My iphoto library is taking a lot of memory, more than the photos.
When I look in iPhoto, the photos are 20GB, but when I look in finder, the iphoto library is 29.8GB, why is this, and is there a way to solve it? I have already reverted all the photos to originals just in case that was taking up space, but it didnt seem to help at all.
Thanks
What the iPhoto Window reports as the "size" of the Library is the nominal size of the folder if you exported all the images as the 'Current' setting.
The iPhoto Library contains your Masters, Databases, Metadata, Previews, Thumbnails and Caches. That’s the true size of your iPhoto Library.
Regards
TD
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Before anyone can help, they need information to work with. Basic stuff: What version of iPhoto. What version of the Operating System. Details. What were you doing when the problem arose? Did it ever work properly? Step-by-step descriptions of how you got to this issue. If something doesn't work, are there error messages? What happens when you try to do this thing? And what steps have you tried already to solve the issue. With this kind of information somebody can develop a starting point for troubleshooting the issue.
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Dear All;
I currently have a issue with my iPhoto & iPhone, i apologize if this is the incorrect area for assistance.
My iPhoto library has been synced with my iphone all my images/photos are saved onto the phone, but i want to put them back onto my Mac, unfortunately my iphoto library has been deleted (actual file). is there any way to achieve this?
i have tried syncing the photos but i believe it will delete them, and update with my current library (no images).
i have also tried to take the images off via iphoto & image capture but they only take newly taken images not the photos in the old library stored on my iphone.
i am using an iPhone 4S, Macbook Pro 2010 & current version of iPhoto.
Please advise if there is any way to move an iphoto library from iphone to mac.
Thanks & Kind Regards
Jordan.Correct, you don't want to sync.
There are various apps that will recover images from an iOS device.
http://macupdate.com/app/mac/24832/ipod-access-photo
is one, but there are others.
Regards
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Back up all data. Delete the iPhoto application and download it again from the App Store.
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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:
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The sparse image article you sent a link to needs a little updating (or there's some variability in prompts (no password was required) with my OS and/or Disk Utility version), but it worked.
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what system version are you running?
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