Comments on: iPhoto 5 Annoyances http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/12/11/iphoto-5-annoyances/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:58:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: mattsephton http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/12/11/iphoto-5-annoyances/#comment-11328 mattsephton Fri, 30 Dec 2005 18:23:42 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/12/11/iphoto-5-annoyances/#comment-11328 My tool is now finished, download it at: http://www.msephton.plus.com/exifcleaner/ My tool is now finished, download it at:

http://www.msephton.plus.com/exifcleaner/

]]> By: Michael http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/12/11/iphoto-5-annoyances/#comment-11224 Michael Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:08:00 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/12/11/iphoto-5-annoyances/#comment-11224 Canon PowerShot Canon PowerShot

]]> By: mattsephton http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/12/11/iphoto-5-annoyances/#comment-11223 mattsephton Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:29:29 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/12/11/iphoto-5-annoyances/#comment-11223 nathan/Michael: what camera brand are you using? I recently dioscovered that certain brands have extraneous (40kb) EXIF data that is unused but stored by iPhoto. My Pentax Optio S4 is one such camera. http://anders.hultman.nu/data/exifcleaner/ The solution is to extract all your photos, clean them with ExifCleaner and then reimport them. You'll lose your albums, but most of mine could be recreated using Smart Albums and a range of dates. I'm currently finishing off a utility that can be set to auto run on connection of your camera (through Image Capture preferences) which will clean your photos directly on your memory card and then start iPhoto where you can import them safely without bloat. nathan/Michael: what camera brand are you using? I recently dioscovered that certain brands have extraneous (40kb) EXIF data that is unused but stored by iPhoto. My Pentax Optio S4 is one such camera.

http://anders.hultman.nu/data/exifcleaner/

The solution is to extract all your photos, clean them with ExifCleaner and then reimport them. You'll lose your albums, but most of mine could be recreated using Smart Albums and a range of dates.

I'm currently finishing off a utility that can be set to auto run on connection of your camera (through Image Capture preferences) which will clean your photos directly on your memory card and then start iPhoto where you can import them safely without bloat.

]]> By: Michael http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/12/11/iphoto-5-annoyances/#comment-11222 Michael Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:48:29 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/12/11/iphoto-5-annoyances/#comment-11222 Sorry about that, Nathan. It really cuts down on comment spam. I have about 7000 photos in iPhoto. It uses 130 MB after launch, and about 160 MB during editing. Sorry about that, Nathan. It really cuts down on comment spam.

I have about 7000 photos in iPhoto. It uses 130 MB after launch, and about 160 MB during editing.

]]> By: nathan http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/12/11/iphoto-5-annoyances/#comment-11221 nathan Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:42:28 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/12/11/iphoto-5-annoyances/#comment-11221 Man, that is a lot to go through to leave a comment. Since you are talking about iPhoto 5, I am curious about the amount of private memory it uses on your system. I have a library of over 8,000 photos and it usually starts around 250MB, but it will climb up over 500MB when I start editing photos. I've tried rebuilding the library (and of course everything else you can do to speed it up - turn off shadows, view in rolls) and that did nothing. Then I started a new library for my new photos to see if that would make a difference and with over a 1,000 photos in that, the memory usage was about the same. When I went through and started editing a bunch of them, I was able to get it over 500MB and it would never drop below 200-300MB. My brother has an equivalent number of photos in iPhoto 4 and it uses about 60MB. Does iPhoto suck up a huge amount of memory for you or is there just something weird with my install? I've switched to Aperture and that seems to be quite a bit more consistent in its memory usage. Man, that is a lot to go through to leave a comment.

Since you are talking about iPhoto 5, I am curious about the amount of private memory it uses on your system. I have a library of over 8,000 photos and it usually starts around 250MB, but it will climb up over 500MB when I start editing photos. I've tried rebuilding the library (and of course everything else you can do to speed it up - turn off shadows, view in rolls) and that did nothing. Then I started a new library for my new photos to see if that would make a difference and with over a 1,000 photos in that, the memory usage was about the same. When I went through and started editing a bunch of them, I was able to get it over 500MB and it would never drop below 200-300MB. My brother has an equivalent number of photos in iPhoto 4 and it uses about 60MB.
Does iPhoto suck up a huge amount of memory for you or is there just something weird with my install? I've switched to Aperture and that seems to be quite a bit more consistent in its memory usage.

]]> By: vizspring http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/12/11/iphoto-5-annoyances/#comment-11209 vizspring Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:51:56 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/12/11/iphoto-5-annoyances/#comment-11209 Michael: Ah ha, I was using a Mighty Mouse and that works great. Control-clicking works everywhere except the non-editing photo view, where it works exactly as you describe. I'm filing this as bug with Apple and I hope others will too. Michael: Ah ha, I was using a Mighty Mouse and that works great. Control-clicking works everywhere except the non-editing photo view, where it works exactly as you describe.

I'm filing this as bug with Apple and I hope others will too.

]]> By: Michael http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/12/11/iphoto-5-annoyances/#comment-11205 Michael Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:52:26 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/12/11/iphoto-5-annoyances/#comment-11205 Drew: I was referring to the contextual menus in the photo pane. In the source list, they correctly appear on mouse-down. Drew: I was referring to the contextual menus in the photo pane. In the source list, they correctly appear on mouse-down.

]]> By: vizspring http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/12/11/iphoto-5-annoyances/#comment-11198 vizspring Mon, 12 Dec 2005 08:09:29 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2005/12/11/iphoto-5-annoyances/#comment-11198 > Contextual menus appear on mouse-up rather than mouse-down. I can't seem to reproduce this. Is this accurate? > Contextual menus appear on mouse-up rather than mouse-down.

I can't seem to reproduce this. Is this accurate?

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