Iphoto for mac review 2012 mac os x#

Pictures/iPhoto Library/Masters/2011/August/30/ If you know exactly what import date you are looking for you can specify that as a full path and go directly to it, like so: For example, pictures imported on August 30th 2011 would be in the folder “2011” followed by “August” and then within that directory, another named “30”. Regardless of the version of iPhoto, the pictures are stored and organized by folders based on dates, broken down by year, month, and day. Picture Organization by /Year/Month/Date/

Navigate to “Masters” or “Originals” to find your original iPhoto pictures.

Right-Click and select “Show Package Contents”.

Open /Pictures/ and locate the “iPhoto Library” file.

Iphoto for mac review 2012 mac os x#

You can either access the directory from Go To Folder command within the Mac OS X Desktop by hitting Command+Shift+G or by opening the directory manually: Pictures/iPhoto Library/Originals/ Accessing the iPhoto Picture Files and Originals IPhoto 8 and prior versions pictures location: This is the same with all new versions of iPhoto. Inside that directory you will find the originals, sorted by date, and broken into subfolders for additional pictures. ~/Pictures/iPhoto Library.photolibrary/Masters/ In the latest versions of iPhoto you will find your pictures stored in the user library Pictures folder inside a self contained Iphoto library package, that file and location is the following: IPhoto 11 (9.0) Photo Library Storage Location:

But with newer versions of iPhoto, iPhoto Library became a package file rather than a folder, so in order to access the original picture files you have to go one step further in one of two locations:

IPhoto pictures are stored within the home /Pictures/ directory, in a file called iPhoto Library.