Reverting to iPhoto after Photos migration

> By having 2 Macs reading and writing to the same database your chances of index or data corruption are high, please be careful.

I know. Since I can't be two places at the same time, and I have tight control of the process, so far so good. What Dropbox would do if you accidentally access the same file from two different computers, it would create a conflicted copy on both computers. So I am careful to always close the file before I step away from a computer.

Sure. You're squeaky clean, right?

So, in the wake of Ms. Lerner's admissions, do you still file your taxes?

Trick question -

Do you own any devices with a Samsung label?

> That's not the same as storing a backup library online and that's what we're talking about.

Well, it kind of is. Say you drop your computer into the camp fire in a wild drunken party (purely fictional of course), you can just go out, buy a new Mac, load up Dropbox, sign into the same account and viola you are back. If you have Dropbox unlimited backup on, you can retrieve any earlier version of the same file.

1. Yes

2. No

How about you?

Richard3030 wrote:

> By having 2 Macs reading and writing to the same database your chances of index or data corruption are high, please be careful.

I know. Since I can't be two places at the same time, and I have tight control of the process, so far so good. What Dropbox would do if you accidentally access the same file from two different computers, it would create a conflicted copy on both computers. So I am careful to always close the file before I step away from a computer.

Provided that the file is never open on both machines at the same time (preferably the 2 machines are never on at the same time, there are background processes) it should be safe, but it is open to error.

But it is still not a backup. make an error on one machine and it is repeated on DB and the other machine, where is the backup?

> You are taking risks in my opinion

Yeah, I like to see where the boundary is. I found out when I step over it. 😠

I love Time Machine. I also have a couple of spare TB drives around where I would copy the files off the main drive and store the external in a separate location (work < > home). That way if my house burns down completely I still have Dropbox and another spare backup at work.

Richard3030 wrote:

Thanks for the helpful explanation, Csound1. Like many, I have a giant Photos library on my Mac. Since I I don't want my phone to have that giant library, I would turn off iCloud Photo Library on my phone and leave the Photo Stream on. The question is, how do I move only some photos from the big library to Photos on my phone?

Plug your iPhone into iTunes and choose any you want.

1. I'm not the conversant in this string asserting moral superiority. Again, if you don't trade with liars, why do you file Federal tax returns?

2. Fail. You don't own a device with a Samsung label? Do you own any Apple devices?

Your judgmental is entirely situational. I'm not so conflicted.

: - )

I have not asserted any 'moral superiority', you are just projecting.

MrPheasant wrote:

1. Again, if you don't trade with liars, why do you file Federal tax returns?

Because it is illegal not to.

MrPheasant wrote:

2. Fail. You don't own a device with a Samsung label? Do you own any Apple devices?

I do not own any devices with a Samsung label, I do own devices labelled Apple.

And I do get to make my own decisions so good day to you.

I know it'll hurt, but you simply must assert your moral principals by trading your iPhone, Mac, Apple TV and other devices with Samsung chips for something from, say, Huwawei or ZTE.

Oh, wait.

; - )

What would any normal observer to this exchange conclude from your comments about Dropbox? Is what's good for the goose really good for the gander?

Drop some coins in the plate on Sunday while you review some flawed principals.

MrPheasant wrote:

I know it'll hurt,

Won't affect me at all, I plan on ignoring you entirely, but thanks for the concern.

Sleep tight, if you can.

; - )

I am shocked at the way some of you have treated high quality advice given to you from the likes of Old Toad, Terence Devlin and Csound1. I have at various time over the past 10 years + sought answers to problems my wife has had with iPhoto. I have received prompt high quality answers back to me in Australia from Old Toad and from Terence Devlin. They obviously give up most of their time to help the rest of us. The are not employed by Apple, they are absolute experts on iPhoto and helping is apparently their hobby.

If you do not want to risk losing or corrupting your photos, then listen to them and take their advice. They should not have to waste their time explaining in detail why, to some of you sceptics, and none of you should be sarcastic, or even nasty to them.

When someone answers your query look at the number of points under their names to assess just how many people they have assisted , and that will sort out for you whose advice you can trust and follow .

I want to be sure I follow your logic.

You read a suggestion posited as a great solution. You try it. It fails. We're talking MediaPro1.

In response to another comment, you extoll a solution that works, not just for you but for millions of customers who use it to address a plethora of objectives. We're talking Dropbox. But someone savages your suggestion in a way that impugns your character for advocating it.

You have choices.

You could countenance bad advice and moral posturing by saying nothing. This would give legs to questionable advice and an absurd outlook. People who didn't see that MediaPro1 fails to address an intended solution would waste their time, and possibly their money, following bad advice. Forget the intent of the person recommending the product. That isn't the issue.

If your aim is to help others, you would respond to bad solutions and interdict the calumny.

Not much of a choice. Don't be a doormat.

Please leave what was once a helpful thread until you trolled it!