NEW YEAR RIDDLE

31 Dec 2012 13:00:35

Graham Whent

( 1 ) When I import scanned photos from SD card to iphoto how can I keep them in the order I scanned them ?
( 2 ) When I import a photo from desktop to iphoto then trash the desktop photo I can see the photo in iphoto
but can't edit it because it can't find it. I have lost several. How should I do it ? Happy New Year.

Re: NEW YEAR RIDDLE

31 Dec 2012 13:36:04

Roy Rainford

Graham, I don't know if there is a way of keeping imports in the scanned order but perhaps you know they can be manually arranged after import from the top menu - View - Sort Photos - Manually then drag and drop.
Trashing the desktop photo I guess is trashing the original so iPhoto can't 'see' it. If iPhoto is similar to Lightroom, which I use, then the images showing in the Library window are 'virtual' ones with tags to the original. If you have cleared the trash then I would think you have lost the images. Otherwise drag them out of trash back to the desktop and iPhoto should find them ready for editing. Good luck and Happy New Year!

Re: NEW YEAR RIDDLE

31 Dec 2012 15:20:39

Trevor Hewson

Under Advanced in iPhoto Prefences, there is a tick box something like 'copy imports into iPhoto library'. Sounds like this may need ticking!

Re: NEW YEAR RIDDLE

2 Jan 2013 11:21:07

Graham Whent

Thanks Trevor works a treat. Now for question (1). I scanned 1,250 negs in the day and a half I had the WAMUG scanner. They are totally mixed when I import them. I can't sort them manually. Any ideas?

Re: NEW YEAR RIDDLE

2 Jan 2013 11:26:47

Derek Wright

Not seen the device you used - what file name format does it create?

Then if it involves a sequence number then use user Finder, Icon view to drag the images into subject relevant folders or directories

Re: NEW YEAR RIDDLE

2 Jan 2013 16:19:58

Trevor Hewson

Although you can't sort photos manually within events, if you create an album with them in, you can rearrange them at will within the album.