FATCAT IPHOTO LIBRARY MANAGER FULL VERSION
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FATCAT IPHOTO LIBRARY MANAGER FULL

I cannot even begin to describe the feeling of total control one develops by spending some time in those three panes. The preferences that a user can set are a little intimidating at first, because the developer really has tried to think of EVERYTHING. If you have a few libraries that you access regularly, you can easily create shortcuts to them with Command-L (clickable files that immediately launch a library) and put them in the right hand (non-application) side of your dock. Shortcuts to libraries provide a level of coolness that I have not seen in many shareware programs.

FATCAT IPHOTO LIBRARY MANAGER FULL

Currently, only full libraries can be merged (see Pipe Dreams below) together. It is still the simplest method on the market today to preserve keywords, ratings, and comments between iPhoto libraries (regardless of the iPhoto version the old libraries were created with) and is certainly a chief selling point of this product. Library merging is smooth, and kind of fun to watch, in a psychedelic way. They will be efficiently imported into the highlighted library. You can select the entire disk, a folder on the disk, or individual images. Just be sure that the Library you want as your final destination is highlighted (it does not have to be open at the time) in the iPhoto Library Manager Library window, and press Command-I. Got a disc of images from your brother in law to import into a library somewhere? No problem.

Keyboard shortcuts work flawlessly, and certainly simplify tasks. Drag and drop support is excellent and reliable. Brian Webster, the developer, also provides plenty of timely little hints in the bottom of the main window as gentle reminders of details to keep users from getting too confused about what they are trying to do. I was able to locate all my previously created libraries and add them to the list making new ones was simple and quick. The graphical user interface (GUI) is simple, uncluttered, and self-explanatory I did not have to go to Help section just to get started. Add to that the powerful AppleScript abilities, and I honestly admit that I cannot live without this product. It is simplicity itself to work with all the different libraries, move images wherever I want them, and do other things I had never even imagined.

Once I got iPhoto Library Manager on my machine, however, all that changed. At the same time, there are a few things that are still clunky using multiple libraries, moving photos from one library to another (and still retaining keywords, ratings, etc.), and creating image folders to sync with my iPod.

I am a member of that last group I have used iPhoto since 2002 and have been very pleased with the improvements Apple has made since then. If you also enjoy AppleScript, and would like to automate some of your photographic workflows, you cannot live without iPhoto Library Manager.

FATCAT IPHOTO LIBRARY MANAGER FULL VERSION

If you are an avid photographer, enjoy iPhoto, and would like to have more organizational control over your work, the full version of iPhoto Library Manager is a bargain. IPhoto Library Manager (iPLM) takes iPhoto to the next level. Scripts tested on iBook G4 and Intel iMac What follows is a re-visit of the original review's AppleScript information. Brian Webster of Fat Cat Software did a tremendous job of keeping iPhoto Library Manager up to date and relevant through these events.

FATCAT IPHOTO LIBRARY MANAGER MAC OS X

A few months later, Apple released the announced Mac OS X version 10.5 (Leopard).

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The original version was published just weeks before Apple's un-announced release of iLife '08, which included an upgrade of iPhoto to version 7.0.

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