iPhoto is one of the best pieces of software for organizing, managing, and editing your photo collection. This Mac Only software integrates with most other Mac pieces of software and is packed with a number of features that include slideshows, facebook photo sync, and face recognition technology.
Despite its large collection of features, iPhoto has a learning curve. It takes some time to learn all of its capabilities and then how new users can maximize their experience on iPhoto.
iPhoto Help
But like all the other applications included on OS X, iPhoto includes an impressive help section. Below is a break down of what is included in iPhoto Help option.
Search – iPhoto Help’s basic feature is the ability to search through the rest of the help documentation to quickly find information about the feature you’re trying to utilize and need iPhoto Help with.
iPhoto Help – A document library of step by step instructions on how to utilize the features in iPhoto. Tutorials in this section include importing pictures, editing pictures, sharing photos and more. This is a great start at getting direction on what you need to do to optimize your iPhoto experience.
Welcome to iPhoto – A dashboard of short information to introduce new users to iPhoto, its basic features, and how to find additional information about using the software.
Video Tutorials – One of the most overlooked features of iPhoto Help is the Video Tutorials option. This takes you to Apple’s Video tutorial section that includes demonstrations of how to Manage Photos, Organize Photos, Single Click Enhancing, and more.
Keyboard Shortcuts – The Keyboard Shortcuts section of the iPhoto Help options details the various key strokes that can be utilized to speed up your photo managing and editing efforts. Keyboard Shortcuts always increase productivity.
Service and Support – This help option will take you to the support section of Apple.com. Here you can find common problems, discussion groups of users helping users, and information about problems you may be facing.
iPhoto is a great piece of software. Take the time to maximize your experience with it so that you can enjoy the photos you’ve taken in many different ways.
If after you’ve taken a number of pictures, imported them into iPhoto, and aren’t yet satisfied with the quality of the results you may want to consider upgrading your camera to a Canon Powershot SX10IS 
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i want to know how to get rid of the date stamp on photos (bottom right corner) in iphoto 09
I want to know how to move a photo from one place to a new position within an album using iphoto ’09. My older version let me click on the photo and drag to a new location, but it doesn’t seem to work with the newer version
Barb – You need to change the way the events are organized. Go to View on the menu bar >> Sort Events >> Manually, and you should be able to move the events to the order you prefer.
David – You’ll need to Crop the picture under the edit settings to remove the date stampe on photos. There is no other easy way to do it.
Why do my pictures go black when I click on them from i photo…thank you
Anybody know why I can see the an image in the library, but when I maximize the image, all I see is a really blurry exclamation point. What’s with that?
New Mac user here. Love iphoto but I have one interesting problem. I have moved every single photo album or digital picture I have onto iphoto which means a butt load of duplicates. Is there anyway to have iphoto determine all dups? Thanks in advance.
I am attempting to import photos from my iphone into iphoto and am having difficulty. Before, when I would connect my iphone to my macbook, it would list my phone under Devices in Iphoto. Now it does not. How can I have iphoto recognize my iphone and import pictures. Thanks in advance.
Check out this article: http://www.maciverse.com/5-great-iphoto-plugins-and-tools.html
It includes a plugin/tool to help eliminate duplicates.
I want to burn a folder of pictures with captions to a CD. How do I get the captions to be included along with the pictures?
My photos that are uploaded don’t show in the albums…and will not attach. Nor will they delete from the camera when I click delete all.
I can’t get into iPhoto. I can get the icon, but I can’t move it and it does absolutely nothing if I click on it. How can I open it and get access to all my photos?