Regardless of the version of iPhoto, the pictures are stored and organized by folders based on dates, broken down by year, month, and day. Picture Organization by /Year/Month/Date/ Navigate to “Masters” or “Originals” to find your original iPhoto pictures.Right-Click and select “Show Package Contents”.Open /Pictures/ and locate the “iPhoto Library” file.
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You can either access the directory from Go To Folder command within the Mac OS X Desktop by hitting Command+Shift+G or by opening the directory manually: Pictures/iPhoto Library/Originals/ Accessing the iPhoto Picture Files and Originals IPhoto 8 and prior versions pictures location: This is the same with all new versions of iPhoto. Inside that directory you will find the originals, sorted by date, and broken into subfolders for additional pictures.
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~/Pictures/iPhoto Library.photolibrary/Masters/
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In the latest versions of iPhoto you will find your pictures stored in the user library Pictures folder inside a self contained Iphoto library package, that file and location is the following: IPhoto 11 (9.0) Photo Library Storage Location: But with newer versions of iPhoto, iPhoto Library became a package file rather than a folder, so in order to access the original picture files you have to go one step further in one of two locations: IPhoto pictures are stored within the home /Pictures/ directory, in a file called iPhoto Library.