Any good programs like Picasa for Mac?

[sfenton83]

Originally Posted by Sagittarius

First of all it's iPhoto 7 and it's Free! Comes with the iLife Suite. I just got a new iMac Intel 2G machine and iPhoto, iTunes, iChat etc., all were pre-installed, latest versions. How can you beat that? I think iPhoto 7 is very high end compared to much earlier versions.

Elements is v. 3 I believe. I like that a lot too. I run a small photograhy biz with iPhoto and Elements and honestly don't need any more.

You should get a manual for iPhoto and check out the new features. Like I said, it's a free app with any new Mac and Tiger.

well in that case I'll go buy a new iMac Intel 2G if the software is free on it! Then it would only cost me what, like 2 grand instead of 80 bucks

I'm on an older powerbook - this thread originated during gripes over iphoto 4/5 era (which was free for us too). I've heard the new software has improved, but for the money it still isn't worth it for must of us still using iphoto 4/5 because some of us don't use much more of the suite besides iphoto, so it would essentially cost us 80 bucks....not "free". Congrats on your new mac though, I'd love to get one of the new iMacs, but need a laptop for school, and my powerbook hasn't failed me yet...

[Sagittarius]

.. and it probably won't. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

BTW, I paid $1144 for my new 17" 2G Intel iMac and it is awesome. Very fast and the screen is amazingly bright and sharp. Not a bad price.

[eric2006]

Originally Posted by sfenton83

well in that case I'll go buy a new iMac Intel 2G if the software is free on it! Then it would only cost me what, like 2 grand instead of 80 bucks

Or, you could get a mini. Then it'd cost you $599. Much more reasonable..

Seriously, though, $79 is not bad at all for iPhoto AND iMovie AND iDVD. That's like, 25 bucks an app. About what you'd pay for similar apps (if not less).

[captain.joco]

Hey everybody,

This topic is almost a year now, and we're still no closer with finding any good enough replacement for iPhoto. Does anybody know when ( and if ) is Picasa 3 going to be released, and if there's going to be a version for Mac?

[sfenton83]

Sag: very nice deal - I got a steal on my powerbook, it was the last gen of the G4s fully loaded for $1220, long story but it was a good ebay transaction for once - looks like you got an even better deal though!

Eric: You still have the cost of a display in there, plus basics which put you closer to a grand. And while the iLife suite is competitively priced for what it includes, for those (such as myself) that really only use iPhoto it isn't such a great deal.

Captain: Thats a good question we are ALL waiting to have answered...but, it looks imminent - if you've seen there mac app for uploading to google photo, it would only make since to soon have picasa available too. You would think the reverse would make more since (main app before some minor support app) but there was a reason I guess. It was sort of a quick side project for one of the guys there, so they went ahead an released it.

[AlanR]

Anybody tried iPhoto Buddy? It works pretty well for me.

www.iphotobuddy.com

[sfenton83]

What do you mean by "works pretty well for me"? And what version of iPhoto are you using?

BTW - I've started using spotlight comments to just tag folders with keywords, then I use Phoenix Slides to view them. For speed, reliability, and simplicity it's great.

[AlanR]

I'm using iPhoto 2 on my iBook vintage 2003 running 10.2.8.

iPhoto Buddy makes it possible to have as many iPhoto libraries as you want, name them anything you want and store them anywhere you want, even on an external drive.

It means you don't have to have one humungous library of all your photos.

Give it a try and see what you think - it's free.

Cheers
Alan

BTW I'm not familiar with Picasa.