I have 112 GB of photos/videos in iphoto. 179 events, 14, 637 pics.
What is the proper way to transfer those pics/video to a computer?
I have backed up on a HD to find out that their is no cross compatability.
I have burned several DVDs to which I have been able to transfer some pics but it takes for ever but having a problem with same fie names among loosing pics intermittentaly.
Any suggestions and directions are appreciated.
MacBook Pro
You can't transfer an iPhoto Library to a Windows or Linux based machine. These Oses have no way to understand this library.
What you can do is export from iPhoto to folders on the desktop and then copy those to the other machine. You do this using the File -> export command.
Regards
TD
You can't transfer an iPhoto Library to a Windows or Linux based machine. These Oses have no way to understand this library.
What you can do is export from iPhoto to folders on the desktop and then copy those to the other machine. You do this using the File -> export command.
Regards
TD
Thanks for the info. Can you break it down a bit more for me ie specific steps?
TY
1 - select the photo(s) in iPhoto
2 - export (file menu => export) to a desktop folder -- or if you want the event structure to be retained set the subfolder to event names in the export
3 - copy the top folder to the PC
LN
i was really glad to hear this, however when i try to do the same, iphoto tells me that i can only export 60 photos!! your kidding, some of my events have more than 60 photos in one single event...
There are 9 different versions of iPhoto and they run on 9 different versions of the Operating System. The tricks and tips for dealing with issues vary depending on the version of iPhoto and the version of the OS. So to get help you need to give as much information as you can. Include things like:
- What version of iPhoto.
- What version of the Operating System.
- Details. As full a description of the problem as you can. For example, if you have a problem with exporting, then explain by describing how you are trying to export, and so on.
- History: Is this going on long? Has anything been installed or deleted? - Are there error messages?
- What steps have you tried already to solve the issue.
- Anything unusual about your set up? Or how you use iPhoto?
Anything else you can think of that might help someone understand the problem you have.
Make sure you've selected all of the events while in the Events mode. Also select Kind = Original so you include any video/movie files that may be in the library.
OT
Thanks for your reply, how silly of me. i have asked for help before and i should have thrown down some specs.
i am running on an Imac running osx10.6.8 i recently upgraded so that my wife could plug in her iphone5. the version of iphoto is iPhoto 08 version 7.1.5 (378) <-- im assuming thats a build number of some sort....
i would really like to preserve the event structure.... it would be rediculous to loose the event structure when im looking at 24068 pictures in 1015 events....
the only issue is how do i go about getting the "I" out of my photos. i want to simply transfer them to an external hard drive but it wont let me simply copy them... and apparently i can only export 60 photos at a time.
I've no idea why it's limiting you to 60 as there is no such limit on any version. As you're on iPhoto 08 there export field would require you to export one Event at a time to an appropriately named folder. (The capability to export the lot to named folders arrives with iPhoto 11.)
But all is not lost. There are a couple of apps that might help. iPhoto2Disk or PhotoShare will help you export to a Folder tree matching your Events
See how you get on with those. If you're still limited to 60 I would suspect that you have a damaged Library.
How do I transfer iphoto (library) to a PC?
