IPhoto, how is the best way to back up all my many photos?

I have on my iMac it is finder 10.5 iPhoto does not allow me to back up to USB only burn?

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

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    From: [email protected]
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    Subject: What's the best way to back up to the cloud?
        Re: What's the best way to back up to the cloud?
        created by JimHess in Photoshop Lightroom - View the full discussion
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