iLife - can iphoto view photos from an external hd?

JonnyG100 · JonnyG100 #1 (**permalink**)

05-21-2005, 01:37 PM

Hi all,

I just did an archive and install with Tiger--yay! so i moved my archive folder onto an external harddrive. In iphoto, can I simply view my photos from the external hd, or do I have to bring all of the photos back onto my main hard drive if i want to see them in iphoto? basically, how do I indicate my source for my photos in iphoto? it's much easier in itunes...prefs-->advanced. is there something equivalent in iphoto?

Thanks!

Jon

trpnmonkey41 · trpnmonkey41 #2 (**permalink**)

05-21-2005, 01:43 PM

Alt/Option + Click on iPhoto and a popup will come up and let you select a library

Just select the archived library and you are good to go

JonnyG100 · JonnyG100 #3 (**permalink**)

05-21-2005, 02:06 PM

I held the alt/option key and clicked on the iphoto icon in the dock to open it. nothing happened. Is there another way to do it?

Thanks,

Jon

trpnmonkey41 · trpnmonkey41 #4 (**permalink**)

05-21-2005, 02:13 PM

Try it again because you should get this window to come up which is the only way to do it

JWMiller · JWMiller #5 (**permalink**)

12-04-2011, 02:55 PM

So I just tried this method and got to the "choose a library", then went through that, selected the external drive, but as soon as I got to "Open" (which I assume was the last step), it just wouldn't allow me to click that button, and that's where it kept me.

Thoughts? Advice?

trpnmonkey41 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 22, 2003 Location: Hamilton College Posts: 7,003 Mac Specs: 20" iMac C2D 2.16ghz, 13" MacBook 2.0ghz, 60gb iPod vid, 1gb nano	05-21-2005, 01:43 PM Alt/Option + Click on iPhoto and a popup will come up and let you select a library Just select the archived library and you are good to go Don't forget to use the new User Reputation System
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JonnyG100 #1 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	05-21-2005, 01:37 PM Hi all, I just did an archive and install with Tiger--yay! so i moved my archive folder onto an external harddrive. In iphoto, can I simply view my photos from the external hd, or do I have to bring all of the photos back onto my main hard drive if i want to see them in iphoto? basically, how do I indicate my source for my photos in iphoto? it's much easier in itunes...prefs-->advanced. is there something equivalent in iphoto? Thanks! Jon
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JWMiller #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 04, 2011 Posts: 1	12-04-2011, 02:55 PM So I just tried this method and got to the "choose a library", then went through that, selected the external drive, but as soon as I got to "Open" (which I assume was the last step), it just wouldn't allow me to click that button, and that's where it kept me. Thoughts? Advice?
	QUOTE Thanks

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