How to view iPhoto images in Time Machine back ups?

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Boatfly Author

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How to view iPhoto images in Time Machine back ups?

How can iPhoto 9 images be viewed individually in TM backups, with the aim off restoring each to currently used iPhoto?

Posted on May 26, 2016 11:26 PM

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Answer 1

Yer_Man

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May 26, 2016 11:28 PM in response to Boatfly

There is now way to do that. The procedure would be to restore the Library.

If you recover the individual images then you lose the edit history, added metadata and so on.

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Boatfly Author

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May 27, 2016 12:10 AM in response to Yer_Man

Thanks for the response Terrance.

To recover full libraries will be a series of try and see tasks. I have a remote idea only where the lost image may be. Do know it was saved, but where is the question.

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léonie

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May 27, 2016 5:04 AM in response to Boatfly

Restore the iPhoto Libraries to an external drive, so you do not overwrite the current library.

iPhoto '11: Restoring from Time Machine with iPhoto '11 (9.2 or later) and OS X Lion 10.7.2 (or later) - Apple Support

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