HT204655: Updating from iPhoto to Photos for OS X

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dgfromcpk
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Q: Does anyone else HATE the new Photos "upgrade"?

Photos has made a huge MESS of my pictures & I literally want to scream.  It changed the dates on a lot of my pictures and now I can't even find the new ones after I upload them.  I don't have time to sit at my computer and work out Apples bugs.  ARRGHHHH!!!!!   Anyone have a good non-Apple program that they have switched to?  I am SO ready...

MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.53 GHz), iOS 8.3

Posted on May 19, 2015 12:01 PM

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Q: Does anyone else HATE the new Photos "upgrade"?

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  • by albertfromberkeley,

    albertfromberkeley albertfromberkeley Sep 12, 2015 10:33 PM in response to dgfromcpk
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    Sep 12, 2015 10:33 PM in response to dgfromcpk

    I can not even tweak my photos so that they can be printed on my Canon Printer.Is there any way to get my old iPhoto 7 back??Anyway?

    And are there are programs that will allow me to use it like a "darkroom".The IOS 7 program did the job just great,just great but this new on in Yosemite is simply horrible.

  • by petermac87,

    petermac87 petermac87 Sep 13, 2015 12:25 AM in response to albertfromberkeley
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    Sep 13, 2015 12:25 AM in response to albertfromberkeley

    Yyou are confusing iOS and OSX. But you can erase your drive and reinstall the backup you made prior to upgrading. As for your second question, I like Lightroom by Adobe, but there are many others if you search.

     

    Cheers

     

    Pete

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Sep 13, 2015 2:04 AM in response to albertfromberkeley
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    Sep 13, 2015 2:04 AM in response to albertfromberkeley

    I can not even tweak my photos so that they can be printed on my Canon Printer.


    Well it's not difficult for everyone else, where is it going wrong for you?


    And are there are programs that will allow me to use it like a "darkroom"


    What's "it"?

  • by ariddel,

    ariddel ariddel Jun 17, 2016 10:48 AM in response to Foremost authority
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    Jun 17, 2016 10:48 AM in response to Foremost authority

    I agree - why can't the photos just be in a folder. It seems like I have to beg Apple access to my own **** photos! Maddening!

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Jun 17, 2016 11:18 AM in response to dgfromcpk
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    Jun 17, 2016 11:18 AM in response to dgfromcpk

    You're photos can be just in a folder. If you want that, why are you using Photos? Why not just use folders? It's not compulsory you know.

  • by babowa,

    babowa babowa Jun 17, 2016 1:00 PM in response to ariddel
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    Jun 17, 2016 1:00 PM in response to ariddel

    I've always had my photos in a folder in my Documents folder. Many subfolders (such as beachtrip 2015, Xmas,etc) to organize them. Simple to drag the folder to an external drive for an extra backup - no library to update or whatever.

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Jun 17, 2016 2:06 PM in response to ariddel
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    Jun 17, 2016 2:06 PM in response to ariddel
    You can but not if you choose to use Photos - there are many, many many advantages to using Photos  but nothin about it is mandatory - if  you choose to use it then you have to use it the way it works and it only works if you import your photos to its library 0 if you want to use folders then use Preview or the finder to view your photos - they are file orientated viewers - Photos is not  LN

  • by babowa,

    babowa babowa Jun 17, 2016 2:47 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Jun 17, 2016 2:47 PM in response to LarryHN

    Well, I've used Photos (to try its' edit capabilities) without using its' library - the same way I use Aperture: I import the photo, edit it, and export it. Then I put everything in Photos/Aperture in the trash and empty it. The edited/exported version is filed in its proper place, sometimes along with the original or replacing it.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Jun 17, 2016 3:06 PM in response to babowa
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    Jun 17, 2016 3:06 PM in response to babowa

    It's semantics I know, but that is using the Library. You need to import first then export after, everything happens in the Library. Like Aperture and iPhoto (and other apps  with non-destructive processing like LIghtroom) It simply cannot operate on an photo that is not in the Library.

  • by babowa,

    babowa babowa Jun 17, 2016 3:24 PM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Jun 17, 2016 3:24 PM in response to Terence Devlin

    Okay, but - at the end of the day (or when I'm done editing, exporting, and emptying the trash), there is nothing in the library......

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Jun 17, 2016 4:44 PM in response to babowa
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    Jun 17, 2016 4:44 PM in response to babowa

    Sure, my point was to clarify it for the other poster.

  • by babowa,

    babowa babowa Jun 17, 2016 4:58 PM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Jun 17, 2016 4:58 PM in response to Terence Devlin

    Ahh, no problem - thanks.

  • by philkdc,

    philkdc philkdc Aug 16, 2016 4:00 PM in response to dgfromcpk
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    Aug 16, 2016 4:00 PM in response to dgfromcpk

    Never use it. There's less than meets the eye!

  • by John Anthony,

    John Anthony John Anthony Aug 18, 2016 2:41 PM in response to dgfromcpk
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    Aug 18, 2016 2:41 PM in response to dgfromcpk

    I'm not too thrilled about it either however, the more time I spend with it the better it gets. I had gotten used to Aperture and Photos seemed like a real mess at first. Making photo books in Aperture gave more control over labeling pictures in the books. For example, I could assign a text field to each and every picture if I so desired. In Photos I can only assign one line of text at the bottom of the page. If there is indeed a way to do this now in Photos the feature has become too obscure to find. I hope they improve the program as time goes on.

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Aug 18, 2016 2:55 PM in response to John Anthony
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    Aug 18, 2016 2:55 PM in response to John Anthony

    Photos is a great consumer program but it clearly is not a professional program like Aperture (or LightRoom, etc) and does not cost what they do - for consumers it is a big improvement over iPhoto but for advanced amateurs and professionals it simply is not a professional program and is not advertised as one nor is it intended to be one - it is intended to support the world's most popular camera - the iPhone and enhance use of it with IOS devices and Macs to sell more IOS devices and iPhones

     

    I wish Apple had continues the professional path but they have not - a business decision on their part

     

    LN

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