo library to external drive

I want to move the '08 iphoto library to an external drive, as I am running out of space on the iMac. However I have numerous picture folders (2007, 2006, etc) within my 'pictures' folder in addition to the iphoto library. The photos from these folders all appear in iphoto.
My question: Do I have to copy/move these folders as well as the iphoto library?
Thanks for the help.

Dimitri
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No - iPhoto is only concerned with the iPhoto library - quit iPhoto and drag the iPhoto library as a single entity to the external drive - launch iPhoto while depressing the option (alt) key an use the select library option to point to the new library location.
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How to Move Photo Library for Elements Organizer?

Using Elements 12 on Mac. For Organizer where I currently have built a catalog, I have my photos on a portable drive. I would like to move my photos to my hard drive. How can I do that enmasse, so I don't have to move folder by folder? Thanks Dave

IlliniDave a écrit:
Using Elements 12 on Mac. For Organizer where I currently have built a catalog, I have my photos on a portable drive. I would like to move my photos to my hard drive. How can I do that enmasse, so I don't have to move folder by folder? Thanks Dave
It's important to understand that if you move files or folders from the Organizer menus, the catalog will be updated (there will be no disconnected files).
Moving everything is a drastic change, so that I would personnally do a full backup first.
Simply use the tree 'Folders' view (not the flat 'My folders' view) in the left panel.
Select the upper level folder of your folder tree and drag and drop where you want, even if it is another drive.
Just a note about the visibility of the other drive: you may have to use the option to show all folders (right click or Mac equivalent) on the master folder you want to attach the library to.
Another solution would be to backup and restore on your main drive in a custom folder.
Use Backup, Restore to move catalog | Organizer | Elements 6 or later

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How do I move photos from one library to another?
Currently I Export to a new temporary library which I import to the other library but It feels kind of a hackish way to do it.
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That is the way it is set-up to be done (at least for Projects as Libraries).
The only other option is to export master or version (depending on what you want) and then import to other library.

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Is there a way to move photos directly from one iPhoto library to another iPhoto library?

Not using iPhoto - Aperture can or iPhoto Library Manager can
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Simply:
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the Other Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
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TD

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I could do it using 3 apps: 1) fileExplorer 2) fileapp 3) dropbox
Downloading these apps on my iphone devide and then Using 1) I was able to see my albums in "photolibrary" and open it in either 2) or 3). Opening it up in 2) fileapp, will give you the option to save in "camera roll" with the top right hand corner button.
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Here are screenshots of iPLM's coping and merging preferences:
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4 - metadata is not copied.
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Hi,
I currently have 2 libraries and I want to move photos from one library into the other.
How do I have to proceed?
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A

We're thinking of adding a library copy feature soon. Hoping you can share some info here to help us understand how this might best work fo you. Here's a few questions I have:
- What do you use the 2 libraries for?
- Why do you want to copy?
- Do you have albums, favorites, and comments associated with the photos? Do you want them copied?
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https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
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