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

Question

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!

Answer 1

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