Keyboard Shortcuts in iPhoto
It’s been a while since I posted some keyboard shortcuts, so I thought my next set would be for an Apple application. iPhoto is one of the most popular apps in the OS X iLife suite of products. It provides easy to use management of photos and albums on your desktop. Of course in integrates extremely well with other applications and as usual, has a slew of keyboard shortcuts for you to use. Here’s the list (or at least it’s as exhaustive as I could make it):
Import
- Shift + Cmd + I - Import photos
Organize
- Home - Move to the top of the photo library
- End - Move to the bottom of the photo library
- Cmd + N - Create new album
- Create new album from selection Shift-Command-N
- Option Cmd + N - Create new Smart Album
- Option + Add Button - Create new Smart Album
- Shift + Cmd + T - Show or hide titles
- Shift + Cmd + K - Show or hide keywords
- Shift + Cmd + F - Show or hide film rolls
- Hold down the Option key and click the triangle next to any film roll - Show or hide all film roll photos
- Shift + Cmd + R - Show or hide ratings
- Shift + Cmd + B - Set the title, date, or comments of multiple photos
- Cmd + K - Assign, edit, or search by keywords
- Cmd + I - Show a photo’s image and camera information
- Cmd + D - Duplicate a photo
- Cmd + X - Cut photo
- Cmd + C - Copy photo
- Cmd + V - Paste photo
- Delete - Move photo to Trash from the photo library, or remove photo from album
- Cmd + Option + Delete - Move photo to Trash from album
- Double-click the photo - Open photo in its own window or in edit view (depends on the double-click preference you set)
- Option + double-click the photo - Reverse double-click preference when opening a photo
Selecting and deselecting photos
- Select a single photo Click the photo
- Cmd + A - Select all photos
- Hold down the Shift key and click the non-adjacent photo - Select all photos between the current selection and a non-adjacent photo
- Select the first photo, then hold down the Cmd key and click additional photos - Select photos that are non-adjacent to each other
- Click outside the photos and drag to enclose them within the selection rectangle - Select several photos located together
- Click the film roll icon - Select all photos in a film roll
- Hold down the Cmd key and click the photos you want to deselect - Deselect specific photos in a group of selected photos
- Shift + Cmd + A or click outside a photo - Deselect all photos
Rating photos
- Cmd + 0 - Assign zero stars to a photo
- Cmd + 1 - Assign one star to a photo
- Cmd + 2 - Assign two stars to a photo
- Cmd + 3 - Assign three stars to a photo
- Cmd + 4 - Assign four stars to a photo
- Cmd + 5 - Assign five stars to a photo
Slideshow
- Press the mouse button - Stop a slideshow
- Press the Space bar - Pause and resume playing
- Use the Up and Down Arrow keys - Adjust the speed
- Use the Right and Left Arrow keys - Move through a slideshow manually
- Press 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 - Rate photos
Edit
- Cmd + R - Rotate photo clockwise
- Option + Cmd + R or press the Option key while clicking the Rotate button - Rotate photo counter clockwise
- Press the Right Arrow key - Go to next photo
- Press the Left Arrow key - Go to previous photo
- Press the Cmd key while dragging - Disable constrain setting when selecting an area
- Press the Option key while dragging - Switch between portrait and landscape constrain setting when selecting an area
- Double-click the photo - Return to organize view
- Cmd + Z - Undo last action
- Shift + Cmd + Z - Redo last action
Book
- Select the first page you want changed and press the Option key when choosing a design from the Page Design pop-up menu - Apply a page design through the end of a book
- Cmd + T - Show fonts
- Cmd + 3 - Copy font
- Cmd + 4 - Paste font
- Cmd + : (colon) - Spelling
Book preview
- Press the Right Arrow key - Move forward one page
- Press the Left Arrow key - Move back one page
Share
- Cmd + P - Print
- Shift + Cmd + P - Page setup
General
- Cmd + , (comma) - Show preferences
- Cmd + ? - iPhoto Help
- Cmd + W - Close window
- Cmd + M - Minimize window
- Cmd + H - Hide iPhoto
- Cmd + Q - Quit iPhoto
Hope that helps make things a little easier for you when you are playing around in iPhoto. Be sure to add us as a friend if you have a flickr account. Talk to ya soon!







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