Burning photos in iphoto as a folder storage.

I'm using the very latest version of IMac. Computer is new as of April this year. I love taking pictures & at present have them stored in my iphoto library. This is different from what I'm used to as I had an old PC & everything was in folders. They could be burnt very easily. I have not tried to burn from iphoto but see it can be done. For my finished product, I'd like to see a DVD or cd that has all my files there & each one labeled for easy finding when I need to come back to it. How can I do this? I want more than one file on the cd/DVD as it will be like a storage disc, so that I can delete some of the older stuff from the program. The program itself is getting very full & pictures are added & separated according to date added. I just need to choose the multiple ones to burn & go from there. Can I do this?

A CD or DVD is an optical disk.
What will burn to disk is what you export. Export each Event as a folder and you'll get the Folders on the disk. Export all at one go and that's what you'll get.
Apps like iPhoto2Disk or PhotoShare will help you export to a Folder tree matching your Events.
An Alternative backup method
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
I'm Serious about Back Ups.
You'll note the complete absence of optical disks in this scheme.
My Library lives on my iMac. It’s Backed up to two external hard disks every day. These disks are permanently attached to the iMac. These back ups run automatically. One is done by Time Machine, one is a bootable back up done by SuperDuper
It’s also backed up to a portable hard disk when ever new photos are added. This hard disk lives in my car. For security, this disk is password protected.
I have a second off-site back up at a relative’s house across town. That’s updated every 3 or 4 months.
My Photos are backed up online. There are many options: Flickr, Picasa, SmugMug etc. However, check the terms of your account carefully. While most sites have free uploading, you will often find that these uploads are limited in terms of the file size or the bandwidth you can use per month. For access that allows you to upload full size pics with no restrictions you may need to pay.
Every couple of months I test the back ups to make sure they are working correctly. It’s very easy to mis-configure a back up application, and the only way to protect against that is to do a trial restore.
Regards
TD

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