Transfer iPhotos between Macs computers

I would like to transfer my iPhoto photos from my Mac to my moms without losing the places or faces that I've already assigned. How can I do that?

Just the Photos?
You'll need to use link the machines together and use iPhoto Library Manager to move the Pics/Albums/Events plus all metadata. No other method will get the Faces.
Regards
TD

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Copied:
Any insights before making a feature request?
Most of my images are on a dedicated drive on Mac Pro.
MobileMe makes for lovely, superb and incredible syncing with my iPhone.
On the other hand using iPhoto on MacBook Pro allows me to "share" but I am an awkward user.
I don't want to "share" I want to sync iPhoto between Mac Pro and MacBook Pro as easily as I can sync between Mac Pro and iPhone.
Doable?
(or feature request?)

There're an application that will keep both of your two iPhoto libraries on the two Macs synced so they contain the same photos in each. However, both libraries must be the same version and the synced photos will not bring with them their keywords and other metadata. It's called iPhotoSync
Here's how it works:
1 - it compares the databases and/or album.xml files of Libraries A and B.
2 - the files in A that are not in B are imported into B by copying the original files from A into B's Import folder.
3 - it then does the same for B.
4 - metadata is not copied.
5 - it can be password protected to prevent unauthorized use.
It can be used to just copy from A to B and not sync both ways if desired.
So connect the two Macs together (best to not be wireless) and have iPhotoSync running on each.
If you want to have the metadata information included then you'll have to use iPhoto Library Manager as Terrence suggested and manually select the events or albums to move from A to B and then the same for B to A.
Happy Holidays

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I assume that this is a POP system then.
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I needed to do this because my Macbook hard drive is full and I have plenty of space on my iMac.
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I'm afraid your explanation of what you've done is not clear.
Did you copy the Library from one machine to the other?
or
Did you back up the Library to another Library?
The distinction is important:
In your title you ask about
synchronize iphoto between MacBook and iMac...
If you mean one direction copying - that is, backing up Library A to Library B, then you'll have no problems.
However, if you try +bi-directional copying+ - that is changes in Library A reflected in Library B and changes in Library B also reflected in Library B you will corrupt one or both Libraries. No syncing software can parse the Library database to do bi-directional copying.
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No.
Isn't it easier to have the iPhoto library as a folder instead of a package to synchronize it with another Mac using rsync?
iPhoto is a consumer application designed to be manipulated in the GUI.
Since iPhoto 7 (iLife 08) the old iPhoto Library Folder is a Package File. The change was made to the format of the iPhoto library because many users were inadvertently corrupting their library by browsing through it with other software or making changes in it themselves.
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Regards
TD

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'Best"? in what way?
Do you want the fastest? easiest? cheapest?
Is this a one-time thing? or something you expect to do frequently/repeatedly?
How much data are we talking about? kilobytes? megabytes? gigabytes?
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There's also an application that can make sure both libraries contain the same photos. It named SyncPhotos.
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1 - it compares the databases and/or album.xml files of Libraries A and B.
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