Photographs and photography
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How to stop OS X from writing Spotlight and Trash files to memory cards and USB sticks?
When plugging a USB stick into a Mac, OS X creates a number of hidden files on the stick, including a Spotlight index and Trash folder.
Example from the terminal for a USB stick "Untitled":
$ ls -a ...
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Where does the Mac store account pictures?
I took a picture to add to my account on Mac.
Now I want to use it on messenger, but I can't find it. On the account config, it's too small. I need to find the original.
Where are the accout ...
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Will my iPhone show me the date stamp of a photo?
I'm I missing something basic or is there no way to see the the date stamp on a pictures taken with or synced to the iPhone?
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Why am I having this problem importing photos from iPhone to iPhoto?
I'm getting the error
Error downloading image.
iPhoto cannot import your photos because there was a problem downloading an image.
when I "Import All..." from my iPhone. Trying to import individual ...
9
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3answers
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What software can find close duplicates from 2TB worth of pictures?
I have collected all of my photographs onto one hard drive. I'm looking for software that runs on Mountain Lion to assist in finding similar photos so I can review and eliminate redundant files.
My ...
9
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2answers
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Display facebook profile pictures full size on call
I synced my friends' facebook profile pictures with the facebook iPhone app. When I get a call from someone it looks like this:
-- with the picture displayed in small in the top right corner.
When ...
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3answers
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Copy photos off iPhone without iPhoto?
I have a Mac that doesn't have iPhoto installed on it, which I use for syncing with my iPhone. Is there any way I can copy images from my phone to my Mac (other than email) without purchasing a copy ...
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Is there a way to see the time that a photo was taken on the iPhone?
Sometimes I took a photo using my iPhone, and then later on, I wonder how long I have been there at that location, I thought of checking when the last photo was taken, and can tell the time when I ...
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How do I download photos from my iPhone?
I find it very complicated to move photos taken with my iPhone into my pc's photo library.
I used to take photos with a compact camera, and pc applications could very easily import the photos ...
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How can I browse photos on iPhone in Mac OSX?
Previously, on Windows, iPhone was recognized as a camera and I could browse image folder with Explorer without a need to import/download/tranfer photo files to the computer.
Is there a way to do the ...
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3answers
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How do I send multiple photos from my iPhone camera roll in a single email?
I'm sure I'm missing something obvious, but:
From the camera app, I can select a photo, and then hit the send button to create an email with that photo in it.
From mail, I can't find any way to add ...
6
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3answers
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How can I move photos from iPhone to my local disk?
This has me stumped. I have nearly 4GB of photos and videos on my phone, and I want to put them into my computer's pictures folder.
I have opened Windows Explorer and found the photos in the weird ...
6
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4answers
2k views
Deleting photos from an iPhone
Is there a tweak that lets me delete any photos from my iPhone - including the ones uploaded with iTunes?
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Is there an Air Video app, but for photos?
I was wondering if there is an app for the iPad in order to see photos that are shared in a Windows/Mac folder.
I went to Australia and took over 12000 photos, now I want to take a close look at all ...
5
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2answers
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How do I attach more than one photo to a single email sent on my iPhone?
There doesn't seem to be a way to attach photos to an email in the Mail app on the iPhone. I can send photos from the Camera Roll in the Photos app, but I can only attach one photo per email? Is ...
5
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6answers
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How can I wirelessly transfer photos from my iPhone to my computer without using Photostream?
Sometimes I take a quick photo with my iPhone's camera and I need to get it onto my iMac.
I'd love to do this wirelessly (like syncing and everything else).
I'm aware that iCloud's Photostream should ...
5
votes
1answer
216 views
Does the iPhone 4 geo-tag photos without a data connection?
In a few weeks, I will have the iPhone 4. I won't take data with SMS-call hours. But I love taking pictures wherever I go, and the geo-tagging feature is a great thing.
Does the iPhone 4 geo-tag ...
5
votes
1answer
299 views
How do I set the Camera Roll to send the actual size (rather than small size) via email?
I usually use Android, but my girlfriend landed me with the above task to solve, and I have found no way to solve it myself.
When we go to Camera Roll and select single or multiple images, we used to ...
5
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2answers
440 views
5
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2answers
1k views
How can I remove geolocation info from a picture on an iPhone?
Since geolocation info is usually preserved when I share a photo from my iPhone, I was wondering what the simplest way is to remove this geolocation info from an existing picture.
To be clear: I ...
5
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1answer
236 views
Is the Photos app destructive?
I noticed the iPhone's photos app lets you uncrop images even after they've been saved.
Does this mean it uses sidecar files to store the actual edits? Is it non-destructive on JPEGs?
5
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2answers
505 views
Managing pictures and videos between my iPhone and iPad
I take a lot of photos and videos with my iPhone, and like to have most of them on my iPad. However, often, I take and combine videos with iMovie eliminating the need to have 10-20+ videos of whatever ...
4
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6answers
3k views
How do I upload my iPhone pictures/videos to my Windows Vista PC?
I found a page in iTunes that appears to allow me to sync pictures from my PC to my iPhone, but I can't see any obvious way to upload pictures taken on my iPhone4. How do I do this?
What about videos ...
4
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2answers
364 views
Who controls the contact picture on iOS in address book?
My son has a inappropriate picture of a girl as her contact photo... When I questioned him about it he said that she had made it her outgoing contact photo and he had no control over it... Is this ...
4
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3answers
2k views
Folder management app for iPhone photos?
Is there any iPhone app available that allows you to create folders in iPhone while using their Photos app?
It is kind a annoying that every time I must connect to iTunes and do the folder ...
4
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1answer
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My iPod touch takes gigantic videos; how come it takes such tiny photos?
Is there any way to take higher resolution pictures with it? The videos are massive!
4
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1answer
3k views
iOS Camera Roll and Photo Stream workflow
When I take a photo on my iPhone it is added to both the Camera Roll and Photo Stream. I can then upload the photo into "permanent" storage in Mac iPhoto either from Photo Stream or Camera Roll ...
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4answers
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What's a good Picasa upload app for iPhone?
Android has "Instant Upload" with the Google+ app. I'd like something similar for iPhone: an app that takes all my photos and uploads them to a private album on Picasa Web Albums. Jailbreak ...
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4answers
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Can I use my iPad to organize photos that are stored externally?
I would like to organize my photos with iPad (remove, edit, create albums etc).
I have the synology NAS and I can run the Photo app on the NAS (server) and I can use the DS Photo+ app on iPad ...
4
votes
1answer
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iPhoto files compressed in Time Capsule. Where is the original size?
My 8 year old iMac died some days ago. Fortunately, I have everything backed up on my Time Capsule. I just tried to get my photos from iPhoto off it, but realized that all my shots have been ...
4
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1answer
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How exactly do I get Facebook to link my friends to iPhoto's Faces tags when sharing from iPhoto?
I'm preparing to upload an iPhoto event to Facebook for the first time (I'm using iPhoto '11 and my Mac runs Mac OS X 10.7), except I can't quite get Facebook to turn iPhoto's Faces tags into links to ...
3
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8answers
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Transfering iPhone4 pics to iPad2?
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I know there's many ways to transfer multiple pictures from an iPhone to an iPad,but i want to transfer them using only the iPhone and iPad, without a PC or Mac. I was wondering if there was an ...
3
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2answers
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Is there a way to get Photo Booth not to flash when it takes a photo?
Is there a way to get Photo Booth not to flash when it takes a photo?
It washes out every picture I take.
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3answers
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Photo Sharing from iTunes
In iTunes, from the Advanced menu, I selected Photos to Share. I then picked a folder and the hard drive cranked at full speed for good 5-10 minutes.
I do not see any of the photos on the iPad. So, ...
3
votes
1answer
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Find and remove all photos below a certain size threshhold
So, I had a relative's hard drive collapse, and I've used photorec to look for the most obvious files to retain (fortunately they only had pictures on the computer, everything else was cloud-synced, ...
3
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1answer
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How do I get Windows to assign a drive letter to my iPhone?
I want to be able to move photos and videos from my iPhone onto my Windows PC, but the iPhone doesn't present itself like a compact camera. Because my existing import process works so well with normal ...
3
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3answers
2k views
Where on my Mac are my iPod Touch photos stored?
I took some photos on my iPod Touch, and I want to use them on my Mac. I've synced the devices, but I don't know where the photos are.
I looked in iTunes (since it seems to want to manage ...
3
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3answers
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Can photos taken with my iPhone (and Apple ID) stream to my husband's iPad (and Apple ID)?
My husband and I have different Apple ID and iCloud photo stream.
When I take photos on my iPhone, registered to my Apple ID, can I have them automatically uploaded to my husband's iPad 2 registered ...
3
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5answers
529 views
Basic photo editing on OS X
I need to edit a photo on my Mac. I wish to take two photos and paste them together to create one that's larger, containing both. I couldn't figure out how to do this with iPhoto.
For Windows you ...
3
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2answers
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Dimensions as criteria for iPhoto smart album?
In iPhoto '11 (latest version, on Mac OS Lion), can I make a smart album for all photos of a certain size (e.g. 960x640)? Can I make a smart album containing photos of multiple sizes?
EDIT
I ...
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3answers
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Setting up iPhoto library on external HDD
Is there any way to set iPhoto library on external HDD instead of main HDD. I have a lot of photos and am running out of space on my MBP.
I was thinking to achieve it by symlinks or something. It ...
3
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4answers
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What's a good iOS app for quickly posting screenshots on the web?
Something analogous to photobucket for the desktop - whose iPhone app is a bit useless to me because it doesn't enable importing from the camera roll. I'm looking for something that easily allows me ...
3
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4answers
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Are there sites that support editing and ordering photo prints, cards, and books on an iPad?
I'm reposting this question (unchanged) from webapps.stackexchange.com, because I've received no answers there and this seems like an appropriate question for the Apple Stack Exchange site.
I've ...
3
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2answers
644 views
How to take pictures in the dark with an iPhone?
The flash on my iPhone 4s works great at night. Problem is the picture is completely black up until the point the flash goes on and the picture is taken. So I don't know if I've got a good shot. Much ...
3
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5answers
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Image Uploading to Web Service from iOS
I often want to make a picture available on the internet, without wanting it as part of my Twitter stream or Facebook account etc. For example, posting a screenshot to a thread on a forum or just to ...
3
votes
1answer
2k views
How can I export my iPhoto library so I can import it on another computer?
I want to export my iPhoto library so that I can import it onto another computer and still keep the Events I've organized etc. How can I do this?
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2answers
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How to get photos/videos from my iphone into the cloud easily
I make photos every day. I want them to be kept somewhere safe (online, not on my computer), without having to think about it. Either over 3g, or whenever I'm near a wifi, I want my videos and photos ...
3
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3answers
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Are there any good iPhone camera apps that properly rotate photos?
I have an iPhone 4s. I'm happy with the default Camera app, however every time I import photos to Picasa or email them or use them on a website or something they're improperly rotated. This is because ...
3
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3answers
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A more efficient way to manage photos/videos between computer and iPhone
How can I manage photos on my iPhone 4S such that I can sync the photos to my computer, leave them on my computer and yet selectively remove photos from and leave photos on my iPhone? Simply said, ...
3
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3answers
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How can I get photos from my DSLR (with a CF card) to my iPad wirelessly?
I can shot tethered to my MBP (using LR3) but then how do I get them to the iPad wirelessly or better yet bypass the MBP altogether? I know they have a wifi card for SD cameras but my dslr only uses ...
