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iPhoto is less user friendly than "My Pictures" on windows...
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<blockquote data-quote="dtownley1" data-source="post: 289997" data-attributes="member: 20564"><p>1) well that makes perfect sense to me. iTunes works the same way. Folders and playlists work like aliases to the actual file, which resides in the library. Otherwise, you'd just be copying files and lose track of where the 'original' is, and at the same time, be using up more space than you need. The library is where everything stays, and you spread out and organise from there. It's really very simple. </p><p></p><p>2) Well, my uses for iPhoto differ. I don't save web pics on it at all. Being an amateur photographer, I like to keep <em>my</em> work in iPhoto, and nothing else. </p><p></p><p>Other pics, I organise manually in my own folders since I won't be using or viewing them as much.</p><p></p><p>As for saving from your browser, there are various ways of doing that. Click and drag into the library, or right click the image in the browser and choose 'save to iPhoto library'. Alternatively you could just save them all to the desktop and import all images at once. </p><p>It's probable that there's a Safari (or firefox) plugin which will allow greater integration between the two apps. I've got a helper app for iPhoto which allows me to simply select photos and automatically resize and upload them to my online galleries - so there is stuff like that which exists for macs <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>I think you just need time to get used to the way iPhoto works. I had a few problems with getting iPhoto to work for me in the beginning, but it's all worth it now, and really simple.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dtownley1, post: 289997, member: 20564"] 1) well that makes perfect sense to me. iTunes works the same way. Folders and playlists work like aliases to the actual file, which resides in the library. Otherwise, you'd just be copying files and lose track of where the 'original' is, and at the same time, be using up more space than you need. The library is where everything stays, and you spread out and organise from there. It's really very simple. 2) Well, my uses for iPhoto differ. I don't save web pics on it at all. Being an amateur photographer, I like to keep [i]my[/i] work in iPhoto, and nothing else. Other pics, I organise manually in my own folders since I won't be using or viewing them as much. As for saving from your browser, there are various ways of doing that. Click and drag into the library, or right click the image in the browser and choose 'save to iPhoto library'. Alternatively you could just save them all to the desktop and import all images at once. It's probable that there's a Safari (or firefox) plugin which will allow greater integration between the two apps. I've got a helper app for iPhoto which allows me to simply select photos and automatically resize and upload them to my online galleries - so there is stuff like that which exists for macs ;) I think you just need time to get used to the way iPhoto works. I had a few problems with getting iPhoto to work for me in the beginning, but it's all worth it now, and really simple. [/QUOTE]
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