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Tell iPhoto to automatically consolidate images
Authored by: Epicyon on Feb 26, '04 11:50:14AM
It appears I made a couple of errors when posting this originally. I couldn't find where to submit corrections, so I'll post the updated information here.

Since the keys already exist, they must first be deleted via:


defaults delete com.apple.iPhoto DeleteFilesAfterImport\?
defaults delete com.apple.iPhoto DeletePhotosAfterImport


Then add the keys with the value required to have the files deleted:


defaults write com.apple.iPhoto DeletePhotosAfterImport YES
defaults write com.apple.iPhoto DeleteFilesAfterImport\? YES


To restore to original settings:


defaults delete com.apple.iPhoto DeleteFilesAfterImport\?
defaults delete com.apple.iPhoto DeletePhotosAfterImport


Then add the keys with the value required to leave the original files intact upon import:


defaults write com.apple.iPhoto DeletePhotosAfterImport NO
defaults write com.apple.iPhoto DeleteFilesAfterImport\? NO
My apologies for not catching this earlier. As a consolation, the incorrect settings do not result in lost files.

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A Better Archival Method
Authored by: schneb on Feb 26, '04 12:38:38PM

iPhoto is a terrible way to archive your valuable photos and Apple is yet to do it the right way (as mentioned, the iTunes way). So I use iView to index my photos (with an iView catalog in each major folder--I do it by year) and import into iPhoto when I want to produce a book, slideshow or print.



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