Is there a good way of copying folders and albums
from one iPhoto library to another? What I want to achieve is a merging of a number of smaller libraries into a single one.
I have been trying to copy folders and albums from backup libraries on DVDs into a new iPhoto library on my hard disc. The backup libraries were created using iPhoto 5. I am cuurrently using iPhoto 6.0.1
When I insert the DVD containing the backup library it is loaded OK into the source list and I can view all the folders and albums as expected. However, if I drag a Folder from the backup library across to a point in the source list corresponding to the library on the hard disc all the images within the albums in the folder seem to get copied/imported but the album structure within the folder is lost - useless!.
In an attempt to find a workaround I tried creating a new folder in the source list and attempted to copy individual albums over to it. This *sometimes* works but mostly does not (possibly only the first copy works but not subsequent ones). Visually what I see is the album icon disapearing from the source list in the library on the DVD and being moved to a point in the source list corresponding to the library on the hard disc but no copying/importing occurs. Finally when I eject the DVD iPhoto crashes.
From my experimentation my impression is that albums that sit at the top level in the library on the DVD can be copied across/imported ok, but anything within a folder seems to be problematic
At the moment I have about 8000 photos stuck on some DVDs in a file structure that can only be read by an application that does not work.
Not happy!
Peter Kovesi
from one iPhoto library to another? What I want to achieve is a merging of a number of smaller libraries into a single one.
I have been trying to copy folders and albums from backup libraries on DVDs into a new iPhoto library on my hard disc. The backup libraries were created using iPhoto 5. I am cuurrently using iPhoto 6.0.1
When I insert the DVD containing the backup library it is loaded OK into the source list and I can view all the folders and albums as expected. However, if I drag a Folder from the backup library across to a point in the source list corresponding to the library on the hard disc all the images within the albums in the folder seem to get copied/imported but the album structure within the folder is lost - useless!.
In an attempt to find a workaround I tried creating a new folder in the source list and attempted to copy individual albums over to it. This *sometimes* works but mostly does not (possibly only the first copy works but not subsequent ones). Visually what I see is the album icon disapearing from the source list in the library on the DVD and being moved to a point in the source list corresponding to the library on the hard disc but no copying/importing occurs. Finally when I eject the DVD iPhoto crashes.
From my experimentation my impression is that albums that sit at the top level in the library on the DVD can be copied across/imported ok, but anything within a folder seems to be problematic
At the moment I have about 8000 photos stuck on some DVDs in a file structure that can only be read by an application that does not work.
Not happy!
Peter Kovesi