How do I import one iPhoto library into another?

I'm not sure which one you want to drag from or which one to. But the easy way to me is. File sharing Turn on file sharing on both. go to the computer you want to drag them to and go to the top and click go -go down and click connect to server. you 'll open up a link where you will have to type in the ip address and the password of the comp. you want ot access. Then hit connect. You will then be able to open up the other comp. files. go to home folder-pictures iphoto- drag it to you desktop- make sure it's just pictures. open iphoto and import. the file you just downloaded to you desktop. Close server and delete file from desktop/

Acctually in iphoto it's the add to library you want to click on.

Use the iPhoto Library Manager to do it properly.

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Never import one Library to another. Every version and thumbnail is imported like a distinct photo, you lose all your Albums, Keywords etc., the link between Original and Previews is destroyed, the non-destructive editing feature is ruined and so on. In summary: it's mess.

The only way to merge iPhoto libraries is with the paid ($20) version of iPhoto Library Manager

In answer to the last post. Yes you can. I just did it last week. Not only on one library to another, but two libraries from a Mac Mini and an Ibook to a Macbook. Everything works and nothing was lost. Once it's on the desktop of the computer you want it in, you use Iphoto to import . You do not just drop it in the pictures folder. That won't work. It imported the photos and the thumbnails. All I had to do was delete any duplicates and orginize it. I did not lose preview link.

Well I'm not sure what you did but no one else has managed to ever import one Library to another without causing a mess as described above - in fact as you describe yourself:

It imported the photos and the thumbnails. All I had to do was delete any duplicates and orginize it.

You also lost any keywords, albums, Faces and Places along the wy. Merging two libraries will not import any thumbnails, there will be no duplicates and you'll have no organising to do.

I organized in Iphoto, not the picture library. My daughter is a graphics arts and programer major and she is the one who showed me how to do it.

Your point being?

Photos Menu -> Batch Change

And if they used different camera's you can make smart albums for each camera to seperate them if that helps

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