Sharing iphoto book

How can I share my iphoto book so others can buy it? Created a book for the family but I cannot buy books for everyone. I want other family members to view and buy the book.

You would have to give them the iPhoto library you used to create and order the book and they would have to have a Mac and the same version of iPhoto in order to open and use the library.
An alternative would be to create a PDF file of the book and send that pdf file to other family members to view. Then they could order the book thru you.
To create a small library that would be easy to send to others see this tutorial: 09 - Archiving an iPhoto Book for Editing and/or Ordering at a Later Date.
You then drag the archived/small library onto a blank CD/DVD mounted on the Desktop and burn the library to the disc. Do not use the Share ➙ Burn menu option in iPhoto. Then mail the disc to the family members who would drag the book library from the disc to the Desktop and open it with iPhoto to order a book for themselves. Remember only Mac users could make use of the library.
A possible alternate would be to create a video DVD of the book complete with music. How to accomplish that is described in this tutorial: 06 - Creating an iDVD Slideshow From an iPhoto Book. The book could then be viewed on a TV set. I create one of these DVDs go accompany every photo book I create and give as a present.
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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.

Sharing iPhoto Book - Burning to DVD

To celebrate and document our grandson's 1st year of life I made an iPhoto book for his parents. I was VERY PLEASED with both the service and the results. Now, as I prepare to switch from iPhoto to Aperture 2, I don't want to lose my Master Copy of this book. So, I clicked Share, and then burned it to a DVD .... neat. `Only problem is the audio. It seems that "Pachelbel Canon" is automatic ... either because that's what I chose for a wedding DVD I made just before burning the baby's book, or because it's an automatic choice from Apple. I would much prefer to have some of our grandson's favourite music as the background audio. However, no matter what I do, it always comes back as Pachelbel.
.....What I read says to drag chosen songs to the audio icon. However, unlike for a regular slide show, when burning the book slide show there is no audio icon. ... audio pit, I think it was called.
So - Thinking I would have better control of the audio if I started from scratch ...... Instead of clicking "Share" and having Apple copy the book to DVD as a slide show, I tried dragging in one page at a time. `Didn't work because the pages dragged in as doubles.
`Anyone got a solution? ... Or is a Pachelbel Canon audio the only choice with a book?
Thanks!

You photos are not corrupted but the library's database file is. Try the three fixes below in order as needed:
1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library. Select all options.
2 - rebuild the library using iPhoto Library Manager as follows:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 -Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 -Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your User/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File->Rebuild Library menu option
4 - In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
5 - Click on the Create button.
Note: It may take some time to create the new library if you have a lot of photos.
3 - start over with a new library and import the Originals folder from your original library as follows:
Creating a new library while preserving the Events from the original library.
Move the existing library folder to the desktop.
Open the library package like this.
Launch iPhoto and, when asked, select the option to create a new library.
Drag the Originals folder from the iPhoto Library on the desktop into the open Photo window
This will create a new library with the same Events as the original library if you have the Finder checkbox unchecked in the Events preference pane.
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Can iPhoto books be shared for editing by others with iPhoto?

Working on a project with a client who would like to handle future edits of their photo book on their own. Can iPhoto books be shared for editing by others with iPhoto?

How do I share the library and book with them?
Copy the library to a thumbs drive and give them the thumbs drive.
The drive needs to be formatted MAcOS Extended (Journaled), with the Ignore Ownership flag enabled.
See this link: iPhoto: Sharing libraries among multiple users
The clients will need to use the same iPhoto version as you are using.

IPhoto Book turnaround time & sharing question

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? Or, can I just order it 2 day delivery & it will be here in 2 days?
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?
Thank you!

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?
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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?
Not really - they are big files - you probably need to do a print to PDF (or right click (control click) on a grey background area and select preview book from the contextual menu and save the PDF and burn it to a CD and ship it - once you have the PDF you can try e-mails it but it probably will fail on either your end or her's because of the size
And maybe you can downsize the preview since you will not be printing from it.
LN

"sharing" pages from an iphoto book to iweb

Hi - I am trying to take pages of my photo book from iphoto and publish them to my website. Whenever I try to 'share' these pages (share-send to iweb-photo page) the photo page part is greyed out. It will only allow me to do it with one picture not a page from my book.
thank you!

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Follow steps #1 and #2 of this tutorial: #6 - Creating an iDVD Slideshow From an iPhoto Book.
Then you can get something like this: iPhoto Book as an iWeb Slideshow.
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Best practices for sharing iPhoto libraries across multiple Macs

I have a pair of iMacs running 10.6.x. and iPhoto 11 connected via Ethernet to an Airport Extreme. I am looking for a way to share my iPhoto library between the two Macs.
I found an Apple Support note on the topic (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1198) which states that a disk image is a supported location for a shared iPhoto library (with limitations acceptable to me) and it strikes me that this would be a way of hosting a shared iPhoto library onto a NAS device.
Am I missing a simpler solution or, more importantly, am I missing any blindingly obvious caveats? I'd love to hear from anybody who has tried this (successfully or otherwise) or anybody who has a better idea. I haven't bought a NAS device yet, so I'm open to alternative suggestions.
Specific requirements:
Members of my family use either one of a pair of iMacs.
The only user who edits the iPhoto library is me and I only need read/write access from one machine.
iPhoto library access limited to one user at a time is acceptable and practical in my case.

Easiest:
If the other users only get to see the Library then just use iPhoto Sharing.
Enable sharing in the iPhoto Preferences on the Host machine, then go to the other macgine and in the same location enable 'Look for Shared Libraries'
Other forms of sharing will give the users read/write access to the Library.
A strong warning: If you're trying to edit the Library (that is, make albums, move photos around, keyword, make books or slideshows etc.) or edit individual photos in it via Wireless be very careful. Dropouts are a common fact of wireless networking, and should one occur while the app is writing to the database then your Library will be damaged. Simply, I would not do this with my Libraries.
Regards
TD

Sharing iphoto library on the same computer between different users

Can anyone tell me how (without having to write my own code) I can share photos easily (so I can teach my parents, who know nothing about mac, how to do it) between different users on the SAME COMPUTER?
I am so frustrated! You can share with anyone else in the world, but when it is on the same computer I can't figure out how to share!

Hi Mereditty,
Here are all the links I have for sharing a couple of different ways.
SHARING IPHOTO LIBRARIES
Sharing libraries between users on the same local network
You can also share a library on the same machine between users the same way.
Sharing libraries between users on the same machine...
-both users must have sharing enabled in their iPhoto Preferences
-both users must be logged in and have iPhoto running
-Remember that you can only view the other library. You can't edit the photos or play the saved slideshows or view the made books or burn them to CD or DVD. The books and slideshows will show up as an album. You can play that album as an "on the fly" slideshow. You can drag images from the sharing library to your library in the source column to import them to your library. You can then edit, add to albums, books, slideshow, etc.
Sharing links from Apple....
Sharing your photos between computers
About shared photos
Turning off photo sharing
Looking for shared photos
SHARING ONE IPHOTO LIBRARY BETWEEN USERS ON SAME MACHINE
You can try one of these three methods:
1- Use iPhoto Library Manager-the paid version
The documentation page will give instructions on how it is done.
2- Sharing one iPhoto library between several users on one machine
3- Share an iPhoto Library in tiger Using ACL's
4- I have also read about ShareAlike
There is no other info on the site about how it works.
I strongly urge anyone wanting to try any of the methods for sharing one iPhoto Library folder among more than one user to backup all iPhoto Library folders before attemptin anything.
Lori

Upload freezes when trying to order an iPhoto book

I've seen that many people have had this problem. I'm trying to order a large (not XL) iPhoto book using my 2012 MacBook Pro. After I click "Buy Book" and enter payment information, the assembly goes well, but it freeezes halfway through the upload every time. I can and have made a pdf of the book following Apple's instructions, and everything worked just fine with that. In other forums, the suggestion is to reboot the computer in safe mode. Is this suggestion only for people who couldn't create a pdf of the book? How will this help with the upload?

ErinWyoming, I'm sharing your pain. I've ordered 3 calendars in the past with no problem. Even using this computer and the same network. Currently on a MacBook Air running OSX 10.8.5.
But this order is driving me nuts. I can create the PDF and it assembles with no problem, but gets to either one of 2 points in the upload and basically freezes iPhoto (so freezes quite early on in the upload, or around half way through). I can't cancel the order, or otherwise use iPhoto and the only way to escape is to Force Quit iPhoto.
I've tried ordering in safe mode, I've tried deleting the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file as instructed elsewhere. I've tried different Apple ID's and different addresses. I've adjusted my energy settings so that the display and computer never go to sleep and my hard disk won't go to sleep. I've tried uploading at different times of the day. I've left it running overnight (just in case I'm not being patient enough). Alas, no order goes through.
I'm not sure what else to try. I'm getting to the end of my tether!! Anyone else got some suggestions?! I'm thinking (God forbid), of constructing the calendar elsewhere at this point .... I'm OVER it!!!!

Sharing Photo Books Online

I created a photobook as a gift for my son's teacher. It was great, a success. Now many of my friends and colleagues want to a) view the completed book online and b) potentially order one themselves (from Apple, not me..)
Is there away to share photo books made in iPhoto 09 online? I am not as concerned about the ordering part ( although it would be nice not to be caught in the middle) as I am the sharing part. I have shared all of the raw photos via Gallery & mobileMe, but want to share the formatted & edited book. Any tips.... ?

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. You could do it like this: iPhoto Book as an iWeb Slideshow. You can even add music to play while the visitors are viewing the pages.
Or go as far as converting the book pages to a jpeg in iPhoto and then create an iPhoto MobileMe gallery. You can then send the URL for the gallery or embed it in an iWeb page like this: MobileMe Galleries

IPhoto book error when trying to preview book

When I try to preview my iPhoto book it starts "assembling book" but when it gets to page 14 it fails with the following error "The operation couldn't be completed. (com.apple.chameleon.componentGenerator error 8.)"
Does anyone have any advice on how to resolve this? Thanks!

Hi there,
Are you able to reproduce the issue consistantly with the project. Can you please ask your coworker to publish a blank project and see its working fine or not?. In case if the issue is project specific, then can you please send the .cptx file to us so that we can investigate the issue at our end. Please upload it to a shared workspace(Acrobat.com) and send me the link at [email protected]
Thanks,
Nimmy Sukumaran.

Iphoto why does iphoto crashe when trying to change theme on iphoto book.

i have been trying to change the theme style of a iphoto book i made and everytime i press change theme is shows its loading and never loads or it crashes. help me out pleas.

HI Rune,
That is most likely a shared library issue. The Finder is trying to access your iPhoto library without iPhoto being open. Sometimes when libraries are shared, they can become corrupt.
Go here and read about shared library issues.
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/sharedlibraryerrors.html#Anchor-Resolving-35326
The easiest way to fix this is to back up your important data and do an Archive and Install which restores your system software. It does NOT erase the drive, you do not have to reinstall any Apple pre-installed software, ie., iLife applications.
Go here and read the instructions for archive and install.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1544
Carolyn

Sharing address book

how do i share the same address book between two users on the same mac?

It can be done, but setting it up takes a bit of work. It works flawlessly afterwards.
Step 1: Make a new folder in /Users/Shared. Call it Contacts for the sake of the example here.
Step 2: Go to System Preferences -> Accounts. Unlock the padlock, and click the + button. Choose "new Group" from the drop-down menu. Call it "contactgroup" for the sake of the example here. Add the users to that group to whom you wish to share access to the Address Book contents.
Step 3: Log in to an admin account, and paste all of this into Terminal at the same time:
sudo chmod +a "contactgroup allow delete,chown,list,search,add_file,\
addsubdirectory,delete_child,file_inherit,directoryinherit" \
/Users/Shared/Contacts
Press return, and then enter the admin password when prompted. The above step will ensure that both users can add, remove, and edit contacts without running into "permission denied" errors.
Step 4: Log in as the user who has the Address Book contents you want to share. Navigate to Homefolder -> Library -> Application Support. Hold down the option key while you drag the AddressBook folder from there to /Users/Shared/Contacts. Then move the original AddressBook folder from Homefolder -> Library -> Application Support to the trash.
Step 5: control-option-command-drag the AddressBook folder from /Users/Shared/Contacts back to Homefolder/Library/Application Support. This will create an alias, so that the Address Book application will know where to find the contact info in its new location.
Step 6: Log in as the user with whom you want to share access, and repeat step 5.
That should do it. It works for me for sharing iPhoto and iTunes libraries between my wife's and my user accounts, so it should work too for Address Book.

Creative Memories "Storybook Creator" software versus iPhoto Book

Have any of you compared the CM product that Creative Memories has for only PC users (or the Mac users who have PC too)?
I love that Storybook Creator software - and only wish that the iPhoto Book software had all the wonderful "themes" and the ability to have more text! It just frustrates me that CM has such a superior product but that it is not compatible with all the many Macs out there - unless you are luck enough to have the MacBook Pro - which I do. It is a big nusiance to export from iPhoto to a file that is shared with the PC side and then use those photos to import to my pictures and use them for a storybook.
Ahhhh - frustration!
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

How can I turn my French apple account into Australian one to be able to buy a Iphoto book I've made?

hi
How can I turn my french apple account into an Australian one , to be able to buy a Iphoto book I 've created ?

And you need to set the "Print Products Store" in the iPhoto Preferences "Advanced" to the country you are in. The credit card you will be using with your AppleID needs to be valid in the country your AppleID is registered to. Will you be staying permanently in Australia? Maybe it wuld be simpler to create a second AppleID just for the time of your stay there.

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