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, it takes almost 5 hours for it to copy only 500 MB, and says the entire thing will take 56 days to complete. Anyone know why? On May 4, 2012, at 2:11 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
> 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 other fiddling. Next thing to figure out is how you're > going to move them and that depends on how they can be connected. If the > destination machine is a laptop you can put it in target mode and just use it > like a big expensive external hard drive and copy the iPhoto library to it. > If it's on a network you can share the backup machine's hard drive, mount it > on the machine with photos and then copy the iPhoto library to it. If that's > wireless then it could take a while depending on how much stuff there is. You > might think about going wired temporarily just during the copy to speed > things up. Then you're only limited by whatever network hub you use. If the > machines are close together you could even connect them directly to each via > Cat5 and share over that at Gigabit speed, which is basically faster than > most hard drives can go. > > CB > > On 5/4/12 12:03 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> 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.
