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Samuel Muindi
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Q: Does iPhoto Ever Really Delete a Photo?

I'm considering using iPhoto instead of the software that came with my Kodak camera, but it appears that iPhoto never really deletes a photo file that's emptied from the trash. Rather in using "show contents" it looks like they reside forever on my hard drive under "originals."

Do I have this right? If so, it would seem that this is a major source of hard drive clutter. But perhaps I'm missing something. I would like to use iPhoto, but when I delete a photo I want them to stay deleted.

Thanks

G5 Dual 2.5 Gz, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Jan 7, 2008 1:19 PM

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Samuel Muindi

Q: Does iPhoto Ever Really Delete a Photo?

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  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Jan 7, 2008 1:26 PM in response to Samuel Muindi
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    Jan 7, 2008 1:26 PM in response to Samuel Muindi
    Samuel

    If you put a photo from the Library in the iPhoto trash and then empty the trash then the photo is removed from the Library and the HD

    However, if you're in an ALBUM and put it in the trash, it removes it from the Album, but NOT the library and not the HD.

    So, be sure you're in the Library and try again.

    Regards

    TD

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Jan 7, 2008 1:30 PM in response to Samuel Muindi
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    Jan 7, 2008 1:30 PM in response to Samuel Muindi
    iPhoto deletes the photos

    Pick a photo you do not want -- go to the finder and show iPhoto Library contents and take a look at that photo in the originals folder leaving the show contents open - go back to iPhoto and drag it to the iPhoto trash - check the finder to see that it is still there in Originals (it will be) - go to iPhoto and delete iPhoto trash and go back to the finder and the photo will be gone


    Maybe you are missing the iPhoto trash and iPhoto delete iPhoto trash - dragging to the normal trash in the dock does not do it


    LN

  • by Samuel Muindi,

    Samuel Muindi Samuel Muindi Jan 7, 2008 1:52 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Jan 7, 2008 1:52 PM in response to LarryHN
    Thanks folks. It may have been that the residue of older versions of iPhoto folders from upgrades from my previous computers got transfered over to this new machine.

    But I'm just glad to know that I can use iPhoto without hard drive clutter.

    Thanks again.