Gathering, editing, and cataloging the many great photos we take is one thing. Getting professional-quality prints to hold in our hands is something else entirely. Photos for Mac is equally good at both tasks: you can use it to quickly sort through the hundreds or thousands of photos you've taken to find the best ones and the ones that mean the most to you! Then, instead of printing...
iCloud Photo Sharing lets you quickly and easily share pictures and videos. Here's how! Once you've shared to iCloud Photo Sharing, or someone has shared with you, it's just as quick and easy to find those pictures and videos in Photos for Mac. You can even like or comment right from your Mac. All you need to know is where to look! How to access iCloud Photo Sharing in the Photos app...
Apple has released an update to iMovie for Mac to today, bringing a number of bug fixes along with integration with the new Photos app. When users grab the 10.0.7 update, they'll be able to peruse and Moments, Collections, Favorites, and albums from the Photos app and add content from them to their iMovie projects. Additionally, the update brings support for Sony's XAVC-S format...
Just because Apple's pulling Aperture from the Mac App Store doesn't mean you have to pull it from your workflow. Apple sent out an email to Aperture owners this week reminding them that as soon as Photos for OS X goes into general distribution, Aperture will no longer be available for purchase from the Mac App Store. The usual gnashing of teeth and tearing of hair erupted soon...
Is Photos for Mac ready for its public closeup? Pretty close — but don't go in without a backup. Apple released its first public beta of OS X 10.10.3 on Monday, and with it also comes the first public crack at Photos for Mac. The temptation to upgrade for people enrolled in Apple's public beta program is great, especially for those using iCloud Photo Library on your iOS device, but...
Last Thursday Apple released the first developer beta for their all-new Photos for Mac app. A public beta will follow at some point, and the a public release this spring. In the meantime we've published a Photos for Mac FAQ and a Photos for Mac preview. It's still in beta, so everyone needs to adjust expectations accordingly, but it's also the future, and potentially one full of promise...
After the first developer beta of Photos was released last week along with OS X 10.10.3, I got a lot of questions about the app. Little questions, like "Can you still make books and cards?" (Yes.) But also big-picture questions. Is this the next generation of photo management? Will it be enough for prosumers? Do you think it can replace my aging professional workflow? These are harder...
The iMore show brings you everything you need to know about the week in iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple! On this episode The Photos for Mac beta is here and Rene and Serenity have spent as much time as possible testing it out. Now they're here to answer questions and give (preliminary) opinions! Also: New columns! Support the iMore show: Go to lynda.com/imore to start your free 10-day...
At WWDC 2014, Apple showed off not just a new Photos for Mac app, but an entirely new approach to photo and video management. Combined with Photos for iOS 8 and iCloud Photo Library, it promised to store all your visual assets safely up on Apple's servers and make them available across all your devices — iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV — and via iCloud.com on the web. It also promised...
The holidays are filled with family, friends, and fun. They created laughter, and love, and memories. Thanks the iPhone and iPad, it's easier than ever to capture those memories and hold onto that laughter and love all year long. As convenient as our digital devices are, however, sometimes we want something more substantial to hold in our hands or gift to our loved ones. Sometimes we...