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Hack vs. feature
Authored by: robg on Mar 20, '02 01:34:36AM

The thing I've asked Apple for already via the feedback mechanism is an officially supported method of moving your library file. The problem with the current method is that it's a hack -- Apple never told us to modify the prefs file to change the library location.

If there were an officially supported pref for "Library location", it would clearly be better than the current solution. The problem with the current method is that it hard codes a path into a prefs file, and there's obviously no code in the app to handle a situation where the path no longer exists, since the program wasn't expecting its library to be anywhere other than the default location. A programming oversight or a design decision? Who knows ... but hopefully they'll add library location management to the next release.

-rob.



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Re: Hack vs. feature
Authored by: sjk on Mar 21, '02 02:10:16AM

Yep, I wonder if single-library support in iPhoto 1.0 was a choice intended to create less confusion for "beginners" than with more savvy folks who'd discover workarounds. Hard to believe the developers of what was certain to be a high-visibility product were naive enough to blindly omit multi-library support. Then again, other Apple products already have that capability...

Seems we often enjoy the banter of speculation more than knowing the truth. :-)



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