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Authored by: Ptitboul on Sep 30, '03 12:30:54PM
You can forget the chmod g+s "/Users/toto/Pictures/iPhoto Library" line I wrote. I just noticed that the behaviour of Darwin is non-standard, and that all files are created with the gid of the parent directory, even when the Set-GID bit is not set.

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I did it without any fancy code
Authored by: nigel314 on Oct 11, '03 05:48:43AM

To share a library with my wife's account I simply moved my library to the shared folder in the Users folder and when iPhoto couldn't find the usual library I pointed it at the new location. I then deleted my wife's library in her account area, having moved any photos first. Again when iPhoto couldn't find the library in her area I simply poined it at the new one in the shared area. No need for any code at all!



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I did it without any fancy code
Authored by: themexican on Oct 20, '03 12:14:51PM

I did this but am having permissions problems... I can see the library but not edit it. And when I try to change access to read/right I'm not able to... aargg.



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I did it without any fancy code
Authored by: jspivack on Nov 27, '03 11:52:50PM

I imagine that the simplest workaround would be to put the iPhoto library on an external drive and check "Ignore ownership on this volume"--similar to the solution for sharing iTunes. But I want to be able to carry my pictures around on my laptop (not an issue with iTunes, since I lug around my music on my iPod). Perhaps the solution would be to partition my internal drive to have an "iPhoto" volume for which I would then check "Ignore ownership on this volume". But in the absence of a "Partition Magic"-style app for the Mac (Windows app that allows on-the-fly partition management), it seems like a lot of work just to share an iPhoto library...



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"Partition Magic"-style app
Authored by: Peter Schoenrank on Jun 03, '05 04:38:42PM
But in the absence of a "Partition Magic"-style app for the Mac
Try iPartion or VolumeWorks.

I haven't used VolumeWorks. I have used iPartition. The user interface is a little awkward in places, but having got the hang of it, I have not had a problem with it. YMMV.

It is a very good idea to have a reliable (i.e. tested) back up of your important data before you use any such disk tool.

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