iPhoto, - good idea to trash Originals folder?
Hi
I really love iPhoto for sure. But there is one thing, that
bugs me seriously.
The iPhoto library is growing with every pic you alter.
Say if you alter 100 pics á 1 meg, the iPhoto library grows
exactly 100 meg. Actually you get a 4 gig library with 2 gig Originals,
that you'll never want to use. Bad.
At least there should be a "clean up" or "compress" command, that
will eliminate the "Originals".
My question is: is ist safe to trash the "Original" folder without
messing up the entire "iphoto library" folder?
best
I really love iPhoto for sure. But there is one thing, that
bugs me seriously.
The iPhoto library is growing with every pic you alter.
Say if you alter 100 pics á 1 meg, the iPhoto library grows
exactly 100 meg. Actually you get a 4 gig library with 2 gig Originals,
that you'll never want to use. Bad.
At least there should be a "clean up" or "compress" command, that
will eliminate the "Originals".
My question is: is ist safe to trash the "Original" folder without
messing up the entire "iphoto library" folder?
best
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I performed a finder search befor (>CMD-F>"Originals"), than i trashed all
"Originals" folders, opened iPhoto et voila: iPhoto worked without a hitch.
No complaints about some missing folders or files.
This procedere brought back 2 stunning gigs. Amazing.
Question to AppleScript geeks. Is there a better, say more elegant
way, to get rid of these (useless) "Originals"? Maybe an AppleScript
can do the dirty work?
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Have a look at
iPhoto Diet
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11668
It does exactly what you have done manually and a few more things to keep your iPhoto library streamlined.
I have been using it for a long time and regularly run it to keep my iPhoto library at a decent size.
Hope this helps
DigiH
Originally posted by DigiH
Hi Barbara,
Have a look at
iPhoto Diet
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11668
It does exactly what you have done manually and a few more things to keep your iPhoto library streamlined.
I have been using it for a long time and regularly run it to keep my iPhoto library at a decent size.
Hope this helps
DigiH
Thank you DigiH,
perhaps this is the tool i was looking for.
My sole complaint against it, Diet seems to compare every
single original with a coresponding modified one. This is a time consuming
process, i can tell you.
It works good if the library contains little photos, it is a nightmare
if your library is huge.
Anyway. I will use diet to keep up
the library.
Just keep in mind that unless you've archived your originals somewhere else (another hard drive, CD or DVD) they're gone forever. If you ever want to undo a change you made to an image you won't be able to. Also, subsequent edits on a JPEG file tend to degrade the quality of the image, so it's always better to "revert to original" any time you want to change an edit. Anyway, as Dennis Miller said so many times before, "... that's just my opinion, I could be wrong".
Regards,
Marc
Originally posted by mslifkin
Hi Barbara,
Just keep in mind that unless you've archived your originals somewhere else (another hard drive, CD or DVD) they're gone forever. If you ever want to undo a change you made to an image you won't be able to. Also, subsequent edits on a JPEG file tend to degrade the quality of the image, so it's always better to "revert to original" any time you want to change an edit. Anyway, as Dennis Miller said so many times before, "... that's just my opinion, I could be wrong".
Regards,
Marc
Hi Marc,
thank you for pitching in. I appreciate your opinion.
In my case, if i modify a pic (enhance, crop, rotate etc.)
in almost all cases (99%) i take the result and want to get
rid of the original. This is the way i work, no glimpse back
cheers