Moving photos between computers, with metadata?
I have two machines, a laptop and a desktop, both with iPhoto '09. My main photo library is on an external HD attached to the desktop.
I went on vacation, took some photos, and did some cropping, writing comments, etc on the airplane on the way home, on my laptop. Now what I'd like to do is add them to my desktop's library. Seems like it should be simple -- I want to get my processed, commented photos from one iPhoto library to one on a different machine. But I can't figure out how to get the metadata (the title/comments, not the EXIF data) to the desktop. I've tried:
• exporting the file to a thumb drive and importing -- no metadata transferred. Tried several formats.
• sharing the laptop's library, viewing it on the desktop machine (where I can see the titles and comments). I can copy files into the desktop's library this way, but without the metadata.
This must be easy, right? What's the secret? Apologies if the answer is posted somewhere in here -- I looked, but couldn't find it.
I went on vacation, took some photos, and did some cropping, writing comments, etc on the airplane on the way home, on my laptop. Now what I'd like to do is add them to my desktop's library. Seems like it should be simple -- I want to get my processed, commented photos from one iPhoto library to one on a different machine. But I can't figure out how to get the metadata (the title/comments, not the EXIF data) to the desktop. I've tried:
• exporting the file to a thumb drive and importing -- no metadata transferred. Tried several formats.
• sharing the laptop's library, viewing it on the desktop machine (where I can see the titles and comments). I can copy files into the desktop's library this way, but without the metadata.
This must be easy, right? What's the secret? Apologies if the answer is posted somewhere in here -- I looked, but couldn't find it.
MacBook Pro 2.5GHz, PowerBook G4/867, Mac Mini, iPhone, tv. Airport Express, Mac OS X (10.5.6)
