Backup iPhoto library photos
Article introduces how to back up iPhoto '11 photo library in your Mac into an external hard drive or CD / DVD.
The system is broken, to lose data, especially all the pictures you stored in the machine. Therefore, Mac users should regularly use the features Time Machine to back up photos on external hard drive.
Backup to external hard drive
Connect the external hard drive on your Mac and then pop up. A Finder window will appear, displaying the content of external hard drives. Then open a new Finder window and select your Pictures folder, a folder containing image files of the iPhoto library. Next, drag the files onto an external hard drive folder. You can overwrite the old file, if any.
Drag your photo library on an external hard drive for backup. |
For iPhoto library is smaller, you can backup to CD / DVD. Insert the CD or DVD optical drives into your Mac, drag the iPhoto Library from your Pictures folder icon on the desktop optical drive. Then, drag the icon towards the trash can to enable the application to burn Burn Disc.
Drag the icon for the drive to burn trash. |
iPhoto lets you burn images to disc. |
If you want to create disk images for viewing on your computer, you must first export the images to a folder on the desktop using the command File -> Export, and then drag that folder to DVD.
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