Upgrade to iphoto6

I have an ibook G4 OSX 10.4.11 with iphoto5, and I have been making photo books which will not work after sept. of 09, the new software will not be supported on my old system and I want to keep this laptop another year...can i install iphoto6 to keep making iphoto books for a while?

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Yes. Assuming you have enough RAM you can also install iPhoto 08.
Regards
TD

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Laura:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. It's unfortunate you didn't make a backup of your iPhoto Library folder before updating to V6.
You may be out of luck on the albums, etc. but here's one possible way to fairly quickly locate the full sized image file and import them into a new iPhoto 6 library. Here's how:
1 - move the iPhoto library folder to the desktop.
2 - open it and type Command-F.
3 - in the search mode set the following as the search criteria:
Kind: Images
Size: Greater than 100 KB
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4 - create a new, clean library and open it.
5 - select all files in the search results window and drag into the open iPhoto window.
This will give you all your photos in one roll. You'll want to create new rolls with files based on whatever criteria is best for your workflow. I personally like to use rolls by month. Here's how you can do that.
1 - select all the photos in the library and use the Photos->Batch Rename to change the title to the Date.
2 - in the main library under the View options sort by title in the ascending direction.
3 - select files by whatever date criteria you want (you could start by year and then break it down later my month) and go to iPhoto->Create file roll menu option. When the roll is created, select it and change the title to whatever you want in the Info pane at the bottom of the Source pane.
When you're done reorganizing I suggest you follow the tip at the end of my signature.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto 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 written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), 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. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
P.S. Those guys don't know diddley squat. All they do is look at themselves in the mirror.
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Hi all,
Recently I upgraded iPhoto2 to iPhoto6 on a PowerMac G4 running Tiger (10.4.11) and after the upgrade all the keywords(~40 or so) were gone! I read a number of posts here on the topic and ran across the app iPhoto Library Manager. I downloaded and installed the free version and using the "Rebuild Library" option I was able to rebuild the iPhoto library and re-populate about half of my albums. There remaining albums still have no pics in them.
However, I still see no keywords. As far as I can tell iPhoto6 is still pointed to the old library. How do I point iPhoto6 to use the new rebuilt library, which I see in a separate folder?
Any tips would be greatly appeciated!
Ed

Hi Terance,
That indeed does seem to be the case Is the correct procedure to bring up iPhoto6 for the first time, answer NO to the "Upgrade" question, and then iPhoto6 will display a blank, empty new library in a new folder? Then to get the keywords and other meta-data brought over correctly, one selects "Import" in the new iPhoto6, pointing it to the old iPhoto library and proceed?
That brings up another question. I do have tape backups of the machine, so I could restore the old iPhoto library onto another disc on that machine. In the new iPhoto6 "upgraded" library, are ALL the photos themselves still there? Or, can the iPhoto6 "upgrade" be a potentially destructive process of corrupting or deleting some photo files as well?
I noticed that a large fraction of the "upgraded" library are in the sub-category "Early Photos" and not correctly showing up by date taken. Seems like the "upgrade" process indeed stomps on a number of different meta-data fields during the "upgrade" process. Is the only recourse to fix these photos manually in the GUI?
Thanks again for your answers, they've helped clarify a confusing situation!
Ed

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Were the photos stored on your iPad or in iCloud.
 Cheers, Tom

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I have upgraded to Iphoto6. When I opened Iphoto, it asked me if I wanted to upgrade the current photos in the Iphoto. I said yes. It upgraded these and they are now in a folder.
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Duane
The photos are in a folder titled; Recovered photos. This folder is along the list of folders. Prior folders, named Brazil, etc. are still there, but they do not seem to have anything in them.
Thanks for the assisstance.
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A Note about the iPhoto Library Folder:
In this folder there are various files, which are the Library itself and some ancillary files. Then you have three folders
Originals are the photos as they were downloaded from your camera or scanner.
(ii) Modified contains edited pics, shots that you have cropped, rotated or changed in any way.
This allows the Photos -> Revert to Original command - very useful if you don't like the changes you've made.
(iii) Data holds the thumbnails the the app needs to show you the photos in the iPhoto Window.
The Standard Warning: It is strongly advised that you do not move, change or in anyway alter things in the iPhoto Library Folder as this can cause the application to fail and even lead to data loss
As to the blanks: This caused by iPhoto being unable to import these pics during the upgrade procedure. If you're sure the blanks correspond to the pics in the Recovered Folder, then delete the blanks from iPhoto and empty the iPhoto Trash. Move the Recovered Folder to the desktop and try re-import the pics from there.
Regards
TD

How open images from other programs & convert to tiff?

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Typical. What I'd like to know is:
1. Is there any easy way to locate iPhoto images
while I'm in one of these other programs?
In iPhoto 06 you have the option to NOT move imported image file in to the iPhoto library. So they images stay in the place where you put them. With this option the iPhoto library only contains "pointers".
2. Is there any way to copy an entire album from
iPhoto to one of these other programs?
Can't you open an album, select all the images then then use "export"
3. I've attended two different digital photo classes
in which instructors felt it desirable to convert
jpegs to tiffs.
If you are worried about this then you should be shooting RAW format. In your case the camera is doing the JPG conversion and the "damage" is unrecoverable.
iPhoto 6 and Tigeer (10.4.x) has a little bit better supportfor raw format images i yu are worried about something that makes such a small difference then you should be woried about the stuf that makes a large difference first.
You might want to concider this workflow:
1) use Canon software to download files from camera
2) use Canon software to convert to TIFF
3) Import TIFF to iPhoto (using option to NOT consolidate library
4) specify arcedit, PS or Gimp as your external editor
Others might want to lt iPhoto do the import and raw conversion but you said you wanted thr photos to be stored outside of iPhoto's library system you you can find them with out having to do an export.

Good photo printer???

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Hello Tommy!
Using iMovie HD (5) or iMovie 6 is one way of doing it. Another, to circumvent the reasons explained previously, is to use an application like Photo to Movie, with which I am currently experimenting. Many will tell you that this, and/or its competitor PhotoMagico, does a better job.
But you are actually asking the wrong person (and with a bit of luck one of the resident experts in slide shows will chip in, although it would have been better if you has started your own thread) as I have yet to make one!
I have used photos in movie projects as an 'epilogue' to the movie and that has worked fine, but I am still at the stage of scanning in some 6,000 old negatives and slides view a view to making slide shows, as well as digital data DVDs, for posterity!
So for the time being I shall simply share your learning curve!

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I have just upgraded to iPhoto6 and now under the "share" menu, 'desktop' is grayed out. Why would that be? I am unable to send any photo to the desktop.

Hello, Maverick,
Sorry you are having so much trouble. Are you selecting the photo in 'edit' mode? The toolbar options might be grayed out in this instance, although the 'desktop' option under 'Share' should still be ok.
Try selecting the photo, and then going to "File->Export" and choose the options of size and format. Click on 'export.' You should then have another window that asks you to choose the location for the exported photo, and you can select 'Desktop' from that. A few more steps, but should work.

Originals treated as recovered photos

I upgraded to iphoto6 and on all but my most recent photos, I can't "revert to original" The first time I opened iphoto6 it said I had about 1200 photos not in the library and wanted to know what to do with them. I imported them and even though I checked the "do not duplicate" option, I ended up with lots of duplicate photos, the originals next to the rotated photos for example. I trased the library and started over, this time saying to ignore the 1200 photos not in the library. It put them in a separate folder in the iphoto library called "recovered photos." It turns out thats all the original, unedited, photos.
Why didn't it recognize them as originals and transfer them as such?

I have just imported a v5 iPhoto database to v6 and had the same problem.
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Once the data was converted, I looked in the Recovered Photos folder and it turns out there are all kinds of photos there. Checking, I discovered they are duplicates of ones I have in iPhoto but they seem to be the original versions (rotated wrong, etc).
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Hi Keith,
First in library view, go to
View>Film rolls
then
View>sort>by film rolls
Now you can see the film roll your photo is in.
Next, I name my film rolls with the date and a couple of words.
Such as "1/24/06 Fire pit"
When you change the title of the film roll within iPhoto, the title will also change in the Finder.
this will make images easy to find.
oh, you can't go back to the old structure. This new one, when you use it right is very handy.
Also, if the other application supports drag and drop, you can drag the image right from the library view to the application.
You can also set up an external editor in iPhoto Preferences. Once set up, you can control click on an image and open it in the edit mode, edit window, full screen, or the external editor you chose in the iPhoto Preferences.

MY IMPORT BUTTON HAS VANISHED!

I have recently upgraded to iphoto6 and the blue import button in my library has vanished. Is that no longer an option? I have imported 10,000 photos in the past 3 years via a flash card reader by using this very basic import function and cannot figure what has happened to the button. As an alternative, I went to File > Import to Library but could not figure out where to find the card reader. I then tried to import photos directly from my camera (Nikon D50) and nothing happened when I plugged in the cable both with iphoto closed and then open.
Help...I need to have an empty flash card in the morning!
PowerMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

When you do File > Import to Library can you navigate
to the Desktop, and do you see your card reader at
the Desktop level? That's where my card reader goes.
I select columns view in the Finder so that I can see
which pictures I need to import.
Or, if that doesn't work...
Can you import using Image Capture?
Thanks for the advice. When I tried to go to File > Import to Library I was not able to find the card reader but I figured out after that attempt that the port I was using (the front port in the G5 tower) was not working....this probably would have worked if I'd plugged the card reader into the rear port which what I ended up doing with a cable connected directly to my camera.

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