Apple's blurring of the lines between OS X and iOS continues with the release of Photos for Mac. Photos was part of the OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 update and is meant to replace Aperture and iPhoto. Apple on Thursday released a trio of software updates for Mac owners, including a bug and compatibility fix for iPhoto, and twin security updates for OS X 10.10.2, matched to different hardware. Last week, Apple released an update to Yosemite that includes a new Photos app. This app is a working replacement for iPhoto, and does much better job of organizing your photos without hogging. Apple today updated OS X Yosemite to 10.10.3, a build most notable for Photos, a new application that replaces the aged iPhoto. The third update to Yosemite since the OS's debut last October, 10. Yes, according to Apple official announcement, starting with OS X Yosemite v10.10.3, every Mac now includes the Photos app. I had no problem upgrading iPhoto to Photos app, and all my pictures were 100% kept intact there (thank God, had I known it would cause photo loss, I would have hesitated).
You can customize your Desktop in OS X Yosemite by setting your favorite photo as the background. The first figure shows a Desktop with a portrait of a dog, Zeke, painted by talented artist Jeanne Illenye.
(The next figure shows the default Desktop background.)
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Here’s how you can change your Desktop picture:
Iphoto Pour Mac Yosemite
- From the Desktop, choose Apple→System Preferences.Or right- or Control-click the Desktop, choose Change Desktop Background from the contextual menu, and skip to Step 3.The System Preferences window appears.
- Click the Desktop & Screen Saver icon.When the Desktop & Screen Saver pane appears, click the Desktop tab (if it’s not selected already).
- Click a folder in the column on the left and then click a picture in the area on the right.A picture called Elephant is one of the items in the Desktop Pictures folder.
You have at least three other ways to change your Desktop picture:
- Macos app update. Drag a picture file from the Finder onto the image well (the little rectangular picture to the left of the picture’s name).
- Click the Desktop tab in the Desktop & Screen Saver System Preferences pane and then click the + button at the bottom of the list on the left. Choose a folder in the standard Open File sheet and that folder appears in the list; you can use any picture files it contains for your Desktop picture.
- Click the iPhoto (or Aperture) item in the column on the left side of the Desktop & Screen Saver preference pane and choose from pictures stored in iPhoto or Aperture.
Photos Vs Iphoto Mac
Apple sounded the death knell for iPhoto and Aperture in early 2014. A new app called Photos will replace both sometime in 2015.