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When PhotoCopy reads the iPhoto library information, it reads in all the iPhoto albums using an iPhoto AlbumId. This number is supplied by iPhoto. Occasionally some type of corruption happens within the iPhoto library and iPhoto returns duplicate AlbumIds. In PhotoCopy version 1.1 and earlier, this would cause problems. In the album list in PhotoCopy, you would often start to see the same album listed more than once. PhotoCopy v1.1.1 checks for duplicate AlbumIds and will post warnings when this happens. Albums which have the duplicate AlbumIds will not be checked. The warning messages will be something like this: Album 'Kevins Bday' cannot be scanned because its AlbumId (5) is not unique within your iPhoto library.To enable scanning for this album you must fix this problem in iPhoto. For more info see: http://www.24x7digital.com/photocopy/fix_dup_albumids You will always see two or more of these warnings together because you need two or more albums with the same AlbumId to have a problem. If you see this warning, fix the problem in iPhoto so that there is only one album in your iPhoto library with the given AlbumId. You do this by recreating all albums with duplicate AlbumIds except one. It is best to keep the album that is the oldest, and recreate the most recent albums with the same AlbumId. To recreate an album in iPhoto follow these steps:
- Create a new album with the same name and type (Album or Smart Album) as the one you are recreating.
- For an Album, select all of the photos in the original album and drag them into the new album.
- For a Smart Album you will have to set up the same conditions as the original Smart Album.
- Once you have recreated the album, select and delete the original.
After you remove albums with duplicate AlbumIds so that there is only one left with the original AlbumId, you should be able to run PhotoCopy again and the warnings should go away.
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