I suspect the exported versions of the images are much smaller than the
original if it dropped from 115GB to 10. iPhoto adds some metadata stuff
but that's just indexes and things so the bulk of the files should be
the photos themselves. Maybe you have a lot of edits? In any case, I'd
still go
It's strange, because when I do an export, the 21833 photo's are only 10 GB,
but if I go into pictures, and attempt to copy the folder called iPhoto
library, it's 115 gb. Can't figure out what the major difference is here.
Another thing is, when I copy the iPhoto library istead of exporting, i
True, there might be some other folders in there, but they will be a
very small amount of stuff compared to iPhoto.
So if you just want a backup and to do it manually when needed then you
can just copy the iPhoto folder to your backup location and you're done.
No need to export stuff or do oth
@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 ne
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
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 f
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
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