Syncing iPhoto '08 with more than one mac

I have recently got a macbook and would like to ensure that the photos I have on my iMac at home are the same as the photos I have on the macbook.
I have a .Mac account with some photos on their and would like them to appear in iPhoto on my macbook.
Is there a simple way to do this?

PHarris
No, there's no simple way to do this.
While it is perfectly possible to copy a library from one machine to another, syncing them - where you're trying to update each library with the other's contents - is not possible. No app can parse the library file, and so syncing them will cause corruption of one, other or both libraries.
Some possibilities: if you only import and organise on one Mac, then simply copy the iPhoto Library from the Pictures Folder on that Mac to the same location on the portable.
You can use iPhoto Library Manager to copy files/events/albums from one library to another. This is the only way to move files and metadata from one library to another.
I have a .Mac account with some photos on their and would like them to appear in iPhoto on my macbook.
Are these files simply loose on the .Mac account? Then import them.
Regards
TD

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