iPhoto Library Manager Icon

Opening a library


iPhoto Library Manager lets you manage multiple iPhoto libraries, but only one of your libraries can be open in iPhoto at any given time. In your list of libraries, whichever library has the button to the left of its name selected (i.e. colored in blue) is the currently active iPhoto library. Opening iPhoto, either by using the "Launch iPhoto" button in iPhoto Library Manager, or by clicking on iPhoto in the Finder or on the dock, will display that library in iPhoto.


To switch to another library, just double click on the library's name in iPhoto Library Manager, and it will open the library in iPhoto so you can view its contents (if another library is currently open in iPhoto, that library will be closed automatically first). Alternately, you can click the button next to that library in iPhoto Library Manager to make it the active iPhoto library, then click the "Launch iPhoto" button (or "Relaunch iPhoto", if iPhoto is already open).


iPhoto Library Manager's icon in the dock provides another way to switch libraries. Either control-click its dock icon, or click and hold on the dock icon, and a menu will come up showing you your list of libraries. Select one of the libraries from the menu, and iPhoto Library Manager will open up that library in iPhoto. Note that iPhoto Library Manager must already be running for the dock menu to appear when you do this. If you want to keep iPhoto Library Manager running, but without its window cluttering up your screen, uncheck the "Quit iPhoto Library Manager after closing the main window" checkbox in the preferences window.

<< Renaming a library
Using library shortcuts >>