How to: copys pics from iphoto to external hard drive to share

I scanned about 10,000 historical family photos into iphoto, and now I'd like to gift each of my siblings with a copy of the entire group of photos on a portable memory/storage device. I have chosen to use a portable (external) hard drive (called the LACIE "little disk") so the images will be reliably safe in storage and yet remain easily accessible to the user.
I've never done this before and would be so grateful for any instruction. I'm a little too intimidated to wing-it with a project this big and important to me.
What are the steps to export the entire group to an external hard drive?
One of my siblings uses a PC, and another uses a Mac....does that make a difference?
My thought is that I just have to
1. create new folder on desktop
2. go into iphoto, "select" the pics from the LIBRARY>PHOTOS that I want to share
3. transfer to the newly created folder on my desktop
4. drag the folder to the Lacie drive (already formatted for PC and/or Mac).
5. all done!
Is it that simple?? (please say yes). If so, How do I check to verify the pics are readable (openable?) on the hard drive?
Thank you for your time and your patience...and of course, your expertise!
Cindy
Message was edited by: cnd212
** To clarify, I have FIVE siblings so I will be making FIVE individual transfers...I bought FIVE "LUCIE" hard drives....I reread my entry and I didn't want to confuse anyone about that detail. Only one of hard drives will be used by a PC person, the others will each be for MAC users.
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Here's how I would proceed:
1 - for the PC users leave the formatting of the hard drive as FAT 32 (most come that way). If it's formatted for Macs then reformat it as FAT 16 (Macs can't format 32). For the Mac users make sure the format is OS X Extended (journaled).
2 - Add a folder to each little disk.
3 - in iPhoto select the photos you want to send and use the File->Export->File Export menu option. Select the following options: Kind: Original; JPEG Quality: Maximum; Size: Full Size; File Name: whatever of the options you want. If any of the original file names are the same you'll need to use the Sequential option so all the files will have a different file name.
4 - hit the Export button and select the folder on the little disk as the destination.
Do the above for each of the little disks to use used.
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