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Thanks for posting this -- when I get some time to play with it, I think it will point out lots of other useful things I can do with my non-work-related macosx features. As for this point:
Apple recommends backing up to CD, but as I generally use 1GB sticks in my camera, I frequently can't fit even a single camera load onto a CD. That's clearly a loser.

Don't you have one of those "combo" drives that can burn a DVD? You get ~4.5 GB that way...

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Re^2: iPhoto Export
by mpeever (Friar) on Jan 26, 2009 at 02:07 UTC

    You know, it actually occurred to me to use a DVD instead of a CD at some point, but by then I was determined to get an export working in code. I'm glad I chose the code route now, because I have all my photos from two MacBooks on a single drive and I can work on merging the libraries.

    I might need to write a merge too, but I think I can use one I wrote in Scheme a while back. I use it to back up iTunes now, and it works great. iTunes is easier than iPhoto, because the files are more visible: but now that Perl's got the images exporting, standard tools ought to make the rest of the chores easier.

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Re^2: iPhoto Export
by Gavin (Archbishop) on Jan 26, 2009 at 11:00 UTC
    Storage on external Hard Drives seems to be the current trend as there are many reasonable priced ones with 1TB plus for around £100.00
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Re^2: iPhoto Export
by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Jan 26, 2009 at 14:03 UTC

    My iPhoto DB is approaching 100GB of family pictures and video (yeah, I am one of them parents :-). To backup by anything like a tape / CD / DVD / etc is just painful.

    I have been backing up (is some meaning of the word) by exporting everything (and flattening the structure in the process) to a remote share on my home network. Not the nicest solution

    I will also have to play with this script to see what it can do for me. Looks interesting.

    --MidLifeXis

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