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Sharing iPhoto Library between Two User Accounts

Is there any way to fully share a single iPhoto library between two user accounts on one machine (iMac 2.0GHz dual core Intel, 10.5.1, iPhoto '08), without using an external drive (because I don't have one)? By share, I mean each user has full rights and priveledges to the entire library, regardless of who uploaded the pics. Holding down the option key on iPhoto startup does not work because my wife can't access the pics I loaded even though she's pointing to the shared library in a shared folder.

iMac and Macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.1), AEBS "n"

Posted on Jan 9, 2008 4:33 AM

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Jan 11, 2008 11:21 AM in response to Yer_Man

Terence - Yes I tried dragging them to the desktop. I'm going to install '08 on my second machine here at my desk and see what happens. I'll post the results here. Thanks.

Jan 13, 2008 6:06 AM in response to David Stamm

Hi Terence,
This actually works nice. With iphoto running on MY computer. my wife can browse and save any pictures she wants to HER computer. But you can't drag them to the desktop. Just drag them directly into the users own album.

Thanks.
David Stamm

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Jan 18, 2008 10:39 AM in response to Chris Skitch

Chris,

Amazing, this did the trick. So far it appears I can access all the photos from both accounts. Remains to be seen if one of us uploads some new pictures if the other one can access them. In other words, did the unix commands I just issued apply only to the existing photos, or is it going to apply in the future as well? Perhaps I should save the unix window somewhere. I consider this solved for the meanwhile. Thanks for everyone's help!

b0bs

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Feb 28, 2008 12:31 PM in response to gr8scottnh

Chris,

Thank you very much for this suggestion. It also has worked very well for me and my wife. We have been able to view and edit from both accounts.

Thanks Again,
Bob

Sharing iPhoto Library between Two User Accounts