Saturday, January 31, 2009
Getting ready for iPhoto '09
So I'm getting ready to upgrade from iPhoto '08 to iPhoto '09. I keep my last 6 months, and my 4 and 5 star photos on my laptop and then the grand full library (30,000 photos spanning 8 years) on an external hard drive. To merge the two libraries, I use iPhoto Library Manger. It recommends to sort your stuff out before the iPhoto upgrade. Really looking forward to the face identification feature.
From the software developer:
If you have photo copying or merging you want to do but want to upgrade to iPhoto ‘09 right away, I would recommend doing any photo copying/merging you want before doing the iPhoto upgrade. That way, you can get your libraries straightened out, and then go ahead and assign faces/places in the upgraded library. If you assign faces/places and then do your copying/merging, you won’t be able to do so while retaining the face/place data until iPLM 3.5 comes out.
[From iPhoto ‘09 initial compatibility report : Fat Cat Software - Blog]