Apple Photo Book Printing
Print Apple iPhoto, Photos or Aperture Book with PrestoPhoto!
Apple iPhoto®, Photos®, & Aperture®
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Upload your Apple iPhoto, Photos, or Aperture book to PrestoPhoto and print with us! We’ve printed thousands of iPhoto books for our customers and they’ve saved money every time
Design with your Mac, Print with PrestoPhoto
iPhoto and Aperture book printing discontinued? Not for us!
Apple has discontinued their own printing for iPhoto and Aperture, however PrestoPhoto can happily still print for these programs. It is easy, and only takes a few steps!
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PrestoPhoto
$49.99
50 pages, 11”x8.5” Imagewrap Hardcover Premium Quality
Apple
$59.69
50 pages, 11”x8.5” Imagewrap Hardcover Premium Quality
On top of the price advantage,
We have dozens of sizes and bindings to choose from so that you can make your photo book just the way you want it. Our many choices include options that aren’t available in iPhoto, such as our always popular 9” x 7” with Silk 120 or Lustre 260.
We also offer bulk pricing that starts at only 5 copies of the same book. Don't we all love a little savings?
We support all versions of iPhoto, old and new.
- Aperture 3
- iPhoto 6
- iPhoto 7
- iPhoto 8
- iPhoto 9
- Photos 1
1, 2, 3 Easy Guide
Photos
Use Apple Photos to create a complete book and enjoy PrestoPhoto's size options and great everyday pricing!
- Complete your book in Photos
- From within the project, CTRL+CLICK (or right-click) on the background to and select "Save as PDF..."
- Upload the PDF to PrestoPhoto
iPhoto
Use iPhoto to create a complete book and enjoy PrestoPhoto's size options and great everyday pricing.
- Complete your book in iPhoto
- Save your book as a Special Book PDF, CTRL+CLICK (or right-click) on iPhoto background to activate extra menu.
- Upload the PDF to PrestoPhoto
Aperture
Use Aperture to create a complete book and enjoy PrestoPhoto's size options and great everyday pricing!
- Complete your book in Aperture
- Select the "Print" button from the upper right of the page » Choose "Save as PDF" from the drop down menu at the bottom left using a Borderless Page Size » Name your file and click Save
- Upload the PDF to PrestoPhoto
- All Aperture users should check out the advanced Aperture page for more help!
The FAQs
Think of us as fraternal twins with Apple; our slogan is “Compatible, not identical”. While we print very similarly to Apple, we are a bit different since we’re not the same company, nor do we use the same print floors. We have a slightly more aggressive crop line and there can always be some quality differences depending on personal preference. However, we do take pride in our product and offer a crazy amount of more options for purchase as well as a lesser cost to you!
Remember how we said, "Compatible, not identical"? That's exactly the case here! Our books do not come with a dust jacket by default like Apple's do. When you see "Imagewrap Hardcover" that just means that the Front and Back cover is wrapped onto the hardcover itself, not on a dust jacket. To purchase your book with a dust jacket, you'll need to make that selection from your book's Webstore. You can do this by clicking "All Sizes" (rather than "Most Popular") and scrolling down to our 11x8.5" selections, then choosing one of our Dust jacket Hardcover options! At this time we do not offer dust jackets in any size other than 11x8.5".
One more difference before you go: Our Dust jacket Hardcovers are actually not printed with the cover on the hardcover itself, but instead is made with a black suede material with the full color cover images and flaps printed on the dust jacket. Something to keep in mind when you're making the decision between Imagewrap and Dust jacket!
You sure can. From the Webstore for your book, click on the “Layout” button underneath the cover image. Once this page loads be sure to check the box for “Show Crop Guides” and take into consideration the crop guides for your project size. With most Apple books this will be the red crop guide. Anything under that guide is subject to being trimmed during production, so be sure to keep any important elements (such as marriage proposals or little Johnny’s eyes) out of the red or say goodbye!
For some programs, the spine text you use will be imported, however Apple has made the decision to not include the full dimension cover when you save out your PDF for uploading to another site with Photos. This means they include the front and back covers in your PDF, but none of the spine content that you may have created for your book. We do not have any control over the Spine Text uploading with your Apple Photos PDF since it was Apple's decision to not include it.
There is hope though! If your spine text is not included in your Apple PDF, we do offer a Spine Text tool after uploading your book that will allow you to add your own! Once you’ve uploaded your book in Step 1, follow the steps below:
- In Step 2 scroll to the box labeled "Cover Text & Colors", just underneath the cover preview.
- Click on the "None" that is next to Spine Text and enter whatever text you'd like in either the Top or Bottom Spine Text boxes. The text will show as a Preview when you click off the editors.
- When you're happy with the text, click "Update Cover" at the bottom of the page and the page will refresh showing your Spine Text on the cover.
- If you're happy with the preview then you're all set! Otherwise, you're free to edit (and edit again) as much as you need! Just remember to click "Update Cover" when you make any changes so that they are saved.
Absolutely! We love helping Apple customers print their photo books and don’t limit them to only 100 pages. Some stories need a little more space! Once you’ve created your books it’s easy to combine the books on your computer, simply follow the steps below:
- Create your books and save them following the steps for iPhoto, Aperture, or Photos with each part labeled (i.e. Part 1, Part 2)
- Open all parts of your iPhoto book in Preview
- Turn on the Thumbnail view in each Preview window by selecting View > Thumbnails
- Drag the thumbnail of the second PDF on top of the first and release it when the first highlights
- Enjoy your over 100 page iPhoto book!
While your book is lookin' good, by default text is usually too close to the edge page/cover, which can result in important things being trimmed. It is fixable though!
For Aperture:
- Click Edit Layout and select the item you'd like to change
- Use the square handles to move the text boxes towards the center of the page and adjust the sizing
- Make sure that your cover and interior pages follow our crop and bleed guidelines for the best results!
iPhoto & Photos Users: These programs have a lot less control over the layout and other aspects of your project. The best way to adjust the layout in these books is by changing the template or tweaking how the images are laid out in the book. If you're worried don't hesitate to reach out after you've uploaded the file!
So many things. There can be white borders added to the pages and cover, your dust flaps could be included in the interior, and your order might be delayed by going into checking since we want to make sure you see any potential issues that we can catch!
Aperture users: Make sure you use the magical instructions for saving your file!!! Please do NOT use the File>>Print>>Save as PDF method as it will not give you the correct output.
Presto to the rescue! Some Aperture sizes are not able to be saved with the steps above because of their settings. We've got two fix options for you right here below, along with some step-by-step visual directions!
- Click "Print" in the upper right corner
- Click the menu next to Paper Size and hover over US Letter
- Choose "US Letter Borderless"
- Select PDF and then click "Save as PDF"
- Upload your newly fixed file over the old version, or as a new project here: PrestoPhoto
If you're still, still having troubles, the steps below should definitely fix you right up!
- Click "Print" in the upper right corner
- Click the menu next to Paper Size and select "Manage Custom Sizes"
- In the new dialog box, click the + sign
- Under "User Defined" erase the numbers in all of the four boxes and click OK.
- Do not change the page size in this section
- Select PDF and then click "Save as PDF"
- Upload your newly fixed file over the old version, or as a new project here: PrestoPhoto
- Enjoy that beautiful, borderless, soon-to-be book!
Chances are your book may have been saved improperly. We actually have handy examples of how to save your iPhoto, Aperture, and Photos book for printing with us. When your book is both saved and uploaded correctly, the flaps should not show in your book. However if you’ve tried and tried and still can’t get the flying monkeys to go away, just click your heels three times and we’ll do our best to help. Or you can just contact us.
Definitely! We actually recommend it for the most part, as they can be right at that crop guide that makes them fully or only partially disappear in production. See the steps to remove them below:
For Aperture:
- Within your project click on "Book Actions"
- Select the Page Numbers options
- Click "Off" to remove all page numbers
- Sayonara page numbers!
For iPhoto:
- Within your project select "Options" at the bottom right
- After the sidebar appears, click on "Book Settings"
- Uncheck the box for "Show page numbers" and then click "OK".
- Voila! No more page numbers.
Absolutely! With PrestoPhoto there is no need to make a new book for each size you'd like. One size can (mostly) fit all! Any additional sizes that are available will show in your book's Webstore, which is found after you click Buy Now in the Uploader!





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Page cut offs
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Adding pages
Thank you
Chris
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iPhoto book page limit
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I hope this helps but please let us know if you have any other questions by emailing us at support@prestophoto.com!
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Meghan
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