I am new to MAC (3 months.) I now know that having both managed and referenced libraries in iPhoto and/or renaming or touching anything in the iPhoto libray itself is BAD! Before I fix what I have done, I want to make sure my ging forward strategy will work. My ISSUE: how can I access the same photos (from the ext drive) on both my PC and my MAC. I have 25 years of photos/scans on an external hard drive, filed by year and 'event' name etc. I want to use those photos in my new MAC, but also still need to use my PCs (both at work and at home). *If I do what everyone suggests and 'just let iPhoto import and manage the files' - can I still use those files on my PC?* If yes, can I access a photo that I edit in iPhoto? (that is, if I crop, enhance,or otherwise edit a photo using iPhoto and it only stores it in the iPhoto libray.But I want to use that edited photo in a print project on my PC.how do I find it, use it?) If not, do I need to maintain duplicate libraries?
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. IPhoto may not be the application you want to use. If you import your existing photos into iPhoto each folder will become an Event with the same name as the folder. There will be no nesting of Events if you have your existing folders nested.
You might try Picasa for Mac since you could use the PC version of it on the same set of photos. A very good cross platform DAM (digital asset management) application is. I use it as my primary DAM app and iPhoto for special projects like books, slideshows, calendars, etc. There are a number of apps that will let you access the photos on an a PC formatted external HD. Go go VersionTracker.com and search for photo organizer, photo browser, and image browser to get a list of possible candidates. Welcome to the Apple Discussions. IPhoto may not be the application you want to use.
If you import your existing photos into iPhoto each folder will become an Event with the same name as the folder. There will be no nesting of Events if you have your existing folders nested. You might try Picasa for Mac since you could use the PC version of it on the same set of photos. A very good cross platform DAM (digital asset management) application is.
I use it as my primary DAM app and iPhoto for special projects like books, slideshows, calendars, etc. There are a number of apps that will let you access the photos on an a PC formatted external HD. Go go VersionTracker.com and search for photo organizer, photo browser, and image browser to get a list of possible candidates. Wannabee; Don't give up too soon. Mac support number australia 18772320717 for mac. How do you access the HD from both Mac and PC?
I do this but only by network not direct hookup. If you are plugging the HD into one or the other I may have a solution for you.
Sep 26, 2017 I want to find a basic photo organizer for my 1,000+ photos. I'd like it to have a folder structure that I can drag and drop photos into it. It needs to allow multiple types of images to reside in it as I have a couple cameras and an iPhone, as well as images I made on a scanner. The application from Google is outstanding in managing photos since it helps save photos online using your account and even shares the photo albums with your dear ones. Picasa developed an application for Mac to help you in easy management of photos.
I have all my photos in folders organized the way I want them. Then I set iPhoto to NOT import the files when I add them. Preferences > Advanced > make sure the selection of 'Importing: Copy items to the iPhoto Library' is not selected. That way the photos (files) will stay where you put them and the data in iPhoto will still organize and do it's thing on them. And if you modify a photo with say Photoshop the new file seems to automatically update in the preview of iPhoto.
NeoFinder for Mac Catalogs your entire disk and media library, and backup archive. NeoFinder keeps track of your documents, photos, songs, movies, and folders wherever they are stored. Over time, this software pick has morphed into a repository for photo management apps for the Mac. I'll continue to add photo-related apps to this collection, which will take it well past the 5 Photo Management Apps seen in the original title.
Works great for me. Rich Rydalch wrote: Wannabee; Don't give up too soon. How do you access the HD from both Mac and PC? I do this but only by network not direct hookup.
If you are plugging the HD into one or the other I may have a solution for you. I have all my photos in folders organized the way I want them. Then I set iPhoto to NOT import the files when I add them. Preferences > Advanced > make sure the selection of 'Importing: Copy items to the iPhoto Library' is not selected. That way the photos (files) will stay where you put them and the data in iPhoto will still organize and do it's thing on them. And if you modify a photo with say Photoshop the new file seems to automatically update in the preview of iPhoto.