Sudden Increase in Library Size

Without downloading (to my knowledge) any additional music files, my library grew from 15 GB to 195 GB overnight. I've already tried compressing files, but now I need a way to sort by size to find the culprit files. Any ideas?

rcunio wrote:
I need a way to sort by size to find the culprit files. Any ideas?
Click on the "Size" column. If Size is not visible, enable it by going to View > View Options.

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Sudden Increase in database size

Hi all,
I have noticed sudden increase in sys schema size, after making queries on DBA_TABLESPCAES, DBA_DATA_FILE,
DBA_EXTENTS,DBA_SEGMENTS.
Does it means Oracle has generated lot of data after queries to these views ?
It's very urgent .
Please reply.

Hi,
Is any application accessing this database? If yes, then did you confirm with the application contact whether any heavy changes have taken place in the application/database? I think that an increase of 300M is not huge but normal/acceptable. However, it is a factor of the actual database size. What is you database size?
Regards.

Mouse gesture causes sudden increase in window size

I'm unsure where this question belongs, I have searched high and low but obviously have not struck the right combination of search terms. So if this is not the correct place please point me in the right direction.
I generally have the Safari app opened to almost fill the whole Mac screen and have 5 or 6 tabs opened ready to look at each on in some detail.
Sometime when searching the web with a few windows open, using Safari 5.1.4, Inadvertently my finger(s) brush the top of the Magic Mouse and the primary open window will zoom in [enlarge]. At least I think it is a light finger touch which causes this, unless it is a slight movement of the mouse itself. So what was visible, ordinarily normal, on a single web page is now extraordinarily expanded and only a small portion can fit and will appear on the web page. This happens when I go to attempt to drag the window up/down/sideways but I never get to that action. I have no keys pressed on the keyboard [Apple Bluetooth]. This anomaly does not increase the web page window size to fit the screen.
I have tried the CMD - (plus) keystrokes to no avail. Similarly the CNTL - scroll wheel will not bring the page back to correct [previous] size. The only solution is to CMD-W that page and reopen to normal size, in effect, start again.
I have no third party software on my Magic Mouse and I can not see any gesture to do this on the System Prefs for Mouse. I can not re-create this happening no matter what gesture I use on the Mouse and thus am unable to identfy the cause. The zoom happens so fast I can not tell where my fingers were at the time. I can find nothing relevant in Sys Prefs>Universal Access>Mouse>Mouse Options. I have Sys Prefs>Universal Access>Seeing>OFF checked. AFAIK I have no third party apps on my iMac which have any bearing on zoom. I have googled but as usual google results depend on the search terms which I seem not to be able to accurately describe.
24in iMac 8,1 6GB RAM, OS X 10.7.3.
I would appreciate any advice.

What you describe sounds like the Smart Zoom gesture for the mouse - a gentle single-finger double-tap on the mouse will zoom the contents of a Safari window. Repeat the gesture to bring it back to normal.
This can be disabled in System Preferences > Mouse > Point & Click by unchecking the Smart Zoom item.

Essbase pag file size had a sudden increase

We have a BSO cube who used to have 1.8g of exported data and about 2.5 gigs of pag files. However, they both suddenly increased to 5 gigs each (in just one day). I checked our logs and there were only a few data uploads/changes and the outline member additions that we had that day were all dynamic calcs members. We do export - clear - reload data everynight, but the exported files and page files are still on th 5 gigs.
Does anyone know what could have caused this issue?
Thank you.

Same type of thing happened here. Overnight, 3 hour agg calc now taking upwards of 8 hours. They had implemented hierarchy additions, nothing drastic.
By chance, were any of these Dynamic Calc members created in sparse dimensions? Do they roll up to stored members? It's bad ju-ju to have that situation.
This was the biggest design offender I found, and am redesigning cube for them right now.
I have taken the 8-10 hour agg (and 41 pag files) down to 36 minutes (and 15 pag files) simply by changing the dense and sparse settings of their cube. One of the dimensions they had dynamic members rolling up to stored members, I made this one dense and made all upper levels dynamic. (of course I had to change some of their other dense dimensions to sparse to accomodate this) But the end results on time and page files tells me that having dynamic calc members roll to stored members is really bad.
Robert
Edited by: RobertR3 on Apr 18, 2011 10:02 AM

Sudden increase in buffer gets per executions in update statement

Hi,
Recently we have encountered one performance issue, which is most likely caused by a sudden increase in the buffer gets per execution.
The SQL is an update statement, updating a table using a primary key (we have checked to confirm the running execution plan is using the primary key), and one field being updated is a BLOB column.
As shown in the below statistics, there is no major change in the number of executions during the every 20 minutes monitoring interval. However, the buffer gets per executions has been more than double, and the CPU time is almost doubled, hence the exec_time (elapsed time) has been doubled.
The same SQL has been running for the past four years in multiple similar databases. The database is Oracle 9.2.0.4 running on Solaris 9. For the past 300 days, the average elapsed time per execution is about 0.0093s, while the average buffer gets per execution is about 670. The update statement has been executed about 9 times per second.
The question is why there is a sudden increase in the buffer gets? The sudden increase happened twice for the past two days.
<pre>
B_TIME E_TIME EXECUTIONS_DIFF EXEC_TIME CPU_TIME BUFFER_GETS EXEC_PER_DAY
2009-11-25-14:04 2009-11-25-14:23 8513 .0069 .0068 315.56 646329
2009-11-25-14:23 2009-11-25-14:43 10170 .007 .0068 312.28 726188
2009-11-25-14:43 2009-11-25-15:05 11873 .0072 .0069 320.17 787885
2009-11-25-15:05 2009-11-25-15:23 8633 .011 .0101 844.83 675014
2009-11-25-15:23 2009-11-25-15:44 9668 .0144 .0137 1448.51 680778
2009-11-25-15:44 2009-11-25-16:04 9671 .0163 .0156 1809.04 702163
2009-11-25-16:04 2009-11-25-16:25 10260 .0188 .0177 2107.67 711447
2009-11-25-16:25 2009-11-25-16:44 9827 .0157 .0151 1834.3 739593
2009-11-25-16:44 2009-11-25-17:05 10586 .0171 .0164 2008.25 714555
2009-11-26-08:04 2009-11-26-08:24 11028 .0182 .0172 1979.61 800688
2009-11-26-08:24 2009-11-26-08:44 10533 .0154 .0149 1734.62 750248
2009-11-26-08:44 2009-11-26-09:04 9367 .018 .0168 2043.95 685274
2009-11-26-09:04 2009-11-26-09:24 10307 .0214 .0201 2552.43 729938
2009-11-26-09:24 2009-11-26-09:45 10932 .0251 .0234 3111.48 762328
2009-11-26-09:45 2009-11-26-10:05 10992 .0278 .0254 3386.41 797404
2009-11-26-15:03 2009-11-26-15:16 7183 .0425 .0348 4615.42 746824
2009-11-26-15:16 2009-11-26-15:23 2921 .0417 .0373 4887.75 682092
2009-11-26-15:23 2009-11-26-15:43 9597 .0393 .0352 4603.62 679656
2009-11-26-15:43 2009-11-26-16:03 8797 .0411 .0362 4783.66 630755
2009-11-26-16:03 2009-11-26-16:23 9957 .0453 .0391 5168.28 718100
2009-11-26-16:23 2009-11-26-16:43 11209 .0436 .0369 4870.77 808395
2009-11-26-16:43 2009-11-26-17:03 10729 .0428 .0375 5119.56 766103
2009-11-26-17:03 2009-11-26-17:23 9116 .0409 .0363 4912.58 659098
</pre>
Yesterday I did a trace on one of the sessions running the update statement, and below is the tkprof output:
<pre>
call count cpu elapsed disk query current rows
Parse 76 0.03 0.00 0 0 0 0
Execute 76 4.58 5.14 0 567843 19034 76
Fetch 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0
total 152 4.61 5.14 0 567843 19034 76
Misses in library cache during parse: 1
Optimizer goal: CHOOSE
Parsing user id: 88
Rows Row Source Operation
1 UPDATE (cr=30 r=0 w=0 time=6232 us)
1 INDEX UNIQUE SCAN <PK Index Name> (cr=3 r=0 w=0 time=58 us)(object id 81122)
Elapsed times include waiting on following events:
Event waited on Times Max. Wait Total Waited
Waited--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SQL*Net message to client 152 0.00 0.00
SQL*Net message from client 152 0.00 0.22
SQL*Net more data from client 1894 0.00 0.03
SQL*Net break/reset to client 152 0.00 0.00
buffer busy waits 14 0.00 0.00
enqueue 1 0.61 0.61
</pre>
GaoYuan

Hi,
I've reformatted your output for better understanding (with {noformat}...{noformat}):
B_TIME           E_TIME           EXECUTIONS_DIFF EXEC_TIME   CPU_TIME BUFFER_GETS EXEC_PER_DAY
2009-11-25-14:04 2009-11-25-14:23            8513      .0069      .0068      315.56       646329
2009-11-25-14:23 2009-11-25-14:43           10170       .007      .0068      312.28       726188
2009-11-25-14:43 2009-11-25-15:05           11873      .0072      .0069      320.17       787885
2009-11-25-15:05 2009-11-25-15:23            8633       .011      .0101      844.83       675014
2009-11-25-15:23 2009-11-25-15:44            9668      .0144      .0137     1448.51       680778
2009-11-25-15:44 2009-11-25-16:04            9671      .0163      .0156     1809.04       702163
2009-11-25-16:04 2009-11-25-16:25           10260      .0188      .0177     2107.67       711447
2009-11-25-16:25 2009-11-25-16:44            9827      .0157      .0151      1834.3       739593
2009-11-25-16:44 2009-11-25-17:05           10586      .0171      .0164     2008.25       714555
2009-11-26-08:04 2009-11-26-08:24           11028      .0182      .0172     1979.61       800688
2009-11-26-08:24 2009-11-26-08:44           10533      .0154      .0149     1734.62       750248
2009-11-26-08:44 2009-11-26-09:04            9367       .018      .0168     2043.95       685274
2009-11-26-09:04 2009-11-26-09:24           10307      .0214      .0201     2552.43       729938
2009-11-26-09:24 2009-11-26-09:45           10932      .0251      .0234     3111.48       762328
2009-11-26-09:45 2009-11-26-10:05           10992      .0278      .0254     3386.41       797404
2009-11-26-15:03 2009-11-26-15:16            7183      .0425      .0348     4615.42       746824
2009-11-26-15:16 2009-11-26-15:23            2921      .0417      .0373     4887.75       682092
2009-11-26-15:23 2009-11-26-15:43            9597      .0393      .0352     4603.62       679656
2009-11-26-15:43 2009-11-26-16:03            8797      .0411      .0362     4783.66       630755
2009-11-26-16:03 2009-11-26-16:23            9957      .0453      .0391     5168.28       718100
2009-11-26-16:23 2009-11-26-16:43           11209      .0436      .0369     4870.77       808395
2009-11-26-16:43 2009-11-26-17:03           10729      .0428      .0375     5119.56       766103
2009-11-26-17:03 2009-11-26-17:23            9116      .0409      .0363     4912.58       659098
call     count       cpu    elapsed       disk      query    current        rows
Parse       76      0.03       0.00          0          0          0           0
Execute     76      4.58       5.14          0     567843      19034          76
Fetch        0      0.00       0.00          0          0          0           0
total      152      4.61       5.14          0     567843      19034          76
Misses in library cache during parse: 1
Optimizer goal: CHOOSE
Parsing user id: 88
Rows     Row Source Operation
      1 UPDATE (cr=30 r=0 w=0 time=6232 us)
      1   INDEX UNIQUE SCAN <PK Index Name(cr=3 r=0 w=0 time=58 us)(object id 81122)
Elapsed times include waiting on following events:
Event waited on                             Times   Max. Wait Total Waited
SQL*Net message to client                     152        0.00          0.00
SQL*Net message from client                   152        0.00          0.22
SQL*Net more data from client                1894        0.00          0.03
SQL*Net break/reset to client                 152        0.00          0.00
buffer busy waits                              14        0.00          0.00
enqueue                                         1        0.61          0.61
********************************************************************************Can you please provide a DDL for the table, indexes, type of the tablespace(s) they reside in (ASSM/MSSM, extents sizes), the UPDATE statement, how many sessions on average/peaks are doing the same thing concurrently, how many sessions are working this table concurrently and how do they use it?

Preview increases pdf file size when saving

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Sudden increase in Tablespace - Oracle 9.2.0.8

The oracle tablespace increased suddenly but without loading the actual data. On 06/15, the tablespace has a free space on 1.5G, but all of a sudden, all 1.5G has been consumed and casued the batch job to abend due to lack of space in the tablespace. The tablepace was increased by 2.5G and the batch job ws successfully completed. Till now ( after 1 month) there was no decrease in the free space of the tablespace (still 2.5G) and there was a increase in the size of the tablespace.
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BLOCK_SIZE 8192,
INITIAL_EXTENT 6553600,
NEXT_EXTENT 6553600,
MIN_EXTENTS 1,
MAX_EXTENTS 2147483645,
PCT_INCREASE 0,
MIN_EXTLEN 6553600,
STATUS ONLINE,
CONTENTS PERMANENT,
LOGGING LOGGING,
FORCE_LOGGING NO,
EXTENT_MANAGEMENT LOCAL,
ALLOCATION_TYPE UNIFORM,
SEGMENT_SPACE_MANAGEMENT AUTO,
DEF_TAB_COMPRESSION DISABLED
Thanks,
Mahesh

Hi All,
I got the answer. It is a bug in oracle 9.2.0.8. Oracle support has given as patch to implement and it should resolve issue.Here is the quote from Oracle support " It seems you have hitting the known Bug 5987262 duplicate of Bug 5890312 Unexplained increases in unformatted blocks in a tablespace ..This issue is also addressed by article : Note 469985.1 Ext/Mod Sudden Increase in Unformatted Blocks "
Thanks for your support
Thanks,
Mahesh

Sudden increase in native heap memory

Hi all,
we are using JRockit 26.4 and currently configured with 1800MB heap on windows 2003 with /3GB switch.
We noticed that after the weblogic server is started the total memory (java heap + native memory) lingers around 2550 MB... (We monitored this using perfmon -> virtual bytes of java process)
after couple of days run, the native memory suddenly increased by 300 MB, taking the total virtual bytes to 2850 MB.
Do we know what could be the reason for such a sudden increase?
Thanks,
- Pritam.

I don't believe this is documented anywhere unfortunately, and it might vary depending on the exact JRockit release. But the key thing to watch out for is growth, regardless of which component it is. If you see that, post a question here and we'll find someone to tell you what the issue is...
That said, here's an example printout and some guesses from my side.
[JRockit] memtrace is collecting data...
[JRockit] *** 0th memory utilization report
(all numbers are in kbytes)
Total mapped                         ;;;;;;; 860976
; Total in-use                        ;;;;;; 89816
;; executable                         ;;;;;   4400
;;;   java code                         ;;;;    384;   8.7%
;;;;    used                             ;;;    236;   61.6%
;; shared modules (exec+ro+rw)        ;;;;;   8496
;; guards                             ;;;;;    180
;; readonly                           ;;;;;   3052
;; rw-memory                          ;;;;; 78132
;;;   Java-heap                         ;;;; 65536;   83.9%
;;;   Stacks                            ;;;;   1976;   2.5%
;;;   Native-memory                     ;;;; 10619;   13.6%
;;;;    java-heap-overhead               ;;;   2056
;;;;    codegen memory                   ;;;    576
;;;;    classes                          ;;;   2048;   19.3%
;;;;;     method bytecode                 ;;    219
;;;;;     method structs                  ;;    277    (#5929)
;;;;;     constantpool                    ;;    788
;;;;;     classblock                      ;;     69
;;;;;     class                           ;;    143    (#443)
;;;;;     other classdata                 ;;    338
;;;;;     overhead                        ;;     91
;;;;    threads                          ;;;      6;   0.1%
;;;;    malloc:ed memory                 ;;;   1445;   13.6%
;;;;;     codeinfo                        ;;     60
;;;;;     codeinfotrees                   ;;     24
;;;;;     exceptiontables                 ;;      5
;;;;;     metainfo/livemaptable           ;;    243
;;;;;     codeblock structs               ;;      0
;;;;;     constants                       ;;      0
;;;;;     livemap global tables           ;;    135
;;;;;     callprof cache                  ;;      0
;;;;;     paraminfo                       ;;     30    (#506)
;;;;;     strings                         ;;    426    (#8402)
;;;;;     strings(jstring)                ;;      0
;;;;;     typegraph                       ;;     27
;;;;;     interface implementor list      ;;      5
;;;;;     thread contexts                 ;;      8
;;;;;     jar/zip memory                  ;;    497
;;;;;     native handle memory            ;;      5
;;;;    unaccounted for memory           ;;;   4493;   42.3%;3.11
---------------------!!!Total mapped means mapped virtual memory, eg the largest size the JVM can be expected to grow to. This is typically on the same order of magnitude as the Java heap size (Xmx).
Total in-use is the actual memory in use, this is the current "memory footprint" of your process.
executable refers to JIT compiled code, I believe.
Java-heap is the heap (duh).
Stacks should be the thread stacks (where local variables are stored).
classes is native memory used to store bytecode etc. If this grows, it may be because you are generating classes dynamically and they are not getting cleaned up because there are still live instances. Or maybe you're running with -Xnoclassgc.
threads can grow if you start a lot of threads and don't let them die.
Stuff under malloc:ed memory is mainly misc JVM metadata.
unaccounted for memory is...everything else. The most common leak involving unaccounted-for is native byte buffers (DirectByteBuffer).
-- Henrik

Sudden increase in memory space

We have developed an application using the Hyperion 9.3.1.
We are trying to load data and the data load itself is taking lot of time.
Again, the memory space is getting increased drastically (almost to 100%).
We see lot of page files being generated.
What can be the reason for this sudden increase in memory space utilization.

you should consider the folllowing factors for sudden increase in memory space
1.Minimize the no of hierarchies otherwise it leads to increase in the size of aggregated data and slows down view selection
2. remove fragmentation
3.Compact the outline to remove the records of members that we have been deleted
4.create transparent partition if neccessary which leads to enable write-back partition.By doing this we can reducethe size of the Database and reduces calculation time.
5.use compression if values are grouped together in consecutive members on dimensions or hierarchies rather than spread throughout the outline with lots of
#missing data between values.

Photo library size

Anybody know if there are plans to increase the max size of the iCloud photo library? I need 2.2+ Tb now. I was just able to upgrade my goog drive to an unlimited plan and not having to worry about whether all my stuff will fit is pretty nice.

Hi Ralph,
Here are two screenshots, one of an iPhoto Library folder and the next of an iPhoto 6 Library folder.
This is a view of how the iPhoto 5 Library looks in the Finder.
iPhoto 6 Library folder in the Finder
The Data folder you see is from an iPhoto 6 Library folder. It is a folder of all large thumbnails of all your photos.
The Albums folder is a leftover from an iPhoto 4 Library folder. This Albums folder is no longer generated in an iPhoto 5 or iPhoto 6 Library. The Albums folder contained aliases to the photos you had in each Album.
Depending on the type of backup you do, it will make a difference on what you see.
If you do a sync backup, the sync will delete on the backup what is not in the current Library you are backing up and add the files that are changed are added.
If you do a backup that just backs up changed or added files and does not do an actual sync, then you will still have leftovers from the old backups. (my guess)
You should only be able to open a library from an actual sync backup I am guessing as the files have to be exactly the same as the original.

Library size after Apple Lossless conversion

Hi,
I've converted my itunes library to Apple Lossless format in the belief that I could get more songs onto my iPod, however, even though I've deleted the old format song from the music library, my library has nearly doubled in size. Anyone got any idea how to slim it down?
Thanks

If you converted from MP3, the ONLY thing you did was increase the file size by about 5 times.
Once it is converted to MP3, the file size is ~10% of the original. A lot if data is thrown out. Converting that MP3 to Lossless will not get back any info since it no longer exists.
I'm looking for the smallest size with the least loss from the original
You need to RIP from the original CD to Apple Lossless.
Apple Lossless is still gonna be ~50%-60% of the original file size, which is usually ~30MB to 60MB.
AAC at 192 kbps is ~1.5 MB per minute and unless using a high end stereo equipment and a high end sound card, most users will not be able to hear any difference.
I suggest you RIP the same CD a few different way and compare them. Check the file size and audio quality.

Aperture Library Size slowing iMac even when Aperture is closed

I recently purchased an iMac 22 quad core running Lion, with all updates. It currently has 12GB of Ram, and 190GB free on the hard drive.
The iMac would load programs like Outlook within a few seconds and was very fast.
I purchased Aperture and migrated about 38,000 images, using the exisitng file structure from my PC. This took about 12 hours yo process, update images, etc...
Even if Aperture is closed, all programs now load much more slowly. Outlook can take 20-30 seconds to open, and lists of email and contacts now take as much as a minute to load.
This is only true for the user account with the Aperture library, as programs for other users seems to work fine.
I tried running disk utilities, restarting machine, but no difference.
Activity monitor shows no unusual memory, CPU or disk activity.
I started a new user account, and all worked fine again...until I again created an aperture library, and again, even if Aperture is not started, everyting else runs slowly.
Is there a file indexing feature that is overwhelmed by the addition of a large aperture library? (Deleting the Aperture library doe snot solve the problem-only startign a new user accountdoes).

dphughes wrote:
...in both cases maintaining referenced files stored outside the catalog/library. The Aperture library is 500% the size of the Lightroom catalog - even with restricted preview sizes and no vault.
If this is true, there must be a logical explanation that is giving Aperture users some benefit for the increased Library size. Sorry been a long time since I looked at Lightroom. Does it store the same size previews and thumbnails as Aperture? Since you are using referenced files and Aperture is using non-destructive edits and even new versions do not create duplicate files (only a new set of pointers to the referenced masters), one would think previews and thumbnails must be handled differently. Since you use both, what could it be?
The Aperture Vault is a separate library than the Aperture Library so having a Vault of course should not impact the size of the Aperture Library.

After installing Aperture and leaving photos in iPhoto library, why did iphoto library size almost double?

I installed Aperture and chose to leave all my images in the iPhoto library until I became more comfortable/familiar with Aperture.
I was looking at my hard drive space and see that the available space went way down. In Finder, the Aperture library.ap library is 17.97 gb and the iPhoto library is 122.75 gb.
When I open iPhoto, it says that it contains 19349 images/87 gb.
What happened? Is that extra size related to the Aperture referencing the images? Should I delete and start over, and move all the images into Aperture so that they are managed there?
I'm just figuring my way around Aperture, and I'm trying not to over-think the organizational differences, but this size discrepancy seems a bit too much.

I wish I had more info for this but I'm stumped. As I said there is no reason Aperture would increase the iPhoto library size by importing iPhoto's library.
BTW how did you do the import, that might shed some light on the problem.
The image count between the backup and the live iPhoto libraries seems fairly consistent so why the jump in size I can't say. And as for the increase in the number of images in Aperture, you started with an empty Aperture library, correct? And did you import anything directly into Aperture since you did the iPhoto import?
I'm still a little confused on the whole thing where Aperture shows both original and edited versions of an image, and some show both RAW & JPEG versions of an image,
Well Aperture really doesn't show both the original and edited versions, all you ever see are the versions unless you specifically ask to see the master. When you import an image into Aperture a version of the master is automatically made and displayed. Because at this point the version is no different then the master (you haven't made any adjustments to it yet) the version looks exactly like the master but it is the version you are seeing.
As for the RAW & JPG thing, if you shoot both RAW + JPG's in your camera when you import them you have the choice of which to make the master or to make each one a master. Not sure if that is what you are referring to.
I'm wondering whether I would have been better off just moving the whole iPhoto library into Aperture at the beginning, and deleting the iPhoto library.
That is definitly one option and the option most users who switch eventually make. You're not going to want to have both programs handeling your photos. But you should probably hold off until you;re more omfortable with Aperture and make sure you have a good backup of the iPhoto library before you do anything.
Remember when you import the iPhoto library into Aperture you're only choice is to copy the images not move them. This is done so that you can make sure all went OK before doing anything with iPhoto.
If you have the room you could try bringing in the iPhoto library backup, and trying the import again into a new empty Aperture library.
regards

IPhoto library size and movie imports - getting HUGE!

In iPhoto 08- (in my primary library) I have 23,000 photos, and about 300 movies (some MPEG) from an older Sony digicam, and now I have a Canon Powershot TX1 which is a flash based still digicam/720P HD camcorder that captures very large AVI's (depending on shot length, they range from 30MB to 400-500MB). I know I can choose on import to not bring them into iPhoto, and just bring in the still shots. However, it does make it easy to bring them into iPhoto along with the still pics, but I am concerned about the growing size of my 45GB library (1 of 3 libraries - I have not been splitting them up in the last couple of years, relying on the fact that iPhoto is stable with very large libraries- and going to enable a Time Capsule w/ Time Machine very soon). Time Capsule would save me here, right? Am I playing with fire here on the library size, and setting myself up for a crash?? There are so many downsides to multiple libraries when it comes to projects, searches, imports, etc. I'd love to know that I can safely stick with one.
Wondering also if I should NOT import the movies into iPhoto, and keep them seperate? The benefit to doing this, is that we can post MULTIPLE movies to the .Mac gallery at the same time, and have them appear as seperate movies...whereas in iMovie 08, if I put a bunch of clips into a project to post to .Mac gallery, it compiles them as a single movie - which is, many times, not what we want.
Any advice here is greatly appreciated!!!

GaryFL1:
You might consider creating a separate library for the movies and see if that will speed up your primary library. If you needed a movie in an album to create a web gallery you could put it in an album in the Movie Library and copy that album to your working library.
A lot of iPhoto's quickness depends on both CPU power, RAM and free space on your boot drive. I would imagine your iMac would be your primary iPhoto machine and it should meet the CPU and memory criteria. How about your free space?
Time Machine is a very good backup device in my experience. Depending on how big your backup drive is and how much you're backing up, you can go back in time a fair amount. I've got a 750 GB TM drive backing up my boot drive and one external. It now goes back 5 1/2 weeks for me.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.≤br>
Note: There now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

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