Double disk usage?
Thanks in advance!
Aluminum Unibody Macbook (Late 2008), Mac OS X (10.6.6), iPhoto '09
Aluminum Unibody Macbook (Late 2008), Mac OS X (10.6.6), iPhoto '09
but there were almost 18000 4, 8, or 12KB files with the extension .ithmb or .impeta. Is it OK to delete these?
What can I erase or get rid of to eliminate some of that?
I have been downloading all of my photos to the Originals folder
Is it normal to double the disk space when using iPhoto or is there a better way that I can access the photos within iPhoto without having this problem?
My question is;
I have pictures in folders on my desk top IF I put them in iPhoto will it just double the photo and use more of my hard drive?
I have a lot of pictures and need all the space I can get. I do have the all backed up on an external hd.
By default, yes it will. But that makes all the folders on your desktop unnecesary, so once you're happy that iPhoto is the app you want you can trash them.
My Mac is a little bit older and the disc space issue is getting a bit sensitive. In iphoto help I have just found out after 6 years that every time I import it duplicates the original (double space usage) but all the time I could have used iphoto for indexing only as the original location fodlers are my preference (I use Photoshop for editing) -
I could have used iphoto for indexing only
That's true but you're better off not doing it. It jus stores up problems for later.
For more on iPhoto and file management see this User Tip:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6361
You can use Photoshop with iPhoto: You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.
Thanks for the insight. Something weird is going on. I have 30,000 images, about 60gb in folders. My iphoto library is now showing a size of 320gb. Cannot work out where the extra size is coming from which is why I am thinking of just using i photos as a reference system or going back to using adobe bridge. Would rather resolve the iphotos issue before going out and buying more hardware.
What the iPhoto Window reports is the nominal size of the resulting folder if you exported everything from iPhoto at the "Current" setting.
The iPhoto Library in the Finder contains your original photos, thumbnails, previews, cache, database and metadata files. it is always larger than reported by the iPhoto Window.
You need to decide what you want: a non-destructive workflow or not. If you want non-destructive no matter what app you use you will have these kinds of space requirements. Running a referenced library will not spare you a single byte of disk space. If I read you correctly you have 60 gigs of photos that are both in iPhoto and duplicated in folders. The space wasters are the duplicates in folders. They're not even a back up as they are on the same disk.
Adobe Bridge is fine if you're happy with a lossy workflow.
Hi,
Sorry - typo my part - should have read 230gb for the iphotos library as of this morning..
So, I have 60gb of photos on my hard drive in a separate folder going back to 2002 when the file sizes were tiddly. These are organised by subfolders with the event. There are not any duplicates across folders.
I imported these into Iphotos and expected the iphoto library to be also 60 gb or thereabouts - I appreciated that the original set in effect would become a back up. It is not. It is 230gb. Which on a 5 year old 500gb hard drive Mac is a lot of extra disc space to find and more than I had allowed for.
From other discussion streams, I have done two things. I have rebuilt the library which has shown for reasons I do not know that there are multiple copies in Iphoto. I have purchased the Gemini app from the Apple store and that is now going through the process of finding the duplicated images within Iphoto and deleting them. Seeems clunky but will hopefully bring Iphotos library down to a more reasonable size.
I did look inside Iphotos help for a method for deleting these extra copies but could not find one. Hey ho. One of lifes little experiences. I still remain a fan of Apple hardware and software - just frustrated that the perceived benefits of moving over to iphoto in this instance have not been achieved.
Double disk usage?