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Iphoto does not recognize video files when the iphoto library is on an external drive

I have copied my iphoto library to an external hard drive. I pointed iPhoto to the new location. I can import photos with no problem, but when I try to import video files (from my iPhone or from another drive) I get a message that the file is not recognized. When I moved the iphoto library back to the MAC hard drive, the import works OK both for photos and videos.

I am using iphoto 11 and all the videos were taken with my iphone.

Any ideas?

iPhoto '11, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Oct 30, 2012 2:21 PM

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Nov 1, 2012 4:25 PM in response to jordrose

Do you have the disk partitioned? Do you have any other files on the drive so you can't reformat it?

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Nov 3, 2012 12:22 AM in response to Old Toad

here is a screenshot of the disk utility screen.

The EHD has all my pictures and video clips on it, but not in an iphoto library. If I need to reformat I will have to copy them elswhere.

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Nov 3, 2012 9:12 AM in response to jordrose

That looks correct. I suggest you pose the same problem in the iMovie forum.

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Iphoto does not recognize video files when the iphoto library is on an external drive

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