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Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through doing everything you want to do with iPhoto. Learn how to
Reading Metadata and Marking Your Photos with iPhoto
Chapter 1: What Is iPhoto? 3
iPhoto Lets You Navigate and Organize Your Photos 4
iPhoto Lets You Edit Your Photos 5
iPhoto Lets You Share Your Photos 6
Getting iPhoto 7
iPhoto System Requirements 7
Recommended Extras 7
Keeping iPhoto Up to Date 8
Launching iPhoto 9
The iPhoto Interface 9
The Main Viewing Area 10
The Source List 10
The Toolbar 12
Chapter 2: Importing Your Photos 15
Importing Photos from a USB-Connected Device or SD Card 16
Importing Photos from a Folder on Your Mac or from an External Device 18
Use Drag and Drop 18
Use the File Menu 19
Importing Photos from Apple’s Mail App 20
Viewing Your Last Imported Photos 20
Turning Off Automatic iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad Imports 21
Disable iPhoto Auto-Launch 22
Dealing with Duplicates 23
Understanding Where Your Photos Are Stored 23
Disabling the Copy Imported Photos Feature 24
Chapter 3: Reading Metadata and Marking Your Photos 27
iPhoto’s Information Pane 28
Get to Know the Information Pane 28
What Is Exif? 29
Changing Your Photo’s Date and Time 33
Change a Single Photo’s Date and Time 33
Change Multiple Photos’ Dates and Times 34
Changing Your Photo’s Name 35
Adding a Description to Your Photos 36
Batch Changing Titles, Dates, and Descriptions 37
Adding Keywords to Your Photos 39
Working with the Keyword Manager 40
Create, Edit, and Delete Keywords 41
Add Keyboard Shortcut Keys to Keywords 42
Apply Keywords Using Keyboard Shortcut Keys 44
Flagging Your Photos 45
Flag a Photo 45
Unflag a Photo 46
Rating Your Photos 47
Hiding Your Photos 48
Hide a Photo 48
Temporarily View Hidden Photos 48
Unhide a Photo 49
Deleting Your Photos 49
Move Photos to the Trash 49
Restore Photos from the Trash 50
Permanently Delete Photos 51
Using the Contextual Menu 51
Chapter 4: Searching Your Photos 55
Searching by Text 57
Searching by Date 58
Search for Photos by Date 58
Search for Photos by Specific Date 59
Search for Photos by Consecutive Date Range 60
Search for Photos by Nonconsecutive Dates 61
Searching by Keywords 62
Advanced Keyword Searching 63
Searching by Ratings &