Q: Does Unified Photo Library work well with lots of photos?
I created multiple iPhoto libraries (based on year) for my family due to large number of photos my family has.
I also use Aperture for my landscape and nature photography, but I am interested in the possibility to have just one photo database.
Does the new unified library format do a better job of supporting large photo databases? All toghther we have over 10,000 photos to manage.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
Posted on Jan 2, 2013 4:59 PM
When I mentioned 'virtual' I meant if the applications (iPhoto & Aperture) would create the unified library by linking between these separate library elements (packages?), and combine them through data table references.
No.
With either Aperture or Library Manager you can import these Libraries into another one. So if you have library A, then you can use Aperture's Import Library command to import Librar1, and Library 2 into Library A etc.
You'll then have a much larger Library A but the other two libraries will still exist - juts the contents will be now in both libraries. Obviously, once you're happy with the imports and that they have gone correctly, you can then trash Library 1, 2 etc
Regards
TD
Posted on Jan 12, 2013 11:31 AM