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Facebook - Version: 3.5.1.68, 10/3/2009 09:11PM PST
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gregh2--2008
I haven't tried the latest version yet, but previous versions did not interface with Facebook. It that the case here? If so, no reason to update since I won't use it until it does.
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Finally Picasa for Mac works... 
- Version: 3.5.1.60, 9/23/2009 08:15AM PST
(3 of 4 users found this comment useful)
jguentert
Having not been able to use Picasa for Mac due to its incredible high amount of CPU usage in earlier versions seems that with version 3.5.x the Picasa team finally did their home work pretty well:
Now Picasa for Mac is great app to find and manage images on your hard drive without the need of organizing them in specific folders before or link the to iPhoto.
While the new face recognition feature needs some time to find and index faces in thousands of images the results really impressed me.
Finally well done, Picasa team!
One important hint regarding your data protection: Think twice if you want to use Picasa with an online connection - especially if you try to import the name tags of your existing Picasa online account !
If you do it, Picasa imports ALL addresses from your Google online address book too without asking - and if you want to tag your images in your local Picasa for Mac app later, it always tries to connect the pictures with the real name, email address, phone number etc. of your Google address book entries.
That's definitely not what I like - especially since Picasa for Mac doesn't allow you to delete those imported addresses from your Google online address book later in a batch mode, so you would have to work on every single one - for me nearly 2.000 entries. Be prepared !
Now Picasa for Mac is great app to find and manage images on your hard drive without the need of organizing them in specific folders before or link the to iPhoto.
While the new face recognition feature needs some time to find and index faces in thousands of images the results really impressed me.
Finally well done, Picasa team!
One important hint regarding your data protection: Think twice if you want to use Picasa with an online connection - especially if you try to import the name tags of your existing Picasa online account !
If you do it, Picasa imports ALL addresses from your Google online address book too without asking - and if you want to tag your images in your local Picasa for Mac app later, it always tries to connect the pictures with the real name, email address, phone number etc. of your Google address book entries.
That's definitely not what I like - especially since Picasa for Mac doesn't allow you to delete those imported addresses from your Google online address book later in a batch mode, so you would have to work on every single one - for me nearly 2.000 entries. Be prepared !
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Google Picasa is just great - Version: 3.0.6, 9/5/2009 08:40PM PST
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osos10
As usual with Google - clean, simple, fast (oh fast), and provides exactly what one needs. Downloaded and run the application, and master it within 5 short minutes. Uploaded pictures to the internet and shared them with my family for the first time in my life. This is going to be my default pictures browser from now on (and it didn't change the location of my pictures file like iPhoto did the last time I tried it). I also checked the CPU monitor - Picasa uses no more memory than Apple's mail, safari and other application (around 2.2 in ideal, going up to about 50 when activated). Regarding the data that Google collects about me - I gave up a long time ago - Google, M$, Apple and the rest of the "big brothers" know about me more than I know about myself - the point is that there is absolutely nothing that they can get from me ;-)
Using Picasa Win v2 on a Mac with CrossOver is much less CPU trouble - Version: 3.0.6, 7/31/2009 02:27PM PST
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jguentert
De facto seems using Picasa on a Mac with CrossOver is much less (CPU) trouble than using Picasa for Mac (last tested version 3.0.6)... - but search the Internet archives for Picasa (Win) version 2. After many tests I did on my Mac this works best by far if your main goal is to keep the overview of ALL your images on your Mac.
Picasa 3.0.6 still uses 90% of my CPU... 
- Version: 3.0.6, 7/31/2009 01:37PM PST
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jguentert
Picasa for Mac's newest version 3.0.6 still uses 90% of my CPU with a test set of only 100 (!) JPG images when Picasa has focus - even after hours...
I really would like to know what Picasa does here in the background with your data - especially since it's offered by Google.
It's a pity... - I would really like to use Picasa if its developers finally would offer a version of Picasa like in earlier Windows days when version 2 didn't eat up all your CPU and offered the same core functionality: just an overview of all pictures stored on your hard disk.
But with this new version it's still a CPU nightmare.
(Core2Duo - and a very well fostered system - Mac OS X 10.5.7)
I really would like to know what Picasa does here in the background with your data - especially since it's offered by Google.
It's a pity... - I would really like to use Picasa if its developers finally would offer a version of Picasa like in earlier Windows days when version 2 didn't eat up all your CPU and offered the same core functionality: just an overview of all pictures stored on your hard disk.
But with this new version it's still a CPU nightmare.
(Core2Duo - and a very well fostered system - Mac OS X 10.5.7)
Too poor - Version: 3.0.5, 5/5/2009 10:29AM PST
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webmotiva.com
Google is losing the focus.
Google software updater ?!?! - Version: 3.0.5, 5/5/2009 02:45AM PST
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lawrencecpaulson_dotmac
I can't stand the Google software updater. It pesters you to download the update, which it then cannot install unless you are an administrator. If an administrator installs the new version manually, the updater does not recognize this and continues to pester users. Until Google fix their update system I won't be running any of their software.
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Picasa 3.0.5 takes up to 90 percent of my CPU - Version: 3.0.5, 5/5/2009 01:29AM PST
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jguentert
While I really like the "Picasa for Mac" concept also this version 3.0.5 takes up to 90 percent of my CPU (MacBookPro Core2Duo) without letting me know why.
That makes Picasa useless for me. Even researching on that issue on the web and rebuilding Picasa's database didn't help. Also Google didn't clear what's going on in the background and why Picasa takes such a huge amount of CPU (which it didn't in earlier pre 3.x versions). What a pity :-(
That's why I had to rate it that negative.
That makes Picasa useless for me. Even researching on that issue on the web and rebuilding Picasa's database didn't help. Also Google didn't clear what's going on in the background and why Picasa takes such a huge amount of CPU (which it didn't in earlier pre 3.x versions). What a pity :-(
That's why I had to rate it that negative.
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Another useless app - Version: 3.0.3, 3/17/2009 07:41AM PST
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artherstrasse
If you're broke and have a few photos it works. The free app that comes with Nikon, Sony or Canon cameras is better. Probably all of them are.
If you have never used a photo browsing/editing app before, you can do a lot better. Pay the price, its worth it.
If you have used a browsing/editing app before, there's nothing in Picasa that will be of interest to you. If you have lots of images, like whatever organization you use or don't enjoy watching Picasa loading untold quantities of images everytime you start the app, don't bother downloading it.
After 2 months of poking around in it and seeing what it can do, it still has not finished its process of loading all my images, the organization is poor and I have yet to come across a feature I did not already have in a host of other photo browsing/editing apps -- most discarded but still better.
If you have never used a photo browsing/editing app before, you can do a lot better. Pay the price, its worth it.
If you have used a browsing/editing app before, there's nothing in Picasa that will be of interest to you. If you have lots of images, like whatever organization you use or don't enjoy watching Picasa loading untold quantities of images everytime you start the app, don't bother downloading it.
After 2 months of poking around in it and seeing what it can do, it still has not finished its process of loading all my images, the organization is poor and I have yet to come across a feature I did not already have in a host of other photo browsing/editing apps -- most discarded but still better.
Pay no attention to the previous post THIS IS PICASA FOR MAC!!! - Version: 3.0.4, 3/3/2009 12:02PM PST
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MacOO7
It just doesn't work on PPC Macs which is the way it is. This is one more motivation to either finally upgrade your system or be content with what you have. Considering that any of us could lose our job at any time due to this horrid economy I'd be more worried about my job than whether this program was available for the PPC. It's time to move on folks.
