20 Helpful iLife '09 Tips and Tricks
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Every year Apple rolls out another version of iLife. While iPhoto and GarageBand got major updates, some apps, like iWeb and iDVD, ended up being nearly forgotten about. Still, with updates come new features to figure out and a navigation that's changed ever so slightly.
We dived right into the new suite and came up with 20 tips and tricks that we hope will help you enjoy all the features the new iLife '09 has to offer.
iPhoto
1. Add geo-tagging info to your uploaded photos - By default, iPhoto doesn't upload photos with location information to online sites. To share your location with the world, open the iPhoto preferences, choose Web and click on "include location information for published photos."
2. See only photos that haven't been imported - If you store images on your iPhone, but want them to be imported into iPhoto, you can show only the photos that need to be imported by checking the "Hide photos already imported box."
3. The more you tag, the smarter iPhoto gets - Find a group of images with a certain person. As you tag the images, iPhoto will learn their face and will eventually ask if if they are the person you're looking for. No word if iPhoto will help you find the droids you are looking for.
4. Multiple people in Faces - You can tag multiple people in a photo. Click on Faces and iPhoto will attempt to find all the faces. You can tag faces already found, then click on "add missing face" to create new face boxes. Adjust the size of the box, click done and add the name.
5. Hide photos - Got photos you want to keep, but they might be NSFW, or you have photos are just cluttering up an event. Use the Hide feature to make those photos disappear without deleting them. Select a photo you want to hide and cick on the red X Hide button. You can show all your hidden photos, select View>Hidden Photos in the menu bar.
6. Zoom in and out - Double left clicking zooms in to the map in iPhoto. Double right clicking zooms out. You can also use the slider in the lower right-hand corner.
7. Use Faces for animals - While not an official feature in iPhoto, we were able to get iPhoto to recognize the differences between two cats and train the app to recognize their faces.
8. Moving Faces on the Corkboard -Be careful when moving faces around on the Corkboard. You can accidentally drop a person onto another person. It will erase your tags you've added to that person. A quick cmd-z will reverse the problem.
9. Change a person's Faces Key Photo - Open a person's images in Faces. Right click on the image you want to be the key photo and choose "Make Key Photo" An easier method, drag your mouse over the key photo in the corkboard view and while the photos are changing, tap the space bar on the photo you would like to be the key photo, violá!
10. Empty the trash - The trash is usually filled with photos you don't want, empty it for more space. Right click and delete those lame photos.
Tips for GarageBand, iMove and iWeb are waiting for you on the next page.
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November 04, 2009 at 7:18am
I must have done something wrong. iPhoto face recognition is working horribly for me. After tagging many, many faces, it still almost never recognizes one face. I'm pretty disappointed.
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February 20, 2009 at 9:53am
I just upgraded to 09, and like the geotagging, and the map available for books. Is there a way to get the map into a slideshow or another bookprinter such as Blurb? FV
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February 04, 2009 at 11:44pm
I just found you guys tonight. This is really exciting and progressive stuff. Thanks for putting this kind of information up for those of us who love to learn!
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edwinblaw
February 03, 2009 at 3:06pm
Sounds good, but, when will it be safe to upgrade from '08 without fear of acquiring bugs that are not now a problem.Still think this should have just been an upgrade since the changes don't sound that significant.
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Talkingstone
January 30, 2009 at 10:49pm
I have been using iLife now for 24 hours and I have to tell you that the new iPhoto is incredible. The facial recognition just keeps getting better and better. The tagging is also another great feature that I am taking full advantage of.
Addison Huy
January 29, 2009 at 5:27pm
I ordered iLife 09 2 days ago and I am really glad that I can find tips to use these great programs.
controlledchaos
January 29, 2009 at 6:34am
I think that's the best tip I could hear. I get so frustrated with photos on my camera showing up over and over again every time I try to import new photos. Great work Apple!
I just ordered iLife 09 and am anxiously awaiting its arrival. I was able to take advantage of the Hardware Up to Date program and get it for $9.95 which ROCKED. You can read how here.
martinjhoward
January 28, 2009 at 10:40pm
Great tips, but there is so much more to the new Garageband. I've been looking for a GB blog for tips, news, samples etc but I haven't found one yet. So I started one. Read the Garageband Blog
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