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mrdm

macrumors regular
Original poster
Jul 21, 2010
158
10
Hi,

What is the best way to archive only a *portion* of my iPhoto library? My library is over 30 GB and I really only need to access the last 12 months or so.

It is too large to use DVD/CD and I have an external HDD.

I've read about creating a smartfolder with a date definition, selecting that folder and then doing "file-->export". This seems to export each individual file. I assume I can import these at a later time if needed? Will all of the metatag (date, time, location, etc.) be preserved.

Thanks for any help.
 

MrMister111

macrumors 68040
Jan 28, 2009
3,874
368
UK
You can use multiple iPhoto libraries. Search Apple support how to. You could then have just last 12 months in 1 library to use for now
 
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