How do I burn a CD or DVD w/photos from iPhoto
Lost my photos and spent over 2 hours w/Apple Support getting them back into my iPhoto --- but, now I want to burn them on a CD or DVD to have them as back-up (I was walked through the process w/support, but after that and many other things done -- there were no photos on the CD afterall) My Macbook is OS 10.4. I think since there are so many (1900+) I would need a DVD. I have some which say DVD-RW...Video/photos data/4X2hr. Is this what I need? Specific instructions would be nice. The Apple Support person sent me a link -- but it was for 10.5 -- DUH.
HI Grandie,
First, I'm glad Apple was able to locate your photos on the drive and get them right back into iPhoto where they belong!
Second... does your MacBook have a SuperDrive? It must have one in order to burn to a DVD. To locate this information click the Apple logo top left in your Desktop, then click About This Mac, then click More Info. That will open your System Profiler. When that window opens, go to the Menu at the top and click: View/Full Profile. On the left side it will say: Contents. Look under that category and find where it says: Disk Burning and click that once.
The information for your disk burning capabilities will be listed on the right. It will give you the information. I'm sure you have CD burning, but make sure you have DVD. It will say: DVD-R
** I can't burn a CD or DVD ** <-- from the iPhoto Help Menu
To create CDs with iPhoto, you must have a supported CD-RW (CD Recordable, Read-Write) drive. All Apple internal CD-RW drives work with iPhoto. Use Apple System Profiler to check if your optical drive has CD-burning capability or to see if a connected external CD/DVD drive is supported.
To create DVDs with iPhoto, you must have a supported DVD-R.
You can use CD-R or CD-RW discs to create CDs. CD-R discs must be blank to burn pictures onto them. You cannot reuse or erase a CD-R disc that already has files on it. If a CD-RW disc is not blank, you must erase it before you can put other files on it. Search Mac Help in the Finder's Help menu for information on erasing CD-RW discs.
If your computer or monitor goes to sleep while burning a CD or DVD, you might encounter problems with the disc or with iPhoto. To keep your system from going to sleep, increase the sleep timing settings in the Energy Saver pane of System Preferences. Search for "saving energy" in Mac Help for information about changing these settings.
If your burn is unsuccessful and your external drive becomes unresponsive, turn its power off and on to reset the drive.
* Media that seems to be the best compatible is Maxell, Fuji, and Sony *
I'm wondering if you are trying to burn too many images at one time. Create a new burn playlist in iPhoto, drag about 20 images to that playlist from the Library. Then go to the Menu and click:
Share/Burn Disk.
I believe CD media can handle up to 700MB of space. Say each of your images is approximately 3MB... times 20 images = 60MB... it can add up FAST. Try one and see if it works... if not,
post back and we'll keep troubleshooting...
One more thing... never touch the disks with your fingers. Hold the disks on the edge only. Look for fingerprints. If there are any, wipe them off with a clean lint free cloth from the inside of the disk out.. not in circles.
Carolyn
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