I think - not positive - that iPhoto organizes imported photos by date, not by whatever file or tagging system the previous software had. I think you could have imported a folder at a time, and made things a bit easier. But too late now.
You can simply select all the pics you want to downsize (click + Apple key), then click menu Share | Export and specify "no larger than" X size. Send them to whatever folder you use to upload.
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Originally Posted by dmoolenaar
I recently defected to Mac, well for home use, and I'm still scratching my head on a couple items.
Granted I'm not using a Mac keyboard but I can't get the ALT-Select to work. I'll have to google it.
iPhoto. Supposedly the *intuitive* picture tool. Hummm. I have all pictures organized into folders by type (family pictures, cars, work, etc...) and then deeper by date or event on the hard drive. So...I import the directory and get a Library organized by event and photos thats completely haphazard. Now I have car pictures and kids pictures mixed under a 2005 October event...??? WTF? I spend 2 hours (4K pictures) manually putting stuff into iPhoto albums. My next issue is getting pictures ready for internet posting. In Windows XP I had a nifty right click "Resize pictures" tweak UI tool installed. Made resizing single/multiple 5 MP pictures a one step process. How is this done in iPhoto?
Admittedly I like the cover flow option for browsing pictures. I'm sure this is mostly a *drink more coolaid* sort of situation but for someone reasonably comfortable with modern technology this Mac stuff is not all the intuitive.
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