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SteamingPriest - Jul 7, 2005 - 9:41 am
I did a backup of iPhoto using the built in backup. When finished, I had 15 CD's. The iPhoto help tells me that to read the cd, all I have to do is put it into my PowerBook and it will open in iPhoto. I have tried everything and my cd's will not show in the iPhoto library. What am I doing wrong? I would hate to have to pull all the photos off the cd's, with all of the sub folders and everything. Thank you!
Cheryl - Jul 7, 2005 - 5:25 pm
Fr. Jay,
My name is Cheryl and I will be assisting you. When you did the back up burn, did you just copy the iPhoto Library folder to the CD?
Open one CD, and then open one of the folders. Can you see the images in thumbnails? If so, click on one, then go to the File Menu and select Open With.
A new window will appear. Select iPhoto.
Now iPhoto should automatically open all of those images.
Let me know if this works.
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Cheryl
My name is Cheryl and I will be assisting you. When you did the back up burn, did you just copy the iPhoto Library folder to the CD?
Open one CD, and then open one of the folders. Can you see the images in thumbnails? If so, click on one, then go to the File Menu and select Open With.
A new window will appear. Select iPhoto.
Now iPhoto should automatically open all of those images.
Let me know if this works.
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Let me know if you need further assistance and thank you for using MacOSX.com !
Cheryl
SteamingPriest - Jul 7, 2005 - 7:01 pm
Hi Cheryl,
Thank you for your reply. I did the backup 5/4/2005. I did it by going to the "Share" menu, than choosing "Burn Disk". It took 15 cd's. When I insert a cd from the backup, it does not open in iPhoto as it should. I look inside one of the cd's and it lists files in this order:
Users
iPhoto Library
jayfinelli
Pictures
1995
1997
1996
1999
2002
2001
1998
2000
If I open one of the folders, like "1995", it breaks down into further numbers and finally pictures and a folder "Thumbs".
I did what you said and it imported the pictures. In the past it would show the cd as one of the menu items on the left in iPhoto.
I have almost 4000 photos backed up and would hate to loose them.
Thank you,
Fr. Jay
Thank you for your reply. I did the backup 5/4/2005. I did it by going to the "Share" menu, than choosing "Burn Disk". It took 15 cd's. When I insert a cd from the backup, it does not open in iPhoto as it should. I look inside one of the cd's and it lists files in this order:
Users
iPhoto Library
jayfinelli
Pictures
1995
1997
1996
1999
2002
2001
1998
2000
If I open one of the folders, like "1995", it breaks down into further numbers and finally pictures and a folder "Thumbs".
I did what you said and it imported the pictures. In the past it would show the cd as one of the menu items on the left in iPhoto.
I have almost 4000 photos backed up and would hate to loose them.
Thank you,
Fr. Jay
Cheryl - Jul 7, 2005 - 10:03 pm
Fr. Jay,
What version of iPhoto are you using? Each version is slightly different and handles their library slightly different.
The next time you do a back up, go to Home>Pictures>iPhoto Library. Then just drag those pictures to the blank CD - for the OS to burn. It will copy the folders and images exactly the way they are.
Here is a step by step to use the Shared option. Rather than just send to CD, you should select Export.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=165558
After you burned the CD, did you trash the images from your hard drive or from iPhoto? If not, you should still have them in the main library in iPhoto.
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Let me know if you need further assistance and thank you for using MacOSX.com !
Cheryl
What version of iPhoto are you using? Each version is slightly different and handles their library slightly different.
The next time you do a back up, go to Home>Pictures>iPhoto Library. Then just drag those pictures to the blank CD - for the OS to burn. It will copy the folders and images exactly the way they are.
Here is a step by step to use the Shared option. Rather than just send to CD, you should select Export.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=165558
After you burned the CD, did you trash the images from your hard drive or from iPhoto? If not, you should still have them in the main library in iPhoto.
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Let me know if you need further assistance and thank you for using MacOSX.com !
Cheryl
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