Transferring Photos from Snapfish to IPHOTO Library?

Has anyone out there imported saved photos from Snapfish or other similar sites? I'd like to do that because Snapfish holds you hostage if you don't make purchases. I have, but not recently and I got a threatening email re: loss of all my stored photo albums. THANKS!!!

Download the photos from Snapfish with your web browser. Then import them to iPhoto.
Regards
TD

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Regards
TD

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And you must NEVER Import an iPhoto library - it does not work and creates a massive mess
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LN

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I had an old backup
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OT

Transferring Photos from PC to iPhoto on MacBook

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I would like to tidy up my photos on my iMac to save space and ensure that all is secure.
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Thanks Larry. I tested that for one photo by deleting (placing in trash) one image and then reopening iphoto to make sure the photo was still there and it was.
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Regards, Suzanna
PS I have just tried to import those 4 photos and they are in iPhoto but the photo name is date and time instead of image number as in Finder. That will make it really hard to find?
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Transfering photos from PSE to iPhoto

I just decided to switch from PC to Mac and am having difficulties moving my photo library. I had been using Photoshop Elements 6 in Windows but wanted to start using iPhoto 08.
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*additional info* Photoshop CS3 thinks that the date is 04 as well, but Preview says 1980.
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Here's some info for using Photoshop Elements with iPhoto:
Using Photoshop (or Photoshop Elements) as Your Editor of Choice in iPhoto.
1 - select Photoshop as your editor of choice in iPhoto's General Preference Section's under the "Edit photo:" menu.
2 - double click on the thumbnail in iPhoto to open it in Photoshop. When you're finished editing click on the Save button. If you immediately get the JPEG Options window make your selection (Baseline standard seems to be the most compatible jpeg format) and click on the OK button. Your done.
3 - however, if you get the navigation window that indicates that PS wants to save it as a PS formatted file. You'll need to either select JPEG from the menu and save (top image) or click on the desktop in the Navigation window (bottom image) and save it to the desktop for importing as a new photo.
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NOTE: With Photoshop Elements 6 the Saving File preferences should be configured: "On First Save: Save Over Current File". Also I suggest the Maximize PSD File Compatabilty be set to Always.
If you want to use both iPhoto's editing mode and PS without having to go back and forth to the Preference pane, once you've selected PS as your editor of choice, reset the Preferences back to "Open in main window". That will let you either edit in iPhoto (double click on the thumbnail) or in PS (Control-click on the thumbnail and seledt "Edit in external editor" in the Contextual menu). This way you get the best of both worlds
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I lost photos from middle of iphoto library, no where to be found

So one day my wife is looking at the ipad and asks where some of her pregnancy photos are....I look and they are not there..!
the photos taken before the pregnancy are there.....The photos of the birth are there.....but not a select few in between.
I check everywhere.....EVERYWHERE, not on my time machine backup....which mysteriously seems to only go back 8 months....
not in my regular picture folder where i imported them from.
I use all the recovery options from permission recovery to a full rebuild of library.
I have no idea what happened to these photos. I was not doing anything, and have not done any iphoto clean up, I certainly did not delete them.
my ipads are synched to my MBP, I do not use any cloud services.
I am ready to accept that they are just simply gone, but want to check to see if there are any others out there who have had the same problem...NOT missing libraries, NOT corrupt librarys or bad upgrades.....just mysteriously missing albums.....
OSX 10.7.5
iphoto version (9.4.3) (720.91)

Apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
2 - run Option #1 to repair permissions and Option #4 to repair the database.
Fix #2
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 - click on the Add Library button and select the library you want to add in the selection window..
3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the Library âÅ¾™ Rebuild Library menu option.
4 - In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
5 - Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
OT

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I saved my earlier iPhoto Library on my previous Mac to an external Drive. Now, if I try to open the old iPhoto Library file from my new Mac then iPhoto offers me to 'Switch Libraries' and to access pictures from the old library.
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Please advise steps to do do it.
Thanks

iPhoto can not merge libraries
And you must NEVER Import an iPhoto library - it does not work and creates a massive mess
To merge libraries you must either use Aperture (being phased out this year) or the paid version of iPhoto Library Manager - http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/ -
Or continue to have two libraries and switch between them
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I believe that Apple really thinks that they know the best way to do things and it is our job to just do it that way no matter how stupid or arcane it is.
I put the following in iPhoto Feedback already.
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WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE SO HARD.
Computers have had Drag and Drop since my first Amiga.
Come on guys....this is how to do it. Imagine that you are an end user and you bought a Mac because it was going to be easier, then with your brilliant programing skills make it happen.
I know, for some reason, it is really important that you know what I am using. so...
Mac Book Pro. OS X Yosemite latest version. and iPad mini latest IOS.
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Installed new osx lion can't copy my photos from the old iPhoto library to the new one..

hey guys hope u can held me ..
when i open the new iphoto libary it says i need to istall an older version of iphoto libary ...

1 - you never "copy" an iPhoto library to any other iPhoto library - exactly what did you do
2 - installiung Lion typically has no effect on iPhoto - you are only upgrading the OS - not the iLife software
Exactly what is the error message - I am not aware of iPhoto ever saying tha tyou need to inatall an older version of anything and it is impossible to ever "install" an iPhoto library - you install the iPhoto application - it creates or converts the iPhoto library
We need to know what version of iPhoto you have and exactly what is said when you launch iPhoto
LN

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Try use Image Capture (in your Applications Folder) to move the files to the Desktop and import from there.
Regards
TD

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