How do I keep the zoom level on iPhoto?

I mean come on Antoine. The route to the developers is

iPhoto Menu -> Provide iPhoto Feedback

as a side note I would point out two things:

1. iPhoto is no longer actively developed. It will be replaced by a new app in 2015

2. In 8 or so years on this forum you're the first person I recall looking for this.

If you're correct, then surely Apple can add one line of code?

Apple can do more than add one line of code. It is called Aperture. If you need and want more elaborate controls to quickly compare photos at higher zoom levels side by side, or scroll this way, consider to upgrade to Aperture.

Right. Apple has announced, that after updating iPhoto and Aperture for compatibility with the newest MacOS X version Yosemite, there will be no further development. Apple is developing the successor. Both apps will be replaced by "Photos" next year, which will have advanced features. Migration from Aperture or iPhoto to "Photos" will be supported.

See: Aperture is Dead. Long Live Photos! | ApertureExpert

- I realise that iPhoto is no longer actively developed. But (1) so what,

So it's unlikely that a feature request will be acted on at this point. That's what.

(2) the rest of the world isn't standing still so why should Apple users have to accept sub-par functions "just because"?

Well: a: neither is Apple, they're developing a new application and b: sub par why? Because this one feature isn't there for you? Really? One very minor never requested feature?

I also realise that Aperture is no longer being developed. So it suggests that Apple weren't really proud of their stuff - most other companies never do this, just dumping BOTH their image editing tools, the one that comes for free and the one you have to pay for.

No, that suggests that you have a tendency to grab the wrong end of the stick and make unjustifiable inferences. Apple are finishing with iPhoto and Aperture and rolling them into a new app. Neither apps comes for free, btw. The current version of iPhoto is included in the price of a new Mac but an upgrade requires a purchase.

Here are some facts which Apple should ponder I think:

- many cameras allow the user to go from one image to the next while remaining at a given zoom level. So why lose this functionality once on your Mac?

Many cameras don't. Many cameras allow you to attach lenses, why lose that functionality once on your Mac? Where does it stop?

- even the basic photo editing tool in Windows, whatever its name is, allows this

Good for it. But that's not an editing feature, it's a viewing feature. You know, when you choose a piece of software for a task you decide the features that are important to you and select the software that gets closest to what you want. No software does it all. If that's such a key feature for you then iPhoto will never be the app for you.

I have found that this feature is *not* optimal.

This question made me smile, because the one thing about Aperture that I do not like, is that the zoom will stay on, when I step the images and switch to the next image. I have continually to reset the zoom again or shift the zoomed area. I prefer to have separate tools for browsing and stepping images and for comparing selected images at different zoom levels. After all, for ninety-nine percent of the photos, that I decide to trash, I do not have to see them at a high zoom level. I have to see the whole image to judge the composition, colors, and lighting. If an image is boring, I don't bother with zooming in on the details.

Just tap the "1" key to get you to 100%. Just use the forward and back arrow and "1" keys to advance, go back and go to 100%.

For feature requests:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/photos.html

There is no way.

I have found that this feature is *not* optimal. My photos are different enough that jumping from zoomed in shot to zoomed in shot leaves me somewhere in the new photo where I don't want to be.

Thanks for taking the beating for asking about a feature that I used regularly, and miss very much. There are several other features missing that I used which no longer exist.

But... when you are looking through a bunch of same-as's, it'd be nice to have, as a toggle probably.