iPhoto ’09 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide

Chapter 3. Organizing Photos

One of the best things, in my opinion, about digital photographs is that they come with their own organizational tags built in. We may not have cameras that can recognize specific people, but every modern digital camera records a great deal of information about when each picture was taken and its associated settings. For many people, including me, that information alone provides enough organizational power.

Switching to Organize Mode

iPhoto keeps you in organize mode, except when you’re importing photos; editing photos; creating a slideshow; or working on a book, card, or calendar. Thus, there are two basic ways to return to organize mode from another mode:

• In the source pane, click any item in Library, Recent, Subscriptions, ...