It did so "in finder file/folder format" - accessible to any photo app.ĭoing the above exports the photos WITH ANY CHANGES THAT iPHOTO HAS MADE. I just tried this procedure on my own (small) iPhoto library, and it successfully exported the entire library - and preserved the "events". The dialog should change and point to the new location. Give it a name that's meaningful to you.ġ1. I'd suggest you navigate to the new location, and create a new, single folder ("New Folder" button in lower left of dialog. Now you're presented with a dialog asking WHERE you want to export all this to.ġ0.
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Prefix for sequential: not sure how to use thisĩ. Include: checked or unchecked as you desire Now, take a moment to SET THIS UP properly. Next, type "command-A" to select all of themĦ. This should display ALL the photos in the iPhoto library (all 8,000 of them)ĥ. On the left, under "library", click "photos".Ĥ. For 8,000 photos, you probably want an external drive, unless you already have significant "mounted storage".ģ.
I just tried an experiment to see if I could do what you want to do.ġ. I've never been a heavy iPhoto user - in fact, my "iPhoto library" contains only about 14 images! Ps: I agree re: generic names make it a PITA to search for information. If #5, how can you export the collection to another platform re: tool/tools?.What are the alternatives? Google Photos? Flickr?.Few people seem to have anything good to say about "Photos" but she does not need many tools to edit the imagery, just a way to catalog & view.Can Photo even deal with an external mounted filesystem?
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Apple assumes the archive is on the recipient machine with non-iPhoto running it is not.How do you liberate the iPhoto archive but preserve the albums & individual tags?.Where exactly in the file tree is the iPhoto collection?.Thus a collection of open-ended questions for the more knowledgeable people here. I've been reading here and elsewhere but. I know zip about the photo s/w Apple offers I'm more comfortable in bash.
She has a fair-sized RAID I got her with space but. She bought an Air with 10.10 but would not want them all internally. So a friend has 8000 labeled photos under IPhoto ’08, version 7.1.5 on OSX 10.7 & we need to do something to migrate them.