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Locking Photo Album

Hello

Is it possible to lock a Photo album in iPhoto?
(To need a password to open it )

And also do that the pictures in this albut does not show in any other folder (or whaterver else) in iPhoto ?

Thank you !

eMac, Mac OS X (10.4.6), 1Ghz PowerPC G4, 768Mo SDRAM, 80Go Hard Drive

Posted on Apr 14, 2006 7:43 PM

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Jacinthe Author

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Apr 15, 2006 10:59 PM in response to Jacinthe

Ok,

I managed to make it accept folders not from iPhoto, dont ask how ! loll
So i created the "library" with the folders, and once i opened i photo with tha library, i dragged the original folder on to the "photothèque" and the pictures got back in.

Now.. it was copied. So i went to put all the original folders into either iPhoto library or at least the "imige" folder... well, ican't put it back there... it creates aliases instead...

What do i do with the original folders now ?

Thank you

Jacinthe Author

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Apr 15, 2006 11:35 PM in response to Jacinthe

It's kind of done i guess...
There are still answers i'd appreciate to have..

Fro the par of my library that was not real photos, but captures.. do i keep a copy of them ? (this is the part where i expressed that it was impossible to move, it would just make create alias

Also tonight, for the locking thing, it's the other way around..
iPB one works well. But the secured forder does not.
Once i've ejected the folder, quit iPhoto, relock the folder from iPB, i do have to unlock the iPB one to get to the iPhoto with it... But never at anytime, do i have to unlock the seecured folder itself...

???

Any clue ?
I am still on it...

Jacinthe

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Apr 16, 2006 3:15 AM in response to Jacinthe

"2- The entire window is going all weird.. i see pieces of plist, anad pieces of folders everiwhere.. like the docs woulb be cut off..."

I guess you're in column view. You can adjust the window size by dragging the lower right corner. Or switch to icon view. (Finder -> View -> as icons...)

Sorry, got to go... I'll get back to you asap.

Jacinthe Author

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Apr 16, 2006 7:00 AM in response to DPSG-Scout

Good morning Scout!
How are you?

Yes, abou the seize of the window, that's what i thought too but when y opend the sceen largely, and did a "aligner..realine? that's when it got worse and appeir alomost like... a briken mirror window are something

The funniest thing is, when I just got your message i went back the pref window... everything's fine !

?? go figure...

Jacinthe Author

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Apr 16, 2006 7:05 AM in response to Jacinthe

But would you happen to know how come my secured folder does not lock ?

You have to know something first... y was never able to have iPB accept that one, even if it was empty..
So I put it, in another folder first... and then put my personnal stuff in the secured folder, wich was inside another folder, wich was accepted by iPB... ouff!

loll

Jacinthe

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Apr 17, 2006 4:30 PM in response to Jacinthe

OK, I'm not sure why you've decided to delete/restore/... the iPhoto Buddy .plist. You'll be using the application anyway. Assuming you've removed the iPB .plist file, a new one will be created next time you launch iPB.

"1-iPhoto plist is not there (wasn't it supposed to be one ?)"

Don't bother about your iPhoto .plist! It should be located at
/Users/you_name/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iPhoto.plist

DPSG-Scout

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Apr 17, 2006 4:38 PM in response to Jacinthe

In the photo library, there where sheets that i don't
know what it is, and what it is doing there.. Do you
?

- AlbumData.xml (Iguess that one is what tell

...

Is there anything here that does not come originaly
from iPhoto but from the last owner and is worth
deleting ?

Everything belongs to iPhoto. Please, don't touch it. 😉

DPSG-Scout

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Apr 17, 2006 5:28 PM in response to Jacinthe

...accept folders not from
iPhoto,...created the "library" ...
So i went to put all the
original folders into either iPhoto library or at
least the "imige" folder... well, ican't put it back
there... it creates aliases instead...

...

Also tonight, for the locking thing, it's the other
way around..
iPB one works well. But the secured forder does not.
Once i've ejected the folder, quit iPhoto, relock the
folder from iPB, i do have to unlock the iPB one to
get to the iPhoto with it... But never at anytime, do
i have to unlock the seecured folder itself...
But would you happen to know how come my secured
folder does not lock ?

You have to know something first... y was never able
to have iPB accept that one, even if it was empty..
So I put it, in another folder first... and then put
my personnal stuff in the secured folder, wich was
inside another folder, wich was accepted by iPB...
ouff!

Sorry, I'm lost!!!
As soon as you're using an encrypted disk image, you do not have to use iPB's rather basic "locking" feature.

My/Lori's/Toad's plan - as outlined before - was to

1. open iPhoto (with all your pictures in your library=photothèque) and copy your confidential photos to a new, temporary folder i.e. on your desktop. Once copied, remove those pictures from iPhoto. Quit iPhoto.

2. Use Disk Utility to create an encrypted disk image. Mount(=open) the image.

3. Open iPhoto while holding down the option (=alt) key.From the pop-up window, select "create library" to create a new, confidential iPhoto library including its corresponding iPhoto Library folder and all subfolders. Save it inside your encrypted disk image.

3. Import your confidential pictures from the temporary folder into your new iPhoto library.

4. Add your old library folder as well as the protected one to the list in iPhoto Buddy. Use iPhoto Buddy to switch between your libraries.

5. Eject=unmount your encrypted disk image whenever you don't need it.

If you still have your original iPhoto library folder, I'd suggest you start over again and follow our fairly detailed instructions above, eh? 🙂

Jacinthe Author

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Apr 17, 2006 9:10 PM in response to DPSG-Scout

ouff... all right..

I new before how to, and i had, open a secured (encrypted) folder.
Niel told me many days ago.
My pictures where in it.

I opend that topic, cause i thought it was to bad to have my library in i photo, but have to open window and serch to have the encrypted one when i needed it. I was looking for a way, to keep it lock, as well as with the other pictures.
maybe i did not read right, but i though toad told me to drag the empty encripted folder in to the iPB library and then, when it is accepted, to put back my photos in it.
Thing is, it would not accept it, so that's why i draged a finder folder instead, an then, put the encrypted one in that folder...

so if you say there is a way to have the encrypted folde accepted by iPB, and you say that the way to do it is explained very clearly in the thread, then i wont abuse more of your time, and read it again untill i get it.

You've been incredibly patient, understanding, suprisingly clear on everything you explaind to me, wich you have no idea how i very much appreciate it, but if i dont get that one, there is only so much you can do...

Before you got into the subject, i had trown the application in the trash !
I thank you Scout for your time, and the energy you put into helping, explaining, teaching, so i understand better what that thing (and even more!)was all about, and find the patience to start it all over again;
You truly are an inspiration...

I thank you Lory for your application idea, and appoligize for douting you... now that it works, (and i take the blame on probably not have it installed proprely the first time), I'm very happy to be able to use it;

Gratefully,

Jacinthe

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Apr 14, 2006 7:46 PM in response to Jacinthe

Hi Jacinthe,
iPhoto Buddy is your friend
iPhoto Buddy

Jacinthe Author

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Apr 14, 2006 11:31 PM in response to lori_diloreto

I was trying to create a folder from iPhoto, cause any other folder, Buddy would not accept it, saying that the folder does not come from iPhoto...

Jacinthe Author

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Apr 15, 2006 7:05 PM in response to Old Toad

Hello Mr. Toad 🙂

Yes the locked folder is defenetly what i intended to do... after few hours of sleep ! lol

...
...

How dit you get that toad over there ?

Jacinthe Author

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Apr 15, 2006 7:48 PM in response to DPSG-Scout

Hello Scout,

Just a little word to say that i am on it right now....

Jacinthe

Jacinthe Author

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Apr 17, 2006 8:30 PM in response to DPSG-Scout

Helloo Scout,

I know it should be there... but it was not.. that was my point... loll

Jacinthe

Jacinthe Author

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Apr 17, 2006 8:31 PM in response to DPSG-Scout

Don't worry.. I did not lolll

Jacinthe

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