February 16th, 2012· If iPhoto crashes while updating thumbnails, we now note it in the log and continue rather than halting the whole copying process
· Fixed a bug where faces would sometimes be copied even if they had been rejected in the original iPhoto library
· Added a workaround for an iPhoto 9.2 bug where it provides incorrect paths for some movie files
· Fixed a "Could not find destination index for source photo" error that could occur when copying faces from certain libraries
January 3rd, 2012· Newly created iPhoto 7 libraries now show the correct type in the Finder
· Because iPhoto 9 likes to gobble memory like a hungry wumpus, we now relaunch iPhoto periodically during long merge/rebuild operations
· Worked around a problem where an error occurred when trying to back up the faces database for some iPhoto 9.2 libraries
· Worked around an error that could occur when copying faces to libraries on some non Mac formatted drives
· Fixed a bug where an error would occur when trying to copy photos with iPhoto 7.1.5 running on Tiger
· Decreased memory usage during long merge/copy operations
· Fixed a crash that could occur at the very end of a merge/copy operation
· Fixed an error that could occur when copying an album with a custom key photo under iPhoto 9
· Fixed a problem where under some circumstances the "Relaunch iPhoto" button would quit iPhoto, but then not open it again
October 22nd, 2011· Fixed a problem where you couldn't drag the "Flagged" album from an iPhoto 9 library to copy it
· The "Remove Library" toolbar button now acts the same as the equivalent menu item, changing to "Delete Library" when the option key is held down
October 15th, 2011· We now relaunch iPhoto 9 periodically during long photo transfers, to prevent it from running out of memory
· Updated for compatibility with iPhoto 9.2 and iCloud
· Fixed a problem where the "Extract Photos" command would not work properly with some iPhoto 9 libraries
· Fixed a bug that could cause a -10000 error when recreating certain hierarchies of folders/albums in iPhoto
· Newly created libraries are now made into packages without needing to open them once in iPhoto first
· Holding down the option key now turns the "Remove Library" menu item into "Delete Library", which moves the library to the trash in addition to removing it from the library list.
July 13th, 2011· Updated for compatibility with iPhoto 9.1.5
· Minor updates for compatibility with OS X Lion
June 1st, 2011· Fixed a bug where, when copying events with iPhoto 9.1.3, only one photo per event would be imported
May 6th, 2011· Worked around a bug in iPhoto 9.1.2 that would cause multiple entries to be displayed for some events in the event list.
April 28th, 2011· Updated for compatibility with iPhoto 9.1.2
April 18th, 2011· When directly importing a folder of photos into an iPhoto 8 library, the resulting event is now correctly assigned the name of the folder
· When copying events with iPhoto 7-9, photos in the trash are no longer copied
· Fixed a bug where photos cached from web galleries would be included when performing a merge
· If an error occurs while adding photos to an album, we now log the error and continue rather than halting the copying process
· Fixed an error that could happen when copying photos on a G3 machine running Tiger
· When trying to copy a photo with 0 bytes of data, we now log and error and skip the photo rather than telling iPhoto to import it
December 23rd, 2010· Fixed a problem where photos would not be imported when copying albums/events with iPhoto 9.1.1
· Fixed an issue where, under certain circumstances, some faces would not be transferred correctly when merging iPhoto 9 libraries
December 4th, 2010· Fixed an error message that could occur when dragging photos directly from the iPhoto window to a library in the iPLM window
· Fixed a case where in certain circumstances, iPhoto would display an exclamation mark when trying to view a photo that had been copied from another library
· Key photos for events copied in iPhoto 9 are now preserved in all cases
· Fixed a crasher that could occur when multiple iPod Folders were auto-updating themselves simultaneously
· Fixed an issue where, when copying photos to/from certain iPhoto libraries, the process would halt with an error message about a "malformed disk image", despite there being no actual problem with the library data
· Fixed a problem when copying photos from certain libraries on 10.4 that would lead to a "*** +[NSNumber numberWithInteger:]: selector not recognized" error message
November 30th, 2010· Fixed an issue that would cause iPLM to be unable to launch iPhoto on PPC systems running Tiger
· Fixed an issue that could result in an error message being displayed while trying to copy certain photos with iPhoto 9
· Fixed a crash that could occur during the face copying stage while transferring photos
November 23rd, 2010· Copying photos between libraries with iPhoto 9 is now fully supported, with all photo metadata (title, date, keywords, description, rating, faces, and places) copied along with the photos.
· Faces and places data are copied when copying photos between an iPhoto 8 library and an iPhoto 9 library
· Albums' key photos are maintained when copying albums between libraries in iPhoto 9
· The minimum system requirement has changed from OS X 10.3.9 to OS X 10.4.11
· Fixed an issue where trying to view the event list of a library with a large number of events would be very slow
· Clicking on the iPhoto version in the lower right corner now shows the path to the copy of iPhoto that iPLM is using
· When copying from an iPhoto library that can't be opened using the installed version of iPhoto, we now automatically enable the "Use XML Info Only" option rather than requiring the user to enable it manually
· Fixed a bug where too large a size would be reported for iPhoto 9 libraries upgraded from earlier versions
· Improved album hierarchy creation when dealing with multiple albums that have the same name
· We no longer create extra albums when merging smart albums with the "Combine contents of albums with same name" option enabled
· The merge setup sheet now remembers its size
· Fixed a bug where faces could end up in the wrong place when merging differently rotated copies of duplicate photos
· Fixed a merging bug where, if every photo in a given event was a duplicate, the duplicates already in the library would not be added to albums
· Added a "Don't import duplicates" checkbox to the merge setup sheet as a convenience over having to change the option in the main preferences window
October 25th, 2010· Note that this release does not yet provide support for copying photos with iPhoto 9. It contains a couple quick fixes that will be helpful for those using iPhoto 9.0, but full support for iPhoto 9.0 will be included in an upcoming update.
· It is no longer necessary to upgrade newly created libraries when opening them for the first time with iPhoto 9.0
· When trying to copy photos using iPhoto 9.0, we now display a message saying this is not yet supported, rather than failing with an error message
· Fixed an issue where reopening an iPhoto library after upgrading it to 9.0 would result in no photos being displayed in iPhoto
January 23rd, 2010· Improved version checking when copying photos between libraries
· Fixed a problem where edit settings on RAW photos would not be copied properly for some users after installing the Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 2.7 in Software Update
December 22nd, 2009· Clicking the support e-mail link in the built-in help now works correctly on Snow Leopard.
· The "Last 12 Months" and "Last Import" albums are no longer recreated as regular albums when merging.
· Fixed a bug where, when copying hidden RAW photos, the JPG version would be copied instead.
· Missing libraries can no longer be selected when setting up a merge.
· Made the "Specific Date" field in the importing prefs a little less picky about accepting input.
· Fixed a problem during face thumbnail regeneration that could stop the operation with an error.
· Added an item to the Help menu to view the printable version of the documentation.
· Fixed the help button in the iPod folders intro sheet.
September 21st, 2009· Fixed a bug where iPhoto's auto-split would not be disabled during a merge, causing imported events to be split up when they shouldn't be.
· Fixed a problem where remote volumes would not be selectable when using the "Add Library" button.
September 17th, 2009· Got rid of some harmless but annoying warning messages printed to the console in Snow Leopard.
· Fixed a bug where iPhoto Library Manager would crash for some users when copying photos on Snow Leopard.
· Fixed a problem where iPhoto Library Manager would not launch on a G3 Mac.
August 19th, 2009· Fixed a bug where Places set using Applescript would not be copied correctly.
· Fixed a bug where some Places data would not be copied if the user had the "Look up Places" pref set to "Never" in iPhoto.
· Fixed a crasher that could occur when copying photos with certain characters in their filenames.
June 6th, 2009· Fixed a bug that could cause iPhoto to hang when copying an album contained within a folder of the same name.
· Fixed a bug where original photos would not be copied from a library that was copied from a burned CD/DVD but had not yet been opened in iPhoto.
· Newly created libraries no longer require being upgraded when first opened with iPhoto 8.0.3
May 14th, 2009· Fixed a bug where places created using raw coordinates or a pin drop would not be copied.
· Fixed a problem that could cause iPLM to crash on 10.3.9 systems with Quicktime 7.2 or later installed.
· When copying hidden photos with iPhoto '09, the photos are now properly marked as hidden in the destination library.
May 5th, 2009· iPhoto Library Manager now creates its own log files and logs progress and error information as it copies photos (accessible from the Window menu).
· When using the "Import Photos" menu command, if the user selects an iPhoto library to import, we now perform a merge instead of treating the library like a plain folder.
· Fixed a crash that could occur when copying photos on a PPC machine.
· Fixed a bug where copying photos that were imported as aliases could result in an unneeded "modified" copy of the photo being created in the destination library.
· A printable version of the help is now available at http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/Help/print/index.html.
· Removed the preference setting for double clicking a library - double click now always opens the library in iPhoto, and a single click edits the library's name.
· When the user clicks the Cancel button, we now present a dialog to verify that they do in fact want to cancel the operation.
· Removed the preference for relaunching iPhoto during a merge. This pref was for working around a bug in iPhoto 6, so we now just relaunch automatically when merging with iPhoto 6.
· Photos that were published to a MobileMe gallery are now always included in the main library during a merge, and not just in the gallery itself.
· Fixed a problem where movies and original versions of photos would not be copied for some users.
· Tagged faces are now transferred along with photos that are copied/merged between libraries in iPhoto '09.
· Places data is now copied along with photos when performing a copy or a merge in iPhoto '09.
· Added a "selection" property to the Applescript dictionary so scripters can access the currently selected library.
February 16th, 2009· Fixed a bug that could result in iPhoto 6 or 7 crashing during the "Restoring photo attributes" phase of photo copying.
· Fixed a bug where copying individual events using iPhoto '09 would not import any photos.
February 5th, 2009· Copying albums and merging now works with iPhoto '09. Note: Faces and Places data is NOT yet supported, nor are Facebook and Flickr albums - support for those will come in a future update
· A library's path now updates properly upon renaming when the library is on a non Mac formatted disk
· We now suppress iPhoto asking about digital camera setup during photo copying, which could lead to errors occurring
· Fixed a bug where iPLM could hang after removing two libraries consecutively
· Libraries created with the "New Library" command now work correctly when opened for the first time with iPhoto '09
· Fixed a bug where the "Rebuild Library" command would hang on the "Getting photo information" step
· Fixed a bug that could cause a direct import to fail if iPhoto was already open before starting the import
· We now display a message when merging libraries with books, calendars, cards, or slideshows notifying the user that those items won't be merged.
October 7th, 2008· Duplicate photos are now correctly added to copied albums in iPhoto 4.0.3
· Fixed a problem that could cause copying/merging to fail with an error reading "Tried to create album in inactive library".
· An extra "Events" album is no longer created when merging with iPhoto 7.
· "Extract Photos" command now copies video files along with photo files.
· Fixed a problem where trying to copy the "Last Import" album would result in an error.
May 17th, 2008· Fixed a problem where some registration codes wouldn't work on Tiger
· Merging no longer copies photos that are in the trash
· Fixed a problem where iPhoto wouldn't launch if certain characters were in the path to iPLM
· Photocasts are now resubscribed to when merging instead of just copying their photos
· Fixed some display and selection bugs in the iPod Folders window
April 9th, 2008· Worked around an iPhoto quirk that could cause an Applescript error when photo sharing is turned on
· When copying photos, if iPhoto has no path for a photo or a photo is missing from the library, we now log that info to the console
· Fixed a bug where a copy would fail if the destination library did not yet have an iPhoto prefs file in it
· We no longer highlight rolls/events when dragging files onto them, since it implied you could import photos directly into an existing roll/event
· Fixed a bug where photos in the trash would still be copied when copying rolls/events
· Expanding a folder will no longer "push" albums down into the "Web Galleries" section of the album list
· Fixed an incompatibility with iPhoto2Gmail
October 3rd, 2007· Fixed a problem that could cause an error to come up when merging with iPhoto 6
· Fixed an issue where iPhoto could write out its preferences during a merge/copy and trigger an error in iPL
September 28th, 2007· Updated for compatibility with iPhoto 7.1
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