Hate the way iPhoto takes control of your pictures? You can free them by created a referenced library that other apps can access as well.

Miscalculated file sizes Yesterday we covered an issue where iPhoto 4 miscalculates files sizes for some photos.

Copy the iPhoto Library file and then paste it inside the Dropbox or Google Drive folder in your user's folder.

iPhoto Library Just like iTunes, iPhone keeps a library file on your computer which contains a list of all of your photos, their thumbnail images, and their locations.

A reader wonders about hard links, iPhoto, and Photos, and what happens when the iPhoto Library gets deleted.

To begin moving your library, open iPhoto, click File in the Menu Bar and select Switch to Library. A new window will appear listing any and all iPhoto Libraries detected on your computer.

If you Control-Click on the iPhoto Library file and select "Show Package Contents" you can get a look at how the database is organized. Very clean and easy to understand what is at play.

Some iPhoto users are experiencing an issue in which photos are missing from their libraries. Even though the library size indicates all files are there, no files are visible in the library even ...

Moved iPhoto Library to it, pointed iPhoto to it, it worked. Now today when I launch iPhoto it says the Library file is Locked, on a Locked Disk or I do not have Permission to make changes to it.

It's found in /Pictures and can be copied elsewhere on your Mac or to an external drive. You can copy it back and use File > Switch to Library in iPhoto if need be.

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