Sharing photos on PC and MAC?

I am new to MAC (3 months.) I now know that having both managed and referenced libraries in iPhoto and/or renaming or touching anything in the iPhoto libray itself is BAD! Before I fix what I have done, I want to make sure my ging forward strategy will work.
My ISSUE: how can I access the same photos (from the ext drive) on both my PC and my MAC.
I have 25 years of photos/scans on an external hard drive, filed by year and "event" name etc. I want to use those photos in my new MAC, but also still need to use my PCs (both at work and at home).
*If I do what everyone suggests and "just let iPhoto import and manage the files" - can I still use those files on my PC?*
If yes, can I access a photo that I edit in iPhoto? (that is, if I crop, enhance,or otherwise edit a photo using iPhoto and it only stores it in the iPhoto libray...But I want to use that edited photo in a print project on my PC...how do I find it, use it?)
If not, do I need to maintain duplicate libraries?
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Rich Rydalch wrote:
Wannabee;
Don't give up too soon.
How do you access the HD from both Mac and PC?
I do this but only by network not direct hookup.
If you are plugging the HD into one or the other I may have a solution for you.
I have all my photos in folders organized the way I want them.
Then I set iPhoto to NOT import the files when I add them.
Preferences > Advanced > make sure the selection of "Importing: Copy items to the iPhoto Library" is not selected.
That way the photos (files) will stay where you put them and the data in iPhoto will still organize and do it's thing on them.
And if you modify a photo with say Photoshop the new file seems to automatically update in the preview of iPhoto.
Works great for me.
Here is what I have been doing...
1. When I got my MAC, I copied all of my pictures from my PC onto a portable HD (WD passport).
2. Then I attached it to the MAC and used iPhoto.
3. I added new photos only to the passport HD and edited them in iPhoto.
What I was _planning / hoping_ to do is move those photos back to the PC for use in other applcations. But apparently the editted photos aren't on the HD anyway, but on the MAC (in the iPhoto library.)
But I understand that using a referenced library is not a great idea.
(Also, initially I did copy some photos into iPhoto and apparently having a both managed AND a referenced set of files is DOUBLY bad!)
So what I need to do now is fix whatever I "broke" and get a plan to go forward!

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