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Well, you're welcome, but I didn't help very much..

April 20, 2020 02:44PM
You may be able to help me... the one application I have never really liked that comes with a MAC is iPhoto... or as it's called today "Photos".

I don't think more than 3 months go by in which I don't look into going to another photo application...and usually I look at Adobe... I think it's called 'Lightroom'? You know a lot about Adobe products... any experience with their photo libraries? I'm not concerned at ALL with editing photo's... I've got more photo editing applications than I'll ever need... it's the library, and the structure used so I can keyword, date, and most importantly FIND photo I'm looking for.

The reason I have not switched yet is probably obvious, to you anyway.... because of the way iPhoto stores photos you can't export them and keep the metadata you've added to your photos. And since I have a HUGE number of photos, starting from scratch and adding new metadata is NOT a task I want to take on. - JamesJM
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  Aw cripes.. finally hafta upgrade my OS..

sstrams336April 19, 2020 06:30AM

  :) you just described why...

JamesJM116April 19, 2020 06:36AM

  Yeah... geez...

sstrams152April 19, 2020 06:47AM

  Jimmy can you make a huge jump..

sstrams96April 19, 2020 07:35AM

  32bit to 64bit...that's the issue.

JamesJM94April 19, 2020 08:03AM

  I dunno if my adobe..

sstrams105April 19, 2020 08:33AM

  Cloud applications...

JamesJM102April 19, 2020 10:07AM

  I have to buy a new tablet

IowaRam96April 19, 2020 06:50AM

  They actually have quite a few..

sstrams104April 19, 2020 07:34AM

  Well , the toilet paper isle is completely full

IowaRam99April 19, 2020 11:00AM

  An OS upgrade turned my iPad into..

sstrams111April 19, 2020 12:20PM

  Only 474GB of photos to go!

sstrams93April 19, 2020 08:36AM

  Well, this has turned into a complete cluster..

sstrams130April 19, 2020 12:49PM

  run that by me again..your backup setup...

JamesJM98April 19, 2020 01:04PM

  USB connection to..

sstrams110April 19, 2020 01:15PM

  ..and getting worse by the second..

sstrams91April 19, 2020 01:08PM

  Almost certainly you have a stuck task...

JamesJM103April 19, 2020 01:35PM

  Finally got the trash emptied..

sstrams98April 19, 2020 01:39PM

  Did you run Disk Utility FIRST AID AND Activity Monitor

JamesJM99April 19, 2020 01:52PM

  Well..

sstrams96April 19, 2020 01:54PM

  Yeah, that was a good sign...

JamesJM99April 19, 2020 01:59PM

  Its the iPhoto library..

sstrams96April 19, 2020 02:04PM

  no, I don't think you can break it up, BUT...

JamesJM103April 19, 2020 02:10PM

  Thanks man.. apparently..

sstrams97April 19, 2020 02:58PM

  It won't back up..

sstrams104April 19, 2020 03:24PM

  So I just read another way..

sstrams97April 19, 2020 03:33PM

  Yeah, that's not gonna work, either..

sstrams92April 19, 2020 03:40PM

  If all you're doing is backing up...

JamesJM171April 19, 2020 03:42PM

  Re: Well, this has turned into a complete cluster..

IowaRam100April 19, 2020 01:48PM

  So, next morning update..

sstrams102April 20, 2020 05:06AM

  Time Machine doesn't work at all?

JamesJM100April 20, 2020 06:45AM

  Not at all..

sstrams96April 20, 2020 07:26AM

  Yeah, if Time Machine can't even find your photos...

JamesJM103April 20, 2020 07:54AM

  ..and now the work external drive has slowed to a crawl..

sstrams93April 20, 2020 07:55AM

  Back in my windows days...

JamesJM106April 20, 2020 08:03AM

  I don't know what to do...

sstrams97April 20, 2020 08:14AM

  Well, had gotten it down to needing..

sstrams103April 20, 2020 09:29AM

  Same thing just happened again..

sstrams95April 20, 2020 09:46AM

  Just got halfway done backing up the entire library..

sstrams95April 20, 2020 10:37AM

  Backup the library BEFORE fixing it?

JamesJM102April 20, 2020 10:44AM

  Yep that's what it says..

sstrams99April 20, 2020 11:02AM

  Have you tried Disk Repair from recovery mode?

JamesJM99April 20, 2020 11:17AM

  You know... this is starting to sound familiar....

JamesJM99April 20, 2020 11:32AM

  iMac just crashed again..

sstrams103April 20, 2020 11:10AM

  Might want to read thru this article...

JamesJM118April 20, 2020 11:30AM

  Yeah, that's the article I read..

sstrams97April 20, 2020 11:38AM

  Another full system crash..

sstrams100April 20, 2020 11:53AM

  Now iPhoto is self-repairing..

sstrams101April 20, 2020 11:54AM

  Sorry for being redundant here...

JamesJM104April 20, 2020 12:04PM

  I'm going to try that next..

sstrams106April 20, 2020 12:13PM

  I should add....

JamesJM108April 20, 2020 12:25PM

  From what I understand..

sstrams94April 20, 2020 12:29PM

  Just got down the 25% left and it crashed..

sstrams98April 20, 2020 12:40PM

  At least loading this way..

sstrams99April 20, 2020 12:54PM

  2013 just killed the computer..

sstrams99April 20, 2020 01:21PM

  That's progress. (nm)

JamesJM101April 20, 2020 01:31PM

  Manually transferring them over, tho..

sstrams98April 20, 2020 01:43PM

  Oh thank God its over...

sstrams99April 20, 2020 02:30PM

  Well, you're welcome, but I didn't help very much..

JamesJM192April 20, 2020 02:44PM

  I've never used Lightroom..

sstrams105April 20, 2020 02:59PM

  Just to note, about videos...

JamesJM101April 20, 2020 03:13PM

  I think you can..

sstrams98April 20, 2020 03:00PM

  Steve, going to lock this thread....

JamesJM96April 20, 2020 03:16PM

  my old MacBook topped off on Snow Leopard

JoeMad168April 20, 2020 12:37PM

  This one isn't that old.

sstrams154April 20, 2020 02:39PM