Burn iPhoto album for pc or mac

How do I burn an album from Iphoto to disc that will be viewable from either a pc or a mac?

Hi Slowbern -
A CD or DVD created in iPhoto using the Burn command in the Share menu cannot be viewed on a Microsoft Windows-based computer or at a photo development lab.
Burn the disc using the Finder instead of iPhoto.
In the Finder, insert a blank CD or DVD. Your disc will show up on your desktop as a Burn Folder (as seen in the images below).Open iPhoto.
Select the Album(s) you wish to burn to disc.
Choose File > Export.
Click the File Export tab.
Choose a format from the Format pop-up menu.
Note: Depending on the source of the images, you may want to select JPEG to ensure compatibility.
Configure the Size and Name options that you want. Make sure the "Use extension" or "Use filename" option is selected.
Click Export.
Select the Burn Folder you created to save the exported photos to and click OK.
Quit iPhoto when the export has completed.
From your desktop, open your disc's Burn folder and select the "Burn" button (as seen below).

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Burn iphoto album to dvd

I successfully burned an album of photos that could be read by Windows (export to folder, burn folder). I'm not having any luck burning the same album directly from iPhoto.
The DVD appears on my desktop as "Untitled DVD." I select the album name in iPhoto and use the "Burn" function in "Share" ... and nothing happens. (I was expecting a window to open up asking about the target.)

Repair permissions with Disk Utility. If that doesn't help:
Try trash the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from the HD/Users/ Your Name / library / preferences folder.
(On 10.7+: Hold the option (or alt) key while clicking on the Go menu in Finder to access the User Library)
(Remember you'll need to reset your User options afterwards. These include minor settings like the window colour and so on. Note: If you've moved your library you'll need to point iPhoto at it again.)
What's the plist file?
For new users: Every application on your Mac has an accompanying plist file. It records certain User choices. For instance, in your favourite Word Processor it remembers your choice of Default Font, on your Web Browser is remembers things like your choice of Home Page. It even recalls what windows you had open last if your app allows you to pick up from where you left off last. The iPhoto plist file remembers things like the location of the Library, your choice of background colour, whether you are running a Referenced or Managed Library, what preferences you have for autosplitting events and so on. Trashing the plist file forces the app to generate a new one on the next launch, and this restores things to the Factory Defaults. Hence, if you've changed any of these things you'll need to reset them. If you haven't, then no bother. Trashing the plist file is Mac troubleshooting 101.

Use iPhoto album for screensaver

Using Yosemite 10.10.2 and iPhoto 9.6.1. I want to use an iPhoto Album as the Screensaver; I have been doing this for years with all previous OS and iPhoto versions. Now, the "Source" in the System Preferences: Screensaver Pane: My Pictures has a limited set of options. 1. Under Photo Library, I can pick one or many individual photos, but Albums are not listed. 2. Under "Choose Folder, I can choose "Picture", but iPhoto Library is gray (not selectable).

Howdy wjfeeh,
Rebuilding your iPhoto Library may help get your albums to appear in the list of options for your screensaver.
iPhoto 6 and later: Rebuilding the iPhoto library
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201769
Regards,
Allen

Burning iPhoto albums to a disk image ? (not to a CD or DVD...)

Hello,
The built-in burn function in iPhoto is great because it keeps all metadata, ratings, etc., on the discs.
But can iPhoto burn to a disk image (.dmg file) instead of burning to a CD or DVD?
In other words, is there a trick or some software to "redirect" all the data to a disk image?
Thanks in advance for any answer!

Hi,
I understand what you're asking and have not found a way to do it. However here are a couple of workarounds depending on what you would like to accomplish.
If you want to export images so that someone else can view them (e.g., without iPhoto), then:
1. Create a disk image and mount it
2. Use iPhoto's export command and point to the image.
If you want to export a "piece of your iPhoto library" complete with metadata, originals, keywords, events, etc.:
1. Create a disk image and mount it
2. Buy iPhoto Library Manager for $20: http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/
3. Create a new iPhoto library on the disk image
4. Within IPLM, copy the photos you want to "export" from your main iPhoto library to the new one on the disk image. Note that when you're done, the image will contain a single package (i.e., looks like a file in Finder) that's an iPhoto library with only the pictures you selected. iPhoto should be able to open this... (Double-check what I'm saying first, though, using the free trial of IPLM.)
Good luck,
Mike
It's not a perfect solution, but there are several

Copying an Iphoto Album&Project from one Mac to another

I have Iphoto 08 on both a macbook running 10.4.11 and IMAC running 10.5.1.
I was using the macbook to download and store all pictures until I got the IMAC.
I copied the Iphoto library to an external harddrive that is now attached to the IMAC and am accessing that library(option) key when launching Iphoto.
I was traveling with the laptop taking and downloading a lot more photos, while my wife was creating some albums and calender projects on the IMAC.
Now that I'm back I want to bring the new events from the laptop on to the IMAC or save the albums and projects on to the laptop so I can reback up the entire photo library (~18,000) photos. Is there an easy way to copy an album/project from one iphoto library to another or would it be simpler to copy new events?

You can do this best and most easily with iPhoto Library Manager
Regards
TD

Burning Iphoto Slideshow for DVD player

When I burn a slide show to a DVD my DVD player says invalid format....what am I doing wrong?

The correct way is to go Share -> Send to iDVD, and then complete the disk in that app. My guess is that you exported the slideshow (hence getting the option to compress to mpeg4 - this doesn't happen when you use the Share -> Send to iDVD command). The Share -> Burn option is not available for slideshows.
Regards
TD

How to upload iPhoto albums advice

I and the wife have now got some great storage space in my iCloud account and in particular the other half needs to upload several iPhoto albums for safe keeping whilst we are in process of moving.
Is there any method that others have used with success, that will also allow her to upload and also allow her show some of the pics on her iP4s when visiting friends etc.
I couldn't find a tutorial on this subject
Help much appreciated,

You can't - iCloud is not for backup of your Mac nor a place for your Mac to store photos - the new Photos Application due later this year will store photos on iCloud
You can use MyPhotoStream or SharedPhotoStreams to share photos with IOS devices or with other people - https://www.apple.com/support/icloud/
LN

IPhoto 09 broke integration with Mac OSX desktop prefs, iTunes and iPod

Since upgrading to iPhoto 09, it appears that I cannot access iPhoto albums from either the Mac OSX desktop preferences, or sync them using iTunes to my iPod touch. I have tried recreating the photo library, restoring it, and recreating the xml index in the package etc. My old iPhoto library (before upgrade) works fine. Does anyone have a solution that works?

First use iPhoto Library Manager to rebuild the library as follows:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 -Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 -Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your User/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File->Rebuild Library menu option
4 - In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
5 - Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be untouched for further attempts at fixing or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory .
If the resulting library doesn't work as it should try copying the Events from old library into the new one with iPhoto Library Manager. If that goes as intended go back and copy the Albums. That should create the albums without importing duplicates.
If you have Faces and Places already assigned then download the latest beta version of V3.5 which can be downloaded here and use it.
*You will need to purchase the application to use the copy and merge functions but it's the best iPhoto helper on the market.*

Exporting iPhoto album

When I attempt to export an iPhoto4 album to a desktop file, prior to burning a CD, I receive a message "there is not enough disc to complete that operation". What does this mean and what can I do about it?

Thanks for at least attempting to help me. I'll try again to explain Problem 2 -- but forgive me if my language is that of a computer dummy!
After taking a trip out of the country, I loaded my more than 500 digital images in iPhoto4's Photo Library. I then created an iPhoto album for the images, edited the images to cut them down to about 225 and also in that process changed their order to exactly the logical order that I liked for presentation.
The album shows just fine in that selected order in the iPhoto slideshow. However, the problem arises when, in order to burn a disc, I try to export the album to a new folder on my Desktop and maintain the order of images I have carefully worked out in the album.
The procedure I have followed on advice received from an Apple discussion thread last year is: select all the photos in the album; then in the Photo dropdown window select Batch Change; then in the window that appears I select Set Title to Text, in the blank field I preface the album name, and I also select "Append a number to each photo"; after that process is completed I select the re-numbered album in iPhoto and in the File drop down menu I select Export, create a new desktop folder, select "Use Album Name" and complete the export procedure.
However, most typically, the images then appear in the new desktop folder in the order they occur in Photo Library, rather than in the order I have carefully selected for the images in the album I created in iPhoto.
I hope that clearifies Problem 2. As to Problem 1, that IS a total mystery. I seem to be able to work around that sometimes by click and drag of the images from the album to the desktop folder rather than going through the iPhoto album export procedure. Even Apple tech has no idea why I get that strange window about not enough disc space.

Screen Saver Preference Does Not Include iPhoto Albums

In addition to the second monitor problem discussed in other postings, I have also lost the ability to select iPhoto albums for my screen saver. The last entry in the Screen Saver list (in Preferences) is Aperture - not iPhoto albums. I am still using iPhoto 08 (v7.5.1). Any assistance is appreciated.

You could try moving the two com.apple.screensaverXXXXX.plist files from the Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences/ByHost folder to the desktop. You might as well move the com.apple.iphotomosaic.plist while you’re at it. Those files each will have a long string of randomly generated hexidecimal characters in the name before the .plist extension. The Screen Saver will generate new .plist files when you go to the Desktop & Screen Saver pane in System Preferences. I don’t think you need to restart after moving the files, but it couldn’t hurt.
Otherwise, you should continue working with Terence Devlin in the iPhoto forum. He is a genius with iPhoto related issues and has helped solve such problems for me previously.

How to combine iPhoto albums to make 1 book

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Alternatively, is there a way for iPhoto to add photos to a Book other than the original album used? SO say I create a book using Album 1. I went to my Album 2 and copied all the photos and dragged them into the Book but they do not appear. On book mode, i clicked on Photos and then Show -- but it only shows photos from the Project and photos like last 12 months, last Import -- not ALBUMs.
thanks in advance

Order is an issue - photos in book project I believe are displayed in date order
Adding photos is trivial - drag them to the book project in the source pane on the left
LN

IMac or Mac Pro for iPhoto albums and home movie editing?

I have a Mac Pro OS X 10.6.8 with iPhoto 7.1.5. This system is now obsolete for ordering iPhoto albums. I need to upgrade to iPhoto 9.5.1 to buy a Mac produced photo album. To upgrade iPhoto I need to buy a new Mac as my 2004 Mac Pro with 2008 Snow Leopard can't be upgraded. I will use the new Mac for email, web surfing, iPhoto, and weekend video editing. I use Final Cut Express on my current Mac Pro. I will also need to transfer videos and about 20,000 photos from my current Mac to a new one.
So, here's the question: For my needs (listed above) which is better,
(1) iMac 27" or (2) new Mac Pro? Then, with the one chosen, how should it be configured to do my basic video editing? I have 100 hours of family video on Hi8 and VCR tapes and will edit these on Final Cut and burn them to DVD's. (I understand both iMac or Mac Pro now require an external DVD set-up.) So, which computer and how should it be configured. Looking to pay between $2500-$3500. Thanks for your help!

What video formats are you talking about? DV, HDV, etc?
Mac Pro is a better solution, regardless. Here's why: Simply upgrading an iMac HD is not enough. You do not want to capture your video to the boot drive. It's too much to ask the drive to manage the OS, your editing software, AND your media. This scenario might work - but is certainly prone to dropping frames. Ideally, you want one drive for OS + editing software & a separate drive to capture media to.
Now, since you can only have a single HD in the iMac, you're demoted to using external capture drives. So let's say you get yourself a FW800 drive for capture and then hook up your camera/deck to an available FW400 port. You'd think you're safe - and again, you may be. But the problem now is that the iMac has ONE and only ONE FireWire bus. So in theory these 2 devices: HD & Camera are battling for the same bandwidth. So you've still got a bottleneck happening.
So DV only would probably work. But it may have issues that the expandability of the Mac Pro can conquer. Hope this helps.

Needed: Script for exporting iPhoto albums into a file structure

Hello all! I have no experience with AppleScript, but I heard it should be possible to write a script which helps to copy/export a iPhoto album structure into an according directory structure. Does anybody already have such a script?
Thx for any information on that!

Thomas,
I have created an AppleScript along with the TextCommands OSAX that duplicates all of the albums in iPhoto to a folder called "Albums" on the desktop. It is quite slow because of the need to open an Info window in Finder to get the path to the original photo but gets the job done.
If you wish it could be modified to provide an ability to select individual albums for duplication. Let me know if you are interested in the latter. I am also seeing whether the album structure can be created directly in a burn folder so that CDs/DVDs can be rapidly burned.
TextCommands is donationware and available at the following location:
http://osaxen.com/files/textcommands1.0.1.html
and should be placed in the following location for the AppleScript to see it:
~/Library/ScriptingAdditions/
click here to open this script in your editor<pre style="font-family: 'Monaco', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; overflow:auto; color: #222; background: #DDD; padding: 0.2em; font-size: 10px; width:400px">property PathToDesktop : path to desktop as string
property PathToPictures : path to pictures folder as string
property PathToiPhotoLibrary : PathToPictures & "iPhoto Library"
property PathToiPhotoAlbums : PathToiPhotoLibrary & ":Albums"
property PathToCopiedAlbums : PathToDesktop & "Albums"
tell application "Finder"
activate
set theCopiedAlbumsFolder to duplicate folder (PathToiPhotoAlbums as alias) to desktop
set theAlbums to folders of folder PathToCopiedAlbums
set theExtraneousFiles to files of folder PathToCopiedAlbums
delete theExtraneousFiles
repeat with anAlbum in theAlbums
repeat with anAlias in anAlbum
-- need to use GUI access to grab the path to the original photo
open information window of anAlias
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Finder"
-- grab the path to the original file
set PathToTheOriginalPhoto to value of static text 2 of scroll area 1 of window 1
end tell
end tell
close window 1
-- need to remove some extraneous material and convert to AppleScript path format
tell application "TextCommands"
split PathToTheOriginalPhoto using {":", "../"}
set PathToTheOriginalPhoto to item 4 of the result
set PathToTheOriginalPhoto to search PathToTheOriginalPhoto for "/" replacing with ":"
set PathToTheOriginalPhoto to (PathToiPhotoLibrary & ":" & PathToTheOriginalPhoto) as alias
end tell
(* unfortunately there seems to be bug in duplicate file to another folder so must use a copy, , delete the alias, move, and clean up name of copied file sequence to accomplish the equivalent *)
-- duplicate the original in the original album folder
set theCopiedPhoto to duplicate PathToTheOriginalPhoto
-- Delete the alias in the Copied Album
delete anAlias
-- Move the copied photo to the Copied Album
set theCopiedPhoto to move theCopiedPhoto to anAlbum
-- Remove the "copy" from the photo names
set NameOfPhoto to name of theCopiedPhoto
tell application "TextCommands"
set name of theCopiedPhoto to search NameOfPhoto for " copy" replacing with ""
end tell
end repeat
end repeat
end tell</pre>
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Burn Iphoto to dvd for backup

I what to backup my iphoto. On the top left it says Library. Under this it says Events, Photos then I have albums under this. So if I what to backup my entire Library, I would click on the Photos tab (under Events). This highlights the photo tab and shows all my photos. Then click Share.
Do I send it to IDVD or to Burn.
Will this only save my photos in random or will this save the photos and my albums. Or do I have to burn each album separately.
Will this also save my original.
I am scanning all our Family photos. I am scanning and sorting each day. If I backup my photos to DVD today. Can I use the same disk tomorrow, will the Mac read what is on the DVD and only add the new files, or will it burn the whole thing over.
When I finish all the Photos I would like to burn copies for the Family . These will be viewed on Windows PC and TVs. This I would do on IDVD? Click on the file / Share / IDVD. Or do I sill need to drag the file onto the desktop and burn from Finder.
Sorry if this is confusing( I know I am)
Thanks for your Help

IF you use the Share -> Burn command then you will get an iPhoto Library on the DVD. When you put this disk into a Mac it will appear in the iPhoto Window and you can copy files from the disk to the Library all in the iPhoto Window. This process gets everything - Originals, albums, keywords etc.
This is of no use to folks with Windows or who want to view photos via their DVD players.
For Windows: Select the pics in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export and export the photos to a Folder on the Desktop. Then burn that folder to disk using the Finder. This does not get your Originals. Ut simply gets a folders of files.
To make something that’s viewable on a TV then you’ll need to use the Share -> Send to iDVD option. In iDVD you can make a slideshow of the photos. This is not a back up in any way. It makes a movie from the pics.
Regards
TD

Just because I have an imac pre 2007 why can I not order photo albums???!! I spent hours building a photo album for my parents only to find out that because my mac is earlier than 2007, even though I have 10.6.8, I can no longer order?! What is that

Just because I have an imac pre 2007 why can I not order photo albums???!!
I spent hours building a photo album for my parents only to find out that because my mac is earlier than 2007, even though I have 10.6.8, I can no longer order?! What is with that? This makes no sense. I can go online to various "photo shop" place and regardless of the OS and computer I am working from I can order a photo album so why can I no longer do this through iPhoto on my MAC?
How do I order my album now? If somebody could please explain as I am going home in 1 month and really wanted to surprise my aging parents with this book.

I found this:
http://store.apple.com/us/help/print_products
Have you tried this?

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