Many thanks Ronni, I will look at the references. Barry On 23/02/2012, at 5:39 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 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> -- 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>
