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Q: how to retrieve previous ordered photo books?

I would like to find my files used to create apple photo books that I ordered 5 years ago.

MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), iOS 9.3.1

Posted on Apr 22, 2016 1:43 PM

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  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Apr 22, 2016 2:03 PM in response to moniquefromparis
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    Apr 22, 2016 2:03 PM in response to moniquefromparis

    Those files, PDF files, get deleted from the hard drive after the book has been uploaded to Apple.  Apple does not keep them for more than a month or so. 

     

    If you want to recreate the book you'll have to do so like you created it originally.   That would be with iPhoto and an iPhoto library that contains the image files you used in the book. 

     

    For future book you might consider doing what I do:  create a new, separated library for each book.  Assemble the photos for the book in my primary library and transfer them with the paid version  iPhoto Library Manager or PowerPhotos to the book library.  The book library will be small enough that it can be archived in a number of ways for use later to reorder another copy of the book.

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