what is the best way to merge libraries

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what is the best way to merge libraries

I have two macs and my wife put some photos on the other so I want to merge them. How do I do this so I dont lose any or duplicate any. I have ILM but it didnt work last time I tried.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Dec 10, 2013 6:13 AM

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Answer 1

LarryHN

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Dec 10, 2013 6:14 AM in response to James Fernald

Well IPLM is the best way (the only way) unless you own Aperture and have the current version of both iPhotoa nd Aperture

what "didn't work"? Have you contacted IPLM support? It works very well and has good support

LN

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Yer_Man

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Dec 10, 2013 8:33 AM in response to James Fernald

If you have Aperture 3.3 or later and iPhoto 9.3 or later you can merge libraries with Aperture.

Otherwise the only way to merge Libraries is with the paid ($20) version of iPhoto Library Manager

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James Fernald Author

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Dec 10, 2013 8:45 AM in response to LarryHN

which is the better way to do it? Aperture or IPLM?

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Answer 4

Yer_Man

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Dec 10, 2013 8:50 AM in response to James Fernald

There isn't one. If you have Aperture already, then I would use that. If not, well Library Manager is considerably less expensive.

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