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The Podcasts Preference options allows you to check for photos to download on a regular basis, but for this beginner column we will not be discussing any aspect of podcasting. The Sharing Preference is specifically for computers that are networked.? If yours is, and you want to be able to share photos between machines, you will need to set preferences in the Sharing panel.? If your computer is not networked you will get an error message telling you to turn off your firewall if you try activate any of the options.? You probably donit want to turn off your firewall, doing so might make your computer vulnerable to hackers. "Show scrolling information" allows a translucent information pop-up to appear when you scrolling.? Iill cover that later as well.? "Align photos to grid" sets the width of all photos to that of the widest picture, so you might not want to select that particular option.
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The option for large or small text refers to the size of the text that labels the folders in the far left column of the Organize Mode Window. The next one is Appearance.? I think having a drop shadow with each photo is a nice touch, but you can also choose outline.? The Background option is a great addition for those of us with visual impairments.? The Background slider allows you to choose every grayscale shade from black to white so you can choose whatever background allows you the best viewing for your images. The first one is General.? In the General Preference you want to indicate your e-mail application, if it is one of the four options listed.? This is important because if yours is listed you will be able to click on the mail icon and send photos automatically.? We will cover this a bit later.? You also should indicate the view you want to use when editing photos and put a check by "check for iPhoto updates automatically." You might as well do this right and make your life easier in the process by setting the Preferences the first time you open the application.? With iPhoto as the active application, access Preferences under the File menu. When I check out the information for my own machine, it tells me that I am running Version 10.4.8.? The processor line tells me that I have a PowerPC G4 and the Memory line tells me that I have 1 GB of RAM.? (1 GB = 1000 MB).
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To see what version you have and how much RAM you have, click on the blue Apple in the upper left hand corner of your screen and select "About This Mac".? There are some significant system requirements for running iPhoto related to working with large digital files.? As a minimum you have to be running OS X 10.3.9 or 10.4.3, but Apple recommends 10.4.4 and QuickTime 7.0.4 which is included with iLife 06.? If you are running a system earlier than 10.3.9 you can consider using an earlier version of iPhoto.įor iPhoto 6 you also have to have at least a PowerPC G4, G5, or Intel Core Duo processor with at least 256 MG of RAM though 512 (or more) is better. The most current version of iPhoto is iPhoto 6, a component of iLife 06.? iLife 06 sells for US$79.? New Macis come with iLife installed so if you havenit previously used it, check your applications folder to see if it is there before making any purchases.?
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That about sums up my camera knowledge.? Thatis why I have a Mac. Why do I say that 5.2 megapixels are better? Digital camera resolution is measured in pixels.? The greater number of pixels, the better quality prints will be produced.? A pixel is a small element of a picture.? The more pixels included in an image the cleaner, brighter and stronger the image will be.? If you want to know more about this subject there is a fairly easy to follow article about it in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. The 2.3 version was three years old and I bet you wonit be surprised to know that the newer, more advanced camera cost less than the earlier version.? As a side note, an identical model of my original camera recently sold on eBay for 48 cents. More and more people have digital cameras as the prices become more reasonable.? The very recent addition of? my first great grandchild prompted the purchase of a new camera, and I moved from 2.3 megapixels to 5.2 megapixels. With the holidays fast approaching it seems like a good time take another look at iPhoto.? To my surprise it has been more than four years since I last mentioned it in a column.? This is the first of a two part series.