Anne: Just copy iphoto library to your external. All your photos will be backed up. This solution is like a snap-shot of the program that you could restore at any time. I use this method for itunes all the time as well. jj On 5-Feb-06, at 2:44 PM, g4-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote: > Photo Archiving > To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers." > <g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> > Message-ID: <F9F8C455-95AF-11DA-89EE-00039368BC92 at earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > Hi - > > I've really gotten rolling with iPhoto, and would like to archive on my > external hard drive. > > I was thinking of just copying the iPhoto Libary folder over to the > external. Is it more complicated than that? > > What I want to do is get rid of all these piles of photos so iPhoto is > a little less cumbersome. > > Many thanks in advance, > > > Anne Keller Smith