Burn a disc of iPhoto images for Windows via aliases

Jan 30, '07 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: avi4now

Apple already has a support document explaining how to do this. They have it basically correct: you copy the files to a folder, then burn the files from that folder. The problem: you're copying a bunch of files from one place to another one the same drive, which takes a long time and uses up disk space -- which you may not even have free. For example, I just needed to burn 1,080 photos to a DVD, total size about 3GB.

Thankfully, there's a good solution for power users, which I documented on my blog, and will repeat here for macosxhints' readers:

  1. In iPhoto:
    1. Select the photos you want to burn. I recommend using an album, but that's your call.
    2. Choose Share -> Desktop
  2. Close the System Preferences app when it pops up
  3. In Finder:
    1. Control-click in a folder or the desktop and choose New Burn Folder from the pop-up menu.
    2. Open a Finder window and navigate to: »Users » your_username » Pictures » iPhoto Library » iPhoto Selection
    3. Select all the items in the folder, and drag them onto the Burn Folder.
    4. Open your Burn Folder and start the burn normally.
There! You've burned your photos to a disk the way it should always work: using aliases. No needlessly duplicating files on your hard disk just to burn them.

[robg adds: When you're done, you'll probably want to change your desktop picture back to whatever it was you were using before.]

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