IPhoto 9 vs 11, Advantage?

Reviewing the issues some are having in 11, maybe not the best place to get ideas,
Main reason is the update is always begging me to go for it.
I really don't have any issues with vs 9.
I'm still on 10.6.8 - maybe that's the best combination for now.
I wish I could say that with Safari.
Thanks for any tips...

If you're on 10.6.8 the you can only buy iPhoto 11 by purchasing an iLIfe 11 install disk. The version on the App store won't run on less than 10.7.5
As for the issues: they're pretty much the same on every version... some people have some problems.
Regards
TD

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    I was hoping someone could help me by answering a couple basic iPhoto usage questions I have...
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    Also, I wanted to know what some of you think about the advantages/disadvantages of enabling iPhoto's preference setting to "copy items to the iPhoto Library" (which when unchecked, I assume would reference the images in its existing locations as opposed to copying them)...I like the idea of referencing the images in their existing location for a variety of reasons (such as not having to copy the 200GB of images that I want in iPhoto; also keeping the images in their current 'non-packaged' folder structure format so that I can access them images using other image organization tools such as Adobe Lightroom; etc...). Are there any drawbacks to references as opposed to copying? Will I still be able to use iTunes pointed at my iPhoto Library (containing referenced images only) to sync albums/galleries to my iPhone/Apple TV? What about Tivo Desktop...will this still work via this method?
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    Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...These are the key issues that I have right now with iPhoto, and if someone could help me find the answers to these questions, I would be sincerely grateful!
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    Well there's some meaty questions there.
    First, is there a way in which I can automatically create an iPhoto "Album" from each of my iPhoto "Events, without having at manually drag each one over? Perhaps a script or Automator Workflow that someone could refer me to?
    Why duplicate an Event as an Album? How about a Smart Album based on Date? File -> new Smart Album
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    Always allowing for personal preference, I've yet to see a good reason to run iPhoto in referenced mode unless you're using two photo organisers.
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    3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
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    Regards
    TD

  • How do I save a document created in pages in iphoto?

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    Tom,
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    Hello.
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  • Adobe Album versus iphoto organizing

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  • Importing WITHOUT 'Copy Files to Iphoto Library Folder'

    Hi -
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    Grace
    If you think
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    then you don’t
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    TD

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  • I need help switching back to iPhoto

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    cvdevroe
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    Regards
    TD

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