The really complicated stuff starts popping up when it comes to deciding the resolution at which you want to store all your images. And finally, under the Projects section, you'll find options for creating and printing photo books and things like that. With this setup, you’ll notice shared images are no longer hard to find. Tthe Shared section displays all your shared Photo Stream images and videos into an activity log, where you can see favourites, comments, etc. It essentially auto-sorts all your speciality images and videos into a row under Albums. The new Photos app does the same thing on the Mac. On the iPhone, Apple automatically sorts things like panoramics, burst shots, slow motion, and timelapse videos into their own albums.
You can zoom out to see tiny thumbnails, zoom in to see a specifc image, or hover to see a preview. The Photos view actually looks similar to what’s on your iPhone. When you launch Photos on your Mac, you’ll see your images organised into Photos, Shared, Albums, and Projects, and then they're sorted by date and location under those sections. We can now get into how the new Photos app for Mac actually works. We’ve already discussed that iCloud Photo Library automatically uploads your images to iCloud Drive, allowing you to access them from any of your devices, whereas My Photo Stream only syncs 30 days worth of photos across your Mac and iOS devices. Now let's move onto the new Photos app.Īpple How does the new Photos for Mac app work? Keep in mind Apple has several limitations on the number of images that can be synced with My Photo Stream. It only syncs all your images across your devices when connected to Wi-Fi. You can simply use My Photo Stream instead, but it doesn’t store your library in iCloud Drive. But you don’t have to enable iCloud Photo Library (under Photos & Camera in Settings on your iOS device). In a nutshell: iCloud Photo Library automatically imports every image you capture with your iPhone to the new Photos for Mac app, then it stores all those images in iCloud Drive, and ultimately share them across all your devices. You should also buy more iCloud Drive storage. It syncs all your photos across all your devices. Once you’re familiar with how iCloud Photo Library and iCloud Drive work, you should enable iCloud Photo Library. They explain two of Apple's latest features, which of course work in conjunction with the new Photos for Mac app. Before we fully dive into how the new Photos app works, check out our in-depth looks at iCloud Photo Library and iCloud Drive.
It's also built around iCloud and designed to automatically store your images in the cloud and share them across all your devices. Photos is replacing iPhoto, Aperture, and in a way, My Photo Stream. The new app looks great - but also slightly confusing.
#PHOTO APP FOR MAC OS UPDATE#
(Pocket-lint) - Apple has begun rolling out OS X 10.10.3, a free software update for Macs, which brings the new Photos app for Mac, among many other things.