James Snedeker

Q: Safely moving videos from iPhoto?

I have many years of accumulated videos in iPhoto that I want to finally organize outside of iPhoto.

 

I think I want to put them onto a set of DVDs, but I'm also thinking of putting them on a thumb drive as well--might as well have two copies.

 

The last time I tried to do this, things got really weird and I think it's because I renamed the video (from the file number to a brief description of what was in it).   I got messages saying that the video couldn't be found.  After some advice from people here, I put the original file names back in place and it worked.  Phew!

 

Anyway, I want to try again and do it right this time.  If someone can help me, I'd like step-by-step instructions as to how to manipulate each file and eventually get it onto the DVD and thumb drive of my dreams.   Thanks!

 

P. S.  Is there a point in the process where you can safely rename the file?

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on May 30, 2016 3:40 PM

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  • by LarryHN,Solvedanswer

    LarryHN LarryHN May 30, 2016 3:58 PM in response to James Snedeker
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    May 30, 2016 3:58 PM in response to James Snedeker

    select the movies in iPhoto and export (file menu ==> export) the unmodified original to a folder - there you can rename as you wish and write to CD/DVD or a ThumbDrive  --  You must NEVER make any changes to the content of the iPhoto library - only after exporting can you make changes to the file outside the library

     

    LN

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin May 30, 2016 10:45 PM in response to James Snedeker
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    May 30, 2016 10:45 PM in response to James Snedeker

    Select the videos and go

     

    File -> Export

     

    Set the Kind to Original

     

    Decide where to export to, and that will produce your videos in a folder at the chosen location.

     

    I'm not sure there's much point in backing up to CD/DVD. It's a dying technology. Only one model of Mac now comes with an optical drive, soon these shiny disks will be as useful as floppy disks.

  • by James Snedeker,

    James Snedeker James Snedeker Jun 1, 2016 6:52 PM in response to James Snedeker
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    Jun 1, 2016 6:52 PM in response to James Snedeker

    Dear Larry and Terence,

     

    Thanks so much for the help!   I'm looking forward to getting these videos organized once and for all. 

     

    Yeah, Terence, I know what you're talking about with the demise of discs and all.  I still like them, though, and still use iMovie to make fun movies.  I bought an external disc drive and also put iDVD onto my brand-new iMac/El Capitan.  It worked well and I'm as happy as a Luddite clam. 

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Jun 1, 2016 8:08 PM in response to James Snedeker
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    Jun 1, 2016 8:08 PM in response to James Snedeker

    You are welcome

     

    LN