Retrieve from iPhoto Trash
I just D/L iPhoto 08 and it seemed redundant to have all my original albums and the same pics in Events. So after insuring that the pics were in albums, one by one I deleted nearly all the Events. BIG MISTAKE! Fortunately I haven't emptied iPhoto Trash. But now how do I get 2,500 pictures back where they came from. I tried dragging and that didn't work.
But now how do I get 2,500 pictures back where they came from
Select the trash in the source pane to the left and select the photo(s) you want to return to iPhoto, right click (control click) and select "return to iPhoto"
it seemed redundant to have all my original albums and the same pics in Events.
You probably know this now - but just to be sure - and for others - it is not redundant at all - in fact this is one of iPhoto's many extremely valuable features -
All photos exist ONLY in events and when a photo is removed from its event it is gone
Albums are logical organizational tools and contain only pointers to the "real" photos in the event - so a photo can be in one or 100 albums with no additional space used
And using ratings, key words, dates, etc you can create smart albums on the fly to further increase your organizational capabilities
LN
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