> On Dec 25, 2016, at 12:47 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > When I am hosting events like whiskymas, which will be kicking off in a few > hours, I like to run a slide show of my computers. Once again, the gang in > Cupertino have shown their master in the art of unnecessary simplicity. > > For many years, it was my contention that iPhoto was the worst attempt at > commercial software that I had ever had the misfortune of using. It did have > one, single, bit of usefulness, running a slideshow, with the photos in > random order, but at a configurable duration. > > iPhoto has been replaced by Photos, a program so simple, that it takes a > couple hours of internet research to figure out how to reliably make it go > away and not pop up every time you read a new SD card. They have also > streamlined the slideshow function right out of the software, simplifying it > to the point of no longer having any reason for existence what so ever. > > One possibility is to point my display background at a folder of photos, but > that has the disadvantage of showing icons for everything in my desktop > folder on top of the images. > > Another possibility is to use the screen saver on hot corners. It nearly > works OK, except that you cannot set how long the photos are displayed for. > > I did finally find a program called Phoenix Slides > http://blyt.net/phxslides/ > > I'm pleased to say that it actually works quite well, and wanted to share the > link with anyone else that might want to set up a slideshow of their photos. > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc >
Thank you! I just did a quick download and trial run. Works as advertised. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
