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Greetings! Here it is the middle of September, that time of year when Apple product announcements appear amidst a sea of rumors and projections. Last week Apple held an event and introduced new iPods, but contrary to the rumor mill no new iMacs or laptops were announced. If you want to see the new iPod line up click here.
The latest announcement came yesterday with the introduction of OS X 10.5.5 update. If you are running 10.5 as your operating system you can get the update by going to software/update on your mac.
For you iPhone users there is also a new 2.1 update for the iPhone.
In this weeks MMM we are looking at some iPhoto tips to make using iPhoto easier.
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iPhoto Tips
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Double-Click to Zoom
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If you double-click on a photo while skimming through an event's thumbnails, iPhoto opens a pane with all the event's photos - not just the one you clicked on. To change that behoviour, choose iPhoto→Preferences, click on the Events tab, and set the Double-Click Event menu to Magnfies Photo. Now when you're skimming across an event, you can simply double-click on a photo to magnify it.
Click on the Show Photos button at the bottom of each event's thumbnail to view all the photos (or press the return key).
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iPhoto Tip 2
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Avoid Duplicates
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It's a common scenario: You import some shots but forget to erase your memory card before shooting more photos. Teh next time you plug in our camera, your're stuck trying to remember which photos you've already imported.
In iPhoto '08, there's an easy fix. In the import pane, simply select the Hide Photos Already Imported option. Thumbnails for photos that are in our library will vanish from the Import pane.
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iPhoto Tip 3
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Move en masse
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 Got photos stashed across your library that you want to store in a new event? Rather than moving them a few at a time, use the new flag feature. Flagging a shot is like attaching a sticky note or a paper clip to it.
Select a photo you want to flag, and then click on the Flag button
 or press  -period(.).
After flagging all the shots you want to store in your new event, choose Events➞Create Event From Flagged Photos. iPhoto will move the photos from their current locations and stash them in a new event.
Then, to quickly clear all the flags in your library, click on the small numeral to the right of the Flagged item under the Recent section of your Library list.
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