Backing up photos before upgrade
I got a "you must upgrade your photo library to a new version of iPhoto and can't go back ever" message today.
I would like to backup all my photos on dvds before I do this.
I did a ".jpg" search and can see the photos.
But, I can't choose them.
If I try and copy them, I can apparently only copy 10 at at time. Really? 10,000 photos?
So, any help would be appreciated.
I read where there can be problem with IPhoto 11, which I'm assuming this is... but I don't know since I can't see what version it is prior to upgrading. I'm running 10.6.8 and I had, I believe, iPhoto 9 on here.
So, again. How do I back up the photos from the hard drive separately before proceeding. I'm using an EHD with Time Machine, brand new, with a brand new HD on my MacBookPro (the first died, and it was my first HD failure), but I can't run the Western Digital 24/7. I have to disconnect and reconnect each day or it fails occasionally. The Logic board was also updated.
I assume my photos have been backed up on that HD but I just want to make sure I can access the 8 years of photos in another way if I have to. I can also attach the MacBookPro to an old G4 and back up but I'd like to burn the DVDs. I figure it will take awhile and two of them, so I'd probably set for overnight.
Thanks in advance. Gary
If you want to back up just the photos to DVD or other optical disk:
File -> Export and export them to a Folder on the Desktop. Burn that with the Finder's Burn command. Result: a disk with a folder of all your images.
Apps like iPhoto2Disk or PhotoShare will help you export to a Folder tree matching your Events.
To back up a Library - that is Photos, deatbases, albums slideshows, books etc -
Most Simple Back Up
Drag the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to another Disk. This will make a copy on that disk.
Slightly more complex:
Use an app that will do incremental back ups. This is a very good way to work. The first time you run the back up the app will make a complete copy of the Library. Thereafter it will update the back up with the changes you have made. That makes subsequent back ups much faster. Many of these apps also have scheduling capabilities: So set it up and it will do the back up automatically. Examples of such apps: Chronosync or DejaVu . But are many others. Search on MacUpdate
Regards
TD
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