Note that this affects the auto numbering in repeated event names. Dropbox starts importing the photos from the most recent event and then goes back in time, event by event, until the very first one (the oldest). The import happens in reverse chronological order. Now thinking about it, I should have used the 'Pause Syncing' feature of Dropbox to avoid the uploading during the import process. However, Dropbox is usually slow here with my 200,000 files inside it. And of course, some more hours to finish the upload (since it imports and uploads at the same time).įor comparison, phoshare took less than one hour to export the same library on the same machine. The import process took 24 hours to copy my 14.6 GB iPhoto library (7792 photos, 348 videos) in my Mac mini (2.5 GHz Core i5 CPU, 10 GB RAM, 5400 rpm HD). If you haven't edited the photo, the original will be imported. If you have edited the photo, only the modified version will be imported. Both original and modified photos will be imported? Just don't add/remove/edit photos during the import to avoid weirdness. You can freely open and quit iPhoto during the import. IPhoto must be running during the import? What if I have multiple iPhoto libraries?.Can I rename or move the original iPhoto library?.Can I rename or move the 'Photos from iPhoto' folder?.Unicode characters and symbols in event names are OK?.What date/time will be set to the photo file on disk?.What permissions will be set for the files and folders?.It will take seconds, minutes or hours?.Both original and modified photos will be imported?.iPhoto must be running during the import?.

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