[MacDV] iPhoto?

[Gerhard Kuhn]

The numbers are not that cryptic they relate to the date of picture and 
sort of make sense once you understand it.  I agree though that it is 
not the easiest way to find your pictures.

Gerhard
On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 04:33  AM, David wrote:

> This may be off topic for this list... but maybe not. Thanks for your 
> consideration:
>
> Can anyone explain to me why iPhoto creates this labyrinth of folders 
> to store pictures? It makes backing up and archiving, much less 
> sharing with non-iPhoto users a pain. Why does one set of imported 
> pictures end up in a number of nested, numbered folders? The 
> workaround for my needs seem to be exporting the pictures, preserving 
> their names, storing them in a new folder on the desktop, then burning 
> a CD. I understand iPhoto 2 now has a burn feature built in but I just 
> tried it and it too makes iPhoto-only Albums with nested cryptic 
> folders. The CD is easily readable by iPhoto (nice) but one is 
> clueless to just start clicking through on the CD.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -DC
>
>
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Gerhard Kuhn
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