Hi Tony, Firstly: What is your current backup plan... How are you backing up your entire Mac computer? Are you using Time Machine for regular backups? What OS X are you running - OS X 10.9.4? Are you using iPhoto'11 v9.5.1? ----- If you are wishing to have an extra backup just of your iPhoto Library onto an External Drive. Make sure the external drive is formatted 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)' - Partition Map Scheme: GUID Partition Table. You can check the format of the external drive in Disk Utility.
If the External Drive is formatted correctly: You can create a backup by - 'Copy' the Entire 'iPhoto Library'to your external Hard Drive' Your iPhoto Library is located: in your Home Directory (Home Folder) > Pictures - "iPhoto Library". 1. Make sure iPhoto is Quit. 2. Connect the External Drive to your Mac 3. Copy the "entire iPhoto Library folder" to the new drive. That's the only way to copy the photos and the database, which includes albums, keywords, and all other iPhoto metadata. 4. Once copied, you can Option-launch iPhoto, choose the library on the External Drive, and open it to check that it functions properly. Note: You'll have to Option-launch iPhoto and select your main library to get back to it after you have tested the back-up. Cheers, Ronni On 8 Sep 2014, at 12:14 pm, Anthony (Tony) Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello fellow Mac’ lovers > > Now, I have been on line, through all of my past notes and my “Keepers” > e-mails for past solutions before requesting your assistance. > > I have connected a Portable Had drive to my lap top with the intention of > backing up my iPhoto Library into it. In the past I have created some major > problems, and headaches for Ronni and Peter, for myself by trying to do it on > my own. > > Would someone be willing to give me the instructions required please to back > up my iPhoto’s Library to the Portable Hard Drive?? > > Thank you > > Kind Regards > > Tony > > BODDINGTON.
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