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Sep 12, 2014 7:41 PM in response to marcelomoreirabraby Niel,Drag the iPhoto library to another location, launch iPhoto with the Option key held down, and choose that library. The active copy of it shouldn't be put on the Time Capsule itself; if you're running out of drive space, put it on a regular external drive and set Time Machine to back it up as well.
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Sep 13, 2014 3:14 AM in response to marcelomoreirabraby léonie,For example, I would like to save the time capsule.
An iPhoto library needs to be on a directly connected, local drive formatted MacOS Extended, not a network volume. Neither is possible on a Time Capsule.
See this document: Aperture: Use locally mounted Mac OS X Extended volumes for your Aperture library http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3252
The document is written for Aperture, but exactly the same holds for iPhoto libraries, because both apps are using the same library format. With the library on a network volume you would be risking library corruption and data loss, and it would be slow as well.
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Sep 13, 2014 5:52 AM in response to léonieby marcelomoreirabra,I do not know if I understand.
Can I use an external HD connected to the USB input macbook pro?
Or you could use the internal HD with the macbook pro only?
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Sep 13, 2014 6:10 AM in response to marcelomoreirabraby léonie,Can I use an external HD connected to the USB input macbook pro?
An external HD connected by USB is fine. Just check the file system of the hard disk, if it is formatted MacOS Extended (Journaled). You can see the file system, when you select the connected drive in the Finder and use the command "File > Get Info". When you click the disclosure triangle besides "General" in the panel you will see the file system.
If it is not "MacOS Extended (Journaled)" reformat the drive with Disk Utility. The procedure is explained here in this linked document:
Format external drives to Mac OS Extended before using with Aperture
However, reformatting will erase the drive completely. You will need to copy any content you want to keep to a different drive, to save it.
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Sep 13, 2014 6:30 AM in response to léonieby marcelomoreirabra,Thank you so much. I understood perfectly.
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