Moving say, a thousand picture files might not give you the space required to edit video files, even if its temporary. I would suggest investing in a portable drive, they have them up 500 Gb now, in the case of Seagate, and are fairly reliable. Not all drives last forever.
On 7/22/10, Bill Micou <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well group, that subject line tells my problem. I need to remove - but not > delete forever - pictures from my MacBook Pro, in order to free up some > space. > Many of the discussions I've found talk about moving my iPhoto library to a > new spot on the external hd and telling the MBP where to find iPhoto when it > starts up again. > I don't think I want that. > Can't I just move a thousand iPhoto pics to another drive, use the free > space for movie importing, editing, etc., and maybe later, move same pics > back? > > Maybe if I had one of those portable external hard drives, I would feel > better about moving the iPhoto library permanently, but for now, all I have > are these desktop externals that I wouldn't want to travel with. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > Bill Micou > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > >
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