IPhoto album as desktop

Why, when I browse for an iPhoto album to use as my desktop images, do I not see the same albums as I have set up in iPhoto. I get folders such as Roll Numbers, Originals and Modified, but not my own album titles. It will take ages to locate the files I want. Why does iPhoto in the Finder not seem to be organised the same way as the actual application?

Because Albums, slideshows etc, are virtual contructs. There is no corresponding folder of images for each album. The upside of this is that a pic can be in 5, 50 or 500 albums with no wasted hard disk space, which would occur is there was a folder for each album.
Te good news, or course, is that Apple have thought of this. And if you go to SystemPreferences -> Desktop & Screensaver, select the Desktop Tab and scroll down you'll find your iPhoto library and your albums listed there.
Regards
TD

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