Use iPhoto as screensaver source?
In every OS until now, I was able to choose my iPhoto Library as the source for my screensaver pix. In fact, I swear that, after upgrading to Yosemite, I was given that option which I chose.
I was originally going to post because, after a few runs of my screensaver showing my personal pix, the source switched to one of the stock ones, usually the Nat Geo ones. But, just now, I tried to switch it to my iPhoto Library and that folder was a greyed out – couldn't even select it.
So, can i? If so, how?
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Cannot use iPhoto library for Screensaver
I think this used to work. I wanted to use a certain album in iPhoto as the source for my Screen Saver, but the package is dimmed out when I go to select a source for the screensaver. Is there some way around this?
You should be able to use the library on the EHD to supply images for the screensaver. What version of iPhoto are you using? What format is the EHD. It must be OS X Extended (journaled) for it to operate properly and without problems.
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I took a picture from iphoto to use as my screensaver but the screensaver appears pixillated. The picture in iphoto is fine.
You mean like they do in the TV crime show shows like CSI? A cell phone screen from 20 feet is going to be way too small to make any sense of.
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Screensaver source: Picture loading issue!
After upgrading my MacMini to Yosemite I started having this issue. The Screensaver source is loading for a while and then shows an error message on the screen telling that was not able to connect to the NAS (network drive). so no pictures are loaded and the dropdown list is empty so I cannot change the source to the standard options like National Geographic pics or the others. I also noticed that iPhoto folder is not present in my screensaver desktop picture folders like it is in my MBpro.
I have been trying to solve this issue and no luck yet, I re-installed Yosemite, re-installed iPhoto, I removed several plists (screensaver, desktop, systempreferences, etc. ) and I am still dealing with the same issue. Something I have done recently looks like does something but at the end the system went back to the same state (I rebuilt iPhoto database, during the rebuilding process the screensaver started working as expected, but when the re-build finished everything went wrong again). I called AppleCare and the first technician was not able to help and the line for the Genius technician was so busy that I was not able to wait that long. So I guess there is a lot of people having problems with Yosemite or iOS8.
Does anyone have a clue about how to fix this issue? My next move is to bring my MacMini to the AppleStore.
Thanks,
wfpindianaI solved the problem by creating a new library in iPhoto and removing the current library. However, create a backup of your pictures if you are using iPhoto as your photo album / organizer, this will kill the whole library and its contents. For creating a new library hold the option key while opening iPhoto. I found that my problem was an issue with the Desktop & Screensaver pane trying to open the iPhoto library. Looks like I had a corrupted file or photo in it. The following link explains how to fix the iPhoto link but if it does not work for you as it did not work for me, you might need to do what I did, create a new iPhoto library.
http://support.apple.com/en-us/TS1192
You can also try to repair the library using the repair tool in iPhoto, but that did not work for me neither.
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Mountain Lion OSX & How To Transfer iPhotos to Screensaver
I found this site
http://gigaom.com/apple/10-hidden-things-you-can-do-on-your-mac/
and in it it tells you (prettywell) how to use iphotos as screensavers.
What I did was to >system preferences>Desktop & Screen Saver>Screen Saver>Slideshows on the left and selected one.
Now the "Source box appeared under the picture on the right and I could go and get a photo.
Hopes this helps as I noted many people are ticked off at not being able to use their photos as Screen Savers
with Mountain Lion.Thanks for letting everyone know about this! This is actually something I'd like to do so I can use a photo stream as a screensaver.
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When using Iphoto to import photo from existing folder to iphoto, what happens if:
1. I delete that photo in iphoto? will the original file in the folder be deleted too ?
2. when importing, does the hard disk store 2 versions of the photo, hence occupying additional space in the harddisk?1 - no -- iPhoto only manages fiel within the iPhoto library - it does not ever do anything with files outside the library
2 - No idea what you are asking - by default (and strongly recommended) iPhoto copies the original to the iPhoto library and you delete the source file outside the iPhoto library - iPhoto alwasy has at least two versions of every photo and some times three - it always have the original, a thumbnail and once a photo is modified a preview - this is not optional - if it is not what you want then iPhoto is not the correct progrtam to be using for phopto management
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How to use iPhoto with 1 photo library and 2 user accounts on 1 iMac ?
Title says it all.
I don't want to have a double picture library, it takes enough space from my harddisk already.
My wife and I share the same camera too. We want to see the same pictures when using iPhoto.
Possible solution: Do I have to make a softlink from 1 user account to the photo lib that belongs to the other account ? [in Terminal: ln /Users/.... etc.)
(Yes, I'm an ex-Linux user)
Thnx
Fred4711If you want to have the same data, do you need separate accounts? A surprising number of people think that must have separate ccounts and they really don't need to.
Anyway:
For iPhoto 09 (version 8.0.2) and later:
What you mean by 'share'.
If you want the other user to be able to see the pics, but not add to, change or alter your library, then enable Sharing in your iPhoto (Preferences -> Sharing), leave iPhoto running and use Fast User Switching to open the other account. In that account, enable 'Look For Shared Libraries'. Your Library will appear in the other source pane.
Any user can drag a pic from the Shared Library to their own in the iPhoto Window.
Remember iPhoto must be running in both accounts for this to work.
If you want the other user to have the same access to the library as you: to be able to add, edit, organise, keyword etc.
Quit iPhoto in both accounts. Move the Library to the Users / Shared Folder
(You can also use an external HD set to ignore permissions, a Disk Image or even partition your Hard Disk.)
In each account in turn: Double click on the Library to open it. (You may be asked to repair the Library Permissions.) From that point on, this will be the default library location. Both accounts will have full access to the library, in fact, both accounts 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. -
I have created an album in iphoto but can't buy it because I still use iphoto 08 (version 7.0). If I upgrade to version 8.0 which is iphoto 09 can I print my album in New Zealand?
Yes -- http://store.apple.com/us/help/print_products/routing
but to upgrade you will need to purchase an iLife DVD from ebay or Amazon or other source - older versions of iPhoto are not available from the App Store - either iLife '09 or '11 will work on 10.6.8
beware that sometimes books (albums are logical organzational elements in iPhoto) sometimes will change with upgrades so you may need to make some changes after upgrading - be sure to carefully preview prior to ordering the book
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My iPhoto starts up and freezes. I have tried rebuilding and using iPhoto Library Manager. I have an iMac running 10.7.3. It was working before recent updates by Apple. How can I troubleshoot?
Thank you. Might be a bit more than 50 but close.
Date/Time: 2012-04-09 12:46:07 -0400
OS Version: 10.7.3 (Build 11D50d)
Architecture: x86_64
Report Version: 9
Command: iPhoto
Path: /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Version: 8.1.2 (8.1.2)
Build Version: 8
Project Name: iPhotoProject
Source Version: 4240000
Parent: launchd [142]
PID: 980
Event: hang
Duration: 1.81s
Steps: 19 (100ms sampling interval)
Pageins: 0
Pageouts: 0
Process: iPhoto [980]
Path: /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Architecture: i386
UID: 502
Thread 0x50630
User stack:
19 ??? (in iPhoto) [0x3172]
19 ??? (in iPhoto) [0x124b80]
19 NSApplicationMain + 1054 (in AppKit) [0x9c5eb261]
19 -[NSApplication run] + 911 (in AppKit) [0x9c357675]
19 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 113 (in AppKit) [0x9c35b306]
19 _DPSNextEvent + 678 (in AppKit) [0x9c35ba9c]
19 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 88 (in HIToolbox) [0x90129356]
19 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 381 (in HIToolbox) [0x901294e7]
19 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 318 (in HIToolbox) [0x9012217f]
19 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 120 (in CoreFoundation) [0x99dce328]
19 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 332 (in CoreFoundation) [0x99dce47c]
19 __CFRunLoopRun + 1112 (in CoreFoundation) [0x99dcec68]
19 __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 246 (in CoreFoundation) [0x99da4d96]
19 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 15 (in CoreFoundation) [0x99da53df]
19 __NSThreadPerformPerform + 503 (in Foundation) [0x9ac96e40]
19 -[NSObject performSelector:withObject:] + 65 (in CoreFoundation) [0x99e2dde1]
19 ??? (in iPhoto) [0x50792e]
19 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 92 (in Foundation) [0x9ac45012]
19 _CFXNotificationPost + 2776 (in CoreFoundation) [0x99de3a38]
19 ___CFXNotificationPost_block_invoke_1 + 275 (in CoreFoundation) [0x99e18cb3]
19 __-[NSNotificationCenter addObserver:selector:name:object:]_block_invoke_1 + 49 (in Foundation) [0x9ac59e25]
19 ??? (in iPhoto) [0x5c2a86]
19 -[NSLock lock] + 185 (in Foundation) [0x9ac4c826]
19 __psynch_mutexwait + 10 (in libsystem_kernel.dylib) [0x93b74876]
Kernel stack:
19 hndl_unix_scall + 281 (in mach_kernel) [0xffffff80002d7f39]
19 unix_syscall + 472 (in mach_kernel) [0xffffff80005ca448]
19 psynch_mutexwait + 1403 (in mach_kernel) [0xffffff80005a043b]
19 ksyn_block_thread_locked + 67 (in mach_kernel) [0xffffff800059a7d3]
19 thread_block_reason + 299 (in mach_kernel) [0xffffff800022f39b]
19 thread_continue + 1661 (in mach_kernel) [0xffffff800022f11d]
19 machine_switch_context + 361 (in mach_kernel) [0xffffff80002c0939] -
Can I write titles of comments on the picture image using iPhoto?
I will like to be able to write titles or labels in the pictures stored on iPhoto files without the need to go to another photo software.
Is it a way to write descriptive titles on the image using iPhoto?
Thank you
g5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)punkylobo:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. You will need a 3rd party editor like GraphicConverter or Photoshop Elements 3. Also Gimp is an open source version of Photoshop that would do it. You can find the first two at VersionTracker.com and the other thru a Google search. No matter what editor you use you set up iPhoto (in its preferences) to use that application as the editor of choice when you double click on a thumbnail. You never want to open a file directly thru the editor.
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 am using iPhoto and love it! I have over 8000 pictures in my library. I was wondering if my photos that I have in individual folders that show up in my library "ARE THEY DUPLICATES" so instead of having 8000 I have 16,000??? Cause if this is the case I need to find a way that I can only have the originals and not the copies cause it is using way to much space on my computer. OR are they basically "shadows" or links to the original photo, someone please message me to let me know what to do here, these photos are causing problems for my computer to act really slow!! Thanks my email address is [email protected]
Scott
I was referring (above) to photos already in iPhoto. Once there,if they are grouped or placed in smart albums,etc, they are not duplicated,but linked to others pictures in some meaningful way. Is that correct?
Absolutely. Albums (Smart or otherwise) are virtual entities. There are really instructions to the app to display certain pics in a given relationship to one another, that's all. Those instructions are recorded in the library6.iphoto file.
Other than that, if a person has a folder structure already in place, and then uses iPhoto (in the default setting) then there will be duplication - between the folder structure and the iPhoto Library Folder. This is the case I interpreted from the question.
Copying directly from a camera (or any other external source) will not involve duplicates. However, and I apologise for being bit nit picky on terminology - a modified pic is not a duplicate, but a different version of the pic. It's not the same - as it's been edited, cropped, rotated, whatever - by definition.
Regards
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I've connected my digital camera to my 2013 mac mini and used iPhoto to import photos from the camera.
HOW and WHEN can I safely remove the camera please?Dismount the camera by clicking on the unmount icon on the right in the iPhoto source pane. Once it is unmounted remove it
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Using iPhoto to manage photo syncing to Apple TV
Hi,
I don't normally use iPhoto. This is not really because I dislike the program as such; just that I prefer to use a different program to manage my photos (Picasa). However, I've just acquired an Apple TV, and it seems I might need to use iPhoto to to get the best results for syncing photos to the ATV. I tried syncing without using iPhoto, but subfolder structures are not synced from my Mac to the ATV. I'm told that what I need to do is create an album in iPhoto for each subfolder I want to mirror on the ATV. So, I have two questions:
1. What's the easiest way of replicating my existing folder structure in the finder within iPhoto 08? I have, for example, a folder for a year, and within that subfolders for various periods within the year. I also have a number of specific subject-based subfolders (e.g. a specific holiday or visit). Bear in mind also that I don't want to duplicate the photo files themselves by adding them to an iPhoto library – I want to leave the original files where they are.
2. Suppose I add a photo to an album within iPhoto, and I then later edit the original photo file using another application. How will this change be handled by iPhoto? Will it be reflected in the album and synced across to ATV next time I sync?
Thanks in advance,
RobThe most simple way to replicate your existing folder structure is to start at the bottom of your hierarchy and drag a folder of images to the Source or left-hand pane in iPhoto.
It will import the pics and create an album from them.
You can create the enclosing folders in iPhoto (File -> new Folder) and drag the album to the folder. You can nest folders inside folders.
So folder 2001, Folder January: Album New Year’s Day... etc.
Note that Smart Albums and the Calendar tool make this form of organisation pretty pointless in iPhoto.
Bear in mind also that I don't want to duplicate the photo files themselves by adding them to an iPhoto library – I want to leave the original files where they are.
Simply go to iPhoto Menu -> Preferences -> Advanced and uncheck 'Copy Files to the iPhoto Library on Import'.
Now iPhoto will not copy the files, but rather simply reference them on your HD. To do this it will create an alias in the Originals Folder that points to your file. It will still create a thumbnail and, if you modify the pics, a Modified version within the iPhoto Library Folder.
However, you need to be aware of a number of potential pitfalls using this system.
1. Import and deleting pics are more complex procedures
2. You cannot move or rename the files on your system or iPhoto will lose track of them on systems prior to 10.5 and iPhoto 08. Even with the later versions issues can still arise if you move the referenced files to new volumes or between volumes.
3. Most importantly, migrating to a new disk or computer can be much more complex.
I generally would not recommend running iPhoto in Referenced Mode, but you’re using Picasa as your primary app.
Will it be reflected in the album and synced across to ATV next time I sync?
As long as you don’t move or rename the file, yes.
Regards
TD -
Using iPhoto with an existing directory structure on HD full of jpgs
I'm using iPhoto 6. I recently moved 7,000+ photos (jpgs) off my PC onto my new Mac harddrive. They are organized into dozens of folders and subfolders. How can I use iPhoto to work with the pics within this directory structure? I tried dragging and importing several different ways, but it never preserves my extensive directory structure (just puts them all together into one big pile). I set it not to make a copy when importing. I just want iPhoto to "point" to my existing directory structure, so I can see my folders and subfolders on the left side (and from there I'll create albums and pages stuff). Thanks, Robin
Hello, Robin,
Welcome to the discussions.
First, you have to consider that iPhoto organizes differently from what you are used to doing. It is designed to allow you to do your organizing from within iPhoto, using film rolls and albums. That way, you do not have to be concerned with how and where iPhoto stores the actual photos.
If you want to keep the same type of organization that you have now, you can import the photos one folder at a time, so that iPhoto puts each folder into a separate film roll. You can change the date on import, since iPhoto will give the roll the date of import, not the date of the photo.
To get the subfolders into folders, use the album creation feature in the Source pane and create the albums and folders to suit your organizational needs and drag the photos into the appropriate locations. One of the great features of iPhoto's album function is that you can have a photo in more than one album.
Please take a look at iPhoto's tutorial here:
http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/iphoto/index.html
and some great explanations of how iPhoto is structured and works in these:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=920223&tstart=0
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iPhoto/6.0/en/hlp15.html
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=959413&tstart=0 -
Hi there.
I would just like to know whether something is possible.
I'd like to store my photos as psds in Finder and use iPhoto to view them. I've worked out that I can drag my psds into iPhoto and then edit them using Photoshop, but when I edit them it seems like my changes are only visible if I view the file in iPhoto. If I revisit the file in Finder and drag that straight into Photoshop bypassing iPhoto, the changes I made in iPhoto are gone and editing this file doesn't update what I'm seeing in iPhoto.
Can I have the edits I make in Photoshop via iPhoto visible when my source psd is opened in Finder? I always use adjustment layers so I don't need all these safeguards.
For the record my iPhoto preferences are setup with "copy items to the iPhoto Library" unchecked, "Use RAW when using external editor" checked and "Save edits as 16-bit TIFF files" unchecked.
Cheers.Can I have the edits I make in Photoshop via iPhoto visible when my source psd is opened in Finder? I always use adjustment layers so I don't need all these safeguards.
No, you cannot. When you use an external editor in iPhoto to edit a photo, iPhoto will send a copy of the image to the external editor, to preserve the integrity of the original file.
It looks like you are working against iPhoto's organization features instead of profiting from them. If you don't use the iPhoto interface and trust iPhoto to manage your photos, why not use a different photo managing software?
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