iPhoto is great for archiving large numbers of photographs and using them to
produce a crude, images-only slideshow or for printing/e-mailing images for
someone else. We've found plenty of uses for it here.

Our iPhoto library outgrew the iBook's internal hard disk a long time ago. I
dragged the app to our tiny external 40 GB FireWire disk, "the Cutie", and
set up the new library there. Since then, it has doubled in size to
approximately 4,300 photos.

As one might expect, iPhoto has been launching more slowly of late. The app
runs more slowly as well. Is the laptop's 500 MHz processor stretched to its
limits, or is it the limitations of only 384 MB of physical RAM. Would more
RAM help?

In article <vh0qs6d91u77ea[at]corp.supernews.com>, OHV <ohv[at]ohv.nospam>
wrote:

> In article <120720031424364375%fort[at]his.com.remove.invalid>,
> Charles <fort[at]his.com.remove.invalid> wrote:
>
> > In article <BB35BBEB.20B7B%walt.atwood[at]verizon.net>, Walt Atwood
> > <walt.atwood[at]verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Since then, it has doubled in size to approximately 4,300 photos.
> > >
> > > As one might expect, iPhoto has been launching more slowly of late.
> > > The app runs more slowly as well. Is the laptop's 500 MHz processor
> > > stretched to its limits, or is it the limitations of only 384 MB of
> > > physical RAM. Would more RAM help?
> >
> > You might want to divide your Photo Library into two or three smaller
> > Photo Librarys.
>
> How is that done?

Try iPhoto Librarian -- it lets you create and manage several libraries.

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