Apple Introduces iLife '11, Coming Packed With New Features


Updated 10/20/10 11:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

iLife 11 Introduced at Apple Event

The first new product to be introduced at the Back to the Mac event is iLife. Coming with a bunch of new features, iLife is better than ever. Check out what's new in each application below. iPhoto New features include new full screen modes, Facebook enhancements, new slideshows, and new ways to email photos and print cards, including new custom letterpress cards (!) and postcards. Cool new maps Read more

iPhoto Face Recognition FAIL: Grandpa Is Not Mr. Potatohead


Updated 05/28/09 2:39 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 5 comments

iPhoto's Face Recognition Thinks My Grandpa Looks Like Mr. Potatohead

I love the newer versions of iPhoto for many reasons, one of them being the face recognition feature. Just tag a photo with a person's name and highlight their face, and iPhoto neatly organizes all the photos with them in it. Perfect for when you need to find a specific shot or you want to rag on a certain someone for all those late-night debauchery pics you've collected over the years. But when Read more

5 Great Places to Shop For Tech Savvy Moms


Updated 05/04/09 4:05 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

Places to Shop for Your Tech Savvy Mom

Mother's Day is quickly approaching (plan your brunches for May 10), and if you haven't the slightest idea as to where to start your search for the perfect gift, I'm here to help. If your mom knows how to upload her pics to her computer, record shows on her TiVo, turn the flash off on her digital camera, then these places will offer up some great gifts she'll really love. Read more

Geek Tip: Remember Optimum Camera Settings For SLRs


Updated 05/03/09 10:21 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 2 comments

Easily Find and Re-use SLR Camera Settings By Clicking Get Info or Using iPhoto on Photos

Learning to shoot amazing photos on an SLR doesn't come overnight. Sometimes all it takes is a lot of experimentation, sometimes someone teaches you, and sometimes you get a great tip. Have you scored once on shooting photos or a series of photos where the lighting and settings all came together and you got gorgeous results? You can replicate those results, and you don't have to have written Read more

Make Mom a Sweet Photo Book in iPhoto — But Do It Today!


Updated 04/30/09 11:58 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 3 comments

Give Mom a Custom iPhoto Photo Book For Mother's Day, Order By April 30th

Although it's still another few weeks away, it's never too early to start thinking about what to do for mom on Mother's Day. This is especially true if you were considering making her a custom photo book using iPhoto's printing services — you have until tomorrow to whip it up, place your order, and have it in your hands (and all wrapped up) by May 10. If you've never used Apple's printing Read more

How-To: Create Slideshows and Movies For Your Reception


Updated 04/30/09 6:52 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 2 comments

Best Software to Make Photo Slideshows and Movies to Play at Your Wedding Reception

If you haven't noticed, it's wedding season here on the Sugar Network and I've been busy telling you how to keep up with your own wedding website, pick out the perfect photographer, and manage all those photos — yours and your guests — after the big day. This week, we're moving into the wedding planning stages, and today I'm talking about slideshows. But this isn't the after-the-event, Read more

How to Use iPhoto's Tags, Hotkeys to Make Slideshows Easier


Updated 12/11/08 10:38 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 1 comment

iPhoto Uses Hotkeys to Tag Photos Easily

The idea of tagging photos is nothing new, but most people use it for things like identification, ala Facebook or Picasa (whose face-recognition technology continues to blow me away). After having had several parties in the last few months for people, and thereby putting together slideshows featuring the guests of honor, I realized how much photo tagging could help me — but with the original Read more

Geek Tip: Permanently Deleting Pics From iPhoto


Updated 01/08/08 10:32 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 7 comments

Geek Tip: Permanently Deleting Pics From iPhoto

If your iPhoto is full of pics that you don't need and you want to free up some space on your hard drive, here's a quick fix that will instantly increase your storage space. When you are in iPhoto, click on the images you want to delete in the photo library. Most people make the common mistake of deleting images in an album that only deletes them from that album and not the entire library. Read more

How To Save and Share iPhoto Slideshows


Updated 06/04/11 4:01 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 8 comments

How To Save and Share iPhoto Slideshows

So you've got all these great pics in iPhoto slideshow format and now you want to showcase them to others. Here are a few simple steps to follow that will have you sharing your pic collections in no time! Click on the slideshow you want to save and share Go to file export Type in a name for your slideshow next to save as For two more steps, just read more Read more