Photo management

Hi my name is Jeremy and I am a switcher.
First of all thank you to all who take the time to post and provide feedback. This fourm has a wealth of information.
When I got my MBP I just dove into importing my images into iphoto and was loving it. Then when Aperture came out I was even more impressed and was importing my images from iphoto and creating projects left and right. Good times.
Now that I am taking the time to learn more I see that I did not always import my files the right way. Is there a way to "re-do" my library the right way?
What really started me down this road is that currently all my photos are on my MBP and I need to archive them. It seems as though I have some photos in my Pictures folder, some in Aperture's database, and whatever I did when I imported my picture from iphoto.
Basically I feel like my pictures are all messed up. What is the best way to organize them? Thank you.

Unfortunately Aperture is an app that is generally too complex too allow folks to just dive into without missing esential workflow concepts. And your question is IMO way too broad for someone here to just say "do this and all will be right with the world."
IMO working the tutorial Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 1.5 (Apple Pro Training) by Orlando Luna and Ben Long (Paperback - Oct 18, 2006) is the way to learn how to build an Aperture workflow. Not using it as a manual, but working the tutorial.
-Allen Wicks

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I try to open iphoto and it comes up with You have made changes to your photo library using a newer version of iPhoto. Please quit and use the latest version of iPhoto. I have downloaded photo manager and it's telling me to update but it wont update...

I try to open iphoto and it comes up with You have made changes to your photo library using a newer version of iPhoto. Please quit and use the latest version of iPhoto. I have downloaded photo manager and it's telling me to update but it wont update...

iPhoto is Apple's included program to manage your photo's and pictures.
It receives updates over time with Software updates and new machine or iLife purchases.
When iPhoto gets updated or a newer version is used, it may alter iPhoto support files, but newer iPhoto versions usually always compatible with older files which it then updates.
If you used a newer iPhoto on your iPhoto support files, then they got altered to the newer format, older iPhoto versions can't read the older format.
Somewhere along the line you somehow got a older version of iPhoto on your computer, you need to fine the newer version of iPhoto (not this photo manager, sounds like another program)
Or somewhere along the line you used a newer iPhoto version (like on another Mac) and it altered the iPhoto support files on your older version of iPhoto.
So the key here is to find the newest version of iPhoto and use that to access your iPhoto support files.
If you didn't access your iPhoto support files from another Mac, then you should have the newer iPhoto version on your computer.
Once you find it, and get it in the Dock, you should remove the older iPhoto version from your computer to prevent this from happening again.
Lastly, if the newer version of iPhoto is somehow gone off your computer, you should be able to get a copy off the latest OS X install disk or iLife using a free program called Pacifist.
http://www.charlessoft.com/
Then you need to check for updates for iPhoto in the program itself, the current version is 9.1.2

My wife and I share an iCloud account for photo library and iCloud drive mainly for our family photo management, but we use different accounts for iMessage/facetime/calendar/etc. With Yosemite, I can't use continuity/handoff without dumping the photo

my wife and I share an iCloud account for photo library and iCloud drive mainly for our family photo management, but we use different accounts for iMessage/facetime/calendar/etc. With Yosemite, I can't use continuity/handoff without dumping the primary photo iCloud account and thus our shared photo system. We are running yosemite OS X 10.10 and iOS 8.0.2... Is there any way to do this?

my wife and I share an iCloud account for photo library and iCloud drive mainly for our family photo management, but we use different accounts for iMessage/facetime/calendar/etc. With Yosemite, I can't use continuity/handoff without dumping the primary photo iCloud account and thus our shared photo system. We are running yosemite OS X 10.10 and iOS 8.0.2... Is there any way to do this?

How can I access my parents iCloud account remotely to assist with photo management and printing?

How can I access my parents iCloud account remotely to assist with photo management and printing?

I tried that without any luck. I was hoping I could get Apple to reset it for me or delete the account so I could recreate it or at least tell me what is listed as my birth date, the security question answer.

Photo Management for old (import) & new pictures

Below is a proposal for organising my photo management system.
I'm a hobbiest photographer with over 30 years of pictures to file. I have read extensively, including this forum and sort best practice to developed a plan to do achieve an organised scalable system.
I would appreciate sharing of experience by providing comments on my suggested plan of action and questions I raise below.
My Objective:
Organise and manage existing legacy photos and provide a system for future photos that is not tied into specific system or vendor. For example where possible Metadata free from vendor specific format or database.
Background:
My collection consists of many photos in over 50 folders, these are:
a) Scanned picture that are now JPGs,
b) Shot JPG,
c) Raw (new and existing).
I files my pictures on my PC & external back up copy.
I file: /my pictures/<YYYY>_<MM>_<Location_Event> for example: /my pictures/2013_04_Yorkshire_Family_Weekend.
On some of my digital pictures I have included the Metadata using Google Picasa v3. Most of my scanned pictures have no Metadata as yet.
I own and aim to use Lightroom 4 to do Post Production and photo filing and management whilst also continuing to use Google Picasa for viewing & Face Recognition (at least until I feel fully confident in Lr).
Suggested plan of attack:
Stage 1)
Add "My Picture" folder, including sub folders to Lightroom Library, Standard View.
Stage 2)
Continue with /my pictures/<YYYY>_<MM>_<Location_Event>
For example: /my pictures/2013_04_Yorkshire_Family_Weekend.
Stage 3)
Use Lr to apply to both existing and new photos file name format as follows: <My Initials>_<YYYYMMDD>_<Key_Words Inc_Location_Event_Description>_<sequence xxxx>
For example:RB_20130420_Peru_Cusco_Holiday_Shots_0001
NB: Regarding Version Control for RAW I will use Lr inc use of "Virtual Copies", for Jpeg I will use additional field for Developed JPEGs of <vX>
For example:RB_20130420_Peru_Cusco_Holiday_Shots_0001_v01.jpg
Stage 4)
Manually use Lr to add Metadata & Ratings to all pictures to date.
Metatdata: Include "My Name" to all pictures, "Date" by Windows folder, "Keyword" by folder, "Additional Keyword" to 3* and above.
Rating: 1&2* no action required, 3*+ maybe further editing if time permits.
Stage 5)
Run "Save Metadata to file" in Lr. This will run Metadata to file for JPG and to XMP side car for RAW files.
Stage 6)
Import new shots to new folder using "/my pictures/<year><month number><event>" structure. As they are in sub folder they will be included automatically to Lr library.
Stage 7)
Create JPG in same folders as RAWs for Developed Photos.
Stage 8)
Back up "My Photos" and Lr dbase on regular basis as per Lr best practice.
Questions:
1) Is Lr more powerful than Google Picasa for Renaming File & Adding Metadata?
2) Once I "Save Meta Data to Photo" in Lr will I be able to access it in Google Picasa?
3) Can I automate the Importing of new shots to Lr and have it maintain / build upon my existing file structure?
4) Any recommendations for Keyword Schema to include in Metadata?
5) Does my approach above seem sensible?

Honestly, if your goal is to have metadata that is not tied into a specific system or vendor, then here's what I would do:
I would not put any effort at all into organizing your folders (or improving the organization of the folders), or renaming files, as I think your time is better spent on keywords. In my opinion, the benefits of keyword organizing are many; in addition, without you putting any effort into reorganizing your folders, you can also search for you photos by date inside Lightroom using Lightroom tools regardless of the folder structure (and you can search this way inside of any other photographic management software I have used as well, regardless of the folder structure).
In Lightroom assign whatever keywords and metadata are appropriate, and then instruct Lightroom to write the metadata to the files. There are two ways to do this, one is Ctrl-S, and the second is to turn on the option in Preferences that does this automatically (Edit->Catalog Settings->Metadata) Once the metadata has been written by Lightroom, you now have metadata that can be read by any photographic software (and even all major operating systems) that I know of. Having keywords in the file name is redundant, it doesn't help you find photos and faster but it does require extra work; and there is a limit to the number of characters you can have in a path\filename.
Another point ... don't use Lightroom collections or pick flags as part of this "metadata that is system and vendor independent", as Lightroom does not write this information to the files.
You ask for Keyword schema, but without knowing what your photo's subject matter is, there's no way I could give any advice.

IWeb photo manager question

Hi, when using iWeb and the photo-manager option in the inspector palate, I click on the slideshow tab but the palate presents itself greyed out, am I doing something wrong?
How do I control the slideshows?

Robert:
You are in a photo page when you go to the Inspector/Photos/Slideshow pane right?
OT

Updating photo management strategy with add'l laptop?

Hello -
I have added a new MacBook Air to a set of computers - old MacBook, older iMac. The iMac hard drive bit the dust earlier this year so it has a brand new 750 GB hard drive with Mavericks installed. That's the background to wanting to updating my photo management / storage strategy now that I have an additional computer.
I keep my iPhoto library on an external drive connected to my desktop (the iMac) and have since the beginning - that baby is about 350 GB and isn't updated b/c now I've had photos on the Macbook and don't want to get into the same habit with the new MB Air. I take a lot of photos, decent amount of video but it's all personal, not my profession. My camera shoots with 10 - 15 MB size per photo though, so it adds up. I use SmugMug to share my photos (and online backup strategy) - the process on a good day is to pull the photos off my camera, do any editing, upload the ones I want to share to Smugmug, then save/store the originals.
I'd like to consolidate now that I've got a new computer in the mix - and storage drives keep keep getting bigger and less expensive. ;-)
My current thinking is to get a NEW big external storage drive and set it up to be ONLY a repository for photos and video. I'd likely use that storage drive with a main iPhoto library (or whatever software I use) on the desktop, especially since it's now on an updated OS.
What I'm debating is whether I should go with the larger storage of a desktop storage drive - or go with the portable with the largest storage capability just in case I *ever* want to take it and use it with the laptop (now or in the future)?
Does that seem like a sound strategy? Thoughts? Thanks!
P.S. A good thing to add is that the iMac has only Firewire 800 available, unfortunately (and USB obviously). The MacBook Air has thunderbolt. If I use a Thunderbolt storage drive on the iMac it would need a converter (which I think will slow it down - but is that slower than the usual Firewire 800 speeds?) If I use a Firewire 800 storage drive with the iMac, I'd need a converter if I went to use it with the Macbook Air - not ideal, but not going to happen very often.

1. You need two drives: one to hold the Photos and one to be a back up for that.
2.
What I'm debating is whether I should go with the larger storage of a desktop storage drive - or go with the portable with the largest storage capability just in case I *ever* want to take it and use it with the laptop (now or in the future)?
Well, as you need both, I'd get one of each, and keep the portable outside the house - even in your car.
SmugMug is excellent as off-site storage (as is Flickr) for your photos. But if whatever you choose to manage your apps has a library of any form, then you need to also back that up. And everything pretty much uses a Library - Picas, iPhoto, Aperture, Lightroom etc - of some form or other.
The thunderbolt to Firewire adaptor will not make an appreciable difference in performance. But frankly, I'd go for USB, I'm not sure of the long term prospects for Firewire.

Aperture as a general photo managment tool

Hi
has any one used aperture as a general photo management tool, i mean has any body used to manage 40 gb of RAW photos on their hard drive. does any body has any tip on how to manage large volume of photos using aperture.
using the vult would only back the libarary photos and i am not sure how i can export photos to clear some harddisk space at the same time be able to access them using aperture.
is there any web site or books about "how to manage you photo library "
thanks

Jeff - I have a PB and have no issues using the external Lacie FW800 with this. What's really neat is once I have it mapped right in preferences on both the G5 and PB, I can go anywhere and still have the most updated records go with me, eg ratings etc. The problem with running dual systems is when you for example add a keyword on one system - it is written within the local system, not in the Aperture library, so it is not in the menu when used on the other system.
Also, what's totally awesome (although somewhat slower) is when I can't be bothered disconnecting the Lacie from the G5, I simple turn on the G5, grab the PB and go sit in the lounge or wherever. I can then map (through wifi) the Lacie as one of my drives and HEY PRESTO it still works as if it was hooked up (minus the faster speed, as stated above). It maybe slower but less clutter for sure.

Windows Live Photo Manager

I presently have pc's with Windows Vista, XP, and 7.
#1) With the Vista and XP, when I click and drag a photo from one folder to another, a black line appears, indicating where the photo will be dropped. I don't seem to have this handy feature on my 7. The 7 just dumps it at the end of the folder, and I need I need to "Refresh" to get it to go to the desired place (assuming it meets the alphabetical or numerical sort). Can I somehow get the 'black line" on my 7?
#2) Even though all 3 have Windows Live Photo Manager, the length of caption that i can put on my 7, without ir wrapping to a 3rd line, is less than on the Vista and XP, even though the photo sizes are the same. I really don't want to go thru literly thousands of pics, and truncate them all, until the comments fit on 2 lines. Maybe there's a different photo manageravailable, or an adjustment I casn make, that will expand the 2nd comment line, so I don't have to do this.

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It can fix a lot on its own and if not give a better idea of what is going on.
Best of Luck!
You can say thanks by clicking the Kudos Star in my post. If my post resolves your problem, please mark it as Accepted Solution so others can benefit too.

Photo Management through Dropbox and without iPhoto

Good evening,
I have finally made the jump back from iPhone to BB and i'm loving it. Go Blackberry!!!
The ability to port some apps from android has bridged most of the gaps from the store.
My biggest show stopper right now is getting dropbox to sync my photos and for blackberry link not to use iPhoto to sync photos with my computer. I would like to select a folder of pictures that i want synced and select a folder where i want the new camera to be synced.
Does anyone have any tricks that i could use to facilitate my photo management through dropbox and BBLink? If these are features being worked on I'd appreciate to get an idea how long it will take to get it.
Thank you very much and happy holidays.
Mathieu

1. As a consultant I have to suggest my client whether they should go for interface between sap and eternal recording system or not... What you guys suggest which one is better.
If your client wish to go for postive time management it is must for you create interface either you willing to say or not.
Without that interface you can't do time positive time management
2. I came to know that there is a standard interface(HR PDC) in sap to interact with ecternal recording system. I want to know how this Sap interact with external recording system i.e. online or offline using this interface.
I belive this needs some third party tool to intract with PDC. then you have use time evaluation status TMSTA 1 according to PDC
I belive it bit differnt from what you are looking for.
please tell me what kind of time terminal your client is using at the moment?
Best Regards

Photo Management Quandry

I have gone round and round trying to figure out what would be best for our family photos, and I have come to the conclusion that I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. Here are the facts:
COMPUTER
iMac (circa 2006, white body)
1GB RAM
160GB HDD
Snow Leopard
CAMERA
Canon T2i (18MP stills + 1080p video)
USES
Personal use only
Family and friends
Family Events
Kids
My two basic questions are:
1) Which photo management/editing software should we use
2) Where to store photos
About question 1 - I think I would like to stick with iPhoto for most of the work and then use Photoshop Elements for maybe 10% of the editing. I assume this is OK and a tried and true method.
About question 2 - Right now I have all of our pictures stored on the computer's hard drive, which needless to say is filling up rapidly. I have tried to move the library to an external HD connected via USB, but the performance is pretty slow and frustrating. Should I try FireWire? Would it help that much? Is part of the issue my "old" computer? Should I plan on getting a new updated model in the next year?
Any input on this would be very much appreciated. I am getting frustrated.

lets start with the version of iPhoto that you have - you posted in the iPhoto '09 forum - is that what you have?
1) Which photo management/editing software should we use
the answer you will get here is going to be iPhoto since that is why users are here - it is IMHO by far the best and most cost effective for home photo management
About question 1 - I think I would like to stick with iPhoto for most of the work and then use Photoshop Elements for maybe 10% of the editing. I assume this is OK and a tried and true method.
PSE works just fine as the external editor for iPhoto '09
2) Where to store photos
in the iPhoto library
About question 2 - Right now I have all of our pictures stored on the computer's hard drive, which needless to say is filling up rapidly. I have tried to move the library to an external HD connected via USB, but the performance is pretty slow and frustrating. Should I try FireWire?
USB should be ok but firewire would be much faster
Would it help that much? Is part of the issue my "old" computer?
Probably
Should I plan on getting a new updated model in the next year?
Probably - it wil have been five years
LN

IPhone Photo Management

Hello,
when I connect my iPhone to WinPC, I go on the explorer to copy photos and I see a bunch of confuding subfolders (85XG7 , 956G8, ...), where I have to search for latest photo. Can I get rid of this and having only one, as it was in former times.
What is the sorting mechanism of iTunes synchronized photo albums? I named my images from 001 to n and removed exif tags " Maker" and "Model ". Still on iPhone I see disordered photos and have to search.
The photo app has photos under a " moments " view. Here the photos are sorted by time and place. In about 70 % of the synchronized Photos fits it. The rest is on the day of the synchronization and an arbitrary place . What metadata is queried?
Is it possible to sort photo albums by date (named like 20140401 xxx) and have the newest on on top?
The good the usability of iOS is, the photo management is cumbersome
iPhone 4S, iOS 7.1 , iTunes 11.1.5.5, Windows 7

Can do all that with the syncing process.

Photo Manager Pro

Not sure if this is the right place to ask these questions, but hopefully someone can help.
I just installed the app Photo Manager Pro and love it !
When I sync my phone with my imac, where will the photos be synced to ?
Can I now delete the albums and photos in the normal "photo" app as I have imported all photos into Photo Manager Pro.
Thanks for any help !

The best place to get help with that app is from the developers website:
http://www.linkusnow.com/photomanager/support/index.php

Photo management software?

Another question...
On the PC, I had (well, still do - in my Boot Camp partition) is a photo management program called CompuPic. With that program, I was able to arrange all my photos into a hierarchical folder arrangement and which helps me zero in on the desired photo - from there I could bring up the picture and do simple photo editing when needed.
I have seen iPhoto, but its insistence on organizing by 'events' is kind of a turn-off - having to add an 'event' for each folder looks to be more work than I have time for.
Any other good photo management programs out there?

*as I move the mouse over each 'event', the thumbnail has an annoying tendency to change to different photos within that folder*
This isn't an annoyance, it is a mini-slideshow. An event's thumbnail is the first photo in that event and as you slowly moving your cursor over the thumbnail you get to see the rest of the pictures inside that event. It is a convenience since you don't have to open the event (double-click it) to see what's inside. If you aren't sure what event the picture you're looking for from, or if you've forgotten what pictures are in the event this is nice.
For me, an event is a convenient chronological organizer. I know the picture I want was taken at Betty's wedding, or maybe the day before at the rehearsal dinner. Okay, that gives me two events to look in. But is isn't the only way to organize.
Tagging: I am becoming a huge fan of tagging files - pictures and otherwise. iPhoto originally came with only rudimentary tagging ability but it has gotten better with each new release. As time has gone on my tagging has become more extensive so that I'm using permanent albums less and less.
Albums: You can create an album and drag any group of pictures into it. Want to put all Granny Smith's pictures together? No problem and it doesn't matter if they are in different events. Just start looking through your library of pictures and start dragging them into your Album.
*Smart Albums:* This is even better - and why I like tagging my photos. A Smart Album is created like a smart playlist in iTunes. Create one using a set of criteria and let iPhoto do the work for you.
Folders: Here's where you start building your hierarchy. Don't want to put all the family vacations into a single album but want to be able to find all the family vacation pictures? No problem. Use an album for each individual vacation and then stuff all the albums into a Folder.
--+-+-
You are facing three problems: First, you don't know how to use iPhoto and don't understand its methodology or power while you do know CompuPic. Second, CompuPic's methodology is totally different from iPhoto's and you are trying to enforce its methods onto iPhoto. Doesn't work - it's like trying to teach a dog to ride a bike. Third, you are coming into iPhoto with a whole lot of pictures and importing them in and organizing them with events is not fun - believe me. I know.
My wife probably had the best idea and it came from seeing and hearing me struggle. She upgraded to the newest version of iPhoto and combined all her old pictures into one event she called 'Old Stuff' and began using it. In the course of a couple months she settled into the new version and then took a weekend to organize the 'Old Stuff' into separate Events. By this time she knew how the program worked and had developed a good strategy for working with it.

Re-locating metadata after migration to Aperture 3 from ACDSee photo manager

Hi all,
Do you have experience from migrating a photo library from ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 (PC-software) to Aperture 3 with relevant metadata following each jpeg picture? Specifically, how to re-locate the metadata entered to ACDSee in Aperture 3 after importing the pictures to Aperture library?
ACDSee uses XMP to embed database information in each file (MGIF, JPG, DNG, PNG, and TIF file formats). Thus the database information (e.g. categories, keywords, descripitons etc) can be embedded inside the file ... and they should be usable when using other photo libraries... but apparently not. ACDSee Photomanager apparently does not copy the database information to IPTC fields but uses some other place in the files to store it. As a result I cannot re-locate the metadata once I've imported the pictures to Aperture.
Any advises on how to use Aperture to find the "lost" metadata is appreciated.
regards

I've faced the same problem too, and am making a little progress. The most important metadata for me is the rating (I'm still working on keywords etc) and I've managed to port that to Aperture by embedding it in an unused IPTC field in ACDSee and then searching for that field in Aperture, setting the rating as I go.
Would love to hear some suggestions for setting the keywords, especially ones that don't cause Aperture to crash.

I just put snow leopard 10.6.8 on my macbook pro and I was told that I could purchase Apature for photo management- now its says I need a different version.... is there an older version I could get? so frustrating.

I just put snow leopard 10.6.8 on my macbook pro and I was told that I could purchase Apature for photo management- now its says I need a different version.... is there an older version I could get? so frustrating.

The current version of Aperture requires 10.7.5 or later.
Upgrade Paths to Snow Leopard, Lion, and/or Mountain Lion
You can upgrade to Mountain Lion from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Mountain Lion can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for $19.99. To access the App Store you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or later installed.
Upgrading to Snow Leopard
You can purchase Snow Leopard through the Apple Store: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard — Apple Store (U.S.). The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will be sent physical media by mail after placing your order.
After you install Snow Leopard you will have to download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and give you access to the App Store. Access to the App Store enables you to download Mountain Lion if your computer meets the requirements.
     Snow Leopard General Requirements
       1. Mac computer with an Intel processor
       2. 1GB of memory
       3. 5GB of available disk space
       4. DVD drive for installation
       5. Some features require a compatible Internet service provider;
           fees may apply.
       6. Some features require Apple’s iCloud services; fees and
           terms apply.
Upgrading to Lion
If your computer does not meet the requirements to install Mountain Lion, it may still meet the requirements to install Lion.
You can purchase Lion by contacting Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service — this includes international calling numbers. The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus tax. It's a download. You will get an email containing a redemption code that you then use at the Mac App Store to download Lion. Save a copy of that installer to your Downloads folder because the installer deletes itself at the end of the installation.
     Lion System Requirements
       1. Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7,
           or Xeon processor
       2. 2GB of memory
       3. OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
       4. 7GB of available space
       5. Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
Upgrading to Mountain Lion
To upgrade to Mountain Lion you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Purchase and download Mountain Lion from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Mountain Lion is $19.99 plus tax. The file is quite large, over 4 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.
     OS X Mountain Lion — System Requirements
       Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion
         1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) — Model Identifier 7,1 or later
         2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) —
             Model Identifier 5,1 or later
         3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) — Model Identifier 2,1 or later
         5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         7. Xserve (Early 2009) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
To find the model identifier open System Profiler in the Utilities folder. It's displayed in the panel on the right.
Are my applications compatible?
         See App Compatibility Table — RoaringApps.
     For a complete How-To introduction from Apple see Upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion.

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