Pictures on PC, want to use on mac

I have all my pictures from the last 10 years on my pc. Is it possible to use them in iPhoto on the mac without copying all those pictures to the mac? I have tried importing them after unchecking Copy items to the iPhoto Library but not sure if that is working. The size of my library was growing quite large (500 megs) after importing the first 500 images so it seems as if it was copying the files over.
Any ideas.
Thanks
John

I have all my pictures from the last 10 years on my pc. Is it possible to use them in iPhoto on the mac without copying all those pictures to the mac? I have tried importing them after unchecking Copy items to the iPhoto Library but not sure if that is working.
While that will work it is a referenced library and is strongly not recommended - it makes importing and deleting photos more difficult and replacing defective or upgrading hardware much more difficult and has other drawbacks
The size of my library was growing quite large (500 megs) after importing the first 500 images so it seems as if it was copying the files over.
And changes to any photos including rotating them if the camera has auto rotate set will crate a modified version in the iPhoto library
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