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<blockquote data-quote="gillyb" data-source="post: 1508034" data-attributes="member: 273754"><p>"Since you appear to be using the phrase "library" to mean a loose collection of pictures, these instructions are obviously not going to work."</p><p></p><p>I think if you had understood my first post, you wouldn't need to be so unfriendly, but I will assume that I was not clear enough. I do understand that my 'loose collection of pictures' is not the same as the iPhoto library - and that is why I finally realised that I would have to import them into it to view and manage them using iPhoto (which incidentally, you do not tell us to do in your instructions above). Here is my problem:</p><p></p><p>- my 'loose collection of pictures' is in sub folders on my ext drive</p><p>- I copied my iPhoto library onto the same drive according to your instructions above</p><p>- I still could not view my photos except using preview</p><p>- I realised (correctly I hope) that I needed to import said collection into the iPhoto library using the import function</p><p>- this worked until it froze on one photo (not always the same one) and locked me out, I then force quit, could not shut down or restart, had to close Mac by pressing on power switch til it shut down</p><p>- on reopening and trying to open iPhoto (the new default version on ext drive) - I am given the following message "The iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have permission to make changes to it." </p><p>- after many attempts and another restart after a night's sleep, I manage to reopen it, BUT most (although strangely not all) of the albums that I thought I had successfully imported had disappeared! The events were still there, but they contained NO photos.</p><p>- Having deleted the whole (new) library twice now and started again trying with smaller and smaller imports I thought I better empty the trash. This caused another lock out and another force shut down etc etc. </p><p></p><p>I will try to get an appointment at the Apple shop and see if someone there can help me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gillyb, post: 1508034, member: 273754"] "Since you appear to be using the phrase "library" to mean a loose collection of pictures, these instructions are obviously not going to work." I think if you had understood my first post, you wouldn't need to be so unfriendly, but I will assume that I was not clear enough. I do understand that my 'loose collection of pictures' is not the same as the iPhoto library - and that is why I finally realised that I would have to import them into it to view and manage them using iPhoto (which incidentally, you do not tell us to do in your instructions above). Here is my problem: - my 'loose collection of pictures' is in sub folders on my ext drive - I copied my iPhoto library onto the same drive according to your instructions above - I still could not view my photos except using preview - I realised (correctly I hope) that I needed to import said collection into the iPhoto library using the import function - this worked until it froze on one photo (not always the same one) and locked me out, I then force quit, could not shut down or restart, had to close Mac by pressing on power switch til it shut down - on reopening and trying to open iPhoto (the new default version on ext drive) - I am given the following message "The iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have permission to make changes to it." - after many attempts and another restart after a night's sleep, I manage to reopen it, BUT most (although strangely not all) of the albums that I thought I had successfully imported had disappeared! The events were still there, but they contained NO photos. - Having deleted the whole (new) library twice now and started again trying with smaller and smaller imports I thought I better empty the trash. This caused another lock out and another force shut down etc etc. I will try to get an appointment at the Apple shop and see if someone there can help me. [/QUOTE]
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