Problem copying iPhoto library to external hard drive

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Problem copying iPhoto library to external hard drive

I frequently copy my entire iPhoto library to EHD by clicking the library in Finder and dragging to the EHD. However, this time I'm having a problem. I get the message "preparing to copy to Samsung" with a blud and white activity bar. This never goes away so I'm presuming the action has hung? Any ideas please? My storage on the MacBook Air is almost full (hence moving photos).

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MacBook Air (11-INCH, MID 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Apr 18, 2014 10:20 AM

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Yer_Man

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Apr 18, 2014 12:54 PM in response to denise22

How much free space on the Drive? What format is it?

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Apr 19, 2014 3:15 AM in response to Yer_Man

Hi Terence

Thank you for getting back to me.

I have 20gb free from 120gb storage. Not sure of "what format is it?"

When I look at my files in FINDER I see a lot of jpeg files which are photos that I moved to my external hard drive long ago. Can I delete these?

My knoweldge of the workings of the computer are not that great Im afraid !

Thanks again

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Apr 19, 2014 4:41 AM in response to denise22

Hi Terence

To add to my troubles I'm now getting a message to say I'm out of Application memory !

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LarryHN

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Apr 19, 2014 5:34 AM in response to denise22

Please give details - without them we are only guessing

what version of iPhoto and of the OS (verOS X 10.8.2 that your profile states)?

To add to my troubles I'm now getting a message to say I'm out of Application memory !

what is the exact error essage?

When I look at my files in FINDER I see a lot of jpeg files which are photos that I moved to my external hard drive long ago. Can I delete these?

Depends - where exactly are these JPEGs? Do you want them anymore?

TO get the format of the drive select it in the finder a get info - drive format is part of the info

LN

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Apr 19, 2014 9:45 AM in response to LarryHN

Hi Larry HN

OS version 10.8.2

iphoto version 9.5.1

The exact error message is: "out of Application memory" after it failed to transfer my iphoto library accross to external hard drive.

IN FINDER:

the jpeg files are under ALL MY FILES when I scan down to IMAGES. There are hundreds of them. When I open one it it a photo that I transfered to external drive a long time ago and it is no longer in my iphoto library on the Mac

This is as far as I get trying to drag and drop my iphoto library to external hard drive, it then comes up with the "out of application memory" message

(I have 18GB free out of 121GB on the flash storage and I ahve 4GB of memory installed)

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Denise

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