I have been using an external hard drive to back up my Mac files. My Mac stopped working, so now I have a PC netbook. I am trying to get some photo files off my external hard drive, but I can't find the ones I want. Instead, I found the iPhoto library files. What is in those? How can I open them? If I open them on my friend's Mac, will it hurt her files?
iPhoto '08
Assuming you had a managed Library the iPhoto Library will contain your photos, and many databse files.
You photos are in the Originals folder.
No, they won;t hurt your friend's Mac.
Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' to choose which Library to open.
Regards
TD
But depending on the version of iPhoto they have and that you have (had) you may have an issue - if they are the same then no problem - if theirs is newer then it will convert your library and you will not be able to use it with your older version - if theirs is older then you will not be able to oepn the library with it
LN
What is saved in the iPhoto library file when photos are backed up?
