iPhoto

[stonkpot]

Hey guys,

Just got my new mac - it's great.

I've imported 15GB of photos into iPhoto Library.....

...and now the iPhoto library is over 20GB.

I have checked for duplicates, there are none, and I doubt iPhoto software occupies 5GB !

Can anyone shed any light on this ?

Also any other photo fans out there - what do you use to back up your photos ?

Thanks a lot for your help.



John

 

[iBookG4user]

iPhoto keeps several copies of photos, one for editing, one original, and one thumbnail. I believe that's what is taking up the extra space.

 

[mad jew]

Just to clarify, the edited photos are only created where necessary. If you make any change whatsoever to the photo, it'll create a new file with these changes rather than directly modify your original file.

 

[subwarm]

Also, if you synced up photos to your iPod you are going to have a large photo cache sitting on your hard drive somewhere.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300225