On Jul 26, 2005, at 11:50, Richard Starr wrote:
I'm trying to come up with a good method of organizing my massive
collection of
photos. I don't like iPhoto because it moves files around and has a
bunch of
features I don't need.
I keep hearing this argument against iPhoto and iTunes, and I don't buy
it. The mentality comes from "I need to maintain all of my files,"
when what you should be doing is letting the software maintain the
files, while you work within the software. It's the same for iTunes -
I will never understand why some people won't use it because "it
reorganizes my music directory" - what does the filesystem layout
matter if all you're doing is using the software?
Think of iTunes and iPhoto as database applications. The database
backend in this case happens to be a filesystem you can traverse with
Finder, but just as you wouldn't, under normal circumstances, use
MySQL/4D/Oracle client as your database application (you'd use a
front-end application, not a back-end one), you should use the
front-end iPhoto or iTunes, not the back-end Finder.
I've been looking at Shoebox and I like its features, though I haven't
fully
figured it out using the demo. The full version is expensive and the
pro
version is even more.
So, are there other possibilites out there... something that will
leave my files
in their directories, but will sort and display them according to
certain
categories (particularly date) pass them on to Photoshop when I ask it
to, etc?
Won't iPhoto 5 do this, except for the "leave my files in their
directories" part? Again I ask: why care about how the software stores
its data when all you're going to do anyway is use the front end?
Please help me understand.
Daniel
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