Moving contents of iPhoto Directory
My iPhoto directory is very large at ~70GB. How can I move the ocntents of this? I see only one file of any size and that is "IPhoto Library".
Thank you!
To move a Library to an external disk:
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.
Regards
TD
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Before starting this I researched in the Apple Community including buying the iPhoto library manager app. Obviously I've missed something!!
(I'm running OSX 10.9.5, iPhoto 9.5.1 and iMovie 10.0.5)
1. Is there a way to restore the passport library to the Mac iPhoto directory? Or is this not necessary?
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How exactly did you do this move?
The correct way (the only way actually) is to be sure the external drive is formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) and then
Moving the iPhoto library is safe and simple - quit iPhoto and drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity to the external drive - depress the option key and launch iPhoto using the "select library" option to point to the new location on the external drive - fully test it and then trash the old library on the internal drive (test one more time prior to emptying the trash)
And be sure that the External drive is formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) (iPhoto does not work with drives with other formats) and that it is always available prior to launching iPhoto
And backup soon and often - having your iPhoto library on an external drive is not a backup and if you are using Time Machine you need to check and be sure that TM is backing up your external drive
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1 - that totally depends on knowing exactly what you did and how you moved the iPhoto library - if you followed the above instructions exactly then you can simply drag it bace as a single entity
2 - Again with no details no one knows - moving the library correctly using a default "managed" library (the iPhoto preference to "copy imported items to the iPhoto library is in its checked state) changes nothing - if you made the poor choice of having a referenced library(The iPhoto advanced preference to "copy imported items to the iPhoto library" has been unchecked) which is strongly NOT recommended. then you can not relink with iPhoto (Aperture can) and you will have to move the library back to the main drive so the path to the referenced originals is the same as when they were imported
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Version: ??? (???)
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I moved my entire Iphoto Library from my Macbook Pro to an external hard drive. (Prior to this, I also copied the entire library to a different ehd, plus I have 2 other ehdrives with backups). I was trying to get more space on my hd. It has a capacity of 500GB, but was down to 70GB usable, with about 300GB used up by photos. I moved the library by going to Finder, using Command+Drag+Drop onto the new Seagate ext hard drive icon. The move seems to have worked, as the library shows up on the ehd, plus will open from there. My problem is that now my Macbook Pro shows that I STILL have only 70GB available out of the 500, and that 300GB is used up by "Backups", which it did not indicate before.
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See Pondini's page for more explanation: What are Local Snapshots? http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
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tia,
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Referenced from: /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Reason: image not foundYes, some perople have seen this. Options:
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2. If you have access to another Mac with the same version of the OS, try and copy that framework over
3. Reinstall the OS.
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1. Put the iPhoto.app in the trash (Drag it from your Applications Folder to the trash)
2a: On 10.5: Go to HD/Library/Receipts and remove any pkg file there with iPhoto in the name.
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3. Re-install.
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2 is you have only 1 copy of each photo in the iPhoto directory.If you import your photos into your iPhoto library then you'll have two copies, the original files you imported and the copies of those files that iPhoto created. If you plan to use iPhoto those original files can be deleted. Even in you have a problem with your library, the files will be safe in the Originals and Modifed folders within your iPhoto Library folder.
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iPhoto problems should be posted in their forums.
I also have trouble downloading photos to the internet.
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