Multiple iPhoto Libraries
Just discovered a cool feature of iPhoto (’08) that I did not know about. It can handle multiple iPhoto libraries.
Due to serious color-related limitations on the display of my wifes laptop, she currently imports her pictures onto my Mac. In addition, my oldest child is taking more and more pictures with her camera, all of which also goes onto my Mac. To avoid “polluting” my own iPhoto library, I wanted to create and manage separate libraries.
It turns out, that if you hold down the Option-key (Alt-key) while starting iPhoto, it will popup a dialog with the options to either create a new library or choose an existing one.
Nice!
August 15, 2009
Tags: iphoto, mac, OSX Posted in: Photography, Tools
One Response
I was going to try ‘iPhoto Library Manager’, but this was the only feature I wanted.
You need to close and reopen iphoto (holding the Option-key (Alt-key)) to switch between libraries.
Thanx for the tip
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