iPhoto Library Manager • Non-Gaming • Apple, Mac, and iPod • Eurogamer.net

Tonka 26 Oct 2010 07:28:07 27,684 posts
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Have any of you used iPhoto Library Manager? It seems to do a lot of tricks.

What I wonder is if it could merge two libraries and get rid of duplicates.

I'm in a silly situation where the family photos are spread out over three or four computers (one or two PCs and two Macs), one USB drive and one NAS drive.

Actually, what I should do is split it up over several libraries all residing on my NAS and the Library Manager seems to do just that.But first it would be nice to get rid of duplicates.

Any of you ever used it?

Tonka 27 Oct 2010 08:12:13 27,684 posts
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Any one?

morriss 27 Oct 2010 08:12:50 71,290 posts
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No.

Tonka 27 Oct 2010 08:16:23 27,684 posts
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Shit.

HitchHiker 27 Oct 2010 08:35:31 2,888 posts
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I've heard it mentioned a couple of times on the Mac Observers MacGeekGab podcast. Seems that they like it.

morriss 27 Oct 2010 08:41:04 71,290 posts
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What are the chances that they wouldn't like it?

HitchHiker 27 Oct 2010 08:44:11 2,888 posts
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They tend to only mention stuff that they find useful and it's a podcast all about solving issues.

Tonka 27 Oct 2010 08:46:50 27,684 posts
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morriss wrote:
What are the chances that they wouldn't like it?

It's a third party app so it will be heavily scrutinized.

HitchHiker 27 Oct 2010 08:57:15 2,888 posts
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First item on this podcast, have a listen.

Deleted user 27 October 2010 09:27:43

I used it to merge libraries. It did that.

Tonka 27 Oct 2010 09:32:51 27,684 posts
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mouse wrote:
I used it to merge libraries. It did that.

Did you have duplicates and if so what happened?

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lol

jack878 28 Feb 2013 11:16:37 1 posts
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if you don't want to keep the duplicate file then copy the file one by one . but if you have deleted the file mistakenly then you can recover it wtih the help of time machine backup utility, here you recover your whole iphoto library or some selected file which you want to recovery.

speedofthepuma 28 Feb 2013 11:30:47 13,418 posts
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You took your fucking time to answer that one mate.

Edited by speedofthepuma at 11:31:14 28-02-2013

Tonka 28 Feb 2013 11:45:29 27,684 posts
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I never got around to solving this problem.
I have decided to export all my photos into folders on the NAS. But since I moved house I haven't hooked the iMac up to the NAS with a cable so no progress have been made.

I do spend some time organizing photos every now and then.