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photo collection grows; or merge separate Photo Libraries (such as the one on

your iBook and the one on your iMac) into a single master library.

These discs do not play in Windows or Mac OS 9. They’re exclusively for iPhoto’s

use.

Note: The Burn Disc button doesn’t start out installed at the bottom of the iPhoto screen. Use the

ShareÆShow in Toolbar submenu to specify which icons appear there.

Select the albums or photos that you want to include on the disc, and then click

the Burn icon. Pop in a blank CD or DVD.

Now take a look at the Info panel just below the Albums list (you might have to

click the ˆ button to summon the panel). If the set of photos you want to burn is

larger than 650 or 700 megabytes (for a CD) or about 4.3 gigabytes (for a DVD),

it’s not going to fit. You’ll have to split your backup operation across multiple discs.

Select whatever number of photo albums or individual pictures you can that will

fit on a single disc, then, after burning the first disc, select the next set of photos,

and then burn another CD or DVD.

Finally, click the Burn icon again. When the process is done, your Mac spits out

the finished CD (named “iPhoto Disc”), ready to use. Later, if you want to view the

contents of your finished CD in iPhoto, pop the disc back into the drive.

iSync

If Apple ever had evidence to back up its “digital hub” hype, iSync is it. ...