Finding iPhoto Pictures

What you say is correct, however, it is strongly advised not to do it that way. Messing about with photos in their folders can seriously corrupt the iPhoto Library, and cause major problems.

There should be no need to do it that way. If you want one of your pictures to use outside of iPhoto, either Export it, via the File menu, or just drag and drop it into Finder.

 

Where ever you drag and drop it to. I usually use the Desktop, or a folder on the Desktop.

If, for example, you go into one of those folders and delete or move pictures, then when you next open iPhoto, the thumbnails will still be there, but when you try and view those pictures that you have deleted, or moved, iPhoto will be unable to find them. By that time, you will have forgotten which photos you have deleted/moved, and will just curse iPhoto for a useless piece of Apple junk.

This is from an Apple document:

http://support.apple.com/kb/TA44611?viewlocale=en_US

 

That's ok.

 

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Without wishing to rub it in (And I commend your acceptance of the information), this is a perfect example of why answers to questions that often appear to be quarrelsome -- "don't do it that way, do it this way instead", etc -- are actually helpful.

In the face of all the minutiae of computer apps and interfaces, it's very easy to forget that our higher end goals -- doing stuff -- are really the only things that matter, and our allegiance to particular methods can often be blinding.

These forums are at their best when we learn new stuff -- God knows I've learnt tonnes from sites like this one -- and adapt to "working smarter". Nearly all the best advice I've seen is along of lines of "stop worrying about this tiny problem and tell us what you're actually trying to achieve".

All the best