Phil, Depends on how large the final library is going to be. The thing you have to consider is the way that TimeMachine deals with the iPhoto Library - as a single 'item'.
Lets say you have an iPhoto Library that is 60-70gb in size. Every time you open iPhoto, the '~Home/Pictures/iPhoto Library item is marked as 'Modified' and TimeMachine will back the whole thing up. Assuming TimeMAchine is running every hour during an 8 hour day, that would be 560gb of backups assuming each hourly backup would complete in an hour. With a 1TB destination….. you do the maths! If you have access to a recent copy of the Adobe Creative Suite/PhotoShop you'll also have access to Adobe Bridge, which is a media asset management program. Using this to manage your Picture Library will mean that TimeMachine only backs up new files of files that have actually been changed, not the whole library every time. For interest, Apple's Aperture and Adobe's LightRoom have the same issues as iPhoto, as far as TimeMachine is concerned. Chris Webb . Principal MacService Woodside, Brightling Road Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5EL t: 01580 881212 f: 01580 881313 m: 07770 960632 e: [email protected] w: www.macservice.co.uk facebook: www.facebook.com/macserviceuk On 26 Nov 2012, at 11:46, Phil Townrow <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I am scanning in a very large collection of old aircraft photos. I am going > to create it's own library. I need to do some cleaning up and colour > correction and then archive the collection. My question is "Is iPhoto the > best solution as it will be a very large collection" > > Regards Phil Townrow > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
