Our long national iCloud photo-syncing nightmare is over: Photos for OS X, Yosemite's official successor to iPhoto, is now available with OS X 10.10.3. What's changed from iPhoto? What's stayed the same? Read on. You can also check out our super in-depth Photos for OS X Ultimate Guide and iCloud Photo Library Ultimate Guide for more information, how-tos, and walkthroughs. Will I be...
If you've collected images you'd like to manage with Photos for Mac, there are a few ways to go about importing them. Here's how! Photos gives you pretty comprehensive image management features: You can edit and adjust your images, sort them into albums and more. That's great for photos you've shot on your iPhone, with a DSLR or a point and click camera. But if you've collected...
iPhoto and Aperture both support multiple libraries. So what do you do if you want to consolidate them all before migrating to Photos on your Mac? Photos for OS X does let you work with multiple libraries, but it doesn't let you import them and combine them all together into a single, unified library. At least not yet. If you have Aperture, however, you can import and consolidate...
If you flirted with Adobe's Lightroom as an iPhoto replacement, but ultimately decided it wasn't for you, it's never too late to give Photos a shot! Lightroom is great for professional photographers, but prosumers can occasionally get lost in the shuffle. If all those features add up to confusion instead of a good workflow, if you want to benefit from iCloud Photo Library, or if you...
If you're moving from Aperture to Photos for OS X, the first thing you'll need to do is import your library. Apple's pulling the plug on future Aperture development. It still works with OS X Yosemite, but Photos for OS X is the future. Luckily, importing your existing Aperture library is easy. You can either do it during initial setup and make it your main Photos library, or you can...
Make Photos for OS X shine — add photos by importing your iPhoto library. Photos for OS X makes it easy for you to import your iPhoto Library into the app. If you just have a single iPhoto Library, Photos will do the work automatically for you. If you have multiple libraries, you'll have to choose which one you want to import. Here's how. If you have a single iPhoto Library If you'...
After almost a year of teasing, developer releases, and public betas, Photos for OS X is here and ready for action. Like the iMovie, Final Cut, and iWork re-imaginings before it, Photos for OS X has taken the bones of iPhoto and Aperture to create an entirely new photo management program. There are feature echoes here and there from its two predecessors, but Photos is an entirely new...
Apple has released OS X 10.10.3 to the public. The update, which brings along the new Photos app for Mac, is available for download in the Mac App Store right now. The third major update to OS X Yosemite adds the new Photos app. Photos for Mac lets you manage your iCloud Photo Library, lets you browse, organize, and edit your photos, syncing your changes over to your other devices...
Full screen thumbnails, pictures, or videos are great if you want to browse, but for added context and options, there's nothing like the sidebar.
There's something about paper. Holding the photos you love of the people and places you love, right in your hands. That's why Photos for OS X lets you create books, cards, and calendars, right from your Mac. There are a variety of shapes and sizes to choose from, so you can get exactly what you want, either for yourself or as the perfect lift for that special someone you love. How to...