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How to improve iPhoto speed

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Rob at Mac Net Journal follows up my earlier post by pointing out out some tips for managing large iPhoto databases from O'Reilly. I should really take some of that advice.

Of course, Apple should really just make iPhoto work better with large databases of photos. I've gathered 5400+ pictures in less than two years (including old archives), and while I take a lot of photos, that's what digital photography encourages, and I'm only using 3-megapixel images that average about 1 MB apiece. Once 6- or 10- or 14-megapixel cameras become commonplace, their pictures will suck up computer resources like there's no tomorrow. But there will be a tomorrow, and we need to work with those files.

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