old photographs

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sonnykwas Author

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old photographs

how do i properly scan old photographs into i photo

iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Nov 24, 2015 9:07 AM

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LarryHN

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Nov 24, 2015 9:36 AM in response to sonnykwas

Use a scanner and scanner software like image capture or the software that comes with the scanner - depending on the software you may have to sacn to a desktop folder and import to Photos form there (Image Capture can import to iPhoto - the scanner software will not be albe to)

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sonnykwas Author

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Nov 24, 2015 9:46 AM in response to LarryHN

Thank you Larry I am 72 and i am not very Knowledgable about computers. My hobby is my pictures I have almost 9000 pictures of my grandchildren on my i photo many of them were scanned in from old photographs . I scanned them in...put them into documents...then put them into I PHOTO...DATED... Names and put them into the proper albums....once done cannot edit after I thrashed them in document I can print them ..but I cannot put them on a flash drive ..to keep them safe in case my computer crashes Lot of work 🙂 Every time I go to put them on a DISC ....it says computer unable to find them THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS

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Old Toad

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Nov 24, 2015 12:14 PM in response to sonnykwas

How is your iPhoto Advanced preference pane set up? Do you have a "managed" or "referenced" library.

Which of these do you have?

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sonnykwas Author

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Nov 24, 2015 12:15 PM in response to sonnykwas

Hi ...IT says Managed Library ( default )

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Old Toad

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Nov 24, 2015 12:43 PM in response to sonnykwas

That rules out one possible reason for the problem.

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sonnykwas Author

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Nov 24, 2015 1:07 PM in response to Old Toad

any other ideas THANK YOU I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR HELP

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LarryHN

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Nov 24, 2015 2:57 PM in response to sonnykwas

If you select a photo and export (file menu ==> export) can you export to a desktop folder

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sonnykwas Author

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Nov 24, 2015 3:12 PM in response to LarryHN

thank you so very much I will try this as soon as I possibly can...Have a great day on thursday 🙂

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Old Toad

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Nov 25, 2015 8:36 AM in response to sonnykwas

By the way what resolution are you scanning at? I scan at at least 300 dpi so the resulting files will be suitable for high resolution printing if needed later on.

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