[DigiCam] Deleting a photo in iPhoto

[Bob]

If you value your photo's I recommend the following workflow:

• Prepare folder in the manner you plan to organize your pictures (e.g. 
by date, or by event etc.)
• Import your pictures to your Mac,  into the appropriate prepared 
folder, using Image Capture.
   	(To that effect, set Image Capture preferences to open when camera - 
or card reader - is
	connected.)
• Either lock your pictures to make sure will neither delete nor modify 
your originals OR
    	burn the images onto CDs or DVDs - (variation: lock your pictures 
until enough of them
	collected up to justify the effort.)
• Import your pictures from the folder into iPhoto if you are using it 
as your image organizer.
• After you did the burning, you have the option of deleting the image 
file from the Finder folder.
	(Safely, because you can always bring back the original image file 
from the CD.   For the
	 ease of finding the original file, if/when if needed, I always carry 
the original file number
	in the name of the picture while editing and/or creating various 
versions - including
	collages from multiple files.)  If you then delete in iPhoto, as 
detailed by Donald Hodgson,
	you will have removed all copies from your HD. 	

Note: If you use the Photoshop (or Elements) Browser you may get 
limited features, but they
work directly with your files in the Finder folders.  Judging from 
SherleyK's comment,  iView does
something similar.  In those cases I still recommend burning, but not 
deleting the Finder folders.

There are also several techniques for managing library folder sizes in 
iPhoto, useful for managing
space, if limited on your HD, and, also to facilitate a simple back-up 
process onto CDs or DVDs.

Bob K (not related to Sherley K)

  On Jan 2, 2005, at 19:25, Thom Holland wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I suspect this list is dead since I have not seen a message for a 
> while, but here goes anyways,
>
> I just noticed that if I delete a photo from my library in iPhoto that 
> is really is not deleted.  I can still see it in Finder.  Is there an 
> easier way to actually delete a photo outside of trashing it twice?
>
> TiA,
>
> Thom
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