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Q: iPhoto how to back up pics on DVD. I tried using their export instructions but file that came up was way too big for burning to a DVD. How can you tell when you have enough pics to fill a DVD? Also how to find file after exporting. Also, how to delet

I want to put old pics from iPhoto on a DVD & delete them from My Photo Stream. How do I do that? I tried the export, but had a lot of trouble finding the folder it went to.... When I did find them, it was way too big for a DVD. How can I know how many pics to put on a DVD? How do I delete pics after I put them on a DVD?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2), files from Windows XP PC

Posted on Apr 30, 2015 5:17 PM

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  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Apr 30, 2015 6:27 PM in response to anitafromok
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    Apr 30, 2015 6:27 PM in response to anitafromok

    When you export you specify the export location so they are where you said to put them 

     

    As to size - again you set the export parameters so they are the size you requested

     

    How many - a math question - take the capacity of the DVD and divide by the size of an average photo - that tells you hos many average photos you can put on one DVD

     

    And note that this is not a safe way to archive photos as DVDs are subject to damage and deterioration

     

    LN

  • by anitafromok,

    anitafromok anitafromok May 1, 2015 8:39 AM in response to LarryHN
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    May 1, 2015 8:39 AM in response to LarryHN

    How do you recommend archiving photos?

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin May 1, 2015 8:42 AM in response to anitafromok
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    May 1, 2015 8:42 AM in response to anitafromok

    Hard disks and online - for instance with services like Flickr. I think you need a plurality of options, both local and remote. Unfortunately optical media can be unreliable, and is going the way of the floppy disk anyway.

  • by anitafromok,

    anitafromok anitafromok May 1, 2015 8:46 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    May 1, 2015 8:46 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    I have seen the remote storage but have been leery of it. I will try one & also use something else. What about thumb drives?

  • by Old Toad,Helpful

    Old Toad Old Toad May 1, 2015 12:49 PM in response to anitafromok
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    May 1, 2015 12:49 PM in response to anitafromok

    Do you have any backup strategy in place for your entire hard drive?  If not then that's the first thing you should consider IMO. An external HD with Time Machine will backup your entire hard drive. 

     

    If you don't want to lose all of the organizational effort you put into managing your photos, i.e. edits, keywords, albums, projects, titles, etc., you should backup the entire iPhoto Library package.

     

    Here is an excellent primer on TM: All about Time Machine

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  • by Terence Devlin,Helpful

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin May 1, 2015 12:49 PM in response to anitafromok
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    May 1, 2015 12:49 PM in response to anitafromok

    Not sure why you might be leery of services like Flickr or SmugMug. You don't have to share your photos, you can keep them all private and at the same time can access them from any computer in the world.