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<blockquote data-quote="skybolt" data-source="post: 730363" data-attributes="member: 30261"><p>Welcome to the wonderful and easy world of macs! </p><p></p><p>First and most important -- if you want to use iPhoto, do NOT organize anything in the library in finder. It will render iPhoto unable to access your photos, can lead to corruption, etc. So, stay out of the finder!</p><p></p><p>Now, within iPhoto, create a folder -- maybe "Vacations". Then create albums -- say "Summer 2008", "Spain 2007", etc. Put those albums into the Vacation folder, and drag the corresponding events into the albums. Easy! These are aliases only, and not the actual picture. So, if you delete one from the album, it remains in your library. If you want to delete the photo entirely, delete it into the trash in iPhoto from the "event" itself. </p><p></p><p>You could also create smart albums. Then use keywords to describe your photos -- maybe "Uncle Bill", "Sunrise" etc. Then they will automatically be loaded into the correct smart album. </p><p></p><p>When you want to do something with your photos, like maybe upload to MySpace, use the export command within the app to export to the desktop (you can also just drag to the desktop, but exporting gives you options regarding size), and upload to MySpace from there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skybolt, post: 730363, member: 30261"] Welcome to the wonderful and easy world of macs! First and most important -- if you want to use iPhoto, do NOT organize anything in the library in finder. It will render iPhoto unable to access your photos, can lead to corruption, etc. So, stay out of the finder! Now, within iPhoto, create a folder -- maybe "Vacations". Then create albums -- say "Summer 2008", "Spain 2007", etc. Put those albums into the Vacation folder, and drag the corresponding events into the albums. Easy! These are aliases only, and not the actual picture. So, if you delete one from the album, it remains in your library. If you want to delete the photo entirely, delete it into the trash in iPhoto from the "event" itself. You could also create smart albums. Then use keywords to describe your photos -- maybe "Uncle Bill", "Sunrise" etc. Then they will automatically be loaded into the correct smart album. When you want to do something with your photos, like maybe upload to MySpace, use the export command within the app to export to the desktop (you can also just drag to the desktop, but exporting gives you options regarding size), and upload to MySpace from there. [/QUOTE]
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