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Albums
  The old school way
  Short, but descriptive names
  Manual
    Add new album from the file menu and then drag items to the album on the left
    New way is to select items in the library and use the "Create" or "Add to" buttons in the lower tool bar
      Change album name by clicking in the toolbar
  Remove an photo from an album
    Select it and press 'Delete' key. Right click or click the "down" triangle --> Remove from album
    To delete from the album and your library hold Command+Option and press 'Delete' key. Right click or click the "down" triangle --> Trash
    In the latest version of iPhoto deleting actually moves photos to the 'Trash' in iPhoto. Photo-->iPhoto Empty Trash. Right+Click Trash icon in the Library column and choose 'Empty Trash'.
Events
  These are typically created automatically when you import.
  Good idea to label your imports which till become the name of the event.
  Choosing 'Split Events' will create a new event based on your settings in the preferences
    General-->Auto Split Events Into (One per-day, One per Week, Two hour gaps, Eight-hour gaps)
    Make sure your camera's date and time are set properly
  After import you can split or merge events
    Drag one event onto another to merge it. Can also select multiple events, right click and choose 'Merge events'
    To split select the photo where you want the split and choose 'Events'-->Split Event
    Also choose Events-->Autosplit Selected Events
Going Meta
  Date and Time
    Make sure set in your camera correctly
    If not you can adjust it
      Select the photos and choose 'Photos'-->Adjust Date and Time. This method will change, but shift the times and dates in a selected set accordingly.
      If you want to override the times and dates completely use the Photos-->Batch Change options
        Choose 'Date' and uncheck the 'Add' option. you can also use this option to selectively shift (second, minute, hour, day)
      The change you make is just to the iPhoto meta data. If you want to also change the original file dates and time you need to check the 'Modify original files' option.
  Keywords
    Real easy to add from the new info panel
    Select groups, or whole events or albums to apply all at once
    Window-->Manage Keywords
      Add or remove items
      Add shortcuts. When the keywords window is open you can have single keys that will apply a given keyword to the selected item
  Flagging
    Great way to quickly and temporarily pull together sets for tagging
  Faces
    From the sidebar, "Add face..." Doesn't work for group selections
      Can label found faces or add ones.
      Click the "X" to remove false positives.
    In Faces select a face and then it will scan for "unconfirmed" matches
    Confirm by clicking, unconfirm by double clicking
      Can also Option+Click to unconfirm
  Places
    If your camera has geo-tagging this may happen automatically
    Can add places from the sidebar
Smart Albums
  Work really well if you have good metadata
  They auto update as you added new items and meta data
  Filter many different ways
    Titles
    Date ranges
      I like to create ones for each year
      Also have a 'Last 6 Months' that I use for syncing back to my iPhone
    Camera settings
    People or Places
    Keywords or ratings
  The 'Hidden' Smart Album
    "Photo" is "Hidden"
    Hiding is a great way to keep photos in your library, but hide them from the main view.
    You can choose View-->Show hidden to see them in context of your current view
    Can also make a 'hidden' smart album to see them all in one place.
  "Movies"
    "Photo" is "Movie"
    Get them archived and out of iPhoto if you want.