leonard55

Q: iPhoto 9.5 dropped Mac-to-Mac sharing?

I just installed the latest OSX Mavericks update and iPhoto '11 9.5 and it appears that the old Mac-to-Mac sharing is gone! I don't see a Sharing tab on Preferences any more and none of our other Macs running iPhoto are listed in the sidebar.

 

If it's really gone, I wonder what Apple expects people to use instead? iCloud doesn't do the job because it's only the last 1000 photos (at best), so you can't see old photos.

iPhoto '11, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 22, 2013 4:06 PM

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  • by QuickTimeX,

    QuickTimeX QuickTimeX Jul 22, 2014 12:23 PM in response to leonard55
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    Jul 22, 2014 12:23 PM in response to leonard55

    I just found out this feature is gone. This is unbelievable. It was a great example of how Macs can work seamlessly with each other and beats Windows machines. This is such a step backwards.

     

    Now that iPhoto is going to be discontinued, I hope they do bring back this function in Photos.

  • by yue yeung,

    yue yeung yue yeung Aug 7, 2014 6:20 AM in response to Shuangchun Yan
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    Aug 7, 2014 6:20 AM in response to Shuangchun Yan

    I've just met this problem and reach this thread... However I just discovered you can do this by Aperture (if you have), you can open the iPhoto library by it, export a album into a new library, then merge the libraries into one... Everything is keep after merged....

  • by louisr19,

    louisr19 louisr19 Aug 11, 2014 2:54 PM in response to leonard55
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    Aug 11, 2014 2:54 PM in response to leonard55

    I just send this feedback to Apple:

     

    I want to have a COMMON library where multiple computers on my home network can participate in viewing but also adding pictures and videos, editing or tagging pictures, creating events and deleting photos (all going into a common trash can).  The library could be stored on a home NAS or a server.

    Ideally, there would be one Library administrator and a way to authorize and give rights to the users.  Maybe my 6 year old can only add and view pictures but my 18 year old and wife could have full privileges.

    I could also view the full library from my APPLE TV at a minimum and, oh dream, from other media servers.

    I should be able to configure a family Photostream that could interact and add pictures to the Library from the members mobile devices (iphone and ipads).


    Basically, I want a common shoebox with all my pictures in them.  It's amazing how far we have come, the quantity and quality of pictures we take and yet, it is very hard to put them in common and share pictures with your own family.  My kids are taking excellent pictures with their phone and I would like to keep these for posterity but right now, unless I nag them and do a lot of manual processes, I cannot do that.


    By the way, it's the same thing with my CD collection.  In the physical world, if I want to listen to a CD, I grab it and put it in the living room stereo.  In the digital world, I need to make sure that the library is  available and the computer that it is stored on is there and powered on, and darn...my son bought a CD but it's available only to him on his machine :-(

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Aug 11, 2014 11:01 PM in response to louisr19
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    Aug 11, 2014 11:01 PM in response to louisr19

    I want to have a COMMON library where multiple computers on my home network can participate in viewing but also adding pictures and videos, editing or tagging pictures, creating events and deleting photos (all going into a common trash can).  The library could be stored on a home NAS or a server.

    Ideally, there would be one Library administrator and a way to authorize and give rights to the users.  Maybe my 6 year old can only add and view pictures but my 18 year old and wife could have full privileges.

     

    There are apps that do this already - Extensis Portfolio springs to mind - but simple as it sounds this is a very complex data management set up. Such apps start around the $200 mark.

     

    Basically, I want a common shoebox with all my pictures in them.

     

    Again, this is perfectly possible with the Finder, for instance.

     

    It's amazing how far we have come, the quantity and quality of pictures we take and yet, it is very hard to put them in common and share pictures with your own family.  My kids are taking excellent pictures with their phone and I would like to keep these for posterity but right now, unless I nag them and do a lot of manual processes, I cannot do that.

     

    You can do that for free with Flickr, right now. The new Photos app, due next year, will include an online library.

     

    The digital rights on CDs are controlled by the makers of the CD, not Apple.

  • by CaffinateMe,

    CaffinateMe CaffinateMe Sep 17, 2014 9:40 AM in response to leonard55
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    Sep 17, 2014 9:40 AM in response to leonard55

    I too was surprised by the removal of network sharing.  I don't want to wait days to sync my photos to see them, let alone the fact I would have to pay for large amounts of internet storage.  I gave this feedback to apple:

     

    Please return network sharing to iPhoto.  Previously we had a large iPhoto library (600+ gigs) on our home server which is stuck at 10.7.  Two laptops and a Mac Mini upgraded to Mavericks which can no longer quickly or easily view photos from the two Mac Pros (also have large iPhoto libraries) and our server.  The Mini is connected to our living room TV, where the family like to view the photos.  To make matters worse, the library format has changed, so the 10.7 and 10.9 machines cannot switch libraries over file sharing.  I would put iPhoto 9.5 on the other machines, but it requires OS 10.9 to install.  Not only has the lack of network sharing impaired our viewing of photos, but I have to find a completely new way of synchronizing just the photos we want to share on our home server.

     

    Maybe Apple could find a way to make photo streams able to operate over my local network in addition to the cloud.  That way I would not be hampered by my internet connection if I don't want to be.

     

    It's unfortunate but I may have to move all my families photo libraries over to Picasa to view what I used to be able to view.

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Sep 17, 2014 9:47 AM in response to CaffinateMe
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    Sep 17, 2014 9:47 AM in response to CaffinateMe

    1 - sorry that you do not understand - you do not have to pay anything for PhotoStream or shared PhotoStream - as clearly documented neither counts against your iCloud storage

     

    2 - this forum is NOT a path to Apple nor it is a RANT board - it is a board for experienced users to help other users use iPhoto - and post here are limited to that purpose

     

    3 - the iPhoto library should not be on a service unless it is a Mac server (the iPhoto library must be on a drive formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) ) and should never be used on a wireless connection or a network

     

    4 - basically the problem is that you are using iPhoto in a way it is not designed or intended - it is a single user program - no multi user capability and no cross platform capability that is free on all new Macs - there certainly is software out their for sale that will meet your needs - iPhoto is not one and it was never intended to be one

     

    LN

  • by batucaves,

    batucaves batucaves Sep 20, 2014 11:11 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Sep 20, 2014 11:11 PM in response to LarryHN

    1. Agreed

    2. Ditto

    3. ?

    4. Disagree completely. This was a good feature that previously existed, so it cannot be "never intended". Yes we should move-on and Apple has the right to modify features as they see fit. Other alternatives exist, while we wait for Apple's response.

     

    Regards B

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Sep 21, 2014 7:00 AM in response to batucaves
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    Sep 21, 2014 7:00 AM in response to batucaves

    thank auto correct

     

    3 - the iPhoto library should not be on a service server unless it is a Mac server (the iPhoto library must be on a drive formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) ) and should never be used on a wireless connection or a network

    LN

  • by Revonor,

    Revonor Revonor Sep 24, 2014 2:24 PM in response to leonard55
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    Sep 24, 2014 2:24 PM in response to leonard55

    Hi all,

     

    Maybe this is a solution to our problem. I copied the iPhoto library file to my google drive folder (dropbox is also working) and then choose this library by going to the menu archive -> switch to library...

    Then on your other mac(s) find the library on your google drive folder (dropbox) and do the same. Now you are using on both macs the same library. When there are changes in the library file, google drive (dropbox) sees this and send the file over.

     

    I know, it is not the best solution, but when there is nothing else....

     

    Goodluck all!

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Sep 24, 2014 2:29 PM in response to Revonor
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    Sep 24, 2014 2:29 PM in response to Revonor

    Revonor wrote:

     

    Hi all,

     

    Maybe this is a solution to our problem. I copied the iPhoto library file to my google drive folder (dropbox is also working) and then choose this library by going to the menu archive -> switch to library...

    Then on your other mac(s) find the library on your google drive folder (dropbox) and do the same. Now you are using on both macs the same library. When there are changes in the library file, google drive (dropbox) sees this and send the file over.

     

    I know, it is not the best solution, but when there is nothing else....

     

    Goodluck all!

    Be very, very careful and be sure your backups are working outstandingly - numerous people have had their iPhoto libraries irrupted and lost data and photos having then on any Cloud service including Google drive and DropBox - I personally would not risk it  but you do what you please

     

    And warn other users of the dangers of your suggestion

     

    LN

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Sep 24, 2014 2:32 PM in response to Revonor
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    Sep 24, 2014 2:32 PM in response to Revonor

    Maybe this is a solution to our problem. I copied the iPhoto library file to my google drive folder (dropbox is also working) and then choose this library by going to the menu archive -> switch to library...

    If you value your photos remove the library from the Google drive asap. That is a disaster waiting to happen.

    A photo library needs to be on a locally connected drive, formatted MacOS Extended (Journaled).

     

     

    Use locally mounted Mac OS X Extended volumes for your Aperture library

    Apple's own words:  (Aperture and iPhoto use the same library format)

    Also, it is strongly recommended that the Aperture library be stored on a locally mounted hard drive. Storing the Aperture library on a network share can also lead to poor performance, data corruption, or data loss.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Sep 24, 2014 2:41 PM in response to Revonor
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    Sep 24, 2014 2:41 PM in response to Revonor
    I copied the iPhoto library file to my google drive folder (dropbox is also working) and then choose this library by going to the menu archive -> switch to library...

     

    Recipe for disaster. One or other - to both the original and the synced libraries will be corrupted. We've tested this here in the past.

  • by Revonor,

    Revonor Revonor Sep 25, 2014 12:30 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Sep 25, 2014 12:30 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    oke, thanks for the warning!

  • by Carlos Alberto Boton,

    Carlos Alberto Boton Carlos Alberto Boton Nov 9, 2014 11:03 PM in response to leonard55
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    Nov 9, 2014 11:03 PM in response to leonard55

    They expect you to put up and shut up, since they are deaf for any user input.

    NO I'll not pay iCloud plus ISP bandwidth to do that.

    It is becoming a windows like system...

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Nov 9, 2014 11:29 PM in response to Carlos Alberto Boton
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    Nov 9, 2014 11:29 PM in response to Carlos Alberto Boton
    NO I'll not pay iCloud plus ISP bandwidth to do that.

    Shared Photo Streams do not count against your iCloud storage.

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