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Fix external references to iPhoto images after data move
Authored by: fds on Jul 27, '09 07:54:15AM

No, they are not symbolic links. They are Finder aliases.

So you can go ahead and move the original images around on the same partition, with no need to update the aliases.



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Fix external references to iPhoto images after data move
Authored by: Dr. T on Jul 27, '09 10:45:06AM

They don't even have to be on the same partition. You can move photos to any connected drive and iPhoto can still find them, edit them, e-mail them, etc..

Why do people come up with workarounds for problems that don't exist?



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Fix external references to iPhoto images after data move
Authored by: trekside on Jul 27, '09 10:28:43PM

I had external references break every time I copied folders and their associated iPhoto Libraries between disk images. Now with this solution I know I can go ahead and transfer folders and iPhoto Libraries to new sparsebundle disk images (re-categorize and re-organize my stuff) and fix any broken external references.

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Thanks so much for posting this solution. The Symlink solution make sense. I can't wait to try it.

I like to store my pictures with my own folder structure for organization, and use iPhoto's Smart Folders for analyzation. (Smart Folders in Finder, Mail, iPhoto and other apps are just too cool.)

I categorize some subjects into different iPhoto libraries, and many of those go into sparsebundle disk images. When iPhoto gained the feature to store files outside of iPhoto Libraries, I began to use it. After renaming some disk image mounts and moving pictures with their associated iPhoto libraries between disk images (pre sparsebundles and maybe even pre sparseimage disk images), I noticed that the external references in the iPhoto library were broken right away. (I like the advantages of reducing the file count and copy speed in the Finder, when using disk images. Sparsebundles are just great, too.)

With this Mac OS X Hint, I don't have to be as cautious or restrained when planning another iPhoto-and-disk-image Library. Awesome.



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