So I'm trying to adjust to my first mac, a new iMac 27. I moved all of my pictures over to the mac harddrive. I am now confused with am I supposed to import them all to Iphoto and then have them on my harddrive twice? Would I be better to delete them from my harddrive and them just import them into Iphoto? I'd really like to keep them in the folders I already have since I have so many pictures already in different folders. Please advise of the best way to proceed. Thanks.
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Confusion on what to do with pictures
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I'd certainly not recommend deleting them before you try to import them; that could make things tricky 
With iPhoto you can either copy them into the iPhoto "package", or leave them where they are on your hard drive and have iPhoto index them etc.
Go to iPhoto>Preferences>Advanced to see these options.
With iPhoto you can either copy them into the iPhoto "package", or leave them where they are on your hard drive and have iPhoto index them etc.
Go to iPhoto>Preferences>Advanced to see these options.