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2 - Converting an iPhoto 6 Library to an "Alias" Based iPhoto 6 Library The "alias" (not copying the image files into the library) option allows the user to create and maintain their own folder system on the boot drive or another drive for use with iPhoto 6. The "alias" method will allow a user to keep the original files on an external HD to free space on the boot drive. 27 G of image files would create a library folder of about 8G, quite a savings. If the external drive is unmounted, as when a laptop is taken on the road, the library is available to use to view thumbnails, create, delete and move albums. However, any operation which involves moving a thumbnail is not permitted along with editing, books, and calendars.
Converting iPhoto 6 Libraries 1. Install iPhoto 6 and repair disk permissions with Disk Utility. 2. Download and install the 6.0.4 iPhoto Updater. Then install the 6.0.5 updater which requires iPhoto to be at 6.0.4 to work. 3. There have been instances of files in the V5 library being locked for some reason. To batch unlock all files in the iPhoto library and set the permissions correctly for your user account download and run BatChmod on the iPhoto Library folder with the settings shown below, putting your administrative name in the owner and group sections. You can either type in the path to the folder or just drag the folder into that field.
4. Launch iPhoto and let it update the library to the new version. I suggest you make a temporary backup copy of your iPhoto Library folder before launching iPhoto 6 for the first time. Then when the upgrade finishes and is as intended you can delete the copy. Now your ready to proceed with the conversion to the “alias� based library. 5.In the Finder create a "container" folder to contain the image file folders that you will be creating and put it in the location of your choice. 6.Open the iPhoto Library folder and open the Original folder. 7.Copy all of the folders in the Original folder into your newly created container folder. If you want those modified files to be in the library you can either import them from the folders they are in into their own rolls or modify the file names and add them to the folders that their original file is in. The following describes the latter. 1.Open the Modified folder and copy those folders to the desktop. 2.Using a file renaming application like R-Name batch add a letter designation like "m" to the end of each file name to identify it as the modified version. 3.Move all of the renamed files from each individual modified folder into the folder of the same name in your "container" folder. 4.Now move your current iPhoto Library folder out of the Pictures folder to the desktop. 5.Launch iPhoto 6 with the Option key depressed and create a new library. 6.Open iPhoto's preferences and in the Advanced section uncheck the Importing checkbox titled "Copy files to iPhoto Library folder when adding to library". 7.You are ready to begin importing the files from your "container" folder and subfolders. 8.Drag each folder from your "container" folder into iPhoto's open window. If you have a lot of folders (I had ~350) I suggest you import several at a time instead of the entire bunch. NOTE 1: iPhoto 6 uses the latest modified date of the files in a folder to assign to the new roll. Often it is nowhere near the date of the photos so you will have to manually re-date many of the rolls. I had about 50 out of 350 rolls that had to be re-dated. That's why I suggested importing a few rolls at a time in case you need to edit the dates. One last caution. If you add new files to an existing sub-folder in your container folder they must then be imported separately. Once in the library you can move them into the roll representing the container sub-folder you just put them in. New sub-folders can be imported as a folder to create a new roll with the same name as the folder. NOTE 2: When iPhoto 6 imports a file that has been auto-rotated by a camera with that capability, it will automatically create a modified version of that photo in it's Modified folder. So don't be surprised if you see a number of folders and modified files in the folder right after import. The only way I know of to get around a modified version being created, if that's your desire, is to rotate the file before import with a 3rd party application.