{"id":36394,"date":"2022-06-30T14:37:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T18:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=36394"},"modified":"2022-06-30T14:37:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T18:37:37","slug":"powerphotos-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/30\/powerphotos-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerPhotos 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatcatsoftware.com\/comments\/powerphotos_2.0_released\/\">Brian Webster<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fatcatsoftware\/status\/1542550306029899779\">tweet<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.fatcatsoftware.com\/comments\/powerphotos_2.0_released\/\">\n<p>In PowerPhotos 2.0, it can now see and work with any photos in your iCloud photo library, and will automatically download any photos from iCloud as needed.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Photos has an export command, but it is fairly limited in what it can provide. PowerPhotos 2.0 has a new, more fully featured export function[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>You can now open each library in a separate window in PowerPhotos, allowing for easier comparison between libraries, and dragging and dropping photos\/albums between libraries.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>PowerPhotos 2.0 uses a new duplicate comparison algorithm that can find more duplicate photos which are not quite 100% identical, such as scaled down copies of photos, photos that have been resaved in a different format or with different compression, and even photos with minor edits applied to them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>It&rsquo;s $29.95 or $14.95 for upgrades.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bwebster\/status\/1542551331121942530\">Brian Webster<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bwebster\/status\/1542551331121942530\">\n<p>Ever since the transition from iPhoto to Photos, I&rsquo;ve basically just been spinning in place with PowerPhotos to keep compatible with Photos since Apple didn&rsquo;t provide a good public API on the Mac. Since PhotoKit came to Catalina, I&rsquo;ve finally been able to actually move forward.<\/p>\n<p>Took a good year and a half or so to do the necessary rewriting to fully take advantage of PhotoKit, and add the new features I wanted. I&rsquo;m hoping now I have a solid foundation for the future and adding new things to PowerPhotos won&rsquo;t take so long going forward.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/25\/osxphotos-python-tool\/\">OSXPhotos Python Tool<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/09\/powerphotos\/\">PowerPhotos<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Webster (tweet): In PowerPhotos 2.0, it can now see and work with any photos in your iCloud photo library, and will automatically download any photos from iCloud as needed. [&#8230;] Photos has an export command, but it is fairly limited in what it can provide. 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