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When I import a set of photo's from my camera, I'll view them all to remove the bad ones, and then do some quick edits on a few. With the slide bar on the lower right, it goes from 12 photo's to one, nothing in between. When I view the photo's in the one photo at a time mode, and then right click to choose "Edit", iPhoto will pull up the first photo in the group, not the one I'm looking at. This seems very strange. If I slide the bar just a little to get 12 photos, and right click on one, it will always edit the photo that the mouse is on. Why doesn't this work with a single photo showing?
Also, is there any way to have the slider on the right go from 12 photos down to 9, 6, 3, 2 then 1. 12 or one seems like a very course selection. I'm used to Adobe Photoshop elements on the PC that had finer control over the number of photos showing.
thanks,
Chris

If changing to the Apple mouse doesn't help delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your User/Library/Preferences folder and try again with both mice.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
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