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:
- In iPhoto:
- Select the photos you want to burn. I recommend using an album, but that's your call.
- Choose Share -> Desktop
- Close the System Preferences app when it pops up
- In Finder:
- Control-click in a folder or the desktop and choose New Burn Folder from the pop-up menu.
- Open a Finder window and navigate to: »Users » your_username » Pictures » iPhoto Library » iPhoto Selection
- Select all the items in the folder, and drag them onto the Burn Folder.
- 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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