On Jun 3, 2010, at 9:27 PM, Stewart Robertson wrote:
> We currently keep all our family photos on a Mac (backed up of course) and I > use iPhoto for downloading and manipulating them. > > I think iPhoto is a great piece of software and it has served us well over > the years but despite all the shiny coolness there's one thing that has > always bugged me. I hate the way it locks the photos in to it's own little > storage method. > > I know how to get the photos out but I much prefer the idea of me having my > folder of photos that I can access from different computers with different > programs should I so wish (i.e. photos stored on a networked drive). If under Preferences/Advanced untick the box "Importing --- Copy items to iPhoto Library" then iPhoto will put the photos in any folder you say when importing. > > The things I would miss from iPhoto is easily importing and adding to > collections, browsing photos, basic image manipulation, photo resizing for > uploading/emailing and slideshows. > > Any recommendations? Try f-stop a more linux program, most programs that runs under X in linux can be re-compiled to run under X on MAC but some requare some work by the user to get working google macports > > Cheers, > > Stewart > > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
