How do I export my images from iPhoto 9.4, to an external drive?

How do I export my images from iPhoto 9.4, to an external drive?
mainly to back them up without using time machine.
Thanks

Just the Images?
File -> Export
This User Tip
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4921
has details of the options in the Export dialogue.
To back up the Library: that is images, organisation, edit history etc etc
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.
Example of such apps: Chronosync - but there are many others. Search on MacUpdate or the App Store

Similar Messages

How do I Export Raw images from Iphoto to Adobe Photo Elements 4

I recently purchased Photo elements 4 because I could import images from Iphoto in Raw format and work with them. Everything I have read and the instructional video sent to me by Adobe make it look and sound very easy but so far I have had no success.
I have been able to open Bridge and view photos from Iphoto so it seems to me that everything that I have in Iphoto is automatically transfered to Elements 4. However I can not find my Raw images. What am I doing wrong or failing to do and is there some logical sequence that I have to follow to import Raw images.
I am using a Nikon D200 and just to be safe I have been shooting so the images are saved both in JPEG and RAW.
Thanks for any help you can provide

dakota8,
iPhoto and Adobe Bridge are incompatible, so you need to decide which one you want to use (for which photos). iPhoto is a database, with many flexible features for organizing your library and finding your photos. Bridge is a file browser with some organizing capabilities. You absolutely should not use Bridge or any other application (Finder included) to browse the files inside your iPhoto Library folder, as it will damage the iPhoto database. To verify, click on iPhoto's Help and read the section "About using the iPhoto Library."
If you want to keep your RAW files in iPhoto, then you'll need to open them from iPhoto. As Dave E said, this can be done by setting the iPhoto pref to export RAW files. You also need to set PE 4 as the external editor in iPhoto's preferences. With this setup, you can select photos using iPhoto, open the RAW files into PE 4, then edit. Now comes the wrinkle in the workflow. Normally, you would do a Save to cause your edited file to be saved back into the iPhoto library. This Save, not Save As, requires that the filename and extension stay the same. Works great with jpeg files. However, once you edit the RAW, the extension (and file format) must change. Save will not work, because any save at this point is treated like a Save As. So you have to Save As to a folder OUTside of your iPhoto Library, and then import it in as a new file. There will be no link between the edited version and its unedited RAW file. You could organize inside iPhoto to display the edited file beside its original RAW, or keep separate rolls for the originals and edits.
With that in mind, you might not want to save the RAW files in iPhoto at all. You could create your own filing system for them, which you would browse using Bridge. Upload using Image Capture to save your files to a folder of your choice. Once you edit the RAW files and save as another format, you could them import into iPhoto for cataloging or further editing. You'll just have to find the system that works best for you.
BTW, don't save your edited RAW files as Adobe RAW. I tried and discovered that iPhoto refuses to import them at all.
I have been able to open Bridge and view photos from Iphoto so it seems to me that everything that I have in Iphoto is automatically transfered to Elements 4.
There's no transferring involved at all. Bridge is rooting directly inside the iPhoto Library folder. Did I mention that it's best to avoid this?
However I can not find my Raw images.
When you import a file it is saved into the Originals folder. Your RAW files are there, along with any video clips you may have imported.
iPhoto automatically creates a jpeg version of your RAW files and stores it in the Modified folder. It has to do this in order to display the picture on your screen. With video clips, a jpeg of the first frame is created for display purposes.
I am using a Nikon D200 and just to be safe I have been shooting so the images are saved both in JPEG and RAW.
If you import both versions into iPhoto, then you have
Originals - RAW
Modified - jpeg
Originals - jpeg
(Modified - jpeg - if you edit the jpeg version or if they are auto-rotated to portrait orientation)
I don't shoot in RAW, so I can't really comment about which workflow would be the most efficient. I just played with it long enough to realize that there is no easy way to do it.
Regards.

How can I export a slideshow from iPhoto to iMovie 09. I try but it only lets me import 211 out of the 311 photos I have in the slideshow.

How can I export a slideshow from iPhoto to iMovie 09. I try, but it only exports 211 out of the 311 photos I have in the slideshow I made on iPhoto.

how do i change the format to the right one?
Before you can decide what to do, you have to know what you are starting with. Sony MPEG-1 files would be converted one way while DivX or WMV files would likely be handled in another. Extraneous tracks can be removed directly with QT Pro but if you don't have QT Pro then there may or may not be other work around possibilities depending on the specific audio and video compression formats in use. The best place to start would normally be to double-clic the source file in iPhoto to open it in the QT Player. When it opens in the QT Player, check the "Inspector" window to see what it says on the "Format:" lines. This will tell you the type of audio and video content you are dealing with here. Then come and tell us so we can offer some specific conversion solutions.

How can I export a slideshow from iPhoto 9.5.1 ..........

How can I export a slideshow from iPhoto 9.5.1 as Quick Time Movie? It exports now as m4v.

That's a Quicktime movie these days. What format did you want?

How do I export video files from iPhoto to a backup external hard drive for safekeeping?

How do I export video files from iPhoto to a backup external hard drive for safekeeping? Each time I try, the video will not play from the external hard drive.

Use the File ➙ Export ➙ File Export menu option with Kind = Original. That should get the original video file exported. Try to export one to the Desktop first and open it with Quicktime Player. If all goes well export the rest to a folder on the EHD. How is the EHD formatted? It should be OS X Extended (journaled).

HT5260 How do you export RAW files from iphoto to burn folder or to send via email?

How do you export RAW files from iphoto to burn folder or to send via email?

In iPhoto export to a folder on the Desktop via the File ➙ Export ➙ File Export menu option with Kind=Original.
OT

How do I export my photos from iPhoto to a USB in my desired sequence?

How do I export photos from iPhoto to a USB in my desired sequence? I've tried exporting them one by one & in whole albums but they always revert to the original time sequence.

When you export from iPhoto you're limited to the sorting options of the Finder, which is where you're exporting to. This principally leaves you with sorting on filename or date. The Finder doesn't so manual sorting.
The trick is to set up your album in the order you prefer.
Then when that's done, title the photos to reflect the sequence. So, John and Angela's Wedding 001, John and Angela's Wedding 002, John and Angela's Wedding 003 etc - you can do this using the Photos -> Batch Change commant
Then export the snaps from iPhoto using the option to rename the files to the photo title.
This User Tip
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4921
has details of the options in the Export dialogue, including how to do this.

How can I export an image from Illustrator same canvas size and custom resolution?

Hey all. i am using Adobe Illustrator CS5 for creating images for iPhone app icons the size of image 374 px 374 px and 264 ppi. i created an image same size and ppi .the problem after export the image file size changing to 1371px x 1371px and 264 ppi pixel dimension.How can I export same canvas size and same resolution file from illustrator

10111980,
If you just forget about PPI and use Save for Web, you will get the 374 x 374 pixel size.
The 1371 x 1371 pixels is because you somehow increase the resolution by 264/72.
You should never mix pixel by pixel sizes and PPI.
The 374 x 374 pixels is the actual image size. At 264 PPI that will be about 1.417 inches. At 72 PPI that will be about 5.194 inches.

HT5182 How can I convert Raw images from iphoto to jpg for the web?

I have some pictures in Raw mode stored in my Iphoto that I need to convert in JPG for the web and to print in business cards, I have been going around e-mailing the pictures to myself in large or medium size and then saving them again to my iphoto. Is there a way to do this from iphoto directly?

iMac (24-inch Early 2009), iOS 6
Are your pictures on your iMac or on an IOS device?
On your iMac use "File > Export " set the jpeg quality and size you want:
Regards
Léonie
Sorry, Ralph, I see, we have been cross posting

Unable to view/export hipstamatic images from iphoto

I am unable to export any of my hipstamatic images that have been imported into iphoto. I am using my iphoto library off of my external hard drive and can export any photo onto my desktop, Face book, etc... except for my hipstamatic images. Help!! thank you!

No idea.
The ! turns up when iPhoto loses the connection between the thumbnail in the iPhoto Window and the file it represents.
Somethings to try:
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In Library Manager it's the FIle -> Rebuild command)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

How do I burn multiple images from iPhoto to cd?

I have downloaded some family vacation photos to iphoto. iphoto separated them into four events with a total of 161 pictures. I tried to "burn" one event at a time to a non rewrite CD. After the first "burn" the program said that this CD was not rewritable and would not permit the second "burn". I then used a rewritable CD and maxed it out with these 161 regular photos. When I opened the files in the CD there were other files beside the images (a total of 512). I was a long time Windows user and have a feeling that I am either over simplifying the process or missing a step. Where can I find instructions? Thanks

Burn for what purpose? To share with others?
Export the photos to a folder on the Desktop. Burn that with the Finder. Result: a folder of images that any computer can read.
Using iPhoto's Burn command creates an iPhoto Library on the disk and is suitable only for others also using the same version of iPhoto.
This User Tip
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4921
has details of the options in the Export dialogue.
Note that rewriteable disks do not necessarily mean that you can append files to them, and require special burning software to do so.
Regards
TD

HT201109 How do I export the images from FinalCutProX?

Hey,
I recently was working on a movie for a company and I used a bunch of still images (jpegs) to make the movie... I imported all of my images into final cut pro x as I believed I would only be making the video. The company now wants all of the images (jpegs) that I took, for their records... Is there anyway to export all of the images that I have on my final cut pro x into: Iphoto, USB or a cd? I would appreciate any help you guys can give on this subject.
Thanks!

It should be fairly easy.
All your content should be inside your library.
Control-click the library in Finder, "Show Package Contents", navigate to the Original Media folder, sort by kind, and drag the jpeg files to your pen drive.

How do I transfer a photo from iPhoto or the Desktop onto my Samsung phone GT S5830i ?

Can anyone please tell me how I can transfer a photo from iPhoto or the Desktop onto my Samsung Galaxy Ace GT S5830i phone ? The phone won't connect to Kies. I've uninstalled Kies. I've tried with Bluetooth and USB cable; all to no avail. I'm running Mavericks on a Mac. Many thanks in anticipation, Derek.

You can export the image from iPhoto to the desktop
File -> Export
This User Tip
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4921
has details of the options in the Export dialogue.
Unfortunately, the rest of your query - i.e. - getting it from the desktop to that phone is one more for a Samsung forum.

Iphoto can't see my external drive

Hi,
I want all my photo's from Iphoto to go on an external drive I have. But if I click on Export and have to chose a place then I can't click on my external drive because it's not there on the list on the left side...
Is there an other why to move all my photo's to my external drive?

The question should be 'what's wrong with the external drive'
Can you see it in other programs? can you see it in Disk Utility?

How do I delete images from iphoto after I export them to make room on my hd

I have exported images from iphoto onto an external hard drive to make room for more images on the macbook pro - whenI deleted the files from iphoto page they still seem to be sitting somewhere on the laptop, number are still high and I need to delete them, where do I go to delete the files that have been exported to the external storage, I do not have time machine.

What version of iPhoto?
Did you empty the iPhoyo Trash?

How do I export my images from iPhoto 9.4, to an external drive?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for