To copy or move an iDVD 08 Project to another computer without having to find and move all the source media files follow these steps:
Step One Open iDVD by clicking its icon in the dock.
Step Two Select Open an Existing Project from the welcome window.
Step Three Select a .dvdproj file to open and then click the Open button.
Step Four iDVD will open your project. You now make any final changes but be sure to save.
Step Five Select Archive Project... from the iDVD menu.
Step Six Select a location to save your archived project. Make sure Include themes and Include encoded files are checked. Then click the Save button.
Step Seven A popup window will appear showing the archiving status.
Step Eight Once complete you can press Command+q on the keyboard to quit iDVD and then simply copy the archived project to wherever you choose.
NOTE***: If we didn't archive the project and tried to copy it to another computer we would be missing source media files such as movies, songs, and photos.
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