Viewing iPhoto files in finder

I haven't been able to look at my iPhoto picture files through finder or adobe bridge ever since I got Leopard. It shows the iPhoto icon but there are no extensions from that and clicking on it only opens iPhoto, which is no help because I want to open the files with Photoshop to edit them. This was never a problem with Tiger..any ideas?

Your photos are in a package - the iPhoto library in the Pictures folder
To edit in Photoshop the best option is to set photoshop as the editor in the iPhoto preferences (iPhoto menu ==> preferences ==> edit photos n application and navigate to photoshop
Then just save from photoshop and iPhoto will maintain its database integrity
For a complete discussion see TD's comments here - http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6056594&#6056594
Also you might want to post iPhoto questions in the iPhoto forum for more response
Larry Nebel

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Can't locate imported iPhoto files in Finder

I recently imported a series of pictures into iPhoto. However I can't locate these picture files on Finder..What happened was I had to fire up iPhoto app each time and right click to 'Show File'. It said the path was user/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Originals/2007/...
I want to locate these files on Finder, however, when I clicked on user directory user/Pictures/iPhoto Library I can't drill down further. It seems that 'Originals' folder is missing. When I show package contents though, this folder showed up. This is a frustrating experience for me because I can't upload the pictures to the web, or easily find them.
Does anyone has any idea if this is normal behavior or is there a way I can easily access the list of pictures I've imported without firing up the iPhoto? Appreciate any response. Thanks very much.

spirlie
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Does anyone has any idea if this is normal behavior or is there a way I can easily access the list of pictures I've imported without firing up the iPhoto
This is perfectly normal behaviour for v7 of iPhoto. 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. If you're willing to risk database corruption, you can restore the older functionality simply by right clicking on the iPhoto Library and choosing 'Show Package Contents'. Then simply make an alias to the folders you require and put that alias on the desktop or where ever you want it. Be aware though, that this is a hack and not supported by Apple.
However, better to use one of these:
10.5 users: If you use the extended Open or Attach dialogue (with Column View) you can scroll to the bottom of the Shortcuts and find the Media browser there. Select any pic you want from there.
Another way to access the files with iPhoto not running, is to create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use THIS
Otherwise:
There are three ways (at least) to get files from the iPhoto Window.
1. *Drag and Drop*: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
2. *File -> Export*: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
3. *Show File*: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
To upload to MySpace or any site that does not have an iPhoto Export Plug-in the recommended way is to Select the Pic in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export and export the pic to the desktop, then upload from there. After the upload you can trash the pic on the desktop. It's only a copy and your original is safe in iPhoto.
This is also true for emailing with Web-based services. If you're using Gmail you can use THIS
If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto.
If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
Regards
TD

How to view iPhoto library in finder so photos can be transferred to PC?

I'm going to store my iPhoto library on an external hard drive by default because I want to be able to view the photos on a PC. However when I import photos from my iPhone, they appear in the iPhoto application but how do I view them in the finder so that I can easily view them as individual picture files on a PC?

You can not do that -- the iPhoto library must be on a volume formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) and the PC can not read that - and iPhoto has no cross platform capability and the library is not designed for direct access - it is not supported
You neet to use a different program tha does have cross platform capability
Or you can export photos from iphoto and have them on the PC or a drive the PC can access
LN

Where can i locate my iPhoto files within finder?

How to i locate and view actual files from my Iphoto pictures, within FINDER?

You never do that - it is not supported and there is no reason to do it
TO access your photos use the supported methods as described in the user tip on accessing your iPhoto files - https://discussions.apple.com/community/ilife/iphoto?view=documents
LN

View original Files in Finder

Hello,
I just updated from iPhoto 5 to iPhoto 6 and I have a little problem:
when I right-click on a thumbnail (Ctrl+click) of my library, the option "View original in the Finder" appear in grey ... so I have to go myself in the Finder to retreive the original file...
Can somebody help me?
Tks,
Lins
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The Show Original File is grey because the image has not been modified. In this case the menu option is Show File. Once you edit an image then the Show Original File becomes availble.

Why can I not directly view iPhoto pictures from Finder?

When going into finder/Photos I cannot directly view my IPhoto's images. It displays the icon for iPhoto's to be opened so that the images can be viewed. Is there a way that the photos can be drectly displayed in finder, rather than launching the application?

Yes but...
You can look inside the iPhoto Library easily enough but to what end?
Here's how: Right (or Control-) Click on the Library icon and select 'Show Package Contents'. A finder window will open with the Library exposed.
Now you can see inside. Your original photos, as imported from your camera, will be in the Masters folder (called the Originals folder in some versions).
But here's the thing: Make no changes of any kind in this folder. Do not move, erase, delete, add or rename anything. If you do you risk significant dataloss
The innards of the iPhoto Library are like the engine of a car. There are no user-serviceable parts there. The inexperienced user will cause damage. The experienced user will not cause damage as s/he won't get involved there.
When you use iPhoto you are saying that you don't want to access your files via the Finder. iPhoto replaces the Finder for anything that you want to do with your photos. It works like this because iPhoto uses lots of virtualisation in its processes - all non-destructive editors do.
So, why do you want to go in there?
To share a photo with some other app for editing?
You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.
To share a photo by email/ upload to a website etc?
For help accessing your photos in iPhoto see this user tip:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4491
To get a good quality version of a Photo:
This User Tip
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4921
has details of the options in the Export dialogue.
Basically, if you want to surf your photos via the Finder then you don't want to use iPhoto.

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Hi RAVI
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Lacie hard drive, how do I view the files in Finder so I can delete some backups made by TimeMachine?

I have a 500GB La Cie external hard drive which Time Machine says is now too full to make way for the next backup.
I thought it would automatically delete the earliest backup to make way for the new but apparently not.
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Prior to iLife '08, I could see pictures in my iPhoto Library files from the Finder, allowing me to browse for files from within Adobe applications. Now I can see nothing. Am I missing something? Is there a way of seeing my image files - or possibly my Albums - from outside of iPhoto without exporting the desired files first?
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There are three ways (at least) to get files from the iPhoto Window.
1. Drag and Drop: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
2. File -> Export: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
3. Show File: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
You can set Photoshop as an external editor in iPhoto: Use the general pane in the Prefeences to do this. This way, when you double click on a pic in iPhoto it will open automatically in PS and when you save it it will be saved back to iPhoto atuomatically.
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. If you're willing to risk database corruption, you can restore the older functionality simply by right clicking on the iPhoto Library and choosing 'Show Package Contents'. Then simply make an alias to the folders you require and put that alias on the desktop or where ever you want it. Be aware though, that this is a hack and not supported by Apple.
Regards
TD

Finding Iphoto files in finder

When I go to IPhoto and choose some photos to email, it works great. I select the pictures, hit email, the sizing screen comes up and then it launches a new Mail message with the photos.
If I am working on an email and decide to add some photos, how do I do that. When I hit the attach file button, it opens a finder window. When I go to IPhoto, it doesn's show me the files. How do I find my IPhoto pictures in the finder window?
I am using IPhoto 8 if that info is needed.
Thanks for the help.

Mek1181
You can also drag and drop from the iPhoto Window to the Mail message window. You can then resize the additional pics in the Mail message window at lower right. iPhoto doesn't even have to be running if you use a media browser. You can create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use THIS
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TD

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Is there a change I can make to enable finder to view /var /etc and other system directories?
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-- James

I would strongly advise against killing the "Finder" - file transfers might be interrupted, or more unpredictably, data loss eg. in the form of "Comments" can occur. Avoid "Force Quit", "Relaunch" or any sort of 'kill' / 'killall' if possible.
Instead, quit it nicely, eg. using "Activity Monitor.app" (use "Quit", not "Force Quit"). There are other ways, such as AppleScript, or enabling the "Quit" menu in "Finder". That way, "Finder" will wait until it is finished doing something before quitting, and allow it to save any unsaved changes as well.

Viewing iPhoto Library in Finder

I have just upgraded to a new iMac and have transferred all my files, settings & applications from my old iMac. The old machine had MAC OS X 10.4.11 and the new machine has 10.5.5
When using my old machine in Finder I could go to Pictures/iPhoto Library/Originals and browse all of my pictures. When I look in Pictures on my new machine I can see my iPhoto Library but I can't see the content. This causes a problem in Adobe Photoshop Bridge because I can't see the content of my iPhoto Library and therefore I can't open any pictures.
What am I doing wrong? Any advice anyone?

RedPam
This is an iPhoto 08 question, not really a 10.5 one.
With iPhoto 7 (iLife 08) the old iPhoto Library Folder is now a Unix Style 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.
One of the most common ways of doing this was browsing the iPhoto Library Folder with Bridge. Bluntly, you need to choose between the two.
You don't need Bridge to work with iPhoto. You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.
Finally, There are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto:
For 10.5 users: You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Apple-Click for selecting multiple pics.
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To upload to a site that does not have an iPhoto Export Plug-in the recommended way is to Select the Pic in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export and export the pic to the desktop, then upload from there. After the upload you can trash the pic on the desktop. It's only a copy and your original is safe in iPhoto.
This is also true for emailing with Web-based services. If you're using Gmail you can use iPhoto2GMail
If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto. With 10.5 you can access the Library from the New Message Window in Mail:
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If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
Or, if you want to access the files with iPhoto not running, then create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use THIS
Other options include:
1. *Drag and Drop*: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
2. *File -> Export*: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
3. *Show File*: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
Regards
TD

Lacie hard drive, how do I view the files in Finder so I can delete some backups?

My LaCie hard drive is full so I need to delete some backups but although the disk is mounted in Finder I cannot see the backup files to delete any. How do I do this please?
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Buy another backup drive. Keep this as is. depends on what and how you do backups. TimeMachine? there are program utilities to help manage but it is 'suppose' to manage itself (have 3.5x capacity of data you backup helps). You didn't say what type of backup method was used.
This is forum for Mac tower "Pro" workstation, not notebooks.

Viewing invisible files

Dear reader, I have discovered my Hard Drive has over 186GB of files labled as 'other', and i cant find what they are, I tried viewing invicable files through finder but i have empty list, but im not sure which part of my system to select to locate inviable files i dont know the names of.
can you help
yours
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For information about the Other category in the Storage display, see this support article. If the Storage display seems to be inaccurate, try rebuilding the Spotlight index.
Empty the Trash if you haven't already done so. If you use iPhoto, empty its internal Trash first:
iPhoto ▹ Empty Trash
Do the same in other applications, such as Aperture, that have an internal Trash feature. Then restart the computer. That will temporarily free up some space.
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When Time Machine backs up a portable Mac, some of the free space will be used to make local snapshots, which are backup copies of recently deleted files. The space occupied by local snapshots is reported as available by the Finder, and should be considered as such. In the Storage display of System Information, local snapshots are shown as Backups. The snapshots are automatically deleted when they expire or when free space falls below a certain level. You ordinarily don't need to, and should not, delete local snapshots yourself. If you followed bad advice to disable local snapshots by running a shell command, you may have ended up with a lot of data in the Other category. Ask for instructions in that case.
See this support article for some simple ways to free up storage space.
You can more effectively use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper (ODS) or GrandPerspective (GP) to explore the volume and find out what's taking up the space. You can also delete files with it, but don't do that unless you're sure that you know what you're deleting and that all data is safely backed up. That means you have multiple backups, not just one. Note that ODS only works with OS X 10.8 or later. If you're running an older OS version, use GP.
Deleting files inside an iPhoto or Aperture library will corrupt the library. Any changes to a photo library must be made from within the application that created it. The same goes for Mail files.
Proceed further only if the problem isn't solved by the above steps.
ODS or GP can't see the whole filesystem when you run it just by double-clicking; it only sees files that you have permission to read. To see everything, you have to run it as root.
Back up all data now.
If you have more than one user account, make sure you're logged in as an administrator. The administrator account is the one that was created automatically when you first set up the computer.
Install the app you downloaded in the Applications folder as usual. Quit it if it's running.
Triple-click anywhere in the corresponding line of text below on this page to select it, then copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:
sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Contents/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeper
sudo /Applications/GrandPerspective.app/Contents/MacOS/GrandPerspective
Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing command-V. You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
The application window will open, eventually showing all files in all folders, sorted by size. It may take a few minutes for the app to finish scanning.
I don't recommend that you make a habit of doing this. Don't delete anything as root. If something needs to be deleted, make sure you know what it is and how it got there, and then delete it by other, safer, means. When in doubt, leave it alone or ask for guidance.
When you're done with the app, quit it and also quit Terminal.

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