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October 12, 2017
Copying Files off of the MacBook Air
So, I've filled up my Macbook Air with photos again. I think that what frustrates me is that when I copy them off, I basically lose them. I'd like to try a modified approach where I create a "Favorites" folder, and then keep those on the MacBook Air, while exporting most of them (90% or so) off onto the external drive.
So, let's see if we can do that this time.
So, I launch iPhoto and click on Favorites. Yeah...there's the photos I want to keep on here. Fair enough. October 24, 2016 - October 1, 2017. Good enough.
Let's copy these off first. That seems like the most obvious thing to do.
I have an external drive. So I create a folder on the external Seagate Drive called Favorites_10240216-10012017.
I checked and it's a 1 TB external drive, with 936 GB available. Fair enough.
Now, let's export our favorites into this folder we created:
Favorites_10240216-10012017
Select them all in iPhoto...2,689 items.
File - Export - Export 2,689 Items... or Export Unmodified Original for 2,689 items.
Hmmmm.
I'm not smart enough to comprehend the difference. I'm going with Unmodified Originals.
File Name: Use File Name
Subfolder Format: None
Export.
OK...I had to navigate to my external drive, and select the folder named Favorites_10242016-10012017.
Click Export Originals.
OK. The colored ball spins for about 3 seconds, then it's gone. Hmmmm.
OK. Now, I just navigated to my new folder Favorites_10242016-10012017.
And, I see now that the number of items in the folder is incrementing. 454....512....
Although, now it occurs to me that I should have preserved my folder structure underneath the new Favorites_10242016-10012017 folder. No...I think I like it this way actually.
So, I exported my Favorites.
Then, I went back and exported everything to a new folder: Photos_2016_10122017.
So, I have these 2 new folders on my Seagate external drive 1TB drive.
Favorites_10242016-10012017 This has 3,086 photos in it.
Photos_2016_10122017 This has 35,539 photos in it.
The external Seagate drive appears to have 541 Gig available. So, now the plan is to delete all photos, and just reimport the favorties.
Like...Photos (formerly iPhoto) sucks so bad there just aren't words. I can't even figure out how to delete the fucking photos. Lord God this application sucks donkey dicks.
"To delete photos from the Photos app in OS X, do the following: -Open the Photos application and select the photo(s) you wish to delete in the All Photos section. -Press command+delete on your keyboard to delete the photos. -Next, in the menu bar at the top of your screen, click File > Show Recently Deleted.
I selected 35,424 items. Hit Command + Delete. Says "Moving to Recently Deleted".
Whirling beachball icon appears. 9:17 p.m.
Now, when I go into iPhotos, it shows 35,424 items recently deleted. OK. Brilliant. Now, how do I delete them for real.
I go into the Recently Deleted folder, select them all with Ctrl-A, and click Delete 35,424 items.
Now, they're gone. Now, to import the favorites:
File - import - Favorties_10242016-10012017. Selected all files. Click Review For Import.
3,074. Import All New Items.
It only brought in 2,720 files though. I think something about the mising metadata.
Now, I import the new photos from my CF card. (Wedding photos).
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 12, 2017 at 7:53 PM
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