Apple Seeds First OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite Beta to Developers With Mac Photos App

[elietabet]

iOS and OSX sync

Can I stop auto-syncing from iMac to my iPhone?

In other words, I have tons of albums on my iMac that I don't need to have on my iPhone and take up all my 64GB.


My iPhone photos do show up on my iMac because I have iCloud enabled, which this is fine.

 

[imcquill]

Similar to Aperture

I'm not sure then why the Verge article was complaining about obfuscating the file system. It does exactly the same thing as iPhoto and Aperture and many other mac apps have always done. Put everything in a package, which is just a folder.

 

[Rogifan]

Did Apple ever say this photos app was intended to replace Aperture?

 

[jrswizzle]

someone with access to the beta please report back if iPhoto still works. i have no intention whatsoever to ever enable iCloud Photos and will stick to iPhoto and Photostream as long as possible

Reasons?

iPhoto and PhotStream have been messy and inconsistent from the start...I can't wait for a more cohesive and integrated solution like this. Photos makes FAR more sense and I'm really curious why someone would have the above reaction?

 

[richpjr]

Professional Photographers: Photos is a platform for OSX, not just an app. The app is only the front end UI that Apple provides. Extensions are what will make this infinitely powerful for professionals. Imagine Pixelmator being able to natively tap into your Photos library and execute non destructive edits that will then become available to your library through Photos.app on your Mac, iPad and iPhone.

Other extensions will add power to those who need it. Need more fine tune control for your EXIF data? More automated importing? There'll be an extension for that. A whole ecosystem is going to pop up and it'll be a serious threat to Adobe's Photoshop/Lightroom monopoly.

Photo libraries are now supported at the operating system level. This is huge.

Aperture supported plugins as well, so I'm not sure how a far less powerful program is all that enticing to a professional photographer (especially if you don't have access to your files after they are imported). This app seems to be far more geared towards casual users wanting to organize and backup photos while having access to them on all their devices (along with the subtle idea of getting people to pony up money for more monthly iCloud storage as it gets used up).

 

[iPhisch]

Is Photostream still functional?
My iPhoto library is over 90GB. I don't want the huge RAW photos I take to go in the cloud, and I don't need them on my mobile devices. But, I want my iPhone photos to still be backed up on my Mac in the Photos app like they are right now in iPhoto.
What's gonna happen?

 

[Oz.]

Does this new app create a stupid database with photos like iphoto or something stupid like iTunes iPod photo cache.


If I can't point it to my folder with photos without creating another database with photos I don't find it so useful.

 

[iPhisch]

Reasons?

iPhoto and PhotStream have been messy and inconsistent from the start...I can't wait for a more cohesive and integrated solution like this. Photos makes FAR more sense and I'm really curious why someone would have the above reaction?

See my above post. I don't want to pay for 200GB of cloud storage just to use Photos, but I want my iPhone to backup like it does with iPhoto.

 

[McFreggle]

Great!

Seems like a perfect way to manage my iOS photos on my Mac!

And for the serious photos, there's always Lightroom!

 

[darngooddesign]

Can someone confirm that it doesn't get rid of your iPhoto library; in that if I don't like Photos I can still use iPhoto and my library will be just as I left it before trying Photos.

 

[anewman143]

Has Nik/Google commented at all about their plugin suite working with the new Photos app? That would be a HUGE boost in confidence for me.

Or, minus their comment, has Apple indicated anywhere that plugins will work with the new Photos app?

 

[petvas]

Can someone confirm that it doesn't get rid of your iPhoto library; in that if I don't like Photos I can still use iPhoto and my library will be just as I left it before trying Photos.

It creates a new library.
At the moment I have problems with the photos.app
It cannot seem to convert my Aperture library. It stays stuck at preparing at 32%...

 

[bushido]

Reasons?

iPhoto and PhotStream have been messy and inconsistent from the start...I can't wait for a more cohesive and integrated solution like this. Photos makes FAR more sense and I'm really curious why someone would have the above reaction?

iCloud Photo would be perfect if it was stored in the actual cloud and I access them using the Internet by clicking on the thumbnail and if I delete it it would only delete the locally stored copy. that way I still have it backed up while freeing up space on my macbook / iDevices

 

[ButteryScrollin]

someone with access to the beta please report back if iPhoto still works. i have no intention whatsoever to ever enable iCloud Photos and will stick to iPhoto and Photostream as long as possible

Yes, they still work fine. Old library is still intact.

 

[lzyprson]

This makes me feel both excited and nervous... My photo gallery is Sooo large and turns my computer into a barely responsive turtle.. I love iPhoto. I love the map and faces features specifically, but, i hate the fact that all my photos fit in to just one file. This is probably the only file, ive ever seen in my life, that is over 300gigs large... it makes me wish i used only a point and shoot camera, as well as my iPhone, and dissuades me from using my SLR..

I really hope that they solve the organization issue. Even, separating the iPhoto file into separate files, by year would be helpful.

please fix this apple. I would hate to switch over to Lightroom just so that my 1 year old iMac goes back performing like a new iMac...

 

[jrswizzle]

See my above post. I don't want to pay for 200GB of cloud storage just to use Photos, but I want my iPhone to backup like it does with iPhoto.

I don't have any experience with the new Photos implementation, so I'll reserve the right to judge it until I see it.

I would assume there is a way to pick and choose what gets saved in the cloud and what doesn't. Perhaps I'm wrong.

Save RAW files somewhere other than the Photos app? Last I checked the Mac still had a file system and a Pictures folder than isn't attached to the Photos app (as far as I know).

 

[gwang73]

Yes, they still work fine. Old library is still intact.

However, there's a warning message that basically states use iPhoto for browsing but anything you do in iPhoto will not be synced with the new photos app.

 

[jrswizzle]

iCloud Photo would be perfect if it was stored in the actual cloud and I access them using the Internet by clicking on the thumbnail and if I delete it it would only delete the locally stored copy. that way I still have it backed up while freeing up space on my macbook / iDevices

I see - I wonder if we'll see that added.

 

[lvalenta]

However, there's a warning message that basically states use iPhoto for browsing but anything you do in iPhoto will not be synced with the new photos app.

well of course - They are totally different libraries

This makes me feel both excited and nervous... My photo gallery is Sooo large and turns my computer into a barely responsive turtle.. I love iPhoto. I love the map and faces features specifically, but, i hate the fact that all my photos fit in to just one file. This is probably the only file, ive ever seen in my life, that is over 300gigs large... it makes me wish i used only a point and shoot camera, as well as my iPhone, and dissuades me from using my SLR..

I really hope that they solve the organization issue. Even, separating the iPhoto file into separate files, by year would be helpful.

please fix this apple. I would hate to switch over to Lightroom just so that my 1 year old iMac goes back performing like a new iMac...

Actually it's not one file, it's directory which OS X shows as a file.

 

[ButteryScrollin]

However, there's a warning message that basically states use iPhoto for browsing but anything you do in iPhoto will not be synced with the new photos app.

Right, They're separate libraries so that's to be expected.

 

[rhoydotp]

Great. Presumably, inside those subfolders you eventually find all the jpg's etc. in your library?

would like to know if this is true and if it let's you keep full local copy of photos selectively. also, is this is a non-destructive editor that doesn't keep a duplicate copy of the original like iPhoto?

 

[Peel]

I'm still smarting about Aperture and its non-future as a 'professional' app running on 'professional' hardware.

I don't think I want to even bother trying this - it'll end in disappointment in a couple of years.

I feel the same. I'm expecting another FCPX experience, where many familiar, necessary professional tools are missing in version 1.0.0, and over the course of the next 1-2 years will slowly be introduced back into the mix. I'm now at a point where I feel that FCPX is a better tool than FCP 7 was, but it's been a long, slow road to get here, and I'm not so excited to start back down that particular path with Photos.

 

[rhoydotp]

Has Nik/Google commented at all about their plugin suite working with the new Photos app? That would be a HUGE boost in confidence for me.

Or, minus their comment, has Apple indicated anywhere that plugins will work with the new Photos app?

I also have the Nik Suite that I use all the time with Aperture. Would like to get clarification as well.

 

[Sasparilla]

someone with access to the beta please report back if iPhoto still works. i have no intention whatsoever to ever enable iCloud Photos and will stick to iPhoto and Photostream as long as possible

Over on The Verge they reported it can be installed with (but doesn't replace) iPhoto or Aperture on the system (you can keep using those as well).

The big question I have is what version of OS X do I need for this, is it only for Yosemite?

 

[rhoydotp]

... but it's been a long, slow road to get here, and I'm not so excited to start back down that particular path with Photos.

Exact sentiments of a lot of people who've used Aperture for a long time ... and FCP, and Logic, and anything else that Apple decides to "make better"