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andiwm2003

macrumors 601
Mar 29, 2004
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Boston, MA
it's great that Google made Picasa for Mac. But why? Aside of pissing off Apple they gain nothing?

Anyway, i liked Picasa on XP and in a few month I will try Picasa for Mac. By then I'm sure it's stable and there may be import tools to import my iPhoto metadata. If i can sync then the library between a Mac and a PC I'll drop iPhoto.
 

boxlight

macrumors member
Oct 15, 2006
96
0
I just saw this for those interested

http://picasa.google.com/mac/

I am so happy now!

I'd like to try Picasa for Mac (iPhoto '06 is feeling slow and out-dated) so I started to install it, but I cancelled when it asked me for my admin password.

Since switching to Mac I've come to hate "windows style" installation wizards that require admin privs to complete the install. Why can't I just drag and drop the Picasa icon to the Desktop and run it? I hate the thought that junk is being installed in folders all over my system. And since there's no real "uninstaller", I'll never get rid of it all if I don't want to keep the app.

Come on, google, be a good Mac citizen and provide a drag-and-drop-the-icon installation.
 

emt1

macrumors 65816
Jan 30, 2008
1,387
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Wisconsin
I'd like to try Picasa for Mac (iPhoto '06 is feeling slow and out-dated) so I started to install it, but I cancelled when it asked me for my admin password.

Since switching to Mac I've come to hate "windows style" installation wizards that require admin privs to complete the install. Why can't I just drag and drop the Picasa icon to the Desktop and run it? I hate the thought that junk is being installed in folders all over my system. And since there's no real "uninstaller", I'll never get rid of it all if I don't want to keep the app.

Come on, google, be a good Mac citizen and provide a drag-and-drop-the-icon installation.

Many drag-and-drop style programs install stuff everyone on your computer on first launch. Nothing is pure.
 

boxlight

macrumors member
Oct 15, 2006
96
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it's great that Google made Picasa for Mac. But why? Aside of pissing off Apple they gain nothing?

They gain more users of their application and more web based photo albums. More web traffic, more ads, more revenue.

And if they upset Apple, well, competition is good. Picasa for Mac should cause Apple to improve iPhoto, and maybe even make it free (and don't say it is free because it ain't -- i'm still running the pre-installed iPhoto '06 on my iMac because I don't think iPhoto/iLife '08 is worth $80).
 

lukechip

macrumors member
Sep 23, 2003
45
1
Melbourne, Australia
try Keyword Manager

I was one of those people frustrated by iPhoto's lack of organisational tools.

Then I found Keyword Manager, and have never looked back. Check it out:

http://www.bullstorm.se

This is great news. iPhoto is utter trash. Sure it works great out of the box, but Picasa is a much better management app than iPhoto. I can't stand the way iPhoto takes over my library and decides how wants to organize MY stuff. I organize my stuff by Year, then the Event. I don't organize by Event first. I see where Apple is going with their organization, but I personally like to go to the year the event took place FIRST, then go to the Event SECOND. Plus I didn't like the way iPhoto kept every copy of my edits. That's ridiculous. Picasa is a MUCH MUCH better tool. I use it in tandem with Photoshop Elements. I am going to miss the way Myspace and Facebook (with the Facebook tool) will directly upload my iPhoto "Albums" though. It's no biggie since I only upload a few choice pics. I also like how Picasa will move pics into new folders without having me go to "system level" to do it. HURRAY FOR GOOGLE AND PICASA 3!!!
 

marold280

macrumors 6502
Mar 16, 2008
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omg picasa is soooooo much better than iphoto in my opinion !
finally. :) thanks for letting me know macrumours!
 

majorp

macrumors 6502
Nov 28, 2005
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UK !!!
What is google web drive?
 

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boxlight

macrumors member
Oct 15, 2006
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Many drag-and-drop style programs install stuff everyone on your computer on first launch. Nothing is pure.

My user account does not have admin privs so if an application tries to copy files or modify something outside of "/Users/~" then I get prompted to specify the admin password. If it's an application that I'm not sure I trust or I'm just curious about and evaluating, I usually dump it.

I have lots of drag-and-drop-to-install applications (most of the good ones are like that, actually) in "/Users/~/Applications" that have never prompted me for an admin password. That's the way it should be.
 

dissdnt

macrumors 65816
Aug 3, 2007
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Come on folks we all know what this is about.

iPhoto is for personal photos, to publish, sync with your iphone etc.

Picasa is for porn.
 

mykoljay

macrumors member
Feb 1, 2008
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This is great news.

This is definitely something I missed when moving over to Mac this year.
I like the ability to add photos to web album with ease.
 

Trip.Tucker

Guest
Mar 13, 2008
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It depends on your taste of course but here are some reasons

-it doesn't take control over your picture library the way iPhoto does
-it has a great integration with picasa web albums, if you use that
-performance, I think it works much smoother, especially with large picture libraries
-It's free

Conversely:

- iPhoto manages my photo's so I don't have to (I'd rather let iPhoto control my photo's than me have to waste hours futzing around file locations and duplicates) isn't having a Mac about ease of use?

- iPhoto has great integration with .Mac web publishing so I get 1 click photo gallery generation from my albums

- I'm on a Mac pro. I have no issues with large libraries. My wife has a 2nd gen iMac, again no issues with (in her case) VERY large photo libraries.

- iPhoto is free! It came with our Macs.
 

Razeus

macrumors 603
Jul 11, 2008
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Conversely:

- iPhoto manages my photo's so I don't have to (I'd rather let iPhoto control my photo's than me have to waste hours futzing around file locations and duplicates) isn't having a Mac about ease of use?

- iPhoto has great integration with .Mac web publishing so I get 1 click photo gallery generation from my albums

- I'm on a Mac pro. I have no issues with large libraries. My wife has a 2nd gen iMac, again no issues with (in her case) VERY large photo libraries.

- iPhoto is free! It came with our Macs.

if you think iPhoto (or iLife for that matter) was "free" just because it came on your mac when you bought it, you're kidding yourself.
 

Trip.Tucker

Guest
Mar 13, 2008
946
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if you think iPhoto (or iLife for that matter) was "free" just because it came on your mac when you bought it, you're kidding yourself.

Explain it to me then?

Re: your question regarding WINE. Wine Is Not an Emulator. WINE is used to run Windows applications natively on OS X.
 

alexbates

macrumors 65816
Nov 24, 2008
1,082
0
Georgia, USA
How did you make that image?

Command-Shift-4 on a Mac. Then just click and drag to select the part of your screen you want to take a screenshot of. You can also do Command-Shift-3 if you want to take a screenshot of your whole screen.

After you do that, an image should appear on your desktop.
 

esXXI

macrumors member
Apr 2, 2005
45
0
Preston, England
Terrible, terrible UI. It's a shame people let Google get away with it just because it's Google.

if you think iPhoto (or iLife for that matter) was "free" just because it came on your mac when you bought it, you're kidding yourself.
Except it is free bundled with any Mac. In the same way certain "pro" apps come free bundled with MBP and MP.
 

garty

macrumors member
Oct 18, 2007
35
0
I used Picasa on a PC last week and I connected my camera and it asked for a folder name and I'm like WTF? Folder? I don't know what I want to call the folder, why do I care what the folder is called just automatically split everything into events on import would you? Folder? WTF?
 

Razeus

macrumors 603
Jul 11, 2008
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Explain it to me then?

Re: your question regarding WINE. Wine Is Not an Emulator. WINE is used to run Windows applications natively on OS X.

I pretty sure Apple as the iLife $79 price tag built into the Mac's pricing. Of this I'm certain.
 
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