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Eight 'photos app' stories July 2014 - March 2024

iPhone’s Photos app is more feature-rich than you think: A complete walkthrough [Video]

Fernando Silva Mar 25 2024 - 12:13 pm PT

Apple’s Photos app has evolved significantly since its release with the original iPhone in 2007. It now offers a wealth of features that go beyond simple photo storage. I wanted to put together a detailed walkthrough that talks about both the basics and more advanced features that are lesser known. Be sure to check out our video below for a hands on look on every feature the photos app has to offer.

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iCloud Shared Photo Library: Here’s how it works in iOS 16

Michael Potuck Oct 25 2022 - 12:35 pm PT

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Apple has launched a major new capability to the Photos app with iOS 16.1 that makes it much easier to share photos and videos with loved ones. Going beyond the Shared Albums feature that’s been available for years, iCloud Shared Photo Library lets you automatically or manually share your entire or partial photo library and also directly from your camera.

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Motif can now turn your iPhone and Mac photos into canvas prints

Michael Potuck Jul 15 2021 - 6:59 am PT

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Motif, the company behind the Mac Photos app printing service that Apple used to offer is out with the option to easily print images on canvas right from iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

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iPhone: How to turn off Live Photos for existing pictures

Michael Potuck Jan 16 2020 - 2:54 pm PT

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Do you have some, or maybe even a lot of pictures you’ve shot with iPhone that you’d like to turn off the Live Photos effect? Follow along for how to turn off Live Photos for existing pictures.

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VideoTweet: Share videos from Final Cut Pro X to Twitter [Video]

Jeff Benjamin Apr 29 2016 - 9:03 am PT

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VideoTweet is a new utility from the folks over at Arctic Whiteness that brings Twitter sharing to Final Cut Pro X. Appearing as a destination within Final Cut Pro X’s export options, it’s a quick way to get video from a project to your Twitter followers.
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Opinion: Why has Apple bought Faceshift? Six intriguing possibilities …

Ben Lovejoy Nov 25 2015 - 6:43 am PT

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Not too long after the first rumors surfaced, Apple has given its usual non-confirmation that it has acquired Faceshift, the company behind the technology Star Wars used to animate the faces of CGI characters. It’s not an obvious fit for Apple, so what could be the thinking behind the purchase?

Like Apple’s patents, it is sometimes easy, I think, to read too much into some of the company’s acquisitions. Sure, it doesn’t go around acquiring companies randomly, but it may not always be after the complete package. It may well be that there is some small element of the company’s technology that Apple wants, or it may be an acquihire – where it’s the engineers rather than the specific tech the company wants.

But in this particular case, there is reason to suspect that Apple does have an interest in the broad brush-strokes of what Faceshift does …
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OS X 10.10.3 expected to hit today, new Photos app a winner – Associated Press

Ben Lovejoy Apr 8 2015 - 4:18 am PT

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An Associated Press review of the new Photos app for the Mac suggests that OS X 10.10.3 will be available for general download later today. The first pre-release seed of the latest version of Yosemite was made available to developers and testers back in February, with the first public beta following at the beginning of March.

Apple’s new Photos app for Mac computers, available Wednesday as a free software update, makes it easy to organize and edit your pictures.

AP’s Anick Jesdanun was impressed with Photos, Apple’s replacement for iPhoto and Aperture, saying that the auto-fix features were particularly impressive …
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iOS 8’s iPhoto to Photos app transition to ditch Journals, Books, and Slideshows

Michael Steeber Jul 25 2014 - 10:18 am PT

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Starting in iOS 8 beta 4, which was released this past Monday to developers, Apple has begun notifying users of the soon-to-be-defunct iPhoto for iOS to migrate their iPhoto data to the totally revamped Photos app in iOS 8, as part of Apple’s new photo strategy being rolled out this fall and early next year. While photo data can be migrated out of iPhoto, Apple warns that Journals, Slideshows and Book layouts will no longer be available going forward. Right now, Apple’s “Learn More” link appears to be dead.

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