Moving pictures in iphoto event

Once you have created an event with your pics how can you adjust and move your pics around within that event, so that they are in the order you want them.
New user to MAC!!!

The options for sorting in an Event are all in the View Menu -> Sort Photos command.
Manual sorting is not possible in an Event. Events are strictly for date and time arrangements.
For maximum flexibility use Albums, where you can sort things any way you want. Albums use no extra disk space.
Regards
TD

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I accidentally moved all my iPhoto events onto one. I have a recent backup. How do I go about recovering my events?

You could try Events -> Autosplit Selected Event
And you always need a back up. Always.

Moving pictures inside an event

How can I move pictures inside an event? I´ve spent lots of effort on organizing my pictures in the event folder ( and also made albums for for the pictures that I want to be organized in a different way- so far I think I´ve understood the "organizing system" of Iphoto...). But once inside an eventfolder the pictures wont organize manually. I´ve tried to choose "manual" in the "content" selection but its not an option! Only if I move over to the "picturefolder" the manual function gets activated and available... How can I activate the manual organizing choice while working inside the event folder? the "picture folder" is all messy and difficult working in and I do like the system as far as it comes to events VS albums and therefore really want to organize my pictures in events aswell. It seems like the pictures automatically organize in all kind of other ways ( by date, titel, keyword aso) but the way I´d like them to be! Sometimes pictures that I think belong in the same place actually are not registered on the same date... for example i you´ve used different cameras in different days but the pictures still shows the same. Help me! I´m pulling my hair here!!!

Events are organisation for those who can't really be bothered. They are automatic - based entirely on Date and Time the camera records the photos as taken.
You can move photos between Events, you can Merge Events, you can Rename them and sort them in various ways except one: You cannot manually sort in an Event as Events are all automatoed.
If you want to manually sort in an Event then you've outgrown Events as an organising tool. Now it's time to look at albums (Where you can manually sort) which are much more flexible than Events.
Regards
TD

Moving pictures WITHIN an event

Is there anyway to move the placement of a picture with in an event? Keeping it in its original event, just moving it next to a different picture?
THANKS!

Not really - use an album
Events are basically time based and just a place to store your photos - albums are the place to organize them
You can go to the View menu ==> sort photos and select by title - then by changing the titles you can force photos to appear where you want - but why not put them in an album where you can just drag them where you want
LN

Moving Pictures from iphoto to finder?

I recently just decided to stop using iPhoto. So I moved all my images from iphoto to seperate folder in Finder. Now ... did I just a copy of the images? Because all the pictures are still in iPhoto.. I want to know if it's now okay to delete them from iphoto altogether? I think the only thing I would want in there is my Photo Stream.. I don't want two copies on my computer because this would be taking up more of my hard drives space, correct?

Lightroom (and Aperture) are apps for professional photographers to manage their photo libraries. I'd suggest until you learn how to master iPhoto that you stay with that app. Get your self a book on iPhoto or take a class and you will find how powerful and easy to use it is. However until you understand it you may continue to be confused and make poor decisions. A good place to start is using the free resources you have available such as:
http://www.apple.com/support/mac-apps/iphoto/
or use the iPhoto forum.

Moving pictures from iPhoto to desktop having permission problems?

Just installed iPhoto new as part of a brand new instal of SL.
Before I could drag a picture to the desktop and change the name etc.
Now I get a message:
You don’t have permission to rename the item “IMG_3909.JPG”.
I am on the latest version, 8.1.2.
Wen I try to trash it, it wants a password.
In the permissions I do have access to read and write to it, so I am puzzled.
Is this a finder issue?
Why and how to fix?
Thanks.

Good morning
samdurose wrote:
That sounds very strange. It sounds like you don't have permissions to write to files on your own desktop.
Indeed. However I do.
Permissions are:
(Me) read and write
staff read only
everyone read only
The first step with anything permissions-related is to open Disk Utility and repair permissions on your boot drive. Give that a go and let us know how it goes?
Did that to begin with.
Now, you say it's a brand new install: where did your iPhoto library come from? What are the permissions on it? Perhaps you moved it over from your backup or old mac in such a way as to mung its permissions.
Library came from my old computer that had the same permissions.
Now it has:
(Me) read and write
staff read and write
everyone read and write

IPhoto events duplicate my pictures and use up my space

When I organize my pictures in iPhoto events, pictures duplicate and use up my space/memory, what can I do? I have a MacBook Air and I have used up all my free space because I tried to organize my pictures. I will rather have my pictures organized by events, where are the duplicates being saved? How can I eliminate them so I only have them at events?

Where are you seeing these duplicates? Remember if you're seeing them in the Events mode and the Photos mode those are the same. The photos mode is just a different way of viewing the photos in the Events, There's no duplications.
As Larry requested please describe your workflow and where you're seeing the duplication.

How can you take a photo from one event and put it in another, without dragging to desktop and dragging back into iPhoto and moving it to the event folder I want it in.

As the title says I need help on how to take a photo from one event and put it in another, without dragging to desktop and dragging back into iPhoto and moving it to the event folder I want it in. Right now when I want to move a picture from one event to another I drag it to my desktop then delete it from iPhoto then I drag it back into iPhoto and put where I want it.An example would be taking a photo from the Christmas event and add it to a specific person event. Can I do that within the events section without all the dragging. Also is there anyway I can remove duplicates from iPhoto without going through each and every file. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Apple doesn't make it easy to do what you want. However, here's how I do it.
Select the photo you want to move and create a new Event for it via the Event ➙ Create Event menu option.
In the Event mode select the new Event with the one picture and drag it onto the Event you want to move the photo to.

How can i copy iPhoto events to an external hard drive while keeping the pictures in the events together?

I have to transfer all of my events in iPhoto to an external hard drive. When I export an event from iPhoto to the hard drive, it copies each picture but does not keep them in a named event folder. I have over 14,000 pics in 600+ events to transfer and want to avoid doing it one event at a time. Any suggestions?
Thanks!

IPhoto can't do anything with any photo that hasn't been imported into its library. Its default behavior when you import a picture is to duplicate the picture in the iPhoto Library "package" file inside ~/Pictures. This leaves the original picture wherever it was, and it can be deleted, as it is now just taking up space. Everything you do with the picture within iPhoto from now on is recorded and saved inside the iPhoto Library "package".
When iPhoto is used in that default mode, you have what is called a "managed Library". The alternative is a "referenced Library". Photos in a referenced Library can be stored anywhere that is accessible to your computer: anywhere on your internal drive or on any number of external drives, flash drives, network drives, etc., etc. IPhoto will keep track of all those original files, and whatever organization, alterations or metadata you create for them in iPhoto will be recorded in iPhoto's Library without altering the originals in their various storage locations. BUT--and this is a BIG but--if you THEN move, rename, modify, delete or reorganize any of those originals in the Finder or using other photo editing tools, iPhoto will lose track of them, and whatever you've done with them from within iPhoto will be lost. Backing up a referenced library that is stored on more than one drive is a nightmare, and restoring one from a backup is even worse. So I strongly recommend sticking wit a managed library if you intend to use iPhoto at all.
A managed library can be stored anywhere. The default location for it is in ~/Pictures on your startup drive, but you can have one there and another on an external drive if you like, or you can just have one on the external drive and none on the startup disk -- as long as the external drive is always available when you open iPhoto. If you open the application and the external drive can't be found, iPhoto will create a new iPhoto Library in the default location and will assume that's the one you want to use, until you tell it differently.
To direct iPhoto to use a particular library, hold down the Option key while clicking iPhoto in the Dock to open it. You'll be prompted to locate and select whatever library you want iPhoto to open, wherever it may reside.
I have nine iPhoto Libraries on my internal hard drive containing over 100,000 pictures in all. Each library contains pictures that have nothing to do with the pictures in any of the other libraries. I never want to be able to see the pictures in more than one of the libraries at once -- if I did, I wouldn't have separated them. Any of the libraries could be moved to another drive if I needed more space on this one, but so far I've got enough space to store them all together. That makes backing up simpler.

Merge all pictures on iphoto to one event.

Hello everyone,
Accidentally i moved all the pictures on iphoto to one event.
How can I restore operation after I've gone iphoto?
now i have one event with all my pictures... i dont know what to do!!
pleace help...
10X

time machine??
ok, that i know how to do.
I thought there was an easier way.
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How do i transfer my iphoto events to an external hard drive and have the pictures remain within their original events?

How do i transfer my iphoto events to an external hard drive and have the pictures remain within their original events? Every time i try it splits up all of my pictures one by one. You'd think you'd be able to just drag and drop the event, but no such luck. Help!!

What version of iPhtoo do you have?
To export the photos in an event use the file menu == export command - see the user tip on exporting for the available options
TO use your iPhoto library on an external drive
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
LN

The pictures in several events I imported disappeared, only the event names remain. Now iPhoto crashes when I try to import new files. Any ideas?

I imported several hundred pictures to different events. Some directly from a Canon EOS camera (large card) and some form old CD's. The import process went fine. But I noticed some events were empty after having seen them in the library. Thought it was my mistake and may have moved the pictures to other event. The last CD I was importing could not be read and iPhoto hanged. I had to force turn off the laptop and when restarted, several of the newer events were also empty and now iPhoto crashes when I try to Import to Library. Does anybody has had an experience like this? I really need to recover the pictures because I already deleted them from the camera. Help will be greatly appreciated.

What version of iPhoto? Assuming 09 or later...
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, 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.
Regards
TD

IPhoto events and pictures missing from iPhoto after restoring new hard drive and upgrade to iLife11

My iPhoto events and pictures are ALL missing from my iPhoto Library after I tried restoring my programs on a new hard drive AND upgrading to iLife11! Over the last few months, I upgraded my 2008 Macbook Pro's hard drive from a 250 GB to a 500 GB hard drive and since then have been manually installing and restoring programs and software. I decided to do things manually because I had problems with doing Time Machine backups/restores in the past, so before I upgraded the drive, I manually saved everything to a Western Digital MyStudio 1 TB hard drive that I had just for the purposes of a second back up. Anyway, I tried importing the pictures onto the new library, but couldn't find the hard copies at first, so that didn't work. I then tried deleting the iPhoto Library that came with new operating system, then copying my old backup onto the new hard drive...that didn't work either. However, when I right clicked on the iPhoto Library icon on my external hard drive (the original) and clicked on "show package contents," the folder not only contained the originals, but they were still organized by year and event just as I had them originally!
So, then I thought "why don't I try just importing the pictures directly into the new iPhoto Library!"
I tested it out, and sure enough, it worked! I then tried importing an entire folder (which, was actually the name of the event), and again it worked! So, I literally clicked and dragged my entire 2007-2009 library of pictures (which was about 35 GB) back into my iPhoto Library! AND, this only took about 30 minutes to download, enough time for me to write this post and the following instructions to Recap:
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          2. Go to wherever your ORIGINAL iPhoto Library is saved/backed up, then Right-click (or Control click) on the iPhoto icon
          3. Click on "Show Package Contents"
          4. Go to the folder called "Originals" or "Master"
          5. Click and drag everything INSIDE the folder (not the folder itself) to your new iPhoto Library
          6. DO NOT try Importing from inside iPhoto! For some reaseon, iPhoto can't see these images, but I promise, they're there!
I assume this could work on other iLife programs, but luckily I have MobileMe and my iCalendar updated itself, though I did have to do some tweeking...
Hope this helps other people out, GOOD LUCK!

I'm re-posting the answer to this problem so I can show it has been answered:
Open your new iPhoto Library
Go to wherever your ORIGINAL iPhoto Library is saved/backed up, then Right-click (or Control click) on the iPhoto icon
Click on "Show Package Contents"
Go to the folder called "Originals" or "Master"
Click and drag everything INSIDE the folder (not the folder itself) to your new iPhoto Library
DO NOT try Importing from inside iPhoto! For some reason, iPhoto can't see these images, but I promise, they're there!
          GOOD LUCK!!!

IPhoto event not showing all pictures

Photo (stored as .jpg format) does not appear in its iPhoto event directory. It was created by stitching two photos into one. Original two photos continue to appear but not the stitched pic. The file does appear under Documents --> All Images; file info says it is located in the directory where its two "parent" photos are. This has happened with other photos I import and create new ones from the original set. When I attempt to drag the stitched photo from All Images into its supposed iPhoto directory, I get an error message saying "Unreadable File." Why do these pictures not appear?

If you saved them into the iPhoto library then it will not work - you must NEVER make any changes of any sort to the contents or structure of the iPhoto library - iPhoto is a relational database using SQL and all photos must be imported into iPhoto
Set the stitch program as the external editor (iPhoto preferences) and open both photos in it to edit using iPhoto - do the stitch and save the resulting photo to the desktop doing a save as and import the stitched photo into iPhoto from there
LN

IPhoto placed 7000 pictures into one event

After recently upgrading to Mavericks and the iphoto upgrade... iphoto merged about 7000 of my 12000 pictures into one event unders the Library/Photos... It's only those 7000 that have been merged and the rest are still as I had put them... Any help on resolving this would be great.

Restore from your back up or select this Event and goEvents Menu -> Autosplit Selected Event

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