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MrFluffums

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Apr 3, 2011
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I relocated my entire photo collection, and Iphoto had copied my previous photos into iphoto, and now they are not in the place I moved them.

Photo place 1 > Iphoto= Iphoto 1
Photo place 1 > photo place 2

Iphoto is still 1, and i need it to be 2!

Is there a safe way I can delete my iphoto library, and then reupload my new library?
:confused:
Thanks!
 
I'm not sure I understand what you want to do, but if you hold down the Option key when you launch iPhoto it will allow you to show it where the default library is located.
 
I'm not sure I understand what you want to do, but if you hold down the Option key when you launch iPhoto it will allow you to show it where the default library is located.

I want to delete my old iphoto library basically, adn begin fresh. IS there a safe way to do this?
 
I want to delete my old iphoto library basically, adn begin fresh. IS there a safe way to do this?

If you haven't renamed it or moved it the default iPhoto library is called iPhoto Library and is located in your Pictures folder in your user folder. If you throw it in the Trash and then empty it, this will delete everything in your iPhoto library. All your photos, albums, keywords, etc. will be GONE! If you do this, then you start iPhoto the next time it will create a new iPhoto Library.

An alternative to this is holding down the Option key when lauching iPhoto and it will give you the option of creating a new iPhoto library without deleting the old one and will use this new one as the default library unless you change it again by holding down the Option key.
 
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