HT2498: Using a camera with your Mac
Learn about Using a camera with your Mac
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May 5, 2014 3:43 PM in response to ShekharMumbaiby LarryHN,Moving the iPhoto library is safe and simple - quit iPhoto and drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity to the external drive - depress the option key and launch iPhoto using the "select library" option to point to the new location on the external drive - fully test it and then trash the old library on the internal drive (test one more time prior to emptying the trash)
And be sure that the External drive is formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) (iPhoto does not work with drives with other formats) and that it is always available prior to launching iPhoto
And backup soon and often - having your iPhoto library on an external drive is not a backup and if you are using Time Machine you need to check and be sure that TM is backing up your external drive
LN
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May 5, 2014 3:43 PM in response to ShekharMumbaiby Terence Devlin,Do you want to move the Library?
Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
Regards
TD
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Nov 6, 2014 11:46 PM in response to ShekharMumbaiby DortheyJobe,This should help you transfer photos from iPhone to Mac: http://support.apple.com/en-us/ht4083