About Iphoto

If you want to get the most out of any software program, you’ll want to get under the hood. Here are a few tricks you can do to increase Iphoto’s functionality.

Speed up Iphoto ‘09

Iphoto is great. It’s one of the easiest photo applications to use, if NOT the easiest and it is great with storage. However, the downside is that when you start to accumulate  a bunch of pictures, Iphoto slows way down. Fortunately, when you get down under the hood by using Terminal, you can “de-fragment” Iphoto. Defragment? What is this Windows? Well, Iphoto’s library tends to get bogged down after awhile. Macosxhints posted a tip for “vacuuming” your Iphoto database.

iLife Tip: Enable Multi-Touch maps in iPhoto ‘09

TUAW shared a tip from a tweet they discovered regarding multi-touch features on Iphoto Maps. By using the terminal, you can create a command to allow scrolling/zooming on your newer  Macbook to manipulate maps.

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What wonderful news I heard today that Ipad will be released sooner than I thought I heard at Macworld. It will be released on April 3rd–my birthday! What a wonderful present this would make! Ah wishful thinking but I think I’ll wait until my sister purchases one to see how well it stands up to the hype. You can read about the latest Ipad news here… Like this post? Keep reading

So you just bought Apple’s premier photo management software Aperture. What do you do? Do you get rid of your Iphoto? Not so fast. I love my Iphoto and I will continue to use it. See, you can import all of your pictures into Aperture, input the metadata, do all of your organization, color correcting and what have you. THEN—you can take all of these beautiful photos and then create… Like this post? Keep reading

I thought that the absence of Apple from this year’s convention would really dampen the spirits. To some degree, I was right. The convention was held in one hall at the Moscone Center this year—one hall! I started attending about three years ago and the expo used to encompass three halls: Moscone North, South, and West.  If you’ve never been, just imagine days and days… Like this post? Keep reading

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Very excited about going to Macworld next week. This is our annual trek, but this time we are attending as working media as well as  fans and conference attendees. With my dedication to this website, I want to provide you the best information I can with the latest and greatest… Like this post? Keep reading

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Here are some more cool downloads to increase the usability of Iphoto. Best thing is they are free! Now I know that these are mainly for the “geeks” in us who want our Iphoto to do the most it can do. The rest of us… Like this post? Keep reading

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Here’s a plug-in that’s FREE and you can use to export pictures from Iphoto to Gallery. What is Gallery? It’s a free open-source web-based photo organizer that you can integrate with your personal website or within a community. Here is the… Like this post? Keep reading

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Before you do any updating to Iphoto 09, make sure you make a backup of all of your files on time machine.  For some reason, people were having issues with Faces and Places according to CNET. You can see more of the Faces and Places

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Recently, you may have heard the buzz about Apple releasing Ipad some time this year, which some are labeling as the “Kindle killer”. While I am VERY curious to see what impact Ipad will have on the gadget hungry public, I don’t know that it… Like this post? Keep reading

Want to learn more about the latest Iphoto? Check out our recommended book. Iphoto 09, The Missing Manual. Like this post? Keep reading