iPhoto copying photos when importing

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  1. clasicks, Jul 3, 2006

    clasicks macrumors member

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    Okay, first week with my new macbook, PERFECT!


    So i have all my photos organized into one folder, "My Pictures". In side i have them in there own folders, organized and clean.

    When i go to import them into iPhoto, it duplicates all of them into its own folder, not what i want. How do i make iPhoto not duplicate the photos, i only need them in one place. Can't it just reference them in the My Pictures folder?

    Thanks!
     
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  2. yippy, Jul 3, 2006

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    Yes, easily. Select iPhoto->preference->Advanced. Uncheck the box labled "copy files to iPhoto Library folder".

    You may want to delete what you have in iPhoto first before reimporting so that you don't have duplicates.
     
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  3. clasicks, Jul 3, 2006

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    Doing this still leaves an "Alias" for every photo inthe iPhoto folder, can i delete these or are they required for iPhoto.

    thanks for the help!
     
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  4. theBB, Jul 3, 2006

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    Don't touch the aliases.

    They don't take up too much space anyways.
     
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  5. quigleybc, Jul 3, 2006

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    There should be a sticky guide for this...
     
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