- Service Name: [whatever you want]
- Service Type: _dpap._tcp.
- Port Number: 8770
- Check 'Enable Host Proxy'
- Host Name: [the name of the server]
- IP Address:[the IP address of the server]
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Using our old friend Network Beacon, I managed to connect across the Internet to iPhoto4 on my son's Mac and share his iPhoto Library. Set up was as follows:
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Share iPhoto4 libraries across the Internet
I'm not trying to toot my own horn here, but another option that is available to you (and not restricted to iPhoto 4 users) is myPhoto (which allows you to share your photos as a web site automagically).
Share iPhoto4 libraries across the Internet
and i'll toot his horn for him - myPhoto is an excellent product (and free, too) that keeps your entire iPhoto Library (or just the parts you want) live all the time. really nice stuff, and doesn't interfere with iPhoto's normal operations in any way. very slick!
Share iPhoto4 libraries across the Internet
Toot Toot!!!, myPhoto is great although I see the benefits of the other hint as well, but to make a .mac like interface of your iPhoto album is great!
Share iPhoto4 libraries across the Internet
Please don't blow your own horn...When you install MyPhoto it moves your iPhoto Library into the MyPhoto folder and replaces it with an alias...So if you just drag the MyPhoto folder into the trash and click empty...ALL YOUR PHOTOS ARE DELETED, WHICH IS WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO ME...so please, don't blow your own horn. Now I have several days of work to do putting all my photos back in iPhoto, editing, cropping, fixing.....
Share iPhoto4 libraries across the Internet
As I've explained to you via email, myPhoto moves the iPhoto Library to your sites folder because iPhoto can handle aliases fine and by default, Apache can't. There are customizations you can make to Apache to get around this, but for some reason, I have not had consistent results in terms of reliability with all of my users and since most users don't want to customize Apache themselves if something goes wrong, this is a big burden in terms of support and a big hassle for the average user (who doesn't want to know of something like Terminal.app).
Share iPhoto4 libraries across the Internet
"Aware of the oddities in my install" says it all! Moving an iPhoto library from the place Apple intended to be instead of using the features of the Apache webserver that would do the job is an oddity and leads to problems. Whether you accept the blame or not, my photos did not survive your oddities, but they would have survived using Apache correctly. I would never have dragged my iPhoto library to the trash can. I drag an app to the trash can all the time without suffering data loss.
Share iPhoto4 libraries across the Internet
My my, I have opened a can of worms.
Share iPhoto4 libraries across the Internet
I have found myPhoto to require a bit of attention to the details of the install and that the 10.3 install only required knowing that I should edit the httpd.conf file (/private/etc/httpd/httpd.conf) with BBEdit (I am not the type to want to know vi or pico in the Terminal). BBEdit is very useful because it respects all privs on files and doesn't change creator types. I have found that using SymbolicLinker (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17655) again because ln -s in Terminal is a pain. Simply, if you use symbolic links for the iPhoto Library to point to the new location in /Library/Webserver/Documents/myPhoto/iPhoto Library/ then all is well and nothing remotely close to data loss occurs and all sharing (Rendezvous and myPhoto) works flawlessly.
Share iPhoto4 libraries across the Internet
myPhoto references aside - this is a great hint. Since personal photos don't have the same copyright issues as commercially produced music, I wonder why Apple didn't include sharing over the Internet as a standard feature (as it did in the initial release of iTunes 4.0.)
Share iPhoto4 libraries across the Internet
Following a request from a macosxhint user who has used this (and got it working) - here are the full details of how to set up iPhoto 4 to share libraries across the Internet:
Share iPhoto4 libraries across the Internet
Here's how I'm using ssh port tunneling to access an iPhoto library behind a NAT firewall, e.g. to get to your home photos from work. I'll assume you already have your firewall set up to forward ssh requests inside to some box on your home lan (doesn't necessarily need to be the same box running iphoto).
Set up Network Beacon:
ssh -g -L 27005:IPHOTO_SERVER:8770 YOUR_EXT_IP The -g seems to be necessary (rtfm if you care). IPHOTO_SERVER is the internal, non-routable name or IP of your iPhoto server on your home lan. If your iPhoto server is the same box as you're ssh'ing into, then you can probably just put "localhost". Examples: ssh -g -L 27005:192.168.0.4:8770 68.99.33.44 ssh -g -L 27005:localhost:8770 68.99.33.44 "Home Photos" should now show up in your local iPhoto client. Have fun! |
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