I have no need to back up the whole machine. I am getting a MBA, and want to mirror my iPhoto library on that machine to the one on my iMac. So just set the quality to original and I should be set?
-----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 11:03 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: backing up iPhoto library? No need to really copy the entire Pictures folder. The iPhoto Library is packaged up nicely within the Pictures folder and it's all you really need to copy if what what you're wishing to do is make a copy of your same Library on another machine. The Export option that you chose will have most likely changed the quality of the pictures unless you set it to Original in that pop-up. As Chris mentioned, the best thing for you to do will depend on what your purpose is. If it's simply to back things up, then I'd just use Time Machine and back up your whole computer instead of just the pictures. Later... On 2012-05-04, at 7:48 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > So do you just want to clone the whole library to another machine or are you planning on adding these to an existing library? If it's the former then you can just grab the whole Pictures folder and copy that to the new machine. > > CB > > On 5/4/12 7:51 AM, Kliphton wrote: >> Okay, so I see an export feaature in iPhoto, and I did it even though >> it says the size was only 10 gb for 22000 photos. Also had some >> presets for quality and format that I just left alone. My question >> is, is that the way to do it,or will I lose some quality or features >> if I go to import in to another iPhoto library, should I back the >> whole thing up from within pictures, or was this the right way? >> >> (twitter&skype) kliphton72 >> (iMessage&facetime) kliph...@me.com >> Sent from Minister Miller's iPhone >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
