Hi - I put this on the iPhoto question thread but had no response so trying new thread in hope of a response.
I have most of my photos on an external hard drive and want to view and manage them using iPhoto. I tried Chas M's solution 07-25-2011, 06:56 in other thread and copied iphoto library onto the ext HD but still couldn't view the photos using iPhoto. Then I realised I must import them into the library so tried that but there are over 40,000 photos and although it started importing them, it stopped and froze after 2000 and locked me out - I force closed and restarted but then it said I didn't have permission even to open iPhoto (!), so I have now deleted the iPhoto library from my ext hard drive and am about to start again tomorrow.
Very frustrating - all I want to do is view and manage all my photos on my ext HD using iPhoto. And yes, I am a frustrated switcher, who is trying very hard to learn this new OS, but it isn't easy. Just wish I'd found the forum first - I might not have made the change, but I have and I really want to stick with it.
Thanks in advance for any help and advice, gillian
I have most of my photos on an external hard drive and want to view and manage them using iPhoto. I tried Chas M's solution 07-25-2011, 06:56 in other thread and copied iphoto library onto the ext HD but still couldn't view the photos using iPhoto. Then I realised I must import them into the library so tried that but there are over 40,000 photos and although it started importing them, it stopped and froze after 2000 and locked me out - I force closed and restarted but then it said I didn't have permission even to open iPhoto (!), so I have now deleted the iPhoto library from my ext hard drive and am about to start again tomorrow.
Very frustrating - all I want to do is view and manage all my photos on my ext HD using iPhoto. And yes, I am a frustrated switcher, who is trying very hard to learn this new OS, but it isn't easy. Just wish I'd found the forum first - I might not have made the change, but I have and I really want to stick with it.
Thanks in advance for any help and advice, gillian