How would developers develop for the iPhone if there were no Macs?
----------
The list may be, i.e. Unicode give a description of the emoji but Apple would still have to design them.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Apple Confirms Aperture to Be Removed From Mac App Store After Launch of Photos for OS X
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
How would developers develop for the iPhone if there were no Macs?
----------
The list may be, i.e. Unicode give a description of the emoji but Apple would still have to design them.
I believe Pixelmator are having an update ready for launch of Photos, or soon after, that will tie into Photos.
Well it's just logical. If it was making a profit, they'd have kept it going, so they'd get income from that, plus the iCloud Drive income. Double whammy.
Why does the new Photos App FORCE me to pay for cloud storage?
You can still use it like iPhoto or Aperture, with local Libraries on your HD.
Cloud storage is an OPTION in photos, not an requirement!
Not necessarily. Apple was making money from OS X yet they began giving them away for free. If they believe replacing something that costs with something that's free will eventually get more people into their ecosystem, they go for it.
Aperture is too old, so it needed a complete rewrite like Final Cut Pro anyway, and I bet Apple just decided to replace the whole thing with a new app. Photos won't be an Aperture replacement but if it works much faster and easier than Aperture for the majority of amateur photographers it may get more photographers into the Apple ecosystem, and Apple may eventually bring Photos into the Aperture level.
Not quite-- the stars will be converted to keywords assigned to photos, like "1 star", "2 star", etc. It's not ideal but at least it's not lost completely.
Keywords are imported just fine.
I haven't tried switching libraries, but it's probably like iPhoto. You can't switch on the fly or merge libraries like Aperture though. Apple really wants you to use the cloud.
Oh, haven't tried that one yet.
Photos is no replacement for Aperture. It adds a bunch of functionality over iPhoto but is missing pretty much the entire RAW processing workflow of Aperture.
OSX is not the same tho. It wasn't something they had an option to drop.
If Aperture was making any worthwhile profit, they would have done what was needed to keep it going.
Technically there's little voting with your wallet (other then buying more iCloud space) since the app is free.
That being said, I'd say a number of aperture users have already or will transition over to something else other then Photos. I myself moved to LR
You really don't get it do you? The main reason why Apple had trouble getting iPhone users to switch from Windows machines to a Mac is because they were already familiar with Windows and they didn't want to switch to an OS that they had to learn all over again.
It's much easier for switchers and the rest of us that use OS X exclusively to use an iOS device with our Macs without having to completely change our way of production. Having iOS and OS X similar in design and operation only increases productivity.
But keep going with your theory....
I won't.
I'll continue to use it, as I have for the past several years, transitioning to Photos for OS X as its capability begin to match or exceed what Aperture can do now.
I'm also looking forward to see what third-party plugin developers will be doing for Photos as time goes on.
----------
Not really; work with it for a while; it's got a lot of promise, just not realized fully today.
Not yet. Give it time. You can still use Aperture until Photos catches up and passes it.
----------
Because they can make a better, faster, better-performing replacement.
Which means a clean-sheet replacement; keep using Aperture until Photos catches up with it.
----------
Because it would require ripping out and replacing a lot of Aperture's core code to benefit from the performance offered with new system services. I've worked at companies that have tried to do similar things with existing legacy applications and tools, when tossing out the old and replacing it with a complete rewrite turned out to be better in the long run.
The most prominent feature (cloud storage and accessibility across all devices) is useless without an upgraded iCloud plan. These products are geared toward pushing people toward paid cloud storage.
I use Aperture, Capture One, DxO and Lightroom; different tools for different jobs, as needed.
I wouldn't mind dropping Lightroom and DxO Photo Suite, etc. if better tools show up.
Perhaps I overstated "forced", but to use it as intended with shared content across devices it will cost a lot. But the commenter I was responding to hailed this as a great free program and nobody should complain. Well, as an aperture user I am going to complain. This is a magnitude less functional, and in it's place is a feature geared at selling cloud storage.
No, Apple is not "helping people transfer from Aperture to Lightroom".
That would be Adobe, who see an opportunity to bind more users to their products.
Again, not necessarily. Creating a new app like Photos and updating it later on like FCP X might be cheaper for Apple than updating Aperture and generate revenue anyway.
Exactly! Cuz with Photos you won't be using your wallet since it's free and with Lightroom you'll be using your wallet cuz it's not free.
Has anyone switched over to photos and then had trouble getting their pics to download to their IOS devices? I migrated from Aperture to Photos, uploaded my entire library but the download to my IOS devices keeps stopping and there seems to be no way to force the download to continue. Thanks
Not really. A lot of people I know have barely used half of the free 5Gb. I have though. Think the average person will be fine.
Ok, now it seems like you're going back on your original point?!
Can anyone using Photos let me/us know if it has the slideshow feature Aperture has? I switched to Lightroom when Aperture was discontinued, but still plan on using Aperture for the slideshow (Lightroom's version is simply lacking).
No, Adobe already has their version if iCloud that syncs Lightroom desktop and Lightroom Mobile.
My wife and I already had to disable photo backups because it put us over our quota and our phones stopped getting backed up (separate accounts). I admit I get confused if "icloud photo" uses the same space as the iOS backups, but I'm under the impression it's all one small quota.
No, Adobe already has their version if iCloud that syncs Lightroom desktop and Lightroom Mobile.
My wife and I already had to disable photo backups because it put us over our quota and our phones stopped getting backed up (separate accounts). I admit I get confused if "icloud photo" uses the same space as the iOS backups, but I'm under the impression it's all one small quota.
What a lot of people are hung up on is the definition of 'Pro Tool'.
Over the last 20 years the prosumer market has taken the lionshare of the market. What constitutes a 'pro' isn't the same definition as it was 20 years ago.
Hell, many 'pros' on MacRumors bitch and moan about the iMac not being up to 'pro' standards but you walk into many tech companies/startups and you will see designers and programmers working away on iMacs.
It's not about Pro - Photos doesn't even satisfy any ambitious amateur or semi pro. It is a fine tool for people using Smartphones and cheap junk cameras.
Images
When Apple announced the end of Aperture Support you should have moved to LightRoom (or your favorite choice) as soon as it was ready to make the transition smooth.
Photos is simply iPhoto that works. It's for iPhone Images, and people who shoot everything in Auto Mode in .jpeg.
What's wrong with that? Absolutly nothing. The vast majority of people using Photos for their images will be very happy.
Aperture is gone. Move on. There are plenty of options for those who need the tools. Still want your "predicted" Apple Ecosystem feel? Just import them back into Photos as .jpeg's.
Aperture was about helping people make images. Photos is about Point and Shoot and selling iPhones. It's about returning the cash to the shareholder.
No products that actually benefit people without a 38% Margin.
When Apple announced the end of Aperture Support you should have moved to LightRoom (or your favorite choice) as soon as it was ready to make the transition smooth.
Photos is simply iPhoto that works. It's for iPhone Images, and people who shoot everything in Auto Mode in .jpeg.
What's wrong with that? Absolutly nothing. The vast majority of people using Photos for their images will be very happy.
Aperture is gone. Move on. There are plenty of options for those who need the tools. Still want your "predicted" Apple Ecosystem feel? Just import them back into Photos as .jpeg's.
Aperture was about helping people make images. Photos is about Point and Shoot and selling iPhones. It's about returning the cash to the shareholder.
No products that actually benefit people without a 38% Margin.
Is there a way to save the Aperture installer like a CD? Since I've paid for the Software, I think I should be allowed to keep it for possible clean-installing as long as I'd like. I'm worried about that scenario, if it's not going to be available for re-download from the App Store.