[Macworld.com]

Have too many photos for a single iPhoto Library? Or looking for a way to manage several Libraries? iPhoto Library Manager is here to help. [more]

[leicaman]

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Have too many photos for a single iPhoto Library? Or looking for a way to manage several Libraries? iPhoto Library Manager is here to help. [more]

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I've used iPhoto Buddy and it works really well too. And it's donationware.
Now that I use Aperture, I don't have much use for iPhoto any more. But it does serve a purpose now and then. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Dan Frakes]

I like iPhoto Buddy, too, but I chose to highlight iPhoto Library Manager because of its advanced features. Being able to merge Libraries, for example, and iPod-sync consolidate.

[MojoMac]

I've been using iphoto library manager for a few years now (since iphoto v2), and I manage quite a few libraries. Very useful app, never had any problems with it either. Been telling people about it for some time. For awhile the developer hadn't upgraded it from a basic multi library app, so I'm still used to using it in basic mode (even though I've upgraded it). It has so many more useful features now. It makes iphoto that much better to use. I've been holding off on aperture till I can upgrade to a system that will support it, I've managed to make a pretty good workflow system with it shooting raw.

[Nobody]

I didn't know about holding down the option key.
After scouring through iPhoto's help I went through the cumbersome process of shifting the main library from my boot drive to one of my secondary volumes. After creating a second library it then promptly ignored it and keeps congesting the boot volume till I run out of virtual disk space. This is the sort of thing Windows 95 used to do!
Unlabeled key options were always a bad way of managing software, until Apple brought out the New, Improved OSX. Now it seems THE Apple way to do things. Libraries could be managed using preferences or a visible menu option, but then that would be too obvious.
Another weirdness in iPhoto is the inability to copy and paste the photo you are looking at in certain views. Again too obvious for Apple. You have to switch views or export the @#$% thing.
Whilst these tips are great and much appreciated, I can't help wondering, why ARE they necessary?

[Machound]

Yes, Rubaiyat, I'm with you on iPhoto. I keep trying it with every version update and iPhoto keeps leaving me cold. Too much is hidden from the user. What exactly is iPhoto doing when it puts up a pizza ball on my CoreDuo's screen for 25 minutes importing a 2 GB folder over the LAN?
I prefer the streamlined approach of iView Media Pro, which was lightning fast and nondestructive. Unfortunately iView became increasingly Windowsesque over time. Who knows if iView has any future now that it's in Redmond purgatory?
I grow tired of turning off the Ken Burns effect and the banjo music every time I make a slideshow, but repeated exposure induces vomiting.
Whatever happend to program transparency and a decent U.I.? iPhoto leaves me wanting.

[Nobody]

Machound, I wouldn't be so concerned if I could just totally ignore it but it does do a much better job of importing my Canon's photos than Canon's own software and the cocoa photo adjustments are just awesome! I am also attracted by the ability to right click to gather up visual material in Safari and add it to my collections.
That is what makes it so frustrating. The back end is a thoroughbred race horse and the front end is a mule!!!
If the iTunes model is so good why can't Apple just consistently implement it in its other iLife applications?
1. Store images, individually, labelled from inside iPhoto, in clearly labeled folders, just like iTunes
2. Label images with clear multiple attributes like iTunes and not hide the lists in preferences
3. Clear up the interface particularly with changing views
4. Let users do the obvious, such as cut, copy images which are in front of them
5. Clean up the interface which keeps switching and changing and has undecipherable icons (sometimes visible)
6. Let the user decide where they want the iPhoto collection to be stored in either preferences or by a simple Save-as
7. Sort out the dumbass way it does or doesn't label rolls as you import them
8. Not switch to iPhoto every time I save an image from somewhere (makes it tediously slow)
9. Provide for pdf Proof sheets of "rolls" or collections.
Just a few thoughts which could extend to the rest of Apple's OSX apps as well. All of which could do with a lot less obscurity, better tutorials, clearer interfaces and greater consistency.

[Downing]

Is there a way to delete duplicate photos either via iPhoto or one of the apps mentioned above? Somehow I've got a bunch of duplicates in my iPhoto library and would love to boot the duplicates (and triplicates and etc, etc).

[facelikabutt]

And while we're at it, why is iPhoto's only print option a mail-order bound book? Wouldn't it be nice if I could print these print-hostage images on MY PRINTER? Unless I have missed something, iPhoto is worthless for those of us who'd like some semblance of flexibility in printing photos.

[Dan Frakes]

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And while we're at it, why is iPhoto's only print option a mail-order bound book? Wouldn't it be nice if I could print these print-hostage images on MY PRINTER? Unless I have missed something, iPhoto is worthless for those of us who'd like some semblance of flexibility in printing photos.

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I'm not sure what you mean. I have no problem printing photos -- on my own printer -- in iPhoto. As with most apps, you just select a photo (or photos) and choose File -> Print.

[razvandan]

I was looking for a way to take with me on a Macbook Air a slim version of my 56 GB iPhoto library -- and since I could not find one I did a program called iSlimPhoto which does that (resizes images to exactly the laptop display resolution). I ended up with a more portable 23 GB library that does not present any noticeable difference when viewed on the laptop screen.
If anyone wants to use the app, it's available for free at:
http://www.appleicat...com/iSlimPhoto/

[Skybolt]

Would LOVE to read this, but when I click on "More" I find that I am "unauthorized"! What is the deal??? How can I get authorized? This happens on almost every "More" on this site.

[jakdent]

I have too many photos in my iPhoto trash. How can I use iPhoto Library Manager to delete those photos for good?

[RobClarke]

Excellent article thanks so much!

Do you know how to get rid of keywords and albums that appear in one library, which shouldn't be there? For example this only shows within the sharing pane of another iphoto library when looking at my iphoto library.

regards,
robcnz@me.com