Converted iPhoto library to referenced pictures. It's still huge.

smellalot · Dec 26, 2012, 09:52 AM

Hello everybody,

I used Aperture to move all my pictures in an older iPhoto library to a folder on my HDD as referenced images. The library shrunk from about 80 GB to about 35 GB. What can I do to make it smaller? 35 GB seems awfully big to me for just previews and edits of my pictures.

thanks
smellalot

Bear · Dec 26, 2012, 10:53 AM

What format were your originals in? If they were JPEGs, then previews could be almost as large as the originals.

It could be worth deleting and recreating the previews to see if that shrinks the library. Also try updating the Thumbnails.

Dec 26, 2012, 09:52 AM	#1
smellalot macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2011	Converted iPhoto library to referenced pictures. It's still huge. Hello everybody, I used Aperture to move all my pictures in an older iPhoto library to a folder on my HDD as referenced images. The library shrunk from about 80 GB to about 35 GB. What can I do to make it smaller? 35 GB seems awfully big to me for just previews and edits of my pictures. thanks smellalot __________________ MacBook Pro 15" 2010 i5 2,53Ghz 8GB RAM 180GB SSD 500GB HDD iPad 2 16GB WiFi iPhone 5 16GB Black
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Dec 26, 2012, 10:53 AM	#2
Bear macrumors 603 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sol III - Terra	What format were your originals in? If they were JPEGs, then previews could be almost as large as the originals. It could be worth deleting and recreating the previews to see if that shrinks the library. Also try updating the Thumbnails. __________________ -----Bear
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