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• iPhoto Diet Droplet
  2002-09-24 20:18:02  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  iPhoto Diet reduces the size of your iPhoto library by eliminating unnecessary duplicate photos or, if preferred, all backed-up originals. A useful utility for recovering hard drive space or fitting more photos onto a CD-R.
  
  http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~fuhrer/personal/freestuff

• Where is documentation on plugin architecture?
  2002-06-25 22:15:57  bravada [Reply | View]
  
  
  Hi,
  
  Where is the documentation on the IPhoto plugin architecture? I want to try writing my own plugin.
  
  Thanks,
  Bravada
  

• New BetterHTMLExport Plugin
  2002-02-11 04:13:30  ethanbrand [Reply | View]
  
  
  I saw version 1.2 of this plugin on versiontracker today. It adds a direct link back to the main gallery page (as well as keeping the "click on the picture" feature) as well as the ability (and instructions) to completely customize your template pages. There are a few other minor additions, but since these two directly relate to the discussions we had below, I thought I'd post. This is a fantastic plugin. I love it!

• Send iPhoto's via Eudora
  2002-02-10 11:02:40  mattchildress [Reply | View]
  
  
  I prefer to use Eudora for my e-mail, so I hacked the default script from Apple to use Eudora for OSX.
  
  Available at:
  
  http://homepage.mac.com/matt_childress/FileSharing2.html

• iPhoto Library Manager
  2002-02-09 00:32:59  Derrick Story | [Reply | View]
  
  
  Brain Webster has written a new tool that allows us to manage many iPhoto Libraries at once, iPhoto Library Manager. I've been using it today, and it's really helped me switch on the fly between three different libraries, including one that's on a different drive. This is a free utility. Thanks Brian!

• Show Image script file
  2002-02-07 13:34:09  lichme5000 [Reply | View]
  
  
  Yes, the show image script file is a nifty little script, but it is (imho) wholly unnecessary if Apple was willing to make a relatively minor improvement to iPhoto (and, for that matter, iTunes). I _really_ want the ability to delete photos from my hard drive for ever and ever from within iPhoto. Since it is supposed to be the best way to organize digital photos, it stands to reason that it is also the BEST way to delete them. It annoys me to no end that it doesn't allow me to do that. I just want a simple check box in my preferences that says "delete file from hard drive when I delete from library". That way, you're not left with countless crappy pictures on your HD that you don't want cluttering your library. This feature is even more necessary in iTunes, since it doesn't tie users to a specific library of mp3 files. Yes, I know it is possible to locate the mp3 file on the hard drive using the get info feature in iTunes, but that's just massively annoying.
  
  I'm evangelizing here. Can I get a witness?

• How to Install PlugIns
  2002-02-06 13:32:17  Derrick Story | [Reply | View]
  
  
  I've received a couple notes about the "hidden" Content directory that contains the "PlugIns" folder. You're not crazy; it's not easy to find.
  
  First quit iPhoto. Then find its icon in your Applications directory. Right-click (or CTRL-click) on the icon and choose "Show Package Contents" from the dropdown menu. Then open the "Contents" folder that appears. Now you'll see the "PlugIns" folder where you can drag and drop new items.
  
  When you restart iPhoto, the PlugIn will be active.

• iPhoto with OS X screen saver
  2002-02-06 10:57:35  rgrant@mac.com [Reply | View]
  
  
  As soon as I got iPhoto I wanted to use my photos with the OS X screen saver. Trouble is it isn't easy. To make it a bit easier I wrote a script that makes a folder of aliases that the screen saver can use.
  
  http://homepage.mac.com/rgrant/FileSharing19.html
  
  Hope people find it useful.
  
  Robert.
  

• BetterHTMLExport Tip
  2002-02-05 20:17:54  Derrick Story | [Reply | View]
  
  
  One of the welcome new features in "BetterHTMLExport" is the ability to generate a navigation bar on the picture pages. It's great for moving from page to page, but there's no link to return back to the thumbnail page, which is a real problem.
  
  However, you're also allowed to include text from iPhoto's "Comments" field to accompany the image on the picture page. If you add a little HTML in the Comments field, such as:
  
  

  
  
  <br />Return to the <a href="../index.html"> Classroom Thumbnails</a> page.
  
  

  
  
  you can generate a text link that appears on the picture page and will take your viewer back to the thumbnails page.