Re: To many photos in iPHOTO - TO SLOW
Two questions
I take way to many photos...
1. Tech guy came by and "created a second database" under the iPHOTO icon. He held down command or ALT or some combination of keys to allow me to "open the second database of photos". What keys am I to "hold down" and then click on iPHOTO to see/open that second database?
Tried ALT and a variety of options, none worked.
2. I have WAY to many photos and when I open iPHOTO, the entire MacBookPro operates at a snails pace. HOW DO I have easy access to my photos yet keep this expenisve computer running as fast as possible...even when looking at photos on one of my 2 screens?
You posted in a forum for workstations, Mac Pro tower, not notebooks.
I was going to tell you to move iPhoto to another disk drive, preferably an SSD 2x the size of your iPhoto catalogue.
By having your Pictures on one drive and iPhoto on another it works better. True of doing that with all your stuff, get them off the system boot drive.
Or put in a large as possible SSD or Fusion or 1TB drive in notebook. There are 1TB SSDs.
Ideally you have at least 8GB of RAM, might even want 16GB but wanting and being able to upgrade are two different matters.
Showing that the file is a package and has folders embedded in does not help. Applications are packages of same design. Get Info. Show Package Contents.
Splitting it into two can but then you need to open from the one you want if you want to alternate.
Maybe you have reached the point where your drive doesn't have enough space, or RAM or processor. You didn't include those or the model year to know.
Or maybe look at something else instead of iPhoto for what you do.
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