![]() Mostly, this seems to happen when users opt for a Referenced Library rather than a Managed Library.Ī Referenced Library does have some advantages, particularly for users who want to work with photos with more than one photo editor, for example Adobe Lightroom, iPhoto, and Adobe Photoshop Elements. However, you can get yourself in the same pickle and end up with broken links in iPhoto too. The iPhoto package concept tries to avoid just this problem with the default Managed Library. On Windows, I experienced just that kind of havoc with various programs, all because I gave in to some vague housekeeping urge and moved images outside of the software. I wrote about this in a previous post, iPhoto Hides Photos in Plain View. This is called a Managed Library, and aims to discourage the user from moving images around and causing a problem for iPhoto to find the broken link. ![]() Out-of-the-box, iPhoto will import photos directly from camera or card into the iPhoto program and place them in one mysterious file called a package. In contrast, Mac’s iPhoto attempts to make all this easy for the user. Windows photo programs access images in whatever folders you have placed them and pretty much leave them there until you tell the program to move them, or move them yourself (if you ever do). When I first moved to the Mac platform, I was reluctant to allow Mac applications full control of my files in the “Package” arrangement. If you open a different library in the Photos app, and you haven't designated it as the System Photo Library, other applications will use photos from the original System Photo Library. Hold down the Option key when you open Photos to see which library is set as the System Photo Library.Lately I have been cleaning up my iPhoto test files and moving toward building two or three nice, clean iPhoto Library files. If Use as System Photo Library is grayed out, the current library is already set as your System Photo Library. Click the Use as System Photo Library button. ![]()
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