Moved iPhoto library - how do I re-direct the media browser?

I've moved my iPhoto library to an external disk - how do I re-direct the iWeb media browser so that it looks in the right place (external drive) rather than still looking in the original location?
Thanks!

I remember someone else trying this...moving their iPhoto library to an external drive. It works fine for iPhoto but not for the Media Browser, unfortunately. I think this person tried to create aliases and some other workarounds. But to no avail. You are probably better off not using the Media Browser anyway and instead exporting from iPhoto so that you can scale down your photos BEFORE using them in iWeb. This would avoid some issues with iWeb keeping HUGE copies of your images in the Domain file and in some cases (RSS blog/podcast) even uploading the HUGE files.

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I am trying to move my iPhoto library to an external hard drive. I've already copied it from my MacBook to the external HD. I tried launching iPhoto while holding down the option key so that I can point iPhoto to the new location, but no new window comes up for me to do so. I think I have iPhoto '08 and so I actually think I don't have to do that.
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Hi -
I thought I was loading my pictures into iPhoto when I dragged a folder of them and dropped it into the program. Unfortunately, I cannot access these photos through the iPhoto program.
I know they are in there somewhere because the finder shows them in a folder supposedly located in the iPhoto library. However, neither the folder nor the pictures are visible in the iPhoto program itself. When I try to drop them in again, I get error messages.
If you have a suggestion about how to reach those pictures, I will be quite grateful.
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-Karen

Don't change anything in the iPhoto Library Folder via the Finder or any other application. iPhoto depends on the structure as well as the contents of this folder. Moving things, renaming things or otherwise making changes will prevent iPhoto from working and could even cause you to damage or lose your photos.
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
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Moving iPhoto library onto external hard drive

I would like to transfer all of my photos over to my external hard drive as my MacBook is filling up fast.
I followed the directions on moving the iPhoto library onto my external hard drive. I can see the iPhoto icon on the external drive. I no longer see it under Me/Pictures.
If I select the iPhoto icon on my external hard drive to open iPhoto, it opens without any photos. If I press "option" while opening iPhoto from the icon at the bottom of the screen the only option I have is from the following: Users/Me/Movies/iMovie Projects.localized/iPhoto Library. This option does open iPhoto so that I can see my photos. There is an option there to "Create New" so I added my hard drive. But if I use that as my default, I get no pictures.
A couple of questions. How do I complete this process? Where are my pictures now? I'm assuming they are on my external hard drive. I didn't delete them from my MacBook so I'm also assuming they are there but not visible.
Thanks

As we're not sure what you have done exactly it's hard to be certain how to progress.
This is how you move an iPhoto Library
Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External 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.
There is no way you've done that if you can no longer see the Library at Me/Pictures.

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I know the moving of iPhoto Libraries seems to be a pretty common topic, but I want to throw this out there because everyone situation seems to be a little different and have slightly different variables. Like many others, I want to get my iPhoto Library off of my local HD to save space.
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Thanks in advance for the information and confirmation on how to do this transfer. Take care and have a great evening.
Joe Sabella

In my case, I am wondering if there is any problem with moving an iPhoto 09' Library (28K+ images/149GB) to an External HD (2TB Western Digital) that is also currently set up to do Time Machine Backups or do I need to reformat that drive to be used as an external only and not for TM?
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Lastly I want to confirm that when I transfer this Library, I simply need to drag the iPhoto Library from my PIctures folder over to this External HD and then hold the Option key when I launch iPhoto next and tell it to choose the iPhoto Library on my External so it will open that one from that point forward.
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I just ran out of space on my internal HD so I moved my entire "Photos" folder over to my external. When I tried to access the photos on my external, it shows no individual photo files, just an iPhoto Library file. When I try to import this file into iPhoto, it does not let me. The strange thing is, after emptying my trash and emptying what was a 22GB Photos folder, my internal hard drive still reads having 0 space. I'm assuming that this means my photos are still on my internal HD somewhere. I'll be very very upset if I've lost 22GB of photos because of iPhotos ridiculous technicalities and difficulties. This is not the first time I've had trouble with iPhoto. How do folders full of individual photo files turn into one single iPhoto Library file when I simply move from internal to external HD? Someone please help before I go crazy!!

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How do folders full of individual photo files turn into one single iPhoto Library file when I simply move from internal to external HD?
Well they didn't. That happened when you updated to v7 from your earlier version. With iPhoto 7 (iLife 08) the old iPhoto Library Folder is now a Unix Style Package File. The change was made to the format of the iPhoto library because many users were inadvertently corrupting their library by browsing through it with other software or making changes in it themselves.
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I'll be very very upset if I've lost 22GB of photos because of iPhotos ridiculous technicalities and difficulties.
I don't know if the following qualifies as "ridiculous technicalities" but this is how you move a library:
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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.
There is no importing involved. Importing will simply lead to massive duplication. Doesn't seem too ridiculous a technicality to me.
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Thanks for the speedy reply.
I am not sure what you mean by "create the library on the drive".
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