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Hi every body,
I would like some help with IPhoto 08, I'm looking for the Data Folder.
In the IPhoto Library -version 06- no problem.
Now the only time I can see the data folder is when I search with spotlight.
It tells me it is in the IPhoto Library, but IPhoto Library is a application.
Any help ?
TKS Dieter

I don't yet have the current version of iPhoto... but if the "iPhoto Library" is an application, then you should be able to drill down into it by simply right-clicking (or control-clicking) on the application, and selecting "Show Package Contents".

Thanks a lot Zarmanto, works like the cats miou.
It is not as quick as with the previous version.
Tks. Dieter

Apple made that folder into a "package" to keep users from going into the library and manipulating their photos, thus corrupting the library. You are advised to stay out of the library in finder. Forget that it is there! You can do everything you need to do from within the app itself. Just because you CAN get into that folder, does not mean you SHOULD go there. You risk corruption by doing so.

Skybolt said:

That's some pretty strong language there, friend; in fact, I'd almost classify it as a "panic" reaction. I wouldn't worry so much about it; after all, just because I DO look inside of packages now and then doesn't mean that I WILL corrupt them. And we're not talking about binary data and source code here; it's just the guy's photos: If he corrupts the photo library, the worst that'll happen is he ends up having to re-import the individual photos into a freshly created library.

Maybe it is strong, but the idea of corrupting my photos, and having to rebuild, re-import, whatever, does not appeal to me. I always figure that it is better to avoid a problem than to have to fix a problem. Any manipulating of the photos in the library in finder can render iPhoto unable to do its job. Why mess with success? Just avoid creating problems and life is much sweeter. ;)

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Skybolt said:

I wouldn't. It's a pragmatic reaction. There's nothing particularly alarmist about it.

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True. But your 8-year-old might.

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Presuming he does no further damage in the panic after discovering that iPhoto is no longer able to show his images reliably.

I have to agree with Skybolt regarding messing around inside the iPhoto Library package. Granted those who are savvy would have little problem but there are so many who come to the AD asking why they have the dreaded "!". We find that they were inside the library renaming and rearranging the photos.

For accessing photos for use outside of iPhoto Terence Devlin's treatise on file access is about the best read on that subject.