Re: Say Goodbye to iPhoto and Aperture

2014-06-28 Thread Ronni Brown
On 28 Jun 2014, at 10:23 am, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi Ronni, I have several thousand photos in iPhoto. Considering the ADSL speed in this country is NOT too flash, I don’t even try to store them on iCloud. Do you feel that the new “Photos for OSX” will force us to do

Re: Say Goodbye to iPhoto and Aperture

2014-06-28 Thread Michael Hawkins
This all sounds bad news to me. Apart from the Orwellian Big Brother aspect, control of photos, everything in iTunes, and I don't know what else will be given to Apple. As I understand iTunes (and I'd be relieved to be told I'm wrong), an Apple user can purchasemusic using iTunes, but if the

Re: Say Goodbye to iPhoto and Aperture

2014-06-28 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Michael, you can use iTunes on Windows computers as well as Macs and have up to 5 computers authorised at one time to use anything purchased through iTunes. When you travel you can access your Australian account from any country you are in to buy and download new stuff as well. I have rented

Re: Say Goodbye to iPhoto and Aperture

2014-06-28 Thread Susan Hastings
Lightroom allows you to import photos at their present location, which means that you can choose not to actually move them from the location you have chosen, which in my case is an external HD, which I backup regularly. I don't think we will be forced to use only Cloud storage for our photos in

Re: Say Goodbye to iPhoto and Aperture

2014-06-28 Thread gdorn
As iPhoto is a native mac app, will we able to transfer/install the iPhoto app from SN/ML/mav to Yosemite and use it anyway? I am thinking like we still do with iWeb ( ie its discontinued, but can still be used- ie a legacy app) chow On 28/06/2014, at 3:22 PM, Ronni Brown wrote: On 28

Say Goodbye to iPhoto and Aperture

2014-06-27 Thread Ronda Brown
Good morning WAMUGERS, After announcing a new Photos app for Mac, due early next year, Apple has confirmed to The Loop’s Jim Dalrymple that it is ceasing development of iPhoto and Aperture. In a statement to The Loop, Apple said, “With the introduction of the new Photos app and iCloud Photo

Re: Say Goodbye to iPhoto and Aperture

2014-06-27 Thread Rod Blitvich
Bugger bugger bugger Do we move to Lightroom or will the new Photo app also do the stuff Aperture does? Rod Blitvich - Amy Sam’s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0409 681 256 rb...@iinet.net.au The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably

Re: Say Goodbye to iPhoto and Aperture

2014-06-27 Thread Ronni Brown
I would not panic yet Blitto! If you read the comments at the link I sent previously, there is lots of speculation but NO facts. There is plenty of speculation theories on the web about this, but we won't know until Apple release a press statement. A Google search will the new Photo app also

Re: Say Goodbye to iPhoto and Aperture

2014-06-27 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi again Blitto, It's understandable that veteran users will be upset by the news, but the good news is the app will work under Yosemite. It just won't get future development. This info is on one the links in the Google search link I sent in my original email.