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Importing photos in iPhoto from external drive..HELP!

trek1500

trek1500

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Jul 14, 2008
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Sugar Land, Texas
I hope someone can help me with this...

I have a ton of photos on a couple of external hard drives that I would love to be able to import into iPhoto to be eventually burned into slideshows on a DVD in iDVD.

In Windows you can drag and drop...easy enough...but being new to the MAC OS is there a similar feature? I must be dense or something but I can't seem to find anything "simple instruction wise" to help me with this issue.

Generally..I just need to be able to pull photos off of external drives into iPhoto or iDVD to burn to DVD as slideshows...

Help!

Thanks!
 
GGJstudios

GGJstudios

macrumors Westmere
May 16, 2008
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trek1500 said:
I hope someone can help me with this...

I have a ton of photos on a couple of external hard drives that I would love to be able to import into iPhoto to be eventually burned into slideshows on a DVD in iDVD.

In Windows you can drag and drop...easy enough...but being new to the MAC OS is there a similar feature? I must be dense or something but I can't seem to find anything "simple instruction wise" to help me with this issue.

Generally..I just need to be able to pull photos off of external drives into iPhoto or iDVD to burn to DVD as slideshows...

Help!

Thanks!
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Drag and drop! Just drop any folder onto your iPhoto icon on the dock and you're done!
 
soberbrain

soberbrain

macrumors 65816
May 9, 2008
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BTW, in most OS X and iLife apps, if you drag something into a window and see a green circle with a plus sign it means you can drag and drop it.
 
GGJstudios

GGJstudios

macrumors Westmere
May 16, 2008
44,545
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trek1500 said:
Great! Thanks! I've had my Mac Mini 5 days now and am totally new to the Mac OS...I'm still learning! :)
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trek1500

trek1500

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ggjstudios said:
Welcome to Mac ownership and welcome to MacRumors:Forums! You'll find a lot of information both here and on the web. Here are a few resources that may be helpful:

Mac 101 a tour of the Mac OS X
Apple Support search Apple Support and the Knowledge Base
MRoogle for searching the forums with Google (always a great idea before starting new threads)
MacRumors FAQ
MacRumors Rules
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Apple Find Out How
Apple Keyboard Shortcuts
Essential Applications
More Essential Applications

If you search the forums and don't find what you're looking for, just ask! There's lots of friendly help here! Enjoy your new Mac!
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This is fantastic! Thank you very much!
 
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