Organizing iPhoto in Application Folder

Hey folks,
I just found this great discussion forum last night. Read for hours. Very helpful discussions. I used a PC for 14 years, but recently switched to the "dark side". Mac's are so far superior to PC, cannot believe it. Only been using for a couple of months, but do not even like to go back and work on my PC laptop. Anyway, having trouble understanding the organizational thinking behind the Application folder as it relates to iPhoto and a couple of other apps. When I bought my iMac, it had iPhoto 06 installed. I imported @ 3,000 photo's into it and tried to arrange them. Then upgraded to 08. Tried to figure this thing out myself, and haven't quit arrived yet. Questions:
I now have 4 iphoto folders in the App folder: 1) iphoto 7; 2) Library.iPhoto; 3) iPhoto Library; 4) iPhoto App. I deleted iphoto 06 (probably stupid, but hey, I did it). Now I don't know which folder(s) I should keep and which ones (if any) I should delete. I have imported all the photo files I had on my hard drive into the iphoto app. Also have some questions about what "dmg" files are, and whether they should be deleted after an up-date. Can anyone tell me what omni-outliner is? AND why is it so difficult to copy and paste into Word? Whenever I try to copy, say a couple of pages, and paste into Word, it locks up. Only happens in Word. Thanks for sharing all the knowledge folks. ONE MORE - Why is it so difficult when saving files, say in Photoshop CS2, to find the appropriate folder? I can't seem to get past "pictures" when I need a subfolder in pictures. Same is true when using other apps. Thanks again!

pastorbob
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Getting a lot of questions in there at one go but we'll give it a try:
I now have 4 iphoto folders in the App folder: 1) iphoto 7; 2) Library.iPhoto; 3) iPhoto Library; 4) iPhoto App. I deleted iphoto 06 (probably stupid, but hey, I did it). Now I don't know which folder(s) I should keep and which ones (if any) I should delete.
In your APPLICATIONS folder you should ONLY have the iPhoto application. Your Library (which contains the actual photos) should be in your PICTURES folder. I can't tell you which to keep or not because I have no idea what those folders contain. Can you let us know?
Also have some questions about what "dmg" files are, and whether they should be deleted after an up-date.
A dmg is a virtual disk. They work as follows: you download the dmg and on it is the Application you want to install. Install the app then trash the dmg.
. Can anyone tell me what omni-outliner is?
It's an Outliner, naturally You can read about it here:
http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnioutliner/
AND why is it so difficult to copy and paste into Word? Whenever I try to copy, say a couple of pages, and paste into Word, it locks up. Only happens in Word.
I have no idea, but you might ask on the Microsoft forum:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.mac.office.word/topics
ONE MORE - Why is it so difficult when saving files, say in Photoshop CS2, to find the appropriate folder? I can't seem to get past "pictures" when I need a subfolder in pictures. Same is true when using other apps.
Have a close look at that Save dialogue: There beside where you name the file you'll see and arrow. Click on it for a lot more options.
Hope this helps, let us know if you need more.
Regards
TD

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