[DigiCam] Deleting a photo in iPhoto

[Bob]

I agree on both your points, just didn't want to strip the suggestion 
of my paranoia.


Point by point:

* I was careful not to say "wait to backup until you have enough to 
fill a whole CD",
rather I said: "until enough of them collected up to justify the 
effort".   Obviously,
your approach is safer.   Also, there is whole topic on burning the CD, 
so let's just
point out:  Learn to use the Toast 5 (or later) features (or other 
similar CD/DVD burning
software features) that let you burn multiple sessions to CDs.  I also 
use iPhoto Buddy
to manage multiple iPhoto Library folders and keep each to a burnable 
size.

* My paranoia is similar to yours.  It includes copy of my entire set 
of photo files,
(Finder and iPhoto) on an external HD as well as keeping it all on my 
HD forever.
However, my suggestion was aimed at those who have thus far relied on a 
single, unlocked
copy to keep their originals safe, or not even bothered to protect 
their originals, as an
adequate starting point.

Bob K

On Jan 3, 2005, at 0:37, Adrian Smith wrote:

>> 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.
>>
>
> Great suggestions!
>
> However, you left off a few things which I consider essential :)
> (but then I'm paranoid about loosing files).
>
> * backups (multiple) of your files BEFORE you accumulate enough for a 
> CD/DVD. A CD can hold a lot of photos. If you wait to backup until you 
> have enough to fill a whole CD you are leaving yourself open to 
> loosing a lot of photos.
>
> * multiple copies in different locations, eg duplicate on another hard 
> disk/machine, several CD copies "off-site" etc. I would never trust my 
> photos to a single CD. I've even been know to make my multiple copies 
> on different brands of media in case I get a bad batch at some stage.
>
> Really just good backup sense but for home users photos tend to hold a 
> lot more value than most of the other files on their computers:)
>
> http://www.taobackup.com/
>
> Regards,
>
> Adrian
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