Hi Barry, If iPhoto v8.1.2 is doing everything you want to do with your photos, upgrading is probably not worth it. iPhoto v9 does have a lot of ‘New Features’ to iPhoto v8.
Have a look here for details of all the new features: <http://www.apple.com/au/ilife/iphoto/> Click on “What’s New in iPhoto” and then click on the ‘Read more’ sections. It all depends if you want any of the new features. Cheers, Ronni On 23/02/2012, at 4:43 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: > G'Day Ronni > > While you are advising on iPhoto could you briefly advise me as to what > advantages there would be for me to upgrade to iLife 11 from 9, I am using v > 8.1.2. I am not a great photo taker but occassionally zap off a few. I > don't use some of the features in my version mainly only "keywords" so > perhaps upgrading would not offer much. > > Many Thanks > > Barry > > > iMac 10,1 > Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz > 8GB RAM > 1.0 TB HD > OS X 10.7.3 > > > On 23/02/2012, at 4:06 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> Well done Diana, >> >> I knew you could do it ;-) Print "save as PDF" any instructions I send, then >> you will have them to refer back to if required. >> >> I won't post anything more on iPhoto until you have had time to absorb what >> I already have given you. >> We don't want to overload you with information; we aim to please... Not to >> push ;-)) >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> Sent from Ronni's iPad >> >> On 23/02/2012, at 3:47 PM, Diana & Graham Stevens <diag...@iinet.net.au> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Ronni >>> >>> I haven't had time to do more with iPhoto but I am sure I shall be able to >>> manage with your excellent instructions. >>> >>> I have managed to master iTunes. I had fun and games with the Peggy Lee, >>> George Shearing Album. iTunes divided it into five, one had the original >>> cover (on both my LP & CD), two had the same photo but cropped differently, >>> one had an Archive Collection cover and the last was Generic iTunes. I >>> edited them to have the same artist description and ticked the 'part of >>> collection' box and got one album but not my preferred cover picture. >>> >>> Today Daniel delivered my Time Capsule and brought back the drives from my >>> dead G5. He showed me how to find the covers for the albums I had copied >>> from LPs using Spin Doctor. So then I changed the PL/GS album cover to my >>> preferred cover. >>> >>> I am very pleased with myself! Thanks again for your wonderful instructions. >>> >>> Best wishes from Diana >>> >>> On 21/02/2012, at 1:49 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Diana, >>>> >>>> Where do I start… I think perhaps in parts. You first need to understand a >>>> bit about iPhoto and iTunes. >>>> >>>> PART ONE: iPhoto: Are you using iPhoto 9.2.1 (iLife’11)? >>>> First you need to understand how iPhoto works. >>>> >>>> iPhoto '11 presents two ways to view your library: by Thumbnails of every >>>> photo or by ‘Events'. >>>> >>>> What you have mentioned below is “Events”, so I will explain ‘How to use >>>> iPhoto Events to Organise Photos’: >>>> >>>> An event groups photos taken during a certain time period. Each event is >>>> viewed as a thumbnail, and when you mouse over that thumbnail, you can >>>> skim through the photos it contains. >>>> >>>> Viewing by events in iPhoto makes it easier to scroll through your photos, >>>> particularly when your library contains thousands upon thousands of >>>> photos. >>>> >>>> iPhoto creates events as you import photos, and you can set parameters on >>>> how it goes about doing so. >>>> >>>> You have four choices on how iPhoto creates events: >>>> >>>> Via iPhoto > Preferences > General, you you'll find a menu item labeled, >>>> Autosplit into Events. >>>> The choices are: One Event per day; One Event per week; Two-hour gaps, >>>> and Eight-hour gaps. >>>> The last two options are for serious photographers who take hundreds of >>>> shots in a given day. >>>> For most, creating an event per day or per week will suffice. >>>> >>>> You can merge and split events, should you, for example, import a week's >>>> worth of vacation photos and find you created seven separate events. >>>> Simply highlight the event or events you want to merge into another and >>>> then drag and drop them on top of the event with which you'd like to merge >>>> them. >>>> (To highlight multiple events that are next to each other, use the shift >>>> key. >>>> For events that are not next to each other, use the command key.) >>>> >>>> To split an event, open an event and highlight the first photo that will >>>> be the first photo in the new event. >>>> Then under the Events menu option on the menu bar, choose Split Event. >>>> >>>> You can also move a photo or photos from one event to another. >>>> To do so, highlight two events and then double-click on one of them, which >>>> will open both events. >>>> You can then drag and drop photos between the two open events. >>>> >>>> Lastly, you can choose the photo in an event to be the image to appear in >>>> the thumbnail. >>>> Apple calls it, the key photo. Drag your cursor over an event thumbnail to >>>> skim through the photos. >>>> Find one you like and hit the spacebar to assign it as the key photo. >>>> ========= >>>> >>>> PART TWO: iTunes: Are you using iTunes 10.5.3? >>>> How to Import a Music CD: >>>> >>>> You first need to setup your Import Format preference or leave it at >>>> default which is AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) Format). • It is part of >>>> the MP4 standard and can be used by any hardware or software. iOS devices >>>> understand this format, but some MP3 players don’t support it. Probably >>>> the default setting will suit you. >>>> >>>> (* I prefer to import using the same quality as the CD which is AIFF >>>> Encoder: Both AIFF and WAV files encapsulate raw sound data from a music >>>> CD in file headers so the data can be used on computers. This format is >>>> uncompressed, and it takes up a lot of space, around 600–700 MB per disc, >>>> or about 10 MB per minute of audio.) >>>> I won’t go into Bit Rates at this time. >>>> >>>> 1. iTunes > Preferences - General: When you insert a CD: Show CD >>>> 2. Click on Import Settings: this is where you can change the default AAC >>>> Encoder if you wish. >>>> 3. Select “Automatically retrieve CD track names from the Internet” >>>> Select “Automatically download missing Album Artwork >>>> Select Check for new software updates automatically >>>> 4. Click OK >>>> 5. Quit iTunes >>>> >>>> 6. Insert you your Music CD into your optical drive, after it spins up >>>> iTunes should open (If not, Open iTunes and the CD will display in the >>>> Sidebar, under Devices, then check the Gracenote CD Database for tag >>>> information. If it finds this information, you’ll see the names of your >>>> album, artist, and tracks >>>> >>>> 7. To Import the whole CD: >>>> A) Select it in the Sidebar >>>> B) Click ‘Import CD’ button >>>> >>>> Your Music CD will be imported into the iTunes Library. >>>> >>>> To View by Album: Select Music (under Library), Click the "Album by >>>> Artist/Year” Column (at the top menu) >>>> To View by Artist (which is probably what you have done), Click the >>>> “Artist” Column >>>> >>>> You choose a view by clicking a view button at the top of the iTunes >>>> window. >>>> From left to right, the buttons are for 'List View', 'Album List View', >>>> 'Grid View', and 'Cover Flow View'. >>>> >>>> To Choose which Columns to Display: >>>> Choose View > View Options to open the View Options dialogue window. >>>> Then, check a checkbox for a column name to display it, or uncheck one to >>>> hide it. >>>> >>>> After adding columns, you may want to reposition them by dragging them to >>>> the left or right, and resize them to show all the information they >>>> contain, or to make sure they fit in your iTunes window. >>>> >>>> One way to resize columns is to Control-click on a column header, then >>>> choose Auto Size Column or Auto Size All Columns. iTunes will fit the size >>>> of one or all visible columns to hold the longest text that they contain. >>>> You can also resize a column by dragging the divider between any two >>>> column headers. >>>> >>>> That’s enough for the now, Ronni needs a coffee ;-) >>>> I’ll look through my huge documents folder and also my Bookmarks in Safari >>>> anything that might be of help to you. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >>>> >>>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" >>>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD >>>> >>>> OS X 10.7.3 Lion >>>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 21/02/2012, at 12:15 PM, Diana & Graham Stevens wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have avoided iPhoto & iTunes up until now as I thought they were >>>>> unnecessarily complicated. >>>>> >>>>> I hate the way iPhoto puts one camera download in multiple folders if the >>>>> pics were not all taken on the same day. I previously used the Canon >>>>> software but my camera is so old there is no OSX version. Now I have a >>>>> MacBookPro it is iPhoto or a card reader. >>>>> >>>>> I only used iTunes to put Pod Casts on my iPod but now I find I like some >>>>> music on my iPad. I imported a Peggy Lee / George Shearing Album from CD >>>>> and it filed the two instrumentals under George and the vocals under >>>>> Peggy. Same nasty busy-body behaviour! >>>>> >>>>> But I need to learn to cope with this and manage my files. Please someone >>>>> point me towards a tutorial for the simple-minded. >>>>> >>>>> And maybe someone can advise me about the iTunes Store. I wanted to buy a >>>>> few tracks from the Kate Bush Album 'The Kick Inside', it is $8.99 and >>>>> contains 13 tracks, 12 at $2.19 each plus one at $1.69, doesn't add up. >>>>> Buying the album is the best option but can I be sure I shall get all the >>>>> tracks? If I don't get them all they may not include the ones I want. >>>>> >>>>> Best wishes to all from Diana >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
