transfer picasa albums to iphoto

We can only answer half that question for you:

The first part...

Export the photos from Picasa while making sure to write the captions etc to the Exif and IPTC

is stuff you'll need to ask on a Picasa forum.

Then import the photos to iPhoto. If the metadata is written to the correct fields then it will show up in iPhoto.

Thanks for serving this community for so long !

My question is about viewing my Picasa albums on my TV via ATV !

This thread just prompted me to think I could import the Picasa albums back into iPhoto. Then somehow move them to where they could be viewed in " Photostream " on ATV.

I believe " Photostream " is in the cloud ?

Thanks

Just not sure what the question is. Yes you can create photostream or just share the photos to the ATV from iPhoto without the cloud.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3819?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

All my photos are in 178 Picasa Albums. I want to view the Picasa albums on ATV which only offers Photostream and Flikr.

How do I share from within iPhoto ? Use Mobileme ?

My thought was to import the Picasa Albums to iPhoto. Then upload the Picasa Albums to Photostream. I have no idea how to do that ! Then view the Picasa Albums on ATV via Photostream.

I think I have to import all the Picasa Albums to Flikr via iPhoto ? Then view on ATV via Flikr ?

You'll need to download the material from Picasa to your Mac.

Import it to iPhoto.

To share from iPhoto you can use either Photostreaming or HomeSharing. The page I linked to has a link on it with full details on how to use Homesharing. This one http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5903 has details on photostreams.

MobileMe no longer exists and hasn't for several years.

I have no idea why you want to involve Flickr in the process.

Just setting up the Homesharing is a daunting task. Says each device needs consistent/same passward. The WiFi has one password, my wifes computer has another and my password is unique to my computer.

The Photostreaming requires me to upgrade Mac to Mt Lion and iPhoto to something higher than 8.1.2.

The ATV is good using the packaged features !

If I want to view my Picasa albums I plug the laptop into the TV and view the albums in " PC " mode on the TV ! Solved !

"You'll need to download the material from Picasa to your Mac." you said

how does one do that exactly. there is no obvious export function in Picasa (for their own reasons)

Unfortunately that is a question for Picasa support - not for iPhoto volunteer users to answer - we can help with importing to iPhoto - you need Adobe support for exporting from Picasa

LN