Alternatively, you can uncheck the box that says, "Copy Photos to the
iPhoto library" in the Advanced pane. This has worked well for me.
-Cyrus
On Mar 13, 2009, at 9:13 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
>
>
> On Mar 13, 2009, at 7:35 AM, Kees Timmers wrote:
>
>> Thanks. Another question:
>
> The best way to do this is to start a new message thread.
>
>>
>> All my photo's are on a external disk that is connected to my
>> network. I
>> want to keep them there.
>> When I drag them into iPhoto the photo's are copied to my iMac
>> harddisk. Is
>> there a way to keep them on the e-disk and use the iPhoto
>> functionality as
>> well?
>
> In iPhoto's prefs you can designate where your photo library is;
> however, iPhoto will STILL suck all your photos into it's directory
> structure.
>
> Like iTunes, iPhoto is designed to manage your photos. Let it. You
> will waste time, effort and disk space fighting it.
>
> Your best solution is to move your iPhoto library to the external
> disk, import your photos and delete or archive the existing photos on
> the external disk.
>
> Here's how to move the library: <http://tinyurl.com/dao4cj>
>
>
> --
> Bruce Johnson
> University of Arizona
> College of Pharmacy
> Information Technology Group
>
> Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs
>
>
>
> >
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