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Apple Updates iPhoto for Mac to Prepare for Upcoming Transition to New Photos App

Icaras said:
I've already migrated everything. My question is will 10.10.3 allow us to delete iPhoto, it's photo library (which is still taking up gigabytes of space on top of the new Photos library), and automatically clean up OS X of any trace of iPhoto. I'd like to get rid of iPhoto once Photos finally gets out of beta.
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You shouldn't have your photo data duplicated, it's only using different addressing in your computer to access, for instance, if I have the same image in Aperture, Nikon images app, Leica Light Room, iPhoto, and Photos, it shouldn't be 5 redundant copies of the same file.
 
Icaras said:
I've already migrated everything. My question is will 10.10.3 allow us to delete iPhoto, it's photo library (which is still taking up gigabytes of space on top of the new Photos library), and automatically clean up OS X of any trace of iPhoto. I'd like to get rid of iPhoto once Photos finally gets out of beta.
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I would like to know as well? Since my photo library takes up about 32gb of space

Edit: it was answered above, thanks. I should just jump into the beta and find out for myself lol
 
The issue I had with Photos is that when I installed it, it asked me once to import my iPhoto library. I passed on that, wanting to inspect Photos first, not sure if it would completely replace my current library.

Afterward I decided to go ahead and import my iPhoto library -- except there was no apparent way to do that. The iPhoto library was always greyed out when I tried to import it. I researched the problem for a while and found that holding the Option key while starting Photos brought up the iPhoto import function. It worked fine; all my photos and albums transferred perfectly.

Curiously, this update doesn't change any of that process, so I'm not sure how it helps with the transition.
 
Taz Mangus said:
That looks like it. Thanks.
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I have one. Actually two, because the first one they shipped out was defective. I think they had a manufacturing defect that caused a whole run of them to be wired wrong. Anyway, it has 4 USB ports in the front. Also two in the back.

It's okay, in that it solves a problem with the iMac. If you are constantly plugging and unplugging USB devices, which I do at work you don't have to contort yourself around the back of your Mac all day. It was also the only USB "hub" that I found that didn't look hideous on my desk. My 2010 27" iMac pushes it down slightly in the middle. Not a bunch, but I can notice it.

Like all things Quirky I am suspect of it, and expect it to fail at any time. When it does I will have a very expensive keyboard hiding stand (and I don't slide my keyboard under it).
 
rdlink said:
I have one. Actually two, because the first one they shipped out was defective. I think they had a manufacturing defect that caused a whole run of them to be wired wrong. Anyway, it has 4 USB ports in the front. Also two in the back.

It's okay, in that it solves a problem with the iMac. If you are constantly plugging and unplugging USB devices, which I do at work you don't have to contort yourself around the back of your Mac all day. It was also the only USB "hub" that I found that didn't look hideous on my desk. My 2010 27" iMac pushes it down slightly in the middle. Not a bunch, but I can notice it.

Like all things Quirky I am suspect of it, and expect it to fail at any time. When it does I will have a very expensive keyboard hiding stand (and I don't slide my keyboard under it).
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It is kind of cool looking. Not sure I would get it just because I really like the simple clean look of not having a stand under the iMac. I can see its usefulness though. Thanks for the info on experience using it.
 
Strangely, I like iPhoto, its interface and the whole style in which it was designed together with functionality as well as this of the iLife suite prior to iLife'13. I'm using iLife'11. In spite of minor issues it had I like it more intimate tone, it has spirit of Jobs's skeuomorphic approach. I bought my MBP 15" mid2012 in the end of 2013 factory sealed, with Lion, then upgraded to Mavericks, lived with it 1,5 years and then reverted back to Lion, also reinstalling iLife'11 and iWork'11. Feeling like returned home. Mavericks, though I still praise it for its newer features, wonderful iBooks, iMessages, Notification Center, seemed to me a bit hostile and was a letdown regarding the small functions that work seamlessly in Lion (QuickLook, Safari etc), but more so, speaking of accompanying apps such as iLife. iMovie crashing on launch was abhorring experience. iPhoto loaded slowly, so did Garage Band, while in Lion they launch immediately or at least much faster. Obviously it's not about hardware: an OS X released just after 1 and 4 months after Mac's manufacture date can't be too demanding for it. The software, and this maddening rush towards iOS&OS X integration (good thing itself) were the major contributors. Glad I returned to Lion.
Now iOS-like look of Photos injected fear into my veins: as much tolerable on iPhone and iPad as it is it looks weird on Mac's screen. As much as Yosemite looks glamorously so do Photos too (again, that's a very subjective opinion) and the impression of mine when I first saw this picture was that it's graphic card's failure resulting in zig-zags on a monitor. It's cold. It's primitive and oversimplified. iPhoto's retro beauty has gone freeing place for somewhat pesky and unorganized.

I know I may sound like I'm retrograde but I'm not criticizing all the novelties that Yosemite brought I like them! I just don't understand why to bring them it was necessary to fall back on flatness and over-saturation as something super modern and, hence, cool. Even 10.0 - 10.5 while also implementing some elements of flat design were much more realistic than the current version of OS X. "We need functionality in the first place, not glossy details that now look dated, old-fashioned" - so stupid and illogical. We? We who? Secondly, this "dated" look hadn't conflicted with functionality for years prior to the new fashion (and this is just about fashion, really, ain't it?) and suddenly someone decided to impose the new paradigm on masses, it's so religious, totalitarian and utterly philosophic. It doesn't have any rationality behind, just abstract aesthetical ideas (hi, Johny Ive!). That I may be correct is supported by the facts that even any iOS before iOS 7 had direct UI connection with OS X during all the period of its existence under Steve's reign.
 
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Is iPhoto for OS X going to be taken off the Mac App Store? I know iPhoto for iOS was removed this past fall with the launch of (and incompatibility of iPhoto for iOS with) iOS 8 and I know that Apple has openly stated that Aperture will be removed when 10.10.3 is released, but I've seen nothing that explicitly states that iPhoto for OS X is going to be removed from the Mac App Store. I'd imagine that I'll have the opportunity to redownload it like I will Aperture from my Purchases tab, but I wonder about those doing clean installs of 10.10.3 or later AND those who don't have it associated with their AppleID in the Mac App Store.
 
Yebubbleman said:
Is iPhoto for OS X going to be taken off the Mac App Store? I know iPhoto for iOS was removed this past fall with the launch of (and incompatibility of iPhoto for iOS with) iOS 8 and I know that Apple has openly stated that Aperture will be removed when 10.10.3 is released, but I've seen nothing that explicitly states that iPhoto for OS X is going to be removed from the Mac App Store. I'd imagine that I'll have the opportunity to redownload it like I will Aperture from my Purchases tab, but I wonder about those doing clean installs of 10.10.3 or later AND those who don't have it associated with their AppleID in the Mac App Store.
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Thank you for putting this up. This is a very good point, for those still wanting to run iPhoto for the time being (and my be needing it for new installs).

Off to go see if I have it in my list of "purchased" applications...
 
how do I block the updates?

I have setup automatic install updates, but now I can not switch them off for some reason. I hate the new photos App. I will stick with this version and Aperture for a while and then planing to move to lightroom.
 
I have several iPhoto libraries with some duplicates (both pictures and videos) on my main drive and was wondering if i can migrate them all into one Photos library eliminating duplicates. Each library contains thousands of images and over 200GB in total. Should i get iphoto library manager and consolidate multiple libraries now, wait for Photos release, or try it with beta Photos (have not downloaded yet)?
 
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