Comments on: Managing photos with iPhoto + Flickr http://ericfaller.com/blog/2009/09/13/flickr-iphoto-integration/ Pithy Quote Goes Here Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:48:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: shin http://ericfaller.com/blog/2009/09/13/flickr-iphoto-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-7559 shin Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:01:25 +0000 http://ericfaller.com/blog/?p=957#comment-7559 you do know, that if you ever run out of diskspace on your computer and you delete pictures from your iphoto, those images will be deleted from Flickr as well... you do know, that if you ever run out of diskspace on your computer and you delete pictures from your iphoto, those images will be deleted from Flickr as well…

]]> By: Eric Faller http://ericfaller.com/blog/2009/09/13/flickr-iphoto-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-7488 Eric Faller Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:20:18 +0000 http://ericfaller.com/blog/?p=957#comment-7488 Cool - I did not realize that you can nest albums in folders like that. The folder feature is hidden pretty well. This is a good way to group things. Thanks for mentioning that! Cool – I did not realize that you can nest albums in folders like that. The folder feature is hidden pretty well. This is a good way to group things. Thanks for mentioning that!

]]> By: Carolyn Ann http://ericfaller.com/blog/2009/09/13/flickr-iphoto-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-7487 Carolyn Ann Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:17:28 +0000 http://ericfaller.com/blog/?p=957#comment-7487 To do the grouping thing, I use Folders within iPhoto. For instance, I have a folder "Across America" for my motorcycle trip across America, and back. In it I have Smart Albums and Albums for the various places. I also use it for pictures of our home renovation (before, during and after, and for each room), and for the cats - one smart album per cat. (For us, that's a lot of smart albums...) I ignore the fact that my iPhoto pictures are not synchronized with Flickr. (I use a "Flickr" keyword to keep track of which photos have been uploaded.) It's not a perfect solution, but it does work. To do the grouping thing, I use Folders within iPhoto. For instance, I have a folder “Across America” for my motorcycle trip across America, and back. In it I have Smart Albums and Albums for the various places. I also use it for pictures of our home renovation (before, during and after, and for each room), and for the cats – one smart album per cat. (For us, that’s a lot of smart albums…)

I ignore the fact that my iPhoto pictures are not synchronized with Flickr. (I use a “Flickr” keyword to keep track of which photos have been uploaded.) It’s not a perfect solution, but it does work.

]]> By: Eric Faller http://ericfaller.com/blog/2009/09/13/flickr-iphoto-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-7482 Eric Faller Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:46:19 +0000 http://ericfaller.com/blog/?p=957#comment-7482 I didn't look into Picasa too much because I specifically wanted a solution that worked with Flickr, and as far as I know Picasa only works with Picasa Web Albumns, not Flickr. Also I think the Mac client is still a "beta"? If you don't have the Flickr requirement, Picasa might work well. Backups are a good question. I use Time Machine to backup everything automatically, so all my photos are backed up there just in case. Also, after a big vacation I usually burn a disc with all the photos from the trip so I have a hard copy as well. iPhoto does keep all the photos in a regular file system structure, but it's just hidden a bit under the "iPhoto Library" package. You can root around inside of it using the Terminal or right-click and go to "Show Package Contents" to see everything in the Finder. It keeps backups of all the photos in the exact way they were imported in the Library\Originals subfolder. I didn’t look into Picasa too much because I specifically wanted a solution that worked with Flickr, and as far as I know Picasa only works with Picasa Web Albumns, not Flickr. Also I think the Mac client is still a “beta”? If you don’t have the Flickr requirement, Picasa might work well.

Backups are a good question. I use Time Machine to backup everything automatically, so all my photos are backed up there just in case. Also, after a big vacation I usually burn a disc with all the photos from the trip so I have a hard copy as well.

iPhoto does keep all the photos in a regular file system structure, but it’s just hidden a bit under the “iPhoto Library” package. You can root around inside of it using the Terminal or right-click and go to “Show Package Contents” to see everything in the Finder. It keeps backups of all the photos in the exact way they were imported in the Library\Originals subfolder.

]]> By: Savraj http://ericfaller.com/blog/2009/09/13/flickr-iphoto-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-7481 Savraj Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:44:12 +0000 http://ericfaller.com/blog/?p=957#comment-7481 Did you ever consider using picasa? Also, how do you handle backups of photos? And isn't a bit annoying that iPhoto does not have a regular file system and directory structure? Did you ever consider using picasa? Also, how do you handle backups of photos? And isn’t a bit annoying that iPhoto does not have a regular file system and directory structure?

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