Split a Library

Is it possible to split an existing library into two libraries? I have a library with projects and albums I would like to separate out and archive. There are other projects and libraries I will continue to work with. Is it possible to divide the existing library into two so that I can archive one and keep the other active?

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Trying to split large library, I exported a folder of 3000 images to a new library. The new library was created with these images, but it still remained in the original library. How can I remove it from the original library while keeping it in the new l

Splitting a library does not remove the folder I moved from the original library. I exported a folder of 3000 images from the original library to a new library. The new libraryb was created alright, but the folder and the 3000 images remain in the original library. Why? And how do I safely remove them?

The new libraryb was created alright, but the folder and the 3000 images remain in the original library. Why? And how do I safely remove them?
Exporting a library will create a duplicate of the exported library items. Usually you do this to work on a partial library on another computer and later merge the changed images back. Splitting the library is not the primary purpose of exporting.
If you want to remove the library items that you exported, select them in the source list of the library inspector and delete them (File > Delete Original Images and all Versions). Then empty the Aperture Trash, after checking that you did not trash more than you wanted.
But check, if the backup of your Aperture library is in working condition, and check the exported library carefully, before you do such a massive delete.
Regards
Léonie

How can i split a library into two.. i no longer want to sync all of my wifes songs and apps.. i have a separate account, but want to take my music and apps from hers so i now have my own and she has her own.. so that syncing is easier

how can i split a library.. my wife and i used to share it, but now we have our own id's.. i want my music and apps off of hers so that i can sync my phone and only my music and apps will "come over"

how do i share then? can she upload music if we share it somehow?
If so how??
i am also having the same problems now with IPhoto, she has all of her/our pics in my IPhoto library.
I have told her that now i have bought her the Ipad she would have to log into her user, the only thing is there is no music in her itunes account nor photos in her I Photo library, i have spent all day trying to find a way to "share" but no luck,
Please help i`m going mad!
Surely we could just share these...?
I need step by step instructions please someone send me a link on "how to share pics and music!"

Split iPhoto Library into two?

If one has an iPhoto Library that is too large to burn to a CD (or DVD), is it possible to split the iPhoto Library into two libraries?
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4)

I used this method of duplicating the library, renaming, and then deleting appropriate rolls from the two resulting libraries. After doing so, however, my iPhoto applicaton developed some nasty quirks. First, it would not let me rename my rolls. Secondly, it would on occasion unespectedly quit. I do not know if this was a result of my duplicating/splitting libraries, or just bad karma. I tried correcting it by copying back my original iPhoto library from a backup volume, with no results. I repaired permissions, repaired disk, and ran DiskWarrior with no results. Finally, I booted from a cloned drive, checked that iPhoto worked properly on my clone, and then copied the iPhoto library from the clone to my main hard drive, and all was well. So, now I have a working iPhoto, but am stuck with my original large library. As I said, this may have just been an unpleasant coincidence, but I am afraid to attempt to split the library again.
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How to split iPhoto library and NOT loose metadata?

My iPhoto library gets too big (30GB); hence I'd like to split it and make two separate libraries, one for 2008, one for 2009.
How can I do this WITHOUT loosing all the metadata and file structure: e.g. the albums, the MobileMe gallery, the Faces and Places data etc.???
Any solutions, suggestions, pointers are welcome. Thanks.

Splitting the Library will not save you any disk space, and will, in fact, use more as the database and support files will be duplicated. Also, it's less convenient as you can only access one Library at a time. If you're worried about disk space you can run a Library from an external disk.
That said:
Duplicate the Library in the Finder.
Open the first one - lets say it's the 2009 one - and remove all the 2008 elements from it.
Then Open the second one and remove all the 2009 elements from it.
Result: two libraries, intact for the respective years.
To choose a Library to open: Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library'
Managing Multiple Libraries - including moving pics/albums/rolls and metadata between them - is greatly facilitated by using iPhoto Library Manager
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TD

Splitting a library between three kids

A few years ago, we gave our three kids, then ages 12, 8 and 5, iTouches. To keep it simple, we set up one account in the oldest child's name, and each of them would sync their device with the laptop they shared where the library was housed.
That made sense at the time.
But, now I have kids ages 16, 12 and 9 with completely different tastes, interest in apps, etc. And, alas, the sharing of one account has become quite bothersome to all three.
So, I think now I need to set up an account for each of them, and split the library. That is the part I'd like some advice on. I can set up the itunes accounts for them; that is easy. But, what about the music? Instead of "C:\Mydocuments\mymusic\itunes" do I need to setup "C;\kid1\mydocuments\mymusic\itunes" and a "C:\kid2\...., ", "c:\kid3.." etc? For the music they share, do I need to make a copy of the song to each of these new folders?
Or, do they all import from the same library, but never do a full sync (i.e., check the box for only the songs they want).
I don't want to set something up and a month from not everyone decides it is inefficient and I have to re-do it.
Thus, some advice from experienced users out there would greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

No, I only connect the external drive when I need to access it - and really, music is the bulk of what I keep on the computer. I use nicecast to broadcast music, and I'd prefer to do that using iTunes on the internal drive.

Splitting iPhoto library and social media

Greetings,
I am in the process of breaking up my gargantuan iPhoto library into smaller libraries, by year (this scheme works perfectly fine for me). However, I ran into a problem last night which I would like not to repeat. Starting with all of the photos from 2013, I had exported all of them out of iPhoto.photolibrary into folders on my desktop. Then, I had created "2013 iPhoto Library" and mass-imported all the files from the desktop. When I was satisfied that I had everything I wanted, I both securely deleted the desktop files and also the albums from within iPhoto. However, when I started doing the latter, they began removing themselves from Facebook. It makes sense, but it's an undesirable side effect.
Since I plan on doing this reorganization at the end of each year, I obviously don't want to keep this from happening, i.e. I'd like to leave my albums which take me a great amount of time to put together for sharing on Facebook in place so that they don't get removed. My proposed solution is something like the following:
1. Continue the process all the way back to 2005 and before (since I hate to have a disconnect with last year's albums gone but none of the others deleted, I might as well delete them all from my Facebook).
2. Leave 2014's photos in "iPhoto Library" (thus leaving my photos still connected to my Facebook albums.
3. When 2015 rolls around, rename "iPhoto Library" to "2014 iPhoto Library" and create a new "iPhoto Library" (hoping such a name change is permissible).
4. Repeat 2. and 3. every year.
Can anyone tell me if this is a recommended solution, or if this will/won't work? My main concern is that "iPhoto Library" is somehow special and has to be left as-is, i.e. I can't rename it, or have a new file called "iPhoto Library" which might corrupt something
Thanks,
Mike

The Social Media albums are attached to the library that created them. So step 2 works. Yes you can rename libraries.
The way you're splitting the Library destroys the non-destructive editing feature of iPhoto and, depending on a: what you've done in iPhoto and b: the exact export settings you are using, risks significant dataloss. If you must split the library (and deal with all those inconveniences) use iPhoto Library Manager to do it, and preserve all your versions and data.
For the sake of others who may read this: iPhoto can only open or search one Library at a time. That's just one of the inconveniences of multiple libraries. An iPhoto Library can contain up to 1,000,000 million items

Best way to split Aperture Library

This is my current setup:
Aperture 3 running on my Macbook Pro with referenced masters. Both library and masters reside on the 500GB macbook. HD space is starting to get a bit tight and now I would like to split the library into 2 (by years probably, haven't decided) and put one library (the least used) on my iMac and continue to use the MB as the primary workstation.
What is the best way to do this split? I know I can export as a new library in A3 and have it consolidate masters into library. I'm assuming when I do this consolidation it just copies the masters to the new library. This would not solve my HD space issue as the original referenced masters would still reside on my MB.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks

Based on what you said so far, still the best option is an external HD. You do not need to take the HD with you every place you go. When you are mobile, tell Aperture to Store Files in Aperture library as you do now. When you return, tell Aperture to Relocate Masters. It's job done. You will free up a lot of HD space and with a Referenced Masters set up you should see some performance improvements. Allan
PS you have two Allan's trying to assist.

Split iPhoto library to solve sluggishness?

Hello, we have 23000 pictures in our iPhoto library. It seems like iPhoto is particularly "burdened" by all the photos (i.e. sluggish at times). At least that's our theory.
We're wondering, provided our theory is correct--if splitting the library into multiple libraries, and then setting iPhoto;s default library just to the most recent pictures would solve its sluggishness?
Would that help, or would anyone have other ideas how to give iPhoto a break from having to load 23000 pics every time we load it?
many thanks!
--sluggish in Dallas

i split the library by creating a new one and them importing the pics I wanted to have ready access to in a streamlined library.
problem is, all my ratings didn't come across in the import. what did I do wrong? I even check the prefs file to ensure ratings and other metadata would be included in the import, but no dice.
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Split itunes library

can i split my library? onto 2 external usb drives, say movies and tv shows on one drive and music and apps on another (itunes program is installed on internal c drive, but library is getting very large, 750 gb and growing)

Not easily, it can be done with a script, or by changing the media folder, selectively consolidating, and then deleting the originals. Much better however to invest in an external drive big enough for your library with some room for growth (and a second to back it up to) then copy the entire iTunes folder out to the external drive and hold down shift as you start itunes to connect to the relocated library.
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Splitting a library across two drives?

I'm running out of space on my 2tb external drive which is solely for iTunes.
Can I buy a second 2tb drive and split the library across both? I was thinking I would just change the default library location to the new drive so new itunes content is downloaded there and it would still be able to access the old stuff in the old location.
Alternatively do I need to buy a larger capacity drive to keep it all together in one place.
Obviously I would prefer to split it as a second 2tb drive would give me 4tb in total for less than a new 3tb drive if I had to consolidate.
If any of this is relevent to the question iTunes is the latest version on a 2010 iMac running Snow Leopard and we watch the content on Apple TV.
Many thanks
Anthony

Try this thread.
The solution is on one of the posts to your question.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/10161003#10161003

ITunes 6 - Splitting the library over two drives

Hi,
I have a powerbook with a 60gb hardrive. Currently my music library is around 25gb. To add to the "damage" I have recently trasfered around 15gb of music from my old desctop to the external drive. Now the external drive has more then enough space for the music but the internal does not. Is it possible to split the library such that some songs are on the internal and some on the external, and if so will it cause iTunes to perform worse?
Thanks for your help,
Stanislav Jidkov

Try this thread.
The solution is on one of the posts to your question.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/10161003#10161003

Best way to "split" iPhoto library?

Usually, at the beginning of the year I create a new, clean library for iPhoto. This helps me keep my library size managable. Well, this year I forgot to do it and now my iPhoto library contains pictures from 07 and 08. Is there an easy way to split my iPhoto library? How do I create a new library with my 08 pictures? There must be a way to do it. I know what events I want to move to a new library I'm just not sure how to go about doing it.

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
iPhoto Library Manager will copy Events and well as Albums, for further information consult the Help on the app or contact the Developer.
I have an external network drive to store the libraries so I also want to experiment with sharing those libraries with my wife
Users have consistently reported problems when using a disk not formatted for OS X (such as a NAS) with iPhoto. These issues include problems sharing, problems saving changes and others. I would not recommend using iPhoto on any disk not formatted for OS X.
Regards
TD

Aperture 3 runs slow, should I split my library into more projects?

Aperture 3.4.5 is running very slow on my 2x 2.4 GHz Quad Core Intel Xeon 5.1 Mac Pro. My Aperture library is 609 GB and I have it on a internal HD with 2.94 TB of room available. I have been using Aperture since it first came out but I have only made 7 Projects in all that time. I just add additional folders and albums inside of those 7 Projects. I'm looking for a way to speed up Aperture because it has slowed down to a crawl, for example, when selecting more than a few images everything stops and I get a spinning beach ball for up to a minute. This is new behavior for Aperture. I have tried all of the recommended fixes such as repair permissions, repair database and finally, I tried rebuild database. None of these has helped.
Somewhere I read that you needed to repair the database before you installed Aperture 3.0. I did not do this. That is the only thing I can think of that could be a cause of this, my hardware is more than adequate to use Aperture. I need suggestions...

Somewhere I read that you needed to repair the database before you installed Aperture 3.0.
If you repaired and rebuild your Aperture library since then, it should not matter.
. I have been using Aperture since it first came out but I have only made 7 Projects in all that time. I just add additional folders and albums inside of those 7 Projects.
I am concerned about that. Why only a few projects? Your projects must have more than several thousand images each. I found, that Aperture is slower, if the projects are very large and if I have many smart albums. Aperture becomes more responsive, if I split the projects and group the split projects inside a folder.
I'm looking for a way to speed up Aperture because it has slowed down to a crawl, for example, when selecting more than a few images everything stops and I get a spinning beach ball for up to a minute
How full is your system drive? You only mention the space available on your second drive, not on your system drive.
When did this slowness start? After you imported new images or installed other software?
Regards
Léonie

How to split iPhoto library

my library is too big. What is the easiest way to split? Has to be simple to access.

Larry,
I have been searching a solution to my problem and came across this post. My circumstances and imac is almost identical to dougfromfruitvale to which you responded:
"Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - repaid permissions and then repeat and rebuild your iPhoto library database" which Doug found helpful!
I am a bit more nieve it seems, I was wondering if I might find some more specific instructions to these instructions. My photos are backed on the cloud (i assume as I utilize photo stream) as well as a time capsule. I get pressing alt and command while launching, but what is meant by repaid permissions, repeat and rebuild iphoto library database. The last step seems particularly daunting!
Thanks so much

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