Mac 911: solutions to your most vexing Mac problems.(Keeping Up-to-Date with iPhoto)(MP3 file compression for disk usage)

Macworld, April, 2007 by Breen, Christopher

Keeping Up-to-Date with iPhoto

Q: I've noticed the calendar icon that appears in iPhoto 6's lower left corner, but I'm not sure how to put it to good use. Any recommendations?

Dale Carson

A: You've discovered the much-overlooked calendar feature in Apple's iPhoto 6 (VERY GOOD 1/2; macworld.com/1131), part of the $79 iLife '06 suite. Click on this icon, and a list of months appears in the lower left corner of your iPhoto window. Select a month and then click on the small arrow to the left of the year to see a calendar view of that month.

The calendar provides some helpful ways to locate pictures in a crowded iPhoto library. For example, you can use it to find out in which months you shot pictures.

In year view,...

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