Reorganizing and moving photos on HD
Can I reorganize the structure of my photo files on my hd? If so, do i lose all my iphoto work?
I want to store all my photos on my large external hard drive and be able to temporarily move some files to macbook to work on for project, then transfer back to permanent storage on my external drive. Can this be done?
ut when I tried accessing the photos recently, it said my iPhoto library was empty even though I plugged in the HD and through spotlight I could find the photos in the Originals or Data folders in the iPhoto library. I was just wondering what might have happened.
Some possibilities:
1. You previously opened iPhoto with the disk not connected and iPhoto created a new Library. Is there one in your Pictures Folder? If so, re-connect with your Library on the external by holding down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and point it at the Library on the external. If iPhoto sees a valid Library there it will open it. If it doesn't:
That brings us to option 2
2. Your Library database is damaged.
In that case 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 Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your 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.
Or: Your disk became detached from the Mac while iPhoto was open. In that case:
In the Finder:
Use the Go Menu and select 'Go To Folder'
In the resulting window type
/Volumes
And hit return. A Finder window will open at that location. Can you see another iPhoto Library there? If so, drag it to the desktop. Post back and we can help you recover from there.
I've re-dragged all the photos from the Data folder on the HD to my computer, uploaded them to iPhoto so I can view them,
I don;t think this is what Old Toad said to do. What you have done is import all the thumbnails that iPhoto creates on import to the Library. These are tiny, useless files.
Given that you had a Managed Library AliasHerder has no role in your issues.
Regards
TD
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