At 11:28 AM +0200 18/4/11, Þorvarður Davíðsson wrote:
>On 08.04.2011, at 02:59, Geoffrey Heard wrote:
>
>>  Using iPhoto Buddy I can have as many 
>>different libraries as I like, put them where I 
>>like (with relevant other materials) and very 
>>importantly, never be in a position where if 
>>one database becomes faulty, I lose everything 
>>(which is what can occur with a big, single 
>>dtabase like iPhoto).
>
>When one big database becomes faulty will we not 
>be able to access the pictures by 
>Command-clicking on the icon in Finder? Inside 
>the package is a folder called "Data.noindex" 
>where the photos are stored. If this folder can 
>be accessed then all we have to do is to create 
>a new database and import or drag and drop the 
>pictures into the new database.

Ha! I didn't know that. In earlier iPhoto 
libraries you could simply open them like a 
folder, but latterly, they have changed.

Ah -- now I have it. You simply right (control) 
click them, then go to "Open Package Contents" -- 
IGNORE "Data.noindex", that's just the thumbnails 
-- go to the folders labelled "Originals" -- 
which are your original pix -- and "Modified" 
which are the pictures you have pictures you have 
edited.

Cheers, geoff

Geoffrey Heard
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