Sharing iPhoto Book File

We used iPhoto and ordered an iPhoto book that we received a few days ago. My niece in Houston Tx. (she just bought her first Mac) would like to see the book. I was wondering if there is a file I could e-mail or burn to DVD, so she can open the book up in iPhoto. I did save the file as a PDF (too large to e-mail, so I put it on a DVD, 34.5meg)and can send that, but I wanted to try to have her see it as an iPhoto book...
thanks...
--warren
iMac 17 Mac OS X (10.4)

Paul:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. With the new iPhoto folder configuration it's a little easier to backup a library in parts. But, the key item here is to be able to reconstruct the iPhoto LIbrary folder exactly as it is now on your HD. This method of backup will only allow you to recreate your library as a separate entity, not add these photos to a new library.
If you use the iPhoto Share->Burn menu option you can burn selected rolls (enough to fill a DVD disk) and the resulting disk will allow you to mount that disk in iPhoto to view and/or copy files back into the working library (see Example 1). Keywords and comments will be preserved for those photos. The example was a disc containing an entire test library so the slideshow were on the disk also. There is one gotcha you have to watch out for. The size of the burn as reported in iPhoto in the Info window is way less than what will be burned. That's because iPhoto does not take into account the thumbnail files, Modified files, data files, etc. that get burned along with the image files. So if you go this route and start selecting rolls, I would stop somewhere around 4.2G to be on the safe side. My test library is reported by iPhoto at 451 MB whereas the Finder sees 560 MB. So you see the problem.
If you just want a copy of your current library you can select as many of the Roll folder in the original folder for the first burn to disk. Then burn the remaining rolls to the next disk. If there's room on the next disk burn the entire Modified folder. If not burn the modified folder and all other files in the iPhoto library to another disk. You might want to color code them with labels to make the copy and reconstruction easier. You'll just have to work out what fits and what doesn't without missing any files.
You can check the sizes of the various folders and sub folders in the Finder beforehand and color code those that will fit on the first disk, etc. Again, let me emphasize that the key is reassembling the parts in the correct configuration.
Good luck.

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namastenat wrote:
I can't seem to find where it says what the turnaround time is for the iPhoto book. Does anyone know where this information is?
http://www.apple.com/support/photoservices/shipping/ - basically 3 to 4 business days production plus shipping of 3 to 14 business days
Or, can I just order it 2 day delivery & it will be here in 2 days?
no
Also, we are making one for my mother's 65th bday but I want to show it to my sisters before I order it...they do not live in the same state....does anyone know if it is possible to email it to them?
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LN

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Larry, thanks for the tip -- that looks like it does what I wanted to do!
In the meantime, I did find a slightly geekier way to do it. For those that care, I've posted the solution to my blog: http://scottierocket.com/mac/capturing-temporary-pdf-files-in-iphoto-08/
At least that way, I learned a bit more Mac OS X command-line geek-fu!

Can iPhoto books be shared for editing by others with iPhoto?

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