My computer has 8g of photos but I don't know where they are!
I think I may have done something in the past to mess up the library since I can't figure out what is going on. My disk is full, only 1.7 g left- I downloaded whatsize to see why, and it shows over 8 gigs in my photos, but I only have 500 photos, jpg's, in it. I delete photos using the delete button, usually, and empty the iphoto trash. My preferences to copy to the library folder is checked and always has been I believe. My screensaver shows pictures I long since deleted, or so I thought, from "iphoto library".
I have read Terence's instructions to others on rebuilding a new library- will this get rid of these unwanted photos? I did not know not to mess with iphoto from anywhere but iphoto til now, I likely moved or renamed something in the past. Where the bloody **** are they and what should I do? Am I deleting wrong? Thanks for any help for an artist struggling to use the other side of her brain.
my total library is 680 mb, nowhere close to the 2.08 in the pictures folder. I am obviously messing up.
Actually you’re not.
The iPhoto Window reports the size of the library that would result if you exported all the current versions +and nothing else+ to a folder on the desktop.
The iPhoto Library Folder contains the Original, Modified and thumbnail versions of your pics. It also contains various cache and database files +all of which are necessary+ for the working of the Library.
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.
You can run a Library on an external disk:
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library Folder as an entity 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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