What will happen to my iPhotos when I wipe my Macbook Air?

I've got a lot of 'Other' taking up storage on my macbook and I'm probably going to wipe it and see if that'll free up some space. However I'm concerned about my iPhotos - say I didn't transfer them to another hard drive, would they be on my iPhoto again when I logged back onto my apple account on the freshly-wiped macbook? Or am I going to need to transfer them all to a hard drive? I can't seem to find a clear answer to this anywhere, but maybe I just don't understand how iPhoto works.
p.s. are there any other back-up systems I should check before wiping my macbook? I've got all my documents off iCloud and my initial files but I feel like it's all been a bit too easy (especially where apple is concerned, ha ha).

You are going about this in the wrong way. First you must understand what OTHER is:
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202867
There are many important files in that category that must not be deleted.
Download from the Internet OmniDiskSweeper and Gran Perspective (both free) and open them. They will show all of your files and the respective sizes. Transfer to an external HDD the file you do not want on the MBA or delete them. Do not forget to empty Trash.
Time machine is an excellent backup system. The best strategy is for two backups and I can recommend using Carbon Copy Cloner as a supplement system. It can create a boot drive as well as perform incremental backups. I use both.
Ciao.

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Delete a photo it is deleted across all disks.. you have no recovery.
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If you want seperate accounts for managing apps and purchasing content, basically yes, you need two account and would need to repurchase. However, if you just want seperate ID for iMessgae, icloud and such, you can do that and still continue sharing the same Id for apps and itunes.

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Anything Downloaded with a Particular Apple ID is tied to that Apple ID and Cannot be Merged or Transferred to a Different Apple ID
Apple ID FAQs > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5622
More Information in item 5 in the above link.

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Hello jwhhunt,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Your iPhoto Library is stored separately from your iPhoto application, therefore reinstalling iPhoto as the error message describes, will not affect your iPhoto Library.
OS X Mavericks: Reinstall apps that came with your Mac
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14193
iPhoto 9.5: iPhoto library overview
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH15261
Take care,
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aimzpoo wrote:
I have Itunes on my computer, however its an older version and it says I can no longer update it.
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Google your problem.
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Chad

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crichton007 wrote:
What I may do is start a brand new library there, copy my tracks from my work laptop using Home Share and then the script to get things in sync before starting over again there too.
Why create a new library? Just add the tracks from the laptop to the existing library on the Mac.
crichton007 wrote:
I was just hoping to hear definitively whether or not there was some sort of intelligence built into iTunes Match that would match these up...
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This is my first transition on a new OS X. I switched right aftr Tiger came out. What is going to happen?

Fair comment!
If you want the full nine yards:
There are no guarantees, but following this procedure when installing updates and upgrades on your Mac will go a long way towards avoiding unpleasant after effects and ‘post-update stress disorder’.
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ubercoder wrote:
So what I have gleemed from this thread - is that Apple will not help me if an iPad mini is dropped and the screen breaks. I would have lived without the insurance if I could have simply bought a new screen and then had it replaced by Apple.
On something so fragile I would have expected a piece of glass to be a replacement part. But I am glad I made this post because now I no for sure if I break the screen there is no way to have it fixed by Apple and keep it in Warranty.
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