Starting again to get organised

Hi chaps ... after several years of screwing up iphoto I want to, maybe, start again and get it good. I have several cameras that download to iphoto and I also have a laptop that I try and synchronise with my desktop mac but it doesn't always happen - think I have a bit of a duplication problem (if I search my hard drive there are, say, several versions of IMG_007.jpg from those different cameras etc. How does iphoto sort these will it not show a duplicate if it's date and time are different (ie if 2 shots with the same file name are shot on different dates are they still dupes) ... anyway I seem to have "lost" a few photographs and wonder if it's down to the duplication problem. Is there an easy way to start all over with a nice clean copy of iphoto ? Many thanks Roger

Roger
Yes there is:
To create and populate a new library:
Note this will give you a working library with the same film rolls and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, books, calendars etc.
Move the iPhoto Library Folder to the desktop
Launch iPhoto. It will ask if you wish to create a new Library. Say Yes.
Go into the iPhoto Library Folder on your desktop and find the Originals folder. From the Originals folder drag the individual rolls to the iPhoto Window and it will recreate them in the new library.
When you're sure all is well you can delete the iPhoto Library Folder on your desktop.
In the future, in addition to your usual back up routine, you might like to make a copy of the library6.iPhoto file whenever you have made changes to the library as protection against database corruption.
Regards
TD

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