Creating Albums

iPhoto lets you create a regular album in a variety of ways. You can create empty albums, which you can then later populate at will, or you can create albums from currently selected events or photos or from a folder of photos on your Mac's hard drive.

Creating an Empty Album

To create an empty album, follow these steps:

1. From iPhoto's menu bar, choose File New; then hold down the Shift key and choose Empty Album from the submenu (Figure 4–9).
2. Your new album appears in the source list with the name untitled album. You can rename it to whatever you want by double-clicking the name.
   

   Figure 4–9. Creating an empty album. Note the new untitled album item that appears in the source list.

3. To add photos to the album, simply drag and drop them in one at a time, or select multiple photos and drag them in as a group.