Iphoto Itunes Organization

I love the way itunes organizes music via it makes folders & folders of artist & album all organized in the finder, i am trying to do the same with all my photos....is there anyway way iphoto can super automaticly organize my pictures like itunes & create folders in the finder? also...can it update on the fly & import & delete on the fly like itunes does???? ALL reflecting what the library has compared to the created folders it made automaticlly????? PLEASE HELP!!!!!

Hi Powerbook,
iPhoto works differently than iTunes.
This is how iPhoto organizes...
This is a view of how the iPhoto Library looks in the Finder.
It is organized by Year folders. Inside the Year folders are Month folders. Inside the Month folders are the days of the Month. Inside the day folders are the photos you took on that day. If you imported video clips and RAW files on that day they will be in an Originals folder. If you have edited any photo imported on that day, the original will be in that folder also.
Two Apple kbs for you to read
Don't tamper with files in the iPhoto library folder
About the iPhoto Library folder
Don't understand what you mean by "update on the fly and import and delete on the fly"

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