[G4] iPhoto sooo slow

[Raymond E. Hardy]

Drew,
Thanks for the many hints. I'll let you know how iPhoto 5 works out
(particularly with its Raw file capabilities). I don't have the Canon
Digital Photo Professional, but have used the Canon app. That came with my
Canon Power Shot S70 - also I believe Photoshop CS did allow me to import
Raw files.
Ray
> Hi Ray,
>    No problem.  I have been doing the same.
> 
>    About backups, I use retrospect desktop, and it has worked well for
> me.  I have never had catastrophic loss, but I have needed to retrieve
> items from backup, even from non-=current snapshots.
> 
>   Also, I am suspicious of moving iPhoto libraries around, even though
> it is commonly done.  The Albumdata.xml file has paths in it that
> become incorrect if the library is moved.  If I decide to move my
> library from it's current location, I will rebuild the library after
> moving it.
> 
> Currently, I shoot RAW, and use Canon Digital Photo Professional to
> convert to jpeg.  I add the jpg files to iPhoto, and keep the original
> RAW files separately. If I end up with a shot I really want to refine
> in photoshop, I work with it from the RAW original.
> 
> Cheers,
>     Drew
> 
> 
> On Apr 19, 2005, at 6:20 AM, Raymond E. Hardy wrote:
> 
>> Hi Andrew,
>>     Sorry, I was just trying to relate my current iPhoto experience
>> hoping
>> it would be helpful. I'm about to upgrade to iPhoto 5 and need help in
>> deciding how to best backup and protect my growing library. I've moved
>> my
>> picture files to my new 2nd internal HD and begun backing them up to
>> DVD
>> (which for me is a new experience). I'm going to delete the original
>> files
>> from my 1st drive because that drive is operating near its capacity.
>> The
>> size of my Picture file is about 11 G B and is growing much faster now
>> that
>> I'm storing Raw images. (iPhoto 5 is hopefully going to receive the Raw
>> files.) Anyhow, being relatively new to all this I'm hoping I'm doing
>> the
>> "right thing", wondering how much redundancy is wise, and will
>> appreciate
>> any thoughts about proper file management that anyone could send my
>> way.
>> Best regards,
>> Ray
>> 
>>> Hi Raymond,
>>>     Did you mean to respond to Kevin?  I (Andrew) am using iPhoto
>>> 5.0.2
>>> with a very large library.  I found that performance on my old system
>>> (a dual 450) was fine when my library was about 5000 images, but went
>>> to heck when the library grew to its current size.
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> G4 mailing list
>> G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
>> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4
>> 
>> Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random
>> stuff:
>>          http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984
>> 
> - Andrew T. Lynch
> - Chief Zymurgist
> - Verisity Design Inc.
> - (650)934-6875
> 
> _______________________________________________
> G4 mailing list
> G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4
> 
> Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff:
>          http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984