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I totally agree with you on Photos. Everything about it is overly complicated. It should be a simple as take photo, it's on my phone, automatically added to m

by bzudo 11y ago

I totally agree with you on Photos. Everything about it is overly complicated. It should be a simple as take photo, it's on my phone, automatically added to my computer and in the cloud. Edit/delete anywhere. At least they got rid of the Camera Roll. If I do plug my iPhone into the computer, I should be able to drag and drop photos from my phone through Finder. No application needed. I miss the old iPod Classic and it's external hard drive functions.

gress 11y ago
Photos works exactly the way you seem to want it to on my devices. I take a photo and it appears on all devices. I delete a photo and it's deleted everywhere. Likewise for edits. You sound like you're talking about iPhoto. If you don't want to use photos, you can use Image Capture, which is part of OSX and gives you exactly the drag and drop functions you want.
- geophile 11y ago
  There are two photo apps? Seriously, I'm not aware of this. I'm talking about "Photos" whose logo is eight ovals of color arranged in a circle. (The fact that this confusion is even possible is part of the problem.) My experience is that I take a photo on my phone. It shows up in some albums that seem to have recent content but not others. The time lags are unpredictable, so I have taken to syncing manually.
JustSomeNobody 11y ago
"If I do plug my iPhone into the computer, I should be able to drag and drop..." This may sound petty, but this is the biggest reason I don't use an iPhone. Smartphones are more than consumption devices. They are tiny computers and I want the flexibility of using a tiny computer.
- tonylemesmer 11y ago
  Not at all petty. This and being forced to use iTunes are my primary reason for disliking iPhones. Having said that, my Android phone is rooted, so there's probably an argument that I could have an iPhone and root it to achieve what I want.
  - jen729w 11y ago
    Not disagreeing that it's horrible, but you don't actually need to use iTunes to use an iPhone. I can't remember the last time I opened iTunes. iTunes Match worked great for me, but now Spotify has all but replaced any dependence I have on Apple for music.

by bzudo 11y ago

gress 11y ago

Photos works exactly the way you seem to want it to on my devices. I take a photo and it appears on all devices. I delete a photo and it's deleted everywhere. Likewise for edits. You sound like you're talking about iPhoto. If you don't want to use photos, you can use Image Capture, which is part of OSX and gives you exactly the drag and drop functions you want.

geophile 11y ago
There are two photo apps? Seriously, I'm not aware of this. I'm talking about "Photos" whose logo is eight ovals of color arranged in a circle. (The fact that this confusion is even possible is part of the problem.) My experience is that I take a photo on my phone. It shows up in some albums that seem to have recent content but not others. The time lags are unpredictable, so I have taken to syncing manually.

JustSomeNobody 11y ago

"If I do plug my iPhone into the computer, I should be able to drag and drop..." This may sound petty, but this is the biggest reason I don't use an iPhone. Smartphones are more than consumption devices. They are tiny computers and I want the flexibility of using a tiny computer.

tonylemesmer 11y ago
Not at all petty. This and being forced to use iTunes are my primary reason for disliking iPhones. Having said that, my Android phone is rooted, so there's probably an argument that I could have an iPhone and root it to achieve what I want.
- jen729w 11y ago
  Not disagreeing that it's horrible, but you don't actually need to use iTunes to use an iPhone. I can't remember the last time I opened iTunes. iTunes Match worked great for me, but now Spotify has all but replaced any dependence I have on Apple for music.