Moving pictures in the iphoto library when move them in events

I don't like iPhoto keeps actual pictures in the old album even if I move them to another event (or album)
For example - you move pictures from 2007 Boston to 2009 London event or album in iPhoto app
BUT
iPhoto keeps them in the 2007 Boston folder and i don't need that I need that it moves them to the 2009 London folder as well as I move them in the app.
Do you see the point ?

So that’s what you mean.
This was changed with iPhoto 9, and no one outside of Apple knows why.
However, it does not mean chaos if you edit with another app. You should not be accessing them via the Finder in the first place (and this applies to every version of iPhoto, not just 09. Access the files managed by iPhoto via the Finder or another app is not supported).
If you use iPhoto with an external editor:
You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.
Then where the files lies in the Finder is irrelevant.
Regards
TD

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