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Q: Burning DVDs from Photos

I want to back up some photos to DVD.  How do I do this directly from Photos?

iMac (27-inch, Late 2013), iOS 8.4.1

Posted on Sep 12, 2015 12:41 AM

by léonie,Apple recommended
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A:

Select the photos in Photos and export the photos from Photos using the "File > Export> Export Unmodified Original" menu item.

Then select a folder to write them to and burn that folder to DVD.

 

To backup the complete Photos Library, copy it to an external drive. The library cannot be used from a DVD, since it needs to be on a disk that is writable.

See.                 Back up your Photos library      

Posted on Sep 12, 2015 1:01 AM

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    pbragg pbragg Sep 12, 2015 12:44 AM in response to pbragg
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    Sep 12, 2015 12:44 AM in response to pbragg

    Usually I keep control by manually loading pics to directories of my making but when Photos has them I can't access the file in Finder.

  • by léonie,Apple recommended

    léonie léonie Sep 12, 2015 1:01 AM in response to pbragg
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    Sep 12, 2015 1:01 AM in response to pbragg

    Select the photos in Photos and export the photos from Photos using the "File > Export> Export Unmodified Original" menu item.

    Then select a folder to write them to and burn that folder to DVD.

     

    To backup the complete Photos Library, copy it to an external drive. The library cannot be used from a DVD, since it needs to be on a disk that is writable.

    See.                 Back up your Photos library      

  • by pbragg,

    pbragg pbragg Sep 12, 2015 1:05 AM in response to léonie
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    Sep 12, 2015 1:05 AM in response to léonie

    I'll try that again.  I did export originals but got greatly reduced files instead of the full data.  No doubt something I did wrong.  Will try again.

  • by léonie,Apple recommended

    léonie léonie Sep 12, 2015 5:35 AM in response to pbragg
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    Sep 12, 2015 5:35 AM in response to pbragg

    Make sure, you use the menu entry "File > Export > Export unmodified originals"

    and not  "File > Export > Export ... files:   ". That will export the modified versions, and if you export modified versions as JPEG, they may be compressed, even if you select "Original size".