iPhoto '08 sharing with iPhoto turned off?

[rylin]

Hey,
I've been googling around to figure out if there's any way to have the iPhoto sharing functionality of iPhoto '08 enabled when iPhoto isn't running - so far, no luck.

While I *could* hack together a iPhoto/DPAP server, I'm stumped by the fact that I can't seem to find a way for OS X to share the photos without iPhoto running in the background.

Anyone?

 

[andy.barron]

Explain what you want to share to? Another user or another mac?

 

[rylin]

Sharing with another Mac, or an AppleTV e.t.c.
I.e., iPhoto -> Preferences -> Sharing -> Share my photos.

 

[xraydoc]

As far as I can tell, iPhoto must be running. You can launch and hide; it will barely use any CPU cycles when sitting idle, though it will use some RAM.

 

[andy.barron]

It may not be what you are after (I don't know Apple TV) but what about if you set up a new user on the remote mac for iPhoto & when you boot, hold option & tell it the directory is the one on the Mac you want to share.

Any good?