Questions about iPhoto

using Mavericks 10.9.4 and iPhoto 9.5.1 on Mac Mini. 2012.
The events are often shuffled around. Why? Can I prevent that? Is it possible to combine a few of the events into a "super event?"

Manually by ascending manner
There is no ascending or descending when sorting manually:
When sorted manually and new photos are added to the library its new event will be added at the bottom of the window regardless of the date of the image.

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I have a iMac and am thinking of getting a 17 inch pro, and while viewing a macworld live update I saw iPhoto 09 and was wondering some things about iPhoto 08 (the one I have, It will probably be the same for iPhoto 09)
Where are the pics stored in iPhoto? I have nearly 20 gigs of pics I was going to put in the Pictures folder on the Macbook. Would it be saved in 2 spaces taking up 40 gigs of space? Or just in the Pictures folder?
Also, about the new tagging stuff. If I spend hours geotagging the photos, face tagging, and all that other organizational things. Would it be saved in just iPhoto? or would it save to the pictures. I havent converted the entire house to Mac yet (im working on it) and have a mostly Microsoft Vista house. If I moved that picture to a pc running Vista, would the tags and other info still be there?

Where are the pics stored in iPhoto? I have nearly 20 gigs of pics I was going to put in the Pictures folder on the Macbook. Would it be saved in 2 spaces taking up 40 gigs of space? Or just in the Pictures folder?
By default, within the iPhoto Library Folder. You can run iPhoto Referencing your files but I don’t recommend it. The usual solution to the “double HD space” is to trash your own file system when you’re set up in iPhoto.
Also, about the new tagging stuff. If I spend hours geotagging the photos, face tagging, and all that other organizational things. Would it be saved in just iPhoto? or would it save to the pictures. I
NO one outside of Apple knows and will until we actually get a copy of the app. However, I will point out that at this point, iPhoto has +no cross platform ability whatever+.
Regards
TD

4 Questions About Iphoto- Experts Please Reply

Hi, im still new to iphoto 11 and mac in general, so im hoping I will find a few people on here who can bring me up to speed fast on a few things that Im having problems with.
I imported some photos from my digital camera ( then wiped them off my camera ) now they all show up in iphoto which is fine but here are my questions
1. I want to use the share option and upload to facebook but I notice by looking under info that each photo is like 4mb in size which is massive. So I know you can select it and export out and select SMALL and that will reduce the size of the photos but then it exports them to a folder on my computer. How can i relook at those photos that are exported and edit them further within iphoto before hitting share in iphoto? Do i have to import them back into iphoto? and if so do I now have duplicate photos?
2.When i imported all the photos from my camera in, it just gave them filenames like 293043.jpg and so when i go to FINDER and look under photos it shows them all as numbers and i want each photo to be something like meinnewyork.jpg, intimessquare.jpg, empirestatesbuilding.jpg now usually in windows i would just rename but I cant seem to do that here in batch. Yes I have tried doing this by going in iphoto to PHOTOS and batch change but all that does is change the title and description not the filename. So how do i do this, there must be a simple way?
3. Right now when i go into iphoto and click either events or photos in the left bar i see my photos. But I want to sort them into albums, so I have about 100 taken from my trip to new york but I want an album for "empire states building", "times square" etc... Now I know how to create an album and add them to it, But my question is. Does this create doubles of your photos as I dont want my computer filling up with doubles of photos?
4. Iphoto 11 seems to be automatically taken my photos and creating more photos from those photos called " FACES" how do i stop it automatically doing that and if i want to use that feature is there a place to turn it on?
I know this seems like a lot of questions but it would help me tons
Thanks

Q1
If you want to uload smaller photos from iPhoto (and I don't know why you would as Facebook will compress them
anyway) then the thing to do is export last thing, only after you have done all your editing.
Q2
When you title a photo in iPhoto that's adding a title not renaming a file. But you're making a different mistake here. When you use an app like iPhoto it becomes your go-to app for your photgraphs. Everything you need to do - edit, print, upload, whatever - should be done via or with iphoto, not the Finder. There is no way to rename a file in iPhoto except during export.
Q3
No it doesn't. iPhoto Albums simply reference photos in the Library. A shot can be in 50 albums and use no extra disk space whatever.
Q4.
Where are you seeing these _Face files? In the iPhoto Window? Somewhere else?
Regards
TD

Terrance Devlin answered a question about iPhoto (4-2012) re:copying iPhoto Library to an ExHD, and losing all the albums. I can't locate the "Choose Library" when I open iPhoto with the opt button. Can anyone help?

I tried to move my images (over 25,000) to an External Hard drive to open up some memory, hoping to make my computer run faster. It took three hours to move the images and I see them all in the mac's menus. However when I try to open them with iPhoto now, none appeared. and when I tried to import them back to the main HD they come in to iPhoto just fine, but not with the albums nor any of the massive organization i'd created in the original. this represents years of images, and I can't imagine that I'd have to recopy them into folders/albums again.
Terrance Devlin answered a similar question back in April of last year. He said to make sure the ExHD is formatted to MAC OS Extended (Journaled) and to move the library to the ExHD and then open iPhoto with the option button and select "Choose Library" from the resulting menu.
Command "I" tells me that the new drive is formatted correctly. I can't locate the "Choose Library" when I open iPhoto with the opt button.
First, I wondered if the application needs to be on the same drive as the Library. I sure would like to know if I can find out how to restore all the folders I had them in. Terrance's advice helped the user that had asked the question.
Here's the url for that archived discussion: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3849933?start=0&tstart=0
Can anyone help? I'm using iPhoto 5. My MAC is an OS X version 10.4.11.
thanks, brokenlom

Here are Apple's instructions:
If you are using iPhoto ’06 or earlier, you will need to follow these steps to tell iPhoto where the Library is now located:
Hold down the Option key on the keyboard and open iPhoto. Keep the Option key held down until you are prompted to create or choose an iPhoto Library.
Click Choose Library.
Locate and select the iPhoto Library in its new location.
(from http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1229 )
Below (in the link below) is what you should see when holding down the option key and opening iPhoto. Keep holding down the option key until this dialogue comes up. You want to select the Choose Library button.
http://appleclinic.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/change-default-dir-iphoto/

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I would like to buy iPhoto card. Do you know, if I can pay for it on delivery?

No. You must supply a credit card or an Apple gift card at the time of ordering.
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hi there i another problem when importing and exporting a video or a photo,the iphoto automatically change the date and time, iPhoto couldn't kept the original date and time . why??

hi there i another problem when importing and exporting a video or a photo,the iphoto automatically change the date and time, iPhoto couldn't kept the original date and time . why??

File management questions with iPhoto 8

I am new to iPhoto, not just version 8. I need to understand a few basics about the Apple way of handling photos. First off let me say that I have a MacBook Pro and a Windows XP desktop pc. I just set up an external harddrive as my storage space for my photos. They were on my pc, but I want to take advantage of iPhoto and manage them via my mac laptop. So I formatted the external drive as a mac drive, purchased a copy of MacDrive so that my pc can read/write to this drive as well and transferred all of my photos to the external harddrive. 14 gigs. I suppose I should now delete them off my pc...
Before I moved my photos, I organized them all into appropriate folders, consolidating them and removing any duplicates that occured sometimes when I accidentally re-imported the same photos from my camera.
I imported the photos on my external harddrive into iPhoto's photo library, using the alias approach instead of having iPhoto make copies of the photos. (I don't need to waste yet another 14 gigs!) So now I have numerous Events, most of which relate directly to the folders I created for my photos. I noticed however that in some instances, iPhoto created multiple events for photos within the same folder.
Here are my questions...
If I merge events in iPhoto, I noticed my folders do not change. Am I just messing around with the aliases, sorta like creating playlists in iTunes? Is there any way to keep things in sync between my folders and my events, so that the contents of my folders match the contents of my events, or is this unwise or unnecessary?
If after I have imported my photos into iPhoto, what happens when I merge my folders of photos on my harddrive, outside of iPhoto? Does iPhoto keep up or do I have to somehow update my iPhoto library? Refresh it? What happens when I add more photos, say with my pc? Do I have to import the new folders of photos into iPhoto each time?
I also have a question about keywords. From the demo movie I watched on apple.com, I saw that one can search for photos using keywords. In the demo, the presenter typed the name of a person and all the pictures of that person appeared. If I want to do this, does this mean I have to add for example the keyword "David" to every picture David is in? Can the name simply appear in the title for the photo and still get picked up within the search results? Is there an easy way to assign keywords to multiple photos at the same time?
Thanks for helping me start out on the right foot!
Paul

Dani:
You don't have to duplicate photos when using iPhoto in it normal, copy to library, mode. Once you import the files you can delete the ones used to import. However, if you're a professional then you've probably read the DAM book, Digital Asset Management, and it implies multiple backup copies.
Files imported in the alias mode retain the color profile that was added by the camera. If you edit in iPhoto then the resulting modified will will have a default profile. In my case the profile went from sRGB IEC1966-2.1 to Camera RGB Profile. But if you use Photoshop as your editor of choice in iPhoto you can manage the profile with it.
I like iPhoto 7 much more than 6. It's editing capabilities are much improved but still no match for PS. It also writes the metadata, comments, keywords and title to the file when exporting. It also allows you to modify the EXIF Capture Date and write it to the original file.
As with any application you must have backups and backups. Also always keep a minimum of 10 GB free space, 15 or more if you'll be doing some heavy editing with PS or work with video. That's important. So that means an external FW hard drive or two for redundancy backups. That is if you're serious about it.
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TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

Question about pictures file in home folder

I am trying to create more space on my hard drive and have a question about the pictures file.
In addition to the iPhoto Library I have several folders named 1, 2, 3 etc each containing a bunch of photos; plus several hundred individual photo files.
My question is whether these files are duplicates of what is in the iPhoto Library - and is there an easy way to find that out?
And I guess also to find out how they got there in the first place. Could these be imports from disks as opposed to my digital camera?
Thanks for any help,
Laura

Hey laura,
I haven't used iPhoto for a while but from memory i think that i work similar to iTunes. Whne files are processed by iPhoto they are catalogued on the hard drive according to the iPhoto preferences. I would check out the iPhoto preferences and see if you can see anything in here that will tell you what is going on.

Some Technical Questions Concerning iPhoto 09.

I would like to use iPhoto to arrange, organize, tag, and otherwise un-mangle my family photos taken within the last ten years. However, I have never so much as launched an instance of iPhoto! I have a couple of technical questions that I'm hoping can be answered by a forum guru.
1.) I love the idea of iPhoto tagging and organizing my photos via places, faces, events etc. How does iPhoto store the metadata which allows it to organize as such? Is this data added to the photo files as additional EXIF data? Or is there an iPhoto database file/files which needs to be maintained?
2.) When "importing" photo files into iPhoto, I'm assuming that additional thumbnail files are created and stored. Does it store additional "full" versions of the photo files by default (as iTunes will do with MP3s if you are not careful?) And when you start creating smart albums et al, I'm sure something similar to iTunes Library files (.ITL, .XML etc) are also created. What are the important files and directories created in the process?
Perhaps these questions can be answered appropriately by addressing my third question...
3.) Can someone point me to a whitepaper, article, webpage or discussion of iPhoto which goes beyond the available Apple.com tutorial? I know there must be a book available, but I really don't have the time to dedicate to a full book on the subject. I'm extremely lazy and still haven't finished the copy of Ulysses I purchased ten years ago. Just need some quick and dirty explanations...
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IF you're not too lazy to read the replies:
1.) I love the idea of iPhoto tagging and organizing my photos via places, faces, events etc. How does iPhoto store the metadata which allows it to organize as such? Is this data added to the photo files as additional EXIF data? Or is there an iPhoto database file/files which needs to be maintained?
This metadata is stored in the iPhoto database. It can be written to the files on export. Prior to Export there's no need to. I have no idea what you mean by "iPhoto database file/files which needs to be maintained?"
2.) When "importing" photo files into iPhoto, I'm assuming that additional thumbnail files are created and stored.
Correct. They are what you see in the iPhoto Window in Organising mode.
Does it store additional "full" versions of the photo files by default
Yes.
And when you start creating smart albums et al, I'm sure something similar to iTunes Library files (.ITL, .XML etc) are also created.
No there aren't. Again, this is all stored in the iPhoto Database.
What are the important files and directories created in the process?
There's only one you need back up. It's the iPhoto Library in your Pictures Folder.
At a guess this question:
Does it store additional "full" versions of the photo files by default
suggests you don't want this to happen.
You can run iPhoto in Referenced Mode where this won't happen. I strongly urge you not to, expecially as you haven't a clue about iPhoto and are very lazy.
*How to do it:*
Simply go to iPhoto Menu -> Preferences -> Advanced and uncheck 'Copy Files to the iPhoto Library on Import'.
*What Happens:*
Now iPhoto will not copy the files, but rather simply reference them on your HD. To do this it will create an alias in the Originals Folder that points to your file. It will still create a thumbnail and, if you modify the pics, a Modified version within the iPhoto Library Folder.
*Some things to consider:*
1. Importing and deleting pics are more complex procedures. You have to to put the files where they will be stored before importing them. When you delete them you'll need to remove the files from the HD yourself.
2. You cannot move or rename the files on your system or iPhoto will lose track of them on systems prior to 10.5 and iPhoto 08. Even with the later versions issues can still arise if you move the referenced files to new volumes or between volumes.
3. Most importantly, migrating to a new disk or computer can be much more complex.
4. Because iPhoto has no tools for managing Referenced Files, if, for some reason, the path to the photos changes then you could find yourself resolving aliases for +each photo in the Library+ one by one.
My own opinion:
I've yet to see a good reason to run iPhoto in referenced mode unless you're using two photo organiser
If disk space is an issue, you can run an entire iPhoto Library from an external disk:
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library 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.
If you're concerned about accessing the files, There are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto:
*For Users of 10.5 and later*
You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Command-Click for selecting multiple pics.
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You can access the Library from the New Message Window in Mail:
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*For users of 10.4 and later* ...
Many internet sites such as Flickr and SmugMug have plug-ins for accessing the iPhoto Library. If the site you want to use doesn’t then some, one or any of these will also work:
To upload to a site that does not have an iPhoto Export Plug-in the recommended way is to Select the Pic in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export and export the pic to the desktop, then upload from there. After the upload you can trash the pic on the desktop. It's only a copy and your original is safe in iPhoto.
This is also true for emailing with Web-based services. However, if you're using Gmail you can use iPhoto2GMail
If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto.
If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
*If you want to access the files with iPhoto not running*:
For users of 10.6 and later:
You can download a free Services component from MacOSXAutomation which will give you access to the iPhoto Library from your Services Menu. Using the Services Preference Pane you can even create a keyboard shortcut for it.
For Users of 10.4 and later:
Create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use this free utility Karelia iMedia Browser
Other options include:
1. *Drag and Drop*: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
2. *File -> Export*: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
3. *Show File*: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.
Note that iPhoto sends a copy+ of the file to Photoshop, so when you save be sure to use the Save command, not Save As... If you use Save As then you're creating a new file and iPhoto has no way of knowing about this new file. iPhoto is preserving your original anyway.
Regards
TD

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Hey guys. I have a quick question about Gimp(2.6). After I edit a photo and save it (to what I think is my iPhoto folder) I cant find it when I open up iPhoto. Where am I going wrong? I am trying to save a copy of the image to an existing iPhoto folder that already has the original in it. Thanks

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Question about Photo Management

Hello -
I am an amateur photographer with a few thousand photos and just bought Aperture 2 to replace iPhoto. One of the things that always irked me about iPhoto was the file structure, and I longed to be able to organize my photos into my own folders within the finder. Somehow, in my mind, this always made them more tangible and accessible.
My question is... Is this opinion founded, or is it just as viable to store them in the Aperture library and be done with it? I'd love to hear how the "pros" do it.
Thanks.

There is not such thing as a "pro way" of working with Aperture. It all depends on your own unique workflow.
If all your adjustment and manipulation need can be fullfilled by the functionality in Aperture then the easy and simple solution will be to store all your images in the Aperture library. This will allow you to take advantage of features like complete backing up to vaults.
If you for some process reason (for example panorama stitching) want other software applications to have access to your master files then there are two options. Yu can store all your masters as referenced files or your could just export those specific masters from the Aperture library when you need them. The new plug-in feature may in the future provide "round-tripping" capability to support your specific needs.
I think that you should decide if you want and need to use the limited features in the Finder to locate specific images. Aperture is a image management application that offers almost any thinkable way of structuring, searching, sorting and filtering your images. It do not make any difference if your images are stored in the Aperture library or if they are referenced from locations outside your Aperture library. You will in any case need to import your images into Aperture in order to take advantage of the image management functionality.
I am not a pro photog but I hope this answers some of your questions.
Karsten

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I have a question about the size adjuster located at the bottom right of iPhoto (the one that says "view at largest/smallest photo size" if you hover your mouse arrow over the two blue buttons). Is there a way to permanently adjust the photo once it's been resized by use of this option? I currently just highlight the entire photo and crop it, but it seems like there should be a magic button that changes the photo to the resized appearance. Does this make sense? Thanks

You would have to do the sliding in the Edit window and when you've got it where you want select the entire window with the cursor and click on the crop button. That will crop that portion of the photo into a separate file. It can, depending on how small that area is in relation to the original image, end up as a very small image file that would not be suitable for high resolution printing. That's because you'll be cutting out only those pixels that make up that portion of the image. Printed to the same relative size as it was in the original file it will print up OK. But if you want to print it as a 4x6 or whatever, it probably will appear pixelated.

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I like our new iPhone and still need the iPod Classic because of its nice large hard drive (which still doesn't hold all podcasts).
I bought the Classic more for its ability to share pictures than to play music.
Photo Stream's nice, but not for > 1,000 pictures... which for us is not for > 3-4 months ago.
So having all pictures on the Classic helps us share with Mom and others, via the Classic, and better... via the TV screen (via the cables).
To do this, I have, every few weeks, dragged and dropped the home camera movies from iPhoto into iTunes.
When that happens, only the name comes across, no date information.
So, to then have the movies in a good sort order (since we had more than one camera, sorting by file name doesn't work), I needed to manually name each one.
Questions:
1) How to get all deails about the movies, especially the date/time stamps, from iPhoto into iTunes?
2) If we can't do that... is there a way to use automator to, after I highlight a movie or group of movies and press the macro keystrokes (does it support that??), read the number of the current highest-number movie (I rename to Video###) + 1?
With either of these, my life would be easier getting all content onto the iPod Classic.
On a related note...
Some podcasts don't download in a format that works on the iPod.
Is there a way, beyond the manual one I use, to convert the file formats automatically to the one that plays on iPods?
Thanks,
Mike

havvg wrote:
Hi there,
I'm new to the part of buying movies in iTunes store and got some questions about it. I live in Cologne, Germany. iTunes settings are set to English (US).
I found myself in the US Store but after all I can't buy items there, which is pretty annoying anyway and got forwarded to the German store, which is missing .. lots of content (e.g. Echelon Conspiracy).
go to the iTunes store. click on "TV Sendungen" (tv shows), and find the entry +exclusive: unaired TV shows in english+ in the upper right corner.

Hi All, I have question about the iMac operating system. I have the last updated. The problem when I manage the place of the folder windows they are all mixing up. I mean they not on the place where I left them. how to set they stay on the same place. Tks

Hi All, I have question about the iMac operating system. I have the last updated. The problem when I manage the place of the folder windows they are all mixing up. I mean they not on the place where I left them. how to set they stay on the same place? I know there are different possibilities to set.
I tried but it not helped for me. What I can do? How and where can set this they stay on their place?
Thanks.
laci

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:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In Library Manager it's the FIle -> Rebuild command)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

Questions about Photo Files

I am new to Mac and have a couple of questions about storing photo files just so I'm clear on everything I'm doing (or should be doing).
I have copied my files over from an external hard drive to the Pictures folder on the Mac which seems pretty much how they were stored in Windows. I have always used Photoshop to edit my photos and will be doing the same on the Mac plus I am going to start using Aperture.
I thought I would check out iPhoto today and if I understand correctly it imported (copied) all the photos in my files over to it so now there are two copies of all my photos and double the space taken up on the hard drive. Can someone confirm this is true and if probably not the best way to store my photos since I will be using Photoshop?
My second question, is there a way to have thumbnails of the photos in folders with out opening the folders?
Any and all advice on photo files, storage, ect. is welcome!
Thanks in advance

Hi
That's correct - when iPhoto imports your images, it stores them in its library (Pictures/iPhoto/iPhoto Library, which appears to the Finder as a single file, but which is actually a package containing files and folders). It doesn't delete the original version.
Both Aperture and Adobe Bridge (which is bundled with Photoshop) will themselves have the ability to manage your images, so you'll probably want to decide which application you prefer for image organisation and stick with one or the other. Aperture and iPhoto will also work together, so you can actually choose to store your masters in iPhoto if you prefer its image management.
Both Aperture and Bridge have "thumbnail view" of an image library, or you can do a quick and dirty preview by opening the image folder in the Finder and switching to icon view (and using the View Options menu - cmd-J - to increase the icon size if necessary).
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