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Apple iPhoto
Image organizer: makes books, slideshows...
Version: 8.1.1
Gate's like program ....
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: osos10 Friday, February 17 2006 @ 02:05 AM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
Recommend Product: NO
How the manufactures of the OS-X system where able to come up with such a windows like program ? I like to arrange my photos in folders according to their subjects and dates. But iPhoto knows better (Gate's like) and they will decide for me how to arrange my libraries (according to the photos' shooting dates, etc.). Now, if I want to share my pictures with non-Mac users (the majority in my family and friends), I have to export them in folders and send them almost manually one by one. Thanks Apple, iPhoto is an unusable product till you'll learn how to arrange data bases in a way that is easy for the end-users and not for your "intelligent" iPhoto programers.
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Comments
Gate's like program .... - Angostura-3
It's not Gates-like, it just seems that you are wedded to using the file system as a way of organising you photos; that's fine - but iPhoto is designed so you don't have to muck about with the file system. It's a bit like complaining that database manufacturers are "Gates-like" because they insist on putting data in relational tables rather than files.Learn how to actually use the program, look at how you can tag photos with metadata and you'll find it'll do what you want.
I presume you have the same complaint with iTunes?
Thursday, March 02 2006 @ 09:32 AM PST
Gate's like program .... - sjk
Some people are uncomfortable letting iPhoto, iTunes, et.al. automatically organize content for those apps. Personally, I don't rely on a strict hierarchical file/folder storage structure as a primary method for organizing that content and am mostly satisfied with the interfaces for accessing/managing it. Folks with "filesystem mucking" priorities can upgrade to iPhoto 6 and set the preference not to copy files to the iPhoto Library when importing.I like your database analogy.
Monday, March 06 2006 @ 04:24 PM PST
Gate's like program .... - osos10
The difference between JPGs and music files is that music files you mostly use within itunes and only seldom need it in other applications (unless you are a musician). The JPGs I use all over around and many times embed it in my reports and other projects. Since not all the programs are "smart" like iPhoto, it happens that you need to access the file the "traditional" way. Now if I HAVE TO LEARN how the program works (and NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND) to overcome this issue - this is precisely the definition of a crap Gate's like program.Tuesday, November 14 2006 @ 03:59 AM PST
Job's–like program .... - 21364guy
Drag photos to the Finder and now you have jpeg copies... wasn't that easy?Also, iPhoto6 has an option to leave photos where they are on import, though I don't use it myself.
Monday, May 15 2006 @ 04:16 PM PDT
Job's–like program .... - 21364guy
Drag photos to the Finder and now you have jpeg copies... wasn't that easy?Also, iPhoto6 has an option to leave photos where they are on import, though I don't use it myself.
Monday, May 15 2006 @ 04:22 PM PDT
Gate's like program .... - kaz219
Upgrade to version 6, you'll be able to organize photos the way you want.Reply to This
Friday, February 17 2006 @ 04:35 AM PST