Export iPhoto library as zip archive.

A rather simple script, on the request from one user, to export a set of photos in a zip archive. To attach to an e-mail for example.

Image files are not copied in a temporary folder but compressed "on the fly" and added to the selected archive file. If this file already exists, it is not replaced, as the standard dialog messages can suggest, but modified to add current images to the archive. This allows to build an archive in several successive runs.

If you see the error "The "zip" command is not installed.", it is probably because you need to install the "BSD.pkg" package. It is installed by default, while optional and thus can be missing on your system. It is on OS X CDs.

Installation, usage:

• save it under the name you like in the folder <you home>/Library/Scripts/iPhoto (if this last folder iPhoto don't exist, create it)
• if the "Script menu" does not show up in the menu bar, run "Install script menu" which is in "Applications/AppleScript"
• click on the icon of the script menu, select "hide script library" to show only scripts relevant for the current application
• in iPhoto:
  • select some images or one album
  • click the script menu icon
  • select this script
  • select the archive file
• in the Finder
  • check that the result is what you expected

Download the script (zip 21 ko)

version 1.0: