[TeamTC]

I've got an 11 GB backup of iphoto libraries that I'm looking to burn.

I have a number of libraries, so using iphoto's export feature is less than efficient.

I created a .dmg file and put the iphoto libraries on there, but OS X doesn't seem to directly support breaking up a file/drive to burn.

I tried using a program called Chop DMG (is anyone familiar?) but had zero luck actually getting the drive divided into three (for the three DVD's I'd like to use).

What are my options for getting this .dmg burned to disc?

(Naturally it'd be easier to use an external drive, but I'm trying to make do for now).

I'm on OS 10.3, and I don't have Toast (just in case that was to be someone's suggestion). I'm not too familiar with the program, but I imagine it might be what I need. I just don't do enough burning to justify the cost, I don't think (being a student at University, I try to justify most of my purchases )

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

[icruise]

Maybe I'm missing something, but if you have multiple libraries, why do you need to have them all lumped into one image?

[TeamTC]

I guess because, of the five libraries, one is very large (6.5 GB), and three are moderate large (~2 GB), and one is tiny ~1GB

I could use 6 DVDs to back up the 5 libraries (two for the big one), but hoped I could actually save some time / DVDs by keeping the backup in a single place / folder, which to me meant putting them on a disc image and trying to chop it into 3.

How would you handle a backup to DVD in my case?

Like I said, any thought appreciated. I'm open to new ideas, without a doubt.

[P]

My general opinion is that you don't want to split one backup over multiple discs unless you really have to, because if one disc goes bad you lose the entire backup. I would rather split the big library (you can use the split command at the command prompt if all else fails) and puzzle the other pieces together on three or four DVDs. Make three or four burn folders and puzzle around until you have folders below 4.3 gigs. Restoring wiould then be a case of copying back all the files and joining the big one back up (cat if you used split to make it).

[Artanis]

Originally Posted by TeamTC

I've got an 11 GB backup of iphoto libraries that I'm looking to burn.

I have a number of libraries, so using iphoto's export feature is less than efficient.

I created a .dmg file and put the iphoto libraries on there, but OS X doesn't seem to directly support breaking up a file/drive to burn.

I tried using a program called Chop DMG (is anyone familiar?) but had zero luck actually getting the drive divided into three (for the three DVD's I'd like to use).

What are my options for getting this .dmg burned to disc?

(Naturally it'd be easier to use an external drive, but I'm trying to make do for now).

I'm on OS 10.3, and I don't have Toast (just in case that was to be someone's suggestion). I'm not too familiar with the program, but I imagine it might be what I need. I just don't do enough burning to justify the cost, I don't think (being a student at University, I try to justify most of my purchases )

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

U can create a custom splitted archive of the files and then burn them on the DVDs. I don't know any program that can do this for Mac, but on Windows this can easily be done with RAR, power archiver.......

[TeamTC]

Originally Posted by P

My general opinion is that you don't want to split one backup over multiple discs unless you really have to, because if one disc goes bad you lose the entire backup.

This is something I definitely hadn't thought of... And is a good point. Duly noted.

Looks like I'll try a version of what you suggested, and split the big library.

It doubtless appears to be the time to invest in an external hard drive. Then I could just copy all of my pbook contents over, I suppose.



Alright folks, many thanks for the replies.

[SuperHard]

What you need is Impression. This a tremendously well done app. It can split your large file across several DVDs. And as someone pointed out that the image is now at the mercy of keeping all the DVD's intact you could burn it as a large folder and Impression will split that across DVDs and each DVD is readable by the finder. Very nice app.

Good luck!

Oh no, I just discovered this was discontinued! What a pity.