Any good programs like Picasa for Mac?

[IceDigger]

Are there any good picture viewing programs like Picasa but for Mac? I tried out iPhoto but did not like it.

[Thank The Cheese]

What are you going to be doing? Will you simply be storing/printing/viewing photos, or are you wanting to edit them too? And what sort of photos - family snaps, or more professional photos/designs?

I'm surprised you don't like iPhoto, plus it doesn't sound like you gave it much of a go.

I've never used Picasa, but I've used plenty of other photo management apps and iPhoto beats them all. What sets iPhoto above the rest IMO is its powerful searching capabilities. If you apply comments and keywords to your photos you can use the various search methods to find photos fast. If using it for family photos, you can't beat iPhoto's slideshows for a quick and impressive gift for grandma!

Anyway, enough ranting. If you don't like it you don't like it.

I've heard good things about iView Media Pro (21 day trial available)

[nixgeek]

I've used Picasa, and it's almost exactly like iPhoto. In fact, Picasa is the non-Apple, Windows answer to iPhoto. I think you're trying to work with iPhoto asif it were Picasa, which is usually not a goodidea to do in general with any software package, even operating systems. Learn to use iPhoto and you'll see that it's very useful.

[barryrueger]

"I've never used Picasa, but ..."

I'm with IceDigger on this one. Picassa is <i>dramatically</i> better than iPhoto and I've also been searching for a Mac equivalent. In a nutshell, Picassa manages to do everything that I need, makes it insanely easy to to find pictures, and does so in a manner that - oh I hate to say this - is totally seamless and intuitive.

If getting up and running took even one tenth of the time that I've wasted trying to use iPhoto I would have deleted Picassa immediately.

I'm not sure how long nixgeek spent looking at Picassa, but it most certainly is nothing like iPhoto.

I've spent a couple of hours with the latter and have had nothing but irritation.

[Thank The Cheese]

bit harsh there barryruger. iPhoto isn't for everyone but I can;t believe it could provoke such hatred. Even if Picasa is better than iPhoto, iPhoto is still a great app in its own right.

I find the people who talk badly about iPhoto are usually those who A) Don't give it a chance; or B) Have a slower system (Admittedly, iPhoto does need an awfully powerful system considering the type of app it is - which is certainly a downside).

[nixgeek]

Originally Posted by Thank The Cheese

bit harsh there barryruger. iPhoto isn't for everyone but I can;t believe it could provoke such hatred. Even if Picasa is better than iPhoto, iPhoto is still a great app in its own right.

I find the people who talk badly about iPhoto are usually those who A) Don't give it a chance; or B) Have a slower system (Admittedly, iPhoto does need an awfully powerful system considering the type of app it is - which is certainly a downside).

I concur.

[barryrueger]

I would have to think that a brand new G4 Powerbook would be fast enough to handle i iPhoto. As for features, I stand by my assessment. Picassa is faster easier and more intuitive than iPhoto.

I have in fact spent several hours with iPhoto and have yet to make it do anything useful. The reason that Picassa is still on my PC is because it just did everything that I wanted - and more - without the slightest effort. It just works!

maybe it will do everything that Picassa will do but if so it sure isn't obvious. That speaks to bad design.

I don't hate iPhoto, I just tire of people who haven't even used Picassa telling me that it's just as good

[empak]

I'm just switching from Windows to Mac. I got a Mac Mini and I thought that at least for photos it will be much better then PC. Now I have the problem. I have 10000 photos that I was managing using Picasa since about 3 years. I'm trying to move this to iPhoto but its probably not possible at all.
People who use only iPhoto from the beggining probably don't understand this. They think that it is like it should be. If you look at the list of functions, mayby iPhoto has more (this is what I thought). But to do something with iPhoto I need 10 times more time. I can't accept that after holiday I will spend 10 days putting them inside iPhoto (with picasa it takes 10 minutes).

My only hope is that google will make iPhoto for mac.