Choosing DVD vs CD for backup????

I have two separate drives and have a blank DVD in the DVD burner yet iTunes forces my CD drive to open which is blank.
How do I force the backup to the DVD?????????

There are two ways to do that:
1 - to backup ONLY the original files in the library export them via the File ➙ Export ➙ File Export menu option with the following selections: Format = Original, Quality=Max and Size=full to a folder on the Desktop. Then burn the folder to a CD or DVD.
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2 - select enough photos in iPhoto to equal about 4 GB in size and use the Share ➙ Burn menu option. That will produce a mini library on a DVD that can be read by iPhoto. The photos will include the original and edited versions and the keywords, titles and other metadata. They can be copied back to the working library by select and dragging them from the disk library to the working library.
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DVD disks recommendations for backups

I have 25GB of photos, and need asap to back them all up. External drive is nice, but not now.
What DVD disks are recommended for this ?
Which ones have a better protection, like double, triple layers...?
Thanks!

Since my iPhoto Library is 25GB, I'll need about 6 disks. Will it work ?
Or I need Roxio's "Toast", which is quite expensive ?
Any free alternativers ?
You will need something - I use the backup program that comes with .Mac (mobile me)
Or you can export all your photos and manually break them down into single DVD folders and burn them
There are other packages that will burn multiple DVDs - but since I do not use them I can not speak to them
LN

Cannot Choose DVD-RW Device to Backup Library

How can I select my DVD-writer for a Library Back up to disc?
When attempting to back up the Library, the system only selects the CD-RW device.
When I test by backing up a Playlist, I can successfully select the DVD-RW device and complete a successful burn.
The Edit-Preferences-Burning option has disappeared with Version 8.
ITunes 8.0.2.20
Vista 64
D: is CD-RW
E: is DVD-RW
Latest GEAR drivers (Nov 2008) installed and system rebooted.

This is issue was solved with a next release of iTunes.

Best video format for converting DVD to NAS for widely sharing

Summary: The article shows you with an easy workaround for
copying DVD to NAS for streaming by ripping DVD to NAS friendly video
format on Mac and Windows
I recently purchased a NAS to store all my music/photos etc on. I
can stream stuff to my iPhone/iPad using the NAS software. What I want
to do is rip all my DVDs (over 400) to my NAS, but I’m not sure which
format to do it in, to play nice with my Apple TV2, Xbox 360, iPhone,
iPad etc. I wanna get some advice as to what format to rip in and what
software to use?
Learn some tips from online, I got know that to copy dozens of DVD movies to NAS,
you need to get the content off the DVD disc as a protection-free and
easily readable element for NAS. In this case, at the first place
powerful third-party software for backup DVD to NAS is what you need.
There are many, many DVD ripping tools on the market. I’ve tired a pile of them.
Brorsoft DVD Ripper
is the best one I’ve tried yet. It is capable of ripping DVD to MP4,
AVI, MKV for NAS streaming with no quality loss; it also enables you to
copy DVD main movies for backup onto NAS in .vob format. And what I’ve
learned is that MP4 would be one best target format for it is fully
compatible with nearly all media devices including iPad, iPhone, PS3,
Apple TV, etc. If you are running on Mac OS X, turn to DVD Ripper for Mac. If you haven’t got the software, download it now and let’s start the conversion.
Ripping and copying DVDs to NAS
1. Launch the DVD ripping program for NAS devices . Then
click "Load DVD" to import the DVD files you want to convert. To select
the subtitles you like, simply click Subtitle and select the one you
prefer. P.S. Before start the conversion, you can choose to backup DVD mian movies.
2. Click Format bar and choose your desired format. To store
hundreds of DVD's on NAS, you can rip DVD to .mp4, or .avi, .mkv, etc
compressed format. And click Settings bar, you can adjust the level of
compression to suit the quality you want.
Tip: If you like, you can click “Settings” to change the
video encoder, resolution, frame rate, etc. as you wish. Keep in mind
the file size and video quality is based more on bitrate than resolution
which means bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible
quality loss, and vice versa.
3. Press the "Convert" button to start ripping DVD for NAS streaming.
After the conversion, click Open button to find the output files.
Make sure the wireless network connection is accessible among the NAS
and Apple TV, PS3, HD TV or other media players. Then just enjoy the
high quality DVD movies anywhere anytime.
[quote] movies-videos-convert-tips.overblog.com/2014/02/ripping-dvds-to-nas-how-to-copy-dvd-to-nas-for-streaming.html [/quote]

I've always found encoding with Handbrake and choosing the Apple TV2 preset is an excellent place to start and video encoded using that preset will work on my iPhone 4, 4S and iPad 2.
If the files encoded using that preset are too big for one's taste they can always encoded at a lower average bit rate rather than using the default 'Constant Quality' of 20.
Later on I'm sure the Handbrake group will have an AppleTV '3' preset supporting the 1080p format supported by the ATV3 and iPad '3' but using such a preset would not create a file usable on the iPad 2 or the iPhones.

Multiple Hard Drives: one for system & applications, one for backup

I am planning the upgrade of my hard drive setup. Presently, I have only the original 74.53 GB internal drive that came with my June 2004 G5 1.8 dual CPU. I have two goals for the upgrade. First, more hard drive space. Second, a drive for automatic backup. Since I am running OS 10.4.11 and not intending to upgrade to 10.5 at this time for application reasons, I will be using something like Carbon Copy Clone for the backup software (not Time Machine, which requires OS 10.5). My thinking, so far, is to install a 1 TB internal drive for system and another internal or external 1 TB drive for the backup. In perusing the discussions here, it looks like an external drive is always used for the backup. Is this true or would an internal drive work just as well for backup? I want the backup to be as free as possible from any corruption or problems that might arise on the system drive or other computer parts. Does the Firewire or USB connection of an external drive offer a greater amount of freedom from potential corruption as opposed to the direct SATA connection of an internal drive?
I realize that burnt DVD’s offer the greatest amount of freedom from corruption but one doesn’t burn a DVD hourly, daily, weekly or so on. Hopefully, if a problem arises my work underway is residing on the backup drive unaffected. I’m not sure how close in time this can be. I imagine this probably depends on the backup software used and how often the backup is run. I’m not yet fully aware of the options.
For the internal system drive is there any good reason to partition it? I f so, why, and in what way? Do the OS and applications need to reside on the same partition? If not (or better that they don’t), how should a 1 TB drive be partitioned?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions on the best configuration of my hard drive upgrade.

1) The backup drive is best to be external (security from computer failure).
Yes. I am not sure about the "in some ways" my esteemed colleague qualifies.
2) The external backup drive should be connected by Firewire (ability to be bootable & greater speed).
Yes. Just beware that some of the Western Digital models have presented problems. Not the drives themselves but the enclosures. [List of Western Digital bootable and non bootable models|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9022456#9022456]
Is a Firewire connected drive any less vulnerable to damage by computer hardware failure than an internal drive?
Yes & no. The yes: I don't know about G5s (they use a different connector from the G4s and earlier with which I am familiar) but in some computers the drives will share the same controller. If the controller goes then all connected drives can be corrupted. The no: Then too, I have had two Firewire drives be corrupted. One was by trying it with a PCI card (not what you're using) that was incompatible with my model computer. The other was when the power source in the enclosure went bad.
This is almost leading me to think that 3 drives would be the best! One internal for OS system & applications (1 TB), one continually connected for auto backup (my original 74 GB), and one (a bootable clone) attached only during occasional backups (2 TB).
The more the better. I usually buy drives in size increments that make sense for my configuration. I have two 120GB internal drives so I bought a 250GB external drive for backup and partitioned it into two so I could just back up one internal to one partition and the second to the other.
I'm perplexed with both your feelings about burnt media. I was not aware of this and fortunately have not experienced problems. However, it is only recently that I gravitated from 700MB CD's to 4.7 GB DVD-RW's for backups. I've been using Maxell
There's backup and there's archiving. Backup is for having a copy of what you're actively using. Archiving is storing stuff that is unlikely to change. Optical media is lousy for backup because files are constantly changing. Backing up a 120 GB onto 4GB media either requires a super organized person or you're spending a day sticking DVDs into your computer.
Optical media is less lousy for archiving, but still not great. Where's the floppy drive on your computer? Where will the DVD drive be in 15 years? It's also a lot faster archiving onto hard drives, and the cost of drives has come down to where the per GB cost is about equivalent of less than high-quality, archival-grade DVDs. Yes, drives change too, but it is also easy to copy from drive to drive. I have items archived on drives that are over 10 years old and as long as I make sure I keep on top of being able to connect those drives to a computer they are usable.
BTW: I tried to quote your messages for this reply, went to "Help" to learn how that is done and found this: "If you want to quote specific text from the original message, click Quote Original to add all the text from the original message to the Message box." I could see no such button "Quote Original". Can anyone please tell me where it is?
There's a '"' icon in the compose window when you type a reply. If I'm doing a lot of quotes (as I did here) I use that, then edit out the bits I don't want. Otherwise I copy and paste the text and add a > before the line to get it to appear in the special format.

Icloud control panel disables photostream when itunes used for backup?

So thanks to this issue (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4782118), I decided simply to use iTunes to manually backup once a day until my 90 days has "reset" (see that thread to see what I'm referring to).
However, it would appear that the iCloud control panel will no longer sync up with my photostream - is this just a coincidence or is that the norm once you choose to use iTunes for backup within iTunes, instead of iCloud? Photostream is now greyed out in the control panel...

In order to get mine working in the same situation, I had to delete both the iCloud data file and the [email protected] e-mail account. Once that was accomplished, I was able to get the iCloud installer to close Outlook and install itself correctly. Trying to recreate the accounts again from within Outlook was not the solution and resulted in this error.

How do I create a backup DVD OS disk for my new mac mini ?

how do I create a backup DVD OS disk for my new mac mini ?
in case of failure HD etc
no disks came with it

No disk-version of Lion, but a Lion Thumb Drive http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD256
For the downloaded OSX Lion form the Mac App Store you can use this http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/39701/lion-diskmaker to make yourself a disk.
And have a read here http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=getting-lion-installers on how-to get/make a machine-specific OSX Lion installer disk.
Stefan

I'm running out of hd space on my MBP with Mavericks. How do I move my Photoshop 5 app off the computer for more space. How can I store the PS5 app on DVD or on my backup hd for a future reinstall on my next Mac?

I'm running out of hd space on my MBP with Mavericks OS. How do I move my Photoshop 5 app off the computer for more space, and store the PS5 app on DVD or on my backup hd for a future reinstall on my next Mac with larger hd?
Thanks

slaglejrp,
perhaps it would be less expensive to just install a new disk with a larger capacity on your current MacBook Pro, rather than plan on buying a new Mac with a larger disk? Once your current disk has been cloned to the new disk, and the new disk has been installed into your MacBook Pro, that would allow you to keep Photoshop 5 on your current MacBook Pro.

Burning large QT .mov file to DL-DVD for backup

Hello
To be clear. I am not interested in creating a DL-DVD for playback on a set top DVD player connected to a television.
Rather, I haver a 6+GB .mov file that I would prefer to keep intact and burn to a DL-DVD. I need to do this mainly for backup purposes and would like to try & avoid manually cutting up the file into multiple smaller .mov files in FCS. The file has already been compressed using the H.264 codec and I would like to avoid any further compression.
So, my question is, can I burn this file to a data DL-DVD without having to worry about the "break point" on the DL-DVD corrupting my QT .mov file?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Tim

Unless I'm missing something Video Monkey is an encoder. I've already encoded the video so that is not an issue.
I'm trying to find out whether or not I can burn my 6+gig .mov file to a data DL-DVD without the "break point" corrupting the file for the purpose of backing it up should the copy on my HDD get corrupted.
Thanks for the reply though.
Tim

Re user tip: How can I import a homemade DVD into iMovie for editing? - I've followed instructions so far so good, until I get to "You can then FILE/EXPORT USING QUICKTIME and choose Apple Intermediate Codec as your video codec. " How do I do that?

Re AppleMan 1958 excellent user tip: How can I import a homemade DVD into iMovie for editing? -
I've followed instructions with success until "You can then FILE/EXPORT USING QUICKTIME and choose Apple Intermediate Codec as your video codec. " How do I do that?
I installed MGEG Streamclip 193b8 and used their utility to install quicktimempeg2 and got a message stating it was successfully installed. (I'm on latest Maverick 10.9.2 on iMac) Then I dragged the VIDEO_TS file from my home DVD into the streamclip app. It asked which of 4 files to use, and I selected the first one. Streamclip played the video with the sound. so far so good. but now I cannot figure how to use quicktime player 10.3 to export this vob file out of streamclip.

Thank you for your quick reply and for clearing up my confusion. I'm exporting the first section now. I choose the smallest size, 3x4 but I'd prefer to go higher as this DVD was originally a VHS home movie. I'm wondering if after three conversions (VHS,->DVD->MPEG) the resolution will be so poor as to not support a larger size frame? If it can, what size should I select when I export?

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

Time Capsule "looking for backup disk" problems, running Lion on 24" iMac

Hi,
I'm having problems with my Time Capsule. I can't get the backups to run for about a week. The backup just says "looking for backup disk" for ever. This is a first gen Time Capsule, and it's still working fine for two MacBooks in the house. I have all the Apple updates installed, and I'm running 10.7.2. In Preferences, Time Capsule, I can see the available/of space and there is plenty left. It's not showing any Oldest and Latest date info for backups.
If I go to "select disk" and choose the Time Capsule, I'm prompted for the password. When I press "Connect", the message changes to "Stopping Backup" and this will run for ever. I have plenty of disk space available, have repaired permissions, have booted in safe mode, reset pram and nvram and probably a few other options to no avail. I can enter the Time Machine and see all of my backups without problem.
As a side note, I have also noticed instability whereby various programs have been 'not responding' of late, and need to be force quit. Once that happens, the iMac won't properly shut down and restart; I usually need to how down the power button.
Thanks in advance for your help.

I'm having the same problem. Anyone have a fix?
Nozz

Best dvd medium/brand for imac

Suddenly I'm having difficulty burning dvd's on my 2009 iMac w/snow leopard 10.6.8. When I try to send a slideshow created in iPhoto 11 to idvd the "revolution" screen will not show up unless I click on the project map and then the intro page icon. Once I get it the intro screen and add the photo and music it will not burn the dvd from iDvd unless I save it as an image file and burn using disk utility. I've worked with apple tech support and reinstalled both iPhoto and iDvd as well as cleared out all the caches with no success. Additionally the img file will not burn with Toast Titanium.
Two questions: 1) has anyone experienced a similar problem and found a solution: and 2) what type/brand of dvd is best as once I have burned the dvd via disk utility I am getting a high number of coasters with TDK dvd+R and dvd-R.
Thanks for any help
Scott

If you have an iLife retail disk with iDVD, I would certainly consider installing that on the new iMac - I will continue to use iDVD, there is nothing like it (at a reasonable consumer friendly price).
I'm a little confused about one thing: you said you created an m4v file - I always choose "movie to quicktime movie" with the settings I showed previously :
Since I don't use iPhoto, this is a guess: my guess would be that the new iPhoto 11 is no longer configured to work with iDVD since that app is no longer supported. As I said, I've never used the share button (not even in iMovie) since I prefer to choose the settings (and I try to use the most lossless as far as quality is concerned). So you should be able to continue to use iPhoto as long as you use the export option and then either edit further in iMovie, or go directly to iDVD.

Can you add audio tracks as selectable menu items on a dvd? I shot a wedding where the church had its own set up to record audio. I'm trying to make those songs performed by the artists available for viewers of the dvd to select for listening.?

I'm trying to make audio (MP3) tracks available for viewers of this Wedding dvd to select for listening. Is this possible in iDVD?

You will need to create a slide show for each of those songs with a minimum of 1 photo per slideshow and add the song to the slideshow audio bin. Set the audio to Fit to Music.
In your top/main menu add a submenu for the list of songs.
Add a slideshow for each song with the "+" button at the bottom:
Select the link in the menu and rename it for the song used in the slideshow. You can create a slide image for each song with the song name, composer, singer, etc. on the image to be used for the slideshow An image editor or Pages can be used for that and then convert to a jpeg file for use in iDVD.
The song/playlist menu could look like this depending on the theme you choose:
OT

If exporting images for backup, to reimport into a clean aperture or other program, is it best to use 72 dpi or 300 dpi, or does it matter?

If exporting images for backup, to reimport into a clean aperture or other program, is it better to use 72 dpi or 300 dpi, or does it matter? I want the best quality for any future unforeseen use.

I am somewhat reluctant to answer your questions after Frank Caggiano's excellent advice, but I really do not like to leave the question open, for there will be many occasions when you will need to export images and to understand how it works.
But please, follow Frank's advice, right now you do not need to worry about pixels and dpi. That is exactly what I meant, when I suggested to you to make sure you keep a copy of your Aperture Library and to back it up with all your other data, before you erase your disk for a clean reinstall.
DPI revisited:
So, is the dpi setting only for exporting to print?
The dpi settings are necessary to define the size of a digital image, since pixels don't have any dimensions. And since you cannot print or display an image without knowing its width and height, you will need to specify dpi when you are printing or scanning.
If I leave it at the default 72dpi will there be any problems getting quality prints in the future from jpeg versions exported with that setting?
Not if you export with the original size - the maximum number of pixels available. That will ensure the maximum print quality.
The dpi settings are required to export versions; versions are derived from the masters and new image files are computed. When you export masters you get a copy of the original file that already may have a dpi setting.
If I choose "export masters", will aperture will export my masters just as they are?
yes, and you may add IPICT data if you choose
Pardon my thick skull--I'm an old dog trying to learn new tricks in this digital world!
No apologies necessary, we were all beginners once
Here is another example, maybe that helps a little:
I exported an image (jpeg) with three different setting: export masters, a version with 72dpi, a version with 300dpi and inspected the files in Graphic Converter:
The master was exported like this:
Notice, the master had already dpi settings, although I did not specify any on export.
The size is 51,48 cm x 38,61 cm.
The 72 dpi Version has larger dimensions, but also 10 Megapixels.
and here the 300 dpi version: smaller dimensions, same amount of pixels.

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