Synchronize iPhoto on 2 macs

I need to keep synchronized my Powermac and iBook iPhoto library is there anybody have any clue to do this?? Same problem with iTune....

David
You cannot do this. There is no application that will merge the data from the master db file with the data on the client libraries.
The nearest you can come to it is to use iPhoto Library Manager to mve files and associated metadata between libraries, and so keep them up to date, but there is no automation in this.
An alternative is to point all the iPhotos are the same library:
Move the iPhoto Library Folder to an external HD set to ignore permissions.
On each machine in turn: Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting dialogue, select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new library location. From that point on, this will be the default library location. All machines will have full access to the library, in fact, all machines will 'own' it.
However, there is a catch with this system and it is a significant one. iPhoto is not a multi-user app., it does not have the code to negotiate two users simultaneously writing to the database, and trying will cause db corruption. So only one user at a time, and back up, back up back up.
Regards
TD

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