My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, 2nd Edition

Working with Events

Events store pictures based on the time when you captured them. Initially, every event is untitled, but to make events easier to understand, you can give them descriptive names. For example, you might name one event Summer Vacation so that you know all the pictures stored in that event came from your summer vacation.

Viewing the Photos in an Event

To see pictures stored in an event, do the following:

1. Start iPhoto. (Click the iPhoto icon on the Dock or double-click the iPhoto icon in the Applications folder.) The iPhoto window appears.

2. Click Events under the Library category in the left pane of the iPhoto window. The right pane shows all your events (see Figure 27-1).

   Note

   For a quick way to view pictures stored in an event, slide ...