Choose any location for an iPhoto2 library

Feb 11, '03 09:35:09AM

Contributed by: flyfishadict

I was trying to get my iPhoto library folder onto my removable hard drive. I read some suggestions to use symlinks and such, but I think I found an easier way. This is how I did it:

  1. Make a backup of your photos and make sure iPhoto is not running.

  2. Go into your home directory and into your Pictures folder.

  3. Delete your library folder.(No worries, you just backed it up, right?)

  4. Start iPhoto. It will say you don't have a library folder and give you a few choices, one of them being choose where you would like it to be created.
That's about it. It's not the fanciest way to do it but it worked. This was with iPhoto 2; I haven't tried it on the earlier version.

[Editor's note: There's a previous hint that explains how to change the library location in iPhoto, or you could also use a third party app such as iPhoto Library Manager, but the above method worked for me when I tested it -- just make sure you have a backup!]

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