The Special menu lets you have your iPhoto library always to hand, so that you can quickly browse and open albums, preview photos and video clips, view ratings, keywords, and metadata, and copy photos.
Add the iPhoto Library item to the Special menu: open the Application Wizard pane in System Preferences, click Menus, and click the Customize Menus button. In the dialog that appears, click Special. Click the Add (+) button at the bottom of the list and choose iPhoto Library to add the item to the menu.
Then display the Special menu and select the iPhoto Library item.
To open iPhoto, choose iPhoto Library from the Special menu.
To browse your entire library, display the iPhoto Library submenu and choose ”Show Events and Photos”.
To open folders or albums and select photos and video clips in iPhoto, select them in the iPhoto Library submenu.
To preview a photo or video clip, select it in the iPhoto Library submenu. To view the associated metadata, display the More Info submenu.
To copy a photo, display the Copy submenu and choose a size from the Image submenu.
To display the number of items in your events and albums, choose Show Item Counts from the iPhoto Library submenu.
Note: Calendars, cards, books, slideshows, and shared photos cannot be viewed using Application Wizard.