Why is iPhoto the worst program of Apple?

We've found that most times it's the user's system configuration that is contributing to the poor performance of iPhoto or Photos.

What's your system configuration? Download and run Etrecheck. Copy and paste the results into your reply. Etrecheck is a diagnostic tool that was developed by one of the most respected users here in the ASC and recommended by Apple Support to provide a snapshot of the system and help identify the more obvious culprits that can adversely affect a Mac's performance.

Perhaps you might take a few moments to learn how to use it.

Or if you're happier with simply files in folders, why use it at all?

1 - you obviously have no idea at all how iPhoto works and need to learn how to use it

2 - pretty much every claim you make is totally false - iPhoto does not duplicate photos all the time - iPhoto is not a file manage system like you used on windows but a photo management system and you NEVER access the files or the folders they are in - you use iPhoto and the supplied APIs to access photos in the SQL database - and if you do not like iCloud do not enable it

Obviously you would rather complain than solve your problems

There are lots of other programs - look in Google or in the APP store - iPhoto is a free program when you purchase your Mac - if you do not like it simply do not use it

LN

You need to learn how to use iPhoto. It's not like PC photo applications which are just file/folder management. iPhoto is a DAM (digital asset management) application that is based on a database. There is no dupliaction of photos unless you have your phtoos on the hard drive, import them into iPhoto and the do not delete those original files. iPhoto copies the image files into its library so it can manage the photos. Once you import a photo from your hard drive there's no reason to keep it. It will be safely imported into iPhoto.

I suggest to view these iPhoto tutorials to get a feel on how to use iPhoto:

Apple - Find Out How - iPhoto - iPhoto

Apple - iLife - See everything iLife '11 can do.

OT

Two years and you can't manage what most people can figure out for themselves? Perhaps you should explore the links in Old Toad's post.

If you have an Apple store near you I suggest you get an apporintment at the Genius bar or see if they are giving a class on iPhoto and go there. With a little hands on with an instructor you can get over a lot of humps in the learning curve quite quickly.

Must say that I love the idea of iPhoto, but man is it buggy, have to agree that it is possibly the worst Apple program I have worked with. Never have I had a program crash as much as this one. Especially when it comes to the faces feature. What the ****? Everytime I have the program look for extra pictures of my wife or daughter, the program just fails after taking several minutes of the program not responding. If I knew it would work as bad as it does, I wouldn't have invested countless hours sorting through faces, and asking iPhoto to ignore rocks, magazines, roads, and other things it thinks are faces. Not to mention all the people that happen to be in a picture as part of a crowd. Hope Apple figures out how to make the program work better. Would love to have the program learn which faces to ignore, and to have it figure out how to automatically orient the pictures.

for crashing Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - rebuild your iPhoto library database - then repeat repairing permissions

LN

I have had no issues with iPhoto. I don't know if this is the problem here, but DO NOT MUCK AROUND IN THE IPHOTO LIBRARY! Only access your files from the iPhoto interface. IMHO, this is the main reason people have self-inflicted problems with iPhoto.