How to share your iPhoto albums on Facebook - iLife tutorial

The thing we love the most about Apple is that it has an unrivalled ability to make things simple. The Facebook integration in iPhoto is the perfect example. We’ve all loaded photos manually onto the social network site and, in the past, it has required creating a folder, dropping images into it and then uploading and tagging. It was a bit of a pain. In iPhoto 11 this has all changed. Not only can you quickly share an entire album but you can view comments, likes and tags as well as all of the other cool information that iPhoto provides. It’s a great system that puts the power of social networking in the hands of your favourite photo tool. Here’s a quick guide.

Step 1: Click them, share them
Select the photos you want to upload and then click the Share button at the bottom of the interface. Then click on Facebook in the menu.

Step 2: Log in
Use the window to log into your Facebook account. You need applications enabled on your account and will have to agree to terms and conditions.

Step 3: New menu, new album
A new pop-up will appear where you can choose to create a new album or add your snaps to an existing one. Or to your wall if you want.

Step 4: Fill in the blanks
With your choice made, a new pop-up appears. Here you can name the album and decide on what level of privacy it should have. When done, click Publish.

Step 5: Waiting game
Your photos are now being uploaded to Facebook. A progress bar will appear. The speed of uploading will depend on connection speed and picture size.

Step 6: Get the info
With your pictures uploaded they can be viewed and commented on by friends and family. Click the Info button to see if this has happened.

Step 7: Sharing info
In the panel on the right you will see a list of the comments and likes that have been added to your picture, as well as geolocation, tags and photo info.

Step 8: Manage albums
Back in the album view, you can manage the pictures by using right-click on your mouse or trackpad (Option-click if you don’t have right-clicks).

Step 9: Change the privacy
You can change the privacy of an album by using the info button and choosing from the drop-down menu. This only works on an album-by-album basis.

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