Unable To Export Photos ???

I am in the process of exporting my 2010 photos. I successfully exported about a thousand photos. Now, once it exports approximately 150 pictures, iPhoto alerts me that it is unable to create the directory. Any help would be much appreciated!
Some history. I suspected it may be an OS issue. I have a 2TB disk drive with 1TB remaining. I have run Onyx and CleanMyMac. I have repaired permission. I also used disk utility and repaired the disk. I zapped pram. I have restarted my system. I do not know what is left for me to do.

No one knows how long a BR disk will last, they haven't been around that long. BUt maybe they will, and maybe you want to keep an old computer around just so you can read these disks that might or might not last.
My solution is to upload them images to a photo-sharing site - There are many options: Flickr, Picasa, SmugMug etc. However, check the terms of your account carefully. While most sites have free uploading, you will often find that these uploads are limited in terms of the file size or the bandwidth you can use per month. For access that allows you to upload full size pics with no restrictions you may need to pay. But even at that it's stll be cheap, plus you have the advantage of off-site back up and complete acessibility from any machine any time.
FWIW I use SmugMug basic. For $40 per year I can upload unlimited images up to 50MB in size, I can password proteect them so they stay private and so on. It's worth thinking about...
Regards
TD

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