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Sharing iPhoto Library and duplicate files.
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<blockquote data-quote="Doug b" data-source="post: 722923" data-attributes="member: 59143"><p>Wow, had no idea anybody would kick this thread up again. I think I decided to toss the idea of using iPhoto all together. It' is just not worth the hassle of all these things which are being suggested. Never before have I seen such counter-intuitive software that makes you run around in circles just to get the most mundane tasks done. </p><p></p><p>Ultimately, I decided on setting up my external hard drives as both a music and photo server. I was going to use iPhoto for both of our accounts, but I'm playing around with Aperture 2, and think that I should be able to accomplish the same simple tasks with it (I hope) as I would with iPhoto for my wife. This entails putting photos on our mobile.me account sites and blogs and general photo galleries for her family and friends to see. </p><p></p><p>As for the rest, I think it makes for a better organizing solution than iPhoto, in general. I'm also planning on checking out the newest Adobe Lightroom and see if I like that better than Aperture. Either way, I despise the way so many additional files are created within the iPhoto library (different sizes etc) and really don't like the way its data base method is handled, period. Just bought a 500 gig WD external Mybook, so I'll use that for my server and just back up the same said files on the other externals I've got, to be safe. </p><p></p><p>Good suggestions though, nonetheless, thank you. </p><p></p><p>Doug</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doug b, post: 722923, member: 59143"] Wow, had no idea anybody would kick this thread up again. I think I decided to toss the idea of using iPhoto all together. It' is just not worth the hassle of all these things which are being suggested. Never before have I seen such counter-intuitive software that makes you run around in circles just to get the most mundane tasks done. Ultimately, I decided on setting up my external hard drives as both a music and photo server. I was going to use iPhoto for both of our accounts, but I'm playing around with Aperture 2, and think that I should be able to accomplish the same simple tasks with it (I hope) as I would with iPhoto for my wife. This entails putting photos on our mobile.me account sites and blogs and general photo galleries for her family and friends to see. As for the rest, I think it makes for a better organizing solution than iPhoto, in general. I'm also planning on checking out the newest Adobe Lightroom and see if I like that better than Aperture. Either way, I despise the way so many additional files are created within the iPhoto library (different sizes etc) and really don't like the way its data base method is handled, period. Just bought a 500 gig WD external Mybook, so I'll use that for my server and just back up the same said files on the other externals I've got, to be safe. Good suggestions though, nonetheless, thank you. Doug [/QUOTE]
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