On 15/10/04 15:15, "Bruce Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Oct 15, 2004, at 11:33 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > >> On 15/10/04 14:21, "BA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I am going to need to reinstall OS X 10.3 here shortly due to a number >>> of problems that I am not able to fix, etc. The problem I have is >>> that >>> I have approximately $300+ in purchased songs from Apple and >>> approximately 2800 songs I do NOT want to have to reinstall from the >>> original CDs. I have an external 300GB drive I can use for backup >>> (which should not be a problem), however, anyone have any EASY ways to >>> go about all of this? Thanks. >> >> Even if you're not going to use it, I would do a backup of my entire >> home >> directory before formatting and re-installing. > > While we're on this, how do you do this with iPhoto? > > due to a number of contortionist efforts to get 10.3 installed on my > beige at home I ended up with my home directory on the boot drive with > my old home directory on another drive. > > iTunes worked just fine (I didn't even have to re-authorize it) by > dragging the old iTunes folder to the new directory. > > Alas, iPhoto doesn't work this way. If I replace the iPhoto folder with > my old one, starting iPhoto just causes it to bounce a couple of times > and go away, even if I trash the iPhoto prefs. > > I DON'T want to have to go in to each <bleep> folder in iPhot and > re-import all my files. > > Dragging an iPhoto folder into iPhoto causes a huge mess. A new roll is > made for: each roll, each set of thumbnails for the roll, and any > altered pictures for each roll. > There must be some caching at play here. I can't imagine after blowing up the iPhoto pref file that it would still remember the older location of your iPhoto folder... -Laurent. -- ======================================================================== Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Washington, DC, USA ************************ Usual disclaimers apply *********************** -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
