How to transfer photo's from iPhoto to an external drive?

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How to transfer photo's from iPhoto to an external drive?

I try to copy the pictures I have from iPhoto on my MacBook Air to an external drive. But it doesn't work. The instructions I got, don't work:

1. select pictures

2. go to Archive

3. go to export

4. go to the external drive

5. export

If I do this, then I will get the following message: Rendering of file for export didn't work (in dutch: Rendering van bestand voor export mislukt).

How can I transfer/copy my pictures from iPhoto to my external drive?

Greetings,

giovannafromnl

MacBook Air, iOS 7.1, iPhoto (copy pictures to ext drive)

Posted on Apr 19, 2014 10:06 AM

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Answer 1

sberman

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Apr 19, 2014 3:55 PM in response to giovannafromnl

The current version of iPhoto (9.5.1) does not have an "Archive" function.

I suggest trying the instructions as you have listed them, only remove the "Archive" step.

"Export" appears under "File" in iPhoto's menu bar.

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Answer 2

Klaus1

Level 9

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Apr 19, 2014 4:22 PM in response to giovannafromnl

This is our resident iPhoto guru, Terence Devlin's, advice:

You can move your iPhoto Library to an external disk or new Mac:

1. Quit iPhoto

2. Copy the iPhoto Library Folder as an entity from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.

3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.

4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.

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Answer 3

Apr 25, 2015 1:27 PM in response to Klaus1

If I transfer the photo's in this manner, will they be kept organized like they are in IPhoto because the external drive will be the default?

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