Sometimes, it feels as if I’m a lone defender of Apple’s Photos app under macOS. Many people find it too different from iPhoto, or think it’s too basic (even though it’s actually quite sophisticated), or… I don’t know, they just don’t like change. Except for Aperture users who were abandoned by Apple—their discontent is understandable.
It’s not just because I wrote a book about Photos and Apple’s photo ecosystem. True, I use Lightroom as my primary photo library manager, but I also make extensive use of Photos and iCloud Photo Library.
And now macOS Sierra is out, with a new version of Photos that brings better searching, Memories, revamped people identification, and more!
Alas, when my publisher Peachpit Press all but vaporized early this year, the possibility to update my Photos book also went up in smoke. That’s too bad, because I really enjoyed writing it, and thought it turned out well.
However, I’m not the only Photos defender. My friend and colleague Jason Snell has just released the second edition of his highly regarded, and best-selling, Photos: A Take Control Crash Course. Jason has been immersed in Photos during the developer preview versions of macOS Sierra and knows it inside and out. The ebook is 74 pages of hard-won information, fully illustrated and written in Jason’s friendly, approachable style. And it’s only $10!
Photos is a key part of both macOS Sierra and iOS 10, so before you order Jason’s book using the link above, consider bundling it—at a discount—with Scholle McFarland’s Sierra: A Take Control Crash Course, Josh Centers’s iOS 10: A Take Control Crash Course, or both!
Buy the Photos, Sierra, and iOS 10 Crash Courses for $28
Buy the Photos and Sierra Crash Courses for $17.50
Buy the Photos and iOS 10 Crash Courses for $17.50
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I’ve been looking for clear data on importing RAW photos on the iPad Pro. I’ve been wondering if they default or are only able to be imported into the Photos app or if you can import through Files in iOS 11. I’m super close to selling my laptop and going all in on the 12.9” iPad Pro with Apple Pencil.
I haven’t yet installed the iOS 11 betas, so I don’t know how the Files app changes things.
As it stands now, when you import raw files to the iPad, they’re stored in the Camera Roll, which is accessible by all apps. The system-level support for RAW files in iOS 10 means any program than ties into that support can read and edit the files; the originals remain untouched.