I have almost 60.000 photos in my iphoto library with about 340gb space available. I tried to import some prints tonight and it said that there was not enough space for the library. Please explain if anyone knows!! Thank you very much
iPhone 4, iOS 7, iPhone and iMac
I think that means not enough space on the hard drive. Check your drive's free space.
I have 340gb available on my drive.
What is the size of the iPhoto Library file? When any database program makes changes it usually has to make a duplicate file into which the changes are made before the original file is removed. This prevents data loss should there be a problem.
If the library is larger than the available free space, then this may be why you receive the error.
The iPhoto Library size is 193gb and I really appreciate your responses. Thanks
Then I don't have an answer. I do not know if iPhoto has an actual limit to the amount of data it can store. Database programs are usually limited by disk space available.
You might try repairing the hard drive and permissions in case there is a problem of some sort.
I am using a LaCie 2tb external drive as I knew that the file would eventually get big, but gee, I didnt think I would have this type of problem quite yet. Thank you very much for responding though, very nice of you.
I am having this same issue. Is this a hardware issue. I have some free space. I have about 350 GB available.
You have to count to have about 30GB at least free on the startup disk, after you have the library loaded.
On the external you have space enough.
As far as I know there is no limit for iPhoto, but I suggest to not let it grow too much, because everything will become sluggish, also making backups. It should be possible to split up in more libraries, one that is really actual and one that is the past. Physical splitting up I mean, not smart collections. You can switch libraries by holding the Alt(option) at startup of iPhoto.
is there a limit to the amount of photos that iPhoto can handle on Snow Leopard?
