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Hello iPhoto for iPad & iPhone is an amazing new way to learn

by Steven Sande (May 16th, 2012)

If there's one thing about iPhoto for iPad and iPhone that I've never been too happy with, it's that the apps aren't exactly self-explanatory and Apple doesn't provide much in terms of an onboard guided tour. Long-time Apple developer and publisher Saied Ghaffari has just published a new iBook ...

New Maps for iOS? It's not exactly a surprise

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (May 11th, 2012)

The latest rumor to get everyone talking is that Apple will drop Google Maps for their own proprietary software. Sources told 9to5 Mac that a new Maps app will debut with iOS 6 with an Apple-created backend that will resemble the current Maps app, but with a more amenable solution. This really ...

OpenStreetMap gets acknowledged in iPhoto credits

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 4th, 2012)

After iPhoto landed on iOS in March, people quickly discovered the app used OpenStreetMap data for the map tiles. At the time, there was no attribution given to OSM but that has changed in the latest version of iPhoto, which was released earlier this week. OpenStreetMap pointed out in a tweet ...

Apple updates iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand for iOS

by Michael Grothaus (May 1st, 2012)

Apple just pushed a series of updates for its iLife iOS apps. The iPhoto 1.0.1 update doesn't add any new features, but does offer a number of stability improvements including when publishing a journal to iCloud, the URL of the journal can now be copied using a Copy Link button. It also ...

On "mystery meat" gestures and iPhoto's learning curve

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Apr 6th, 2012)

Just shy of a month after its release, Lukas Mathis provides well-reasoned criticism regarding the learning curve for iPhoto for iOS. It's new territory for Apple, as he points out, but it might be pushing the boundaries a little too hard. As much as I like the new iPhoto myself, Mathis ...

Find the best photo manager to fit your needs

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Mar 30th, 2012)

After months of deliberation, I finally brought home a new addition to our family -- a digital SLR camera. With the DSLR comes a plethora of options I didn't have before, with the ability to shoot RAW images being at the top of the list. My husband and I passed the camera back and forth to take ...

iPhoto 9.2.3 out now

by Mike Schramm (Mar 29th, 2012)

Not too much in this one -- the latest update to iPhoto is mainly just stability fixes. There is one mentioned issue that causes iPhoto quitting when dealing with multiple user accounts on the system, but otherwise everything else is just smoothing out the app. iPhoto 9.2.3 is now available ...

iPhoto for iOS hits one million users

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 22nd, 2012)

Apple told Jim Dalrymple of The Loop that iPhoto for the iPad and iPhone reached one million users within ten days of the launch. Dalrymple points out that these are actual users, not downloads, which could be inflated by one person downloading copies to multiple devices. If you're interested ...

iPhoto Beaming: Under the hood

by Erica Sadun (Mar 9th, 2012)

Earlier today, Steve Sande showed you how to beam photos using the new iPhoto app. Now it's my turn, and I'll briefly discuss what's actually happening when you use this new feature. Beaming relies on two devices sharing the same Wi-Fi network. That's because the communication channel seems to be ...

How-to: Beam your photos with iPhoto for iOS

by Steven Sande (Mar 9th, 2012)

One of the quick points touched upon during yesterday's iPad event was that iPhoto for iOS can be used to "beam" photos between iOS devices. While that comment was enough to send our intrepid and beleaguered blogger Dave Caolo into a "Newtongasm" (Apple's groundbreaking PDA was happily beaming ...

Is the new Journal feature in iPhoto for iOS the start of something bigger?

by Mel Martin (Mar 8th, 2012)

I certainly hope so. One of the joys of using a Mac with MobileMe was that someone with little or no computer sophistication could get photos easily published to the web. Great for families sharing with distant relatives and friends, or anyone who needed to get a gallery of photos to the internet ...

Apple using OpenStreetMap data in iPhoto for iPad

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 8th, 2012)

If you purchased the new iPhoto for iOS yesterday, you may be surprised by the map tiles in the app. As noticed by 512 pixels, they are not from Google Maps. After some initial confusion over the source of the map data, the OpenStreetMap Foundation confirmed that Apple is using map data from the ...

Hands-on with iPhoto for iOS

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Mar 7th, 2012)

Apple has released iPhoto for iOS, a $4.99 version of the consumer-grade Mac photo management app. While the Apple marketing gears it toward the iPad, it can definitely be used on the iPhone. This completes Apple's porting of the iLife apps to its mobile platforms, and it's arguably one of the ...

Apple releases Mac updates for iPhoto, iTunes, GarageBand and Xcode

by Dave Caolo (Mar 7th, 2012)

Apple has issued updates to the Mac versions of iPhoto, iTunes, GarageBand and Xcode. iPhoto is now up to version 9.2.2, which lets users delete images from Photo Stream. Hooray! iTunes 10.6, as we mentioned earlier, adds the ability to play 1080p HD movies and TV shows from the iTunes Store. ...

Apple unveils iPhoto for the iPad

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 7th, 2012)

Besides the updates to iWork, iMovie and GarageBand, Apple also announced iPhoto for the iPad! iPhoto will let you browse and edit photos on the iPad, especially those nice ones you can take with the new 5-megapixel camera. iPhoto for the iPad will include tools like crop and auto-enhance. There's ...