I don't like iPhoto very much, and this program looks great, but there is no PPC support. I know that they don't sell PPC macs anymore but about half of mac users are still on PPC, and Google is leaving all of them out in the cold.
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Picasa for Mac and FileMaker Pro 10 Released
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Not sure what you mean. You should be able to access all your images in the iPhoto Library (both modified and originals).
If you're having trouble, just right-click (or control-click) on the library and click on "show package contents" - everything is still there and easily accessible without the need for doing any sort of export.
My photos are in Picasa now on an XP box, but I was wondering along a similar line... with an app like Picasa, what would have made it particularly hard to deliver it as a universal binary? Given the install size, it's hardly like the UB size would have been crushing, and wouldn't an app like this have been developed in Cocoa that should be fairly easily made UB?
In Picasa for the Mac, you can move pictures into new folders (right or option click after selecting pictures, select "Move to New Folder") , and entire folders (right or option click on the folder, select "Move Folder"). And you can also delete pictures (right click, select "Delete from Disk").
It is because the program uses the open source technology WINE, this makes it very easy to create linux and mac versions of picasa, but only for intel, a PPC version would require a lot more work.
Wine is also being used in those EA games that only work on intel. Programs like Cider and Crossover use the same technology.
Yes!! All I can say is it's about ***** time. Picasa worked wonders for me when I had my old computer, and I was (and still am) disappointed with iPhoto when I got a Mac. But yaaay, Picasa for Mac is out now! 
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!!!
I won't use it because it uses WINE. I want a real Mac App and not some fake Windows app with less features than the real Windows app.
what is WINE????
my iPhoto library is in the Trash. The Trash as been emptied. iPhoto has been removed from the dock. I love Picasa on Windows, the only program I missed moving to Mac.
As long as it works (and works faster than iPhoto), who cares what technology it uses?
Personally I prefer picasa; but now all mac users can make up their own mind
I agree! I HATE the way iPhone accosts my photos. This is great, save for some UI issues and some hunting around to do things I knew well in iPhoto. Overall this is a great app and did I mention the price!
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So no one else is having this issue? Do you all just shoot in .jpg format? Anyone else seeing a darkening of the photos in Picasa? I am a bit unique in that I have a Mac, but I use PC gamma levels. Still, .jpgs look the same and all RAW formats appear darker in the Picasa photo browser...?
WINE is an attempt to bring all of the dependencies, libraries, and all of the core components of windows that are required to run applications to the Linux platform. The same technology has also been ported to Mac for the same purpose.
I've been using Picasa (for Windows) on my MBP for several months now via CrossOver (given away free a few months ago... ) and it has worked perfectly in parallel with iPhoto. I'm not sure how the new Mac version works yet, but I will find out soon in a direct comparison on my MBP. I like in Picasa how you can assign folders to "watch" and Picasa will keep an eye on them for any changes to the contents, and display the images without "importing" them.
Now that I'm finally used to the way iPhoto does things, I'm hard-pressed to see any important distinctions between them other than the way they handle photo organization, but I've always liked the interface with Picasa in the past, so I'll probably slowly move away from iPhoto.
Now that I'm finally used to the way iPhoto does things, I'm hard-pressed to see any important distinctions between them other than the way they handle photo organization, but I've always liked the interface with Picasa in the past, so I'll probably slowly move away from iPhoto.
Haha nice, I was a little less drastic and kept iPhoto but removed its icon from my dock and replaced it with the picasa icon. If I have no issues in the following weeks I'll trash the iPhoto app as well, and that was the only iLife app I used (except for iTunes which is free anyway)
Their trial-download server has been REALLY backed up today. I put in a request for a trial here at the office four hours ago and still haven't seen it. Spoke with somebody in support and they said that everything is bogged down today.
Not a big deal, the 5-user box is on its way already. Just would've liked the trial to get comfy before rolling it out to the others.
Picasa for Mac is great. Tried iPhoto when I first got this Macbook in October, but I didn't like how it re-organized my photos from my tree-structured folders.
Also like how Picasa can play the movies that I have taken from my camcorder and edited with iMovie.
Cool feature is to display only the pictures with faces in it.
Also like how Picasa can play the movies that I have taken from my camcorder and edited with iMovie.
Cool feature is to display only the pictures with faces in it.
Great news, I always liked using Picasa on my Windows box. I do like iPhoto and have never had any issues as far as my needs are concerned, but what I do like is the Picasa Web albums feature, as I do not have a Flickr or MobileMe account as I have never wanted to pay for such a service. Picasa appears to provide 1 GB of free storage, which will meet my needs just fine, for now at least.
Downloading it now, will trial it out afterwards and see how it performs...
Edit: Hmm, just realized that I could have used the Web Albums feature all along, as the Picasa web albums exporter lives right inside iPhoto. Ooops...
Downloading it now, will trial it out afterwards and see how it performs...
Edit: Hmm, just realized that I could have used the Web Albums feature all along, as the Picasa web albums exporter lives right inside iPhoto. Ooops...