Make iPhoto stop using new "rolls" on every import of pictures

[jwb]

Originally Posted by Mario8672

No, I wanted in the FINDER window, ...
that iPhoto DID NOT use the "rolls" system and only used one big folder to store ALL pictures that are imported
thanks

If it's just a matter of organizing your photos the way you want them organized, and you don't need to use iPhoto's other features, then consider using the Finder to put all your photos into one folder and use GraphicConverter to organize and display them. GraphicConverter is also handy for reorganizing, renaming, adding an index number to groups of photos to put them in order and sorting them. It also has a slideshow feature for displaying them. GraphicConverter doesn't have a Library so there is no single list of all photos. Instead, I keep a record of all my indexed photos on a spreadsheet. It's more work, but after I have filled a CD with photos I print out the photo list for that CD.

[Mario8672]

Originally Posted by eric2006

You mean, in the actual iPhoto photo file, you want all the files in one directory? You can't do this, and if you try, you'll cause some bad things to happen. Ignore that iPhoto folder, you can export all your photos to one big folder with the export command if that's what you're after..

Yea, that's IS exactly what I meant...
Thanks for the warning.