My brothers G4 10.4 Tiger is failing (logic board/power supply???). I know I can copy the ~/Pictures/iPhoto Library folder or export all the photos directly from iPhoto to an external HD.
But if he were to get a new Mac, what would be the best method of backup from the G4>external HD so the photos could then be imported into iPhoto on the new Mac.
iMac 3.06 GHz Intel Core Duo 2, 21.5, Mac OS X (10.7.2), 12G Ram, AppleTV2, iPhone4, Airport
The best route:
Copy the iPhoto Library Folder to an External. Copy it as a single item.
Then when you get the new machine, copy the iPhoto Library to the Picures Folder on the new mac. Don't import it just copy it there.
Then launch iPhoto.
Regards
TD
The best route:
Copy the iPhoto Library Folder to an External. Copy it as a single item.
Then when you get the new machine, copy the iPhoto Library to the Picures Folder on the new mac. Don't import it just copy it there.
Then launch iPhoto.
Regards
TD
You might be able to still use Target Disk Mode and copy things even if the G4 can't boot. I have a G4 laptop that won't boot, but Target disk mode still works.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.7/en/mchlp1443.html
Terence Devlin wrote:
Then when you get the new machine, copy the iPhoto Library to the Picures Folder on the new mac. Don't import it just copy it there.
Then launch iPhoto.
When copying back to new Mac, do I copy the iPhoto Library Folder to the Picture Folder, because on my old G4 there is no iPhoto Library file within the iPhoto Library Folder. Only "Library.iPhoto" Hope that makes sense.
There should be a Folder called iPhoto Library. (Assuming the version of iPhoto on this machine is v6 or earlier.)
The Folder will contain the Originals, Modified and Data folders plus the various support files.
Regards
TD
Correct. Inside the ~/Pictures Folder is iPhoto Library Folder. So that same folder will be copied back to the new Macs Picture Folder.
I ask only because on my Lion machine there is only the iPhoto Library in which you need to show the package contents. So I'm assuming the iPhoto that will come with Lion will do all the nessasary updates to the folder.
copy photos from failing G4
