Viewing photos from EXT drive in iPhoto, please help!

Is there any way to view my photos in iPhoto if I store some of them on an external drive (without having to copy them into the iPhoto library on the internal drive)?
There's a lot more room on my external drives and my computer is full; this would save me a lot of trouble but still keep them organized.

Macbkproluv
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Is there any way to view my photos in iPhoto if I store some of them on an external drive (without having to copy them into the iPhoto library on the internal drive)?
Yes - but you need to move your iPhoto library to the external drive - iPhoto is not a photo viewer but a photo organizer and can only show you photos that have been imported into it
To move the iphoto library to an external drive quit iPhoto, drag the iPhoto library from your pictures folder to the external drive and launch iPhoto while depressing the option (alt) key - use the select library option and point to the external drive.
Once you have tested the library you can trash the iPhoto library on your internal drive (do not empty the trash until you test the library one more time)
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Hi there,
I am a new switcher, I bought a Macbook Pro last month...
I tried to manage my photo library with Iphoto but I cannot succeed in deleting pictures within Iphoto interface.
I've red some similar posts on this forum but nothing helped me.
When I put pictures in trash then empty Iphoto trash, my pictures are still on the hard drive and it is really annoying...
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I unchecked the box in preferences to copy pictures in IPhoto Library, of course.
Of course you did. And that explains why the photos are not removed from the HD.
When you uncheck this box you’re saying to iPhoto: ‘Don’t touch my photos, I want to manage them myself’. So, that means you need to get them from your camera to where ever you store them yourself. It also means that in the event of deleting them, you’ll need to do that too.
There are a number of potential pitfalls using this Referenced 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.
Always allowing for personal preference, I've yet to see a good reason to run iPhoto in referenced mode unless you're using two photo organisers.
If disk space is an issue, you can run an entire iPhoto Library from an external disk:
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library as an entity from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
If you're concerned about accessing the files, 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.
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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.
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.
Your choice, obviously, but best to be aware of all the ramifications. By all means post back if you require more info.
my pictures are in a shared directory (shared between the two users of my Macbook) and all permissions ok !
This, of course, means that edits made by one user are not visible to the toehr. There are other ways to share if you’re interested.
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