Making a calender in Iphoto

[Lyndylou]

Hi. I am new to this forum. I have a question I hope someone 'creative' can answer?
i made a photo calendar - which included family photos, birthdays etc - in I photo in 2012.
I want to make the same for 2013, but cant figure out a way of transferring all the info/pics etc from the 2012 calendar over to 2013 - without losing the images on the 2012 version. Any suggestions? Would appreciate any advice! Many thanks

 

[Kaveman]

Just change the dates.

Select the Calendar, show Options, press Calendar Setting, change the dates.

 

[Lyndylou]

Hi Kaveman. I tried that, but changing the dates deletes all the photo's on the previous years dates...

 

[Kaveman]

Not sure what version you're using but on '11 you can change the year and months and it just changes the calendar part not the photos nor format.

 

[Lyndylou]

Thats what I thought, but when I did that it only retained the photos on the 'top' page, but not the individual pictures and birthdays etc. on the by the actual month page...

 

[Lyndylou]

I am using the latest version of Iphoto

 

[Kaveman]

oh, sorry you mean the graphics on a particular date.

No, iPhoto doesn't have a "calendar" as such it just imports information from iCal and lays out the days of a year in the form of a printable calendar. It doesn't store your data like notes/graphics in a calendar, that can be used as recurring items.

 

[Lyndylou]

Ah ok. I was hoping it would.... Oh well, never mind. Back to the drawing board!
Thanks anyway....

 

[Kaveman]

How I would do this:
Make an iCal Calendar with all the days that will have a repeating entry, give the entry a name that will match the iPhoto photo. Or the Comment you wish to include.

Keyword all those Photos in iPhoto with a unique keyword so you can quickly get them into the Calendar Project.

Step though the Calendar looking for those entries and drag and drop the right photo.