Various 8KB Folders within iPhoto '08

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Various 8KB Folders within iPhoto '08

I currently have 35GB of pictures in iPhoto (approx 12,000 pictures) - I was trying to do a clean-up and noticed that when I went into my iPhoto Library via "Show Package Contents" I have a TON of folders that don't have any data in them, but have 8KB sizes.. All of the folders are named after dates... I didn't count them all but there are ALOT!!

Can these be deleted? Theres no visable data in them, but I'm not sure if they are placeholders for anything.

Thanks!

15" MacBook Pro (Penryn), Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on May 21, 2008 5:51 PM

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Answer 1

LarryHN

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May 21, 2008 6:40 PM in response to Howard811

You probably can delete those folders - BUT BE SURE you have a working backup of the library before you attempt this - without seeing them myself they sound like left over pieces of older versions of iPhoto that are unnecessary for iPhoto '08 - but be careful and be sure you have a backup to go back to if I misunderstand or if you accidently grab an important folder along with the unnecessary ones - and I would recommend that you drag them into a desktop folder, test iPhoto then drag that desktop folder to the trash and test iPhoto again before emptying the trash 🙂

On the other had empty folders do not use much disk space so leaving them is not a big problem

LN

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Answer 2

Yer_Man

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May 22, 2008 1:16 AM in response to Howard811

Howard

Has this library been upgraded over the years? Sounds like those folders are a leftover from an earlier version of the Library. Back up to be sure, then remove them. Mind you, at 8kb a folder, how much space are they actually using? If you're that tight for space this won't make a major difference.

Finally, there is no way to do a clean up in iPhoto via the Finder. Period. It is strongly advised that you do not move, change or in anyway alter things in the iPhoto Library Folder as this can cause the application to fail and even lead to data loss.;

Regards

TD

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