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Apr 15th 2007 · 1 min read · #mac #photography #photos

iPhoto

photo management application, with about as many detractors as supporters.

h3. Hints:

  • You can enable map zooming via multi-touch by using @defaults write com.apple.iphoto MapScrollWheel -bool YES @
  • Holding @Alt@ upon launching will prompt you to create/select a new library.
  • Holding @Alt + Shift@ upon launching will rebuild a damaged library.
  • According to this piece pressing @Ctrl-Caps Lock-9@ will let you use @Tab@ to switch between extra editing features:

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iPhoto screenshot
iPhoto screenshot

h3. Resources:

table(compact). |. Date |. Link |. Notes | | Jun 22 | iphotoexport | ”…preserves both the original and modified image, your event and album organization, and applies your iPhoto titles, descriptions, keywords, and face tags to the IPTC/EXIF metadata of your images”_. I’m sold. | | Mar 20 | Speeding up library databases: @for dbase in *.db; do sqlite3 $dbase “vacuum;”; done@ | Taken from this hint | |/7. Older | iPhotoToGoogleEarth | Deprecated -generates files for from images. | | Script Export | a plug-in that allows you to process libraries for export using (any kind of) shell scripting.| | Keyword Assistant | a decent interface for inputting keywords, with auto-completion | | Buddy | multiple library management for older versions of | | iPhoto Extractor | library recovery for older versions |

h3. Bugs:

  • 5.0.4 did not support the format generated by the 350D (firmware v1.0.2). Filed as on 2005-10-22, temporary fix here fixed on version 6.

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