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My wife and I went on a giant trip a couple of years back. I took tens of thousands of pictures. They're now our Apple TV background. Every time a new photo co

My wife and I went on a giant trip a couple of years back. I took tens of thousands of pictures. They're now our Apple TV background. Every time a new photo comes on the slideshow, it sparks a memory and moment of joy. It's like the trip is paying dividends. Of course I wasn't glued to my camera and still enjoyed it, but there's definitely a balance, and I'd err on the side of overrecording. Especially if the memories can pop up every now and then.

doix 1y ago
Yeah, I was one of those "live in the moment" type people, still kind of am. But my girlfriend meticulously photographs everything. Google photos will every now and then give me a notification along the lines of "Merzouga 3 years ago". I don't remember the exact wording, every time it's different and about a different location/topic. I get to relive all those moments and keep them "fresh" in my memory. If she didn't take those photos, it's very likely those moments would fade and eventually I would forget everything apart from "Oh yeah, I was there one time". I do hate the trend of AI editing photographs. If we took a selfie and I closed my eyes, or if there a whole bunch of people in the background, I want that to be captured. Removing the imperfections will change the memory. It's why I don't mind her recreating the same photograph that hundreds of other people have done, because it will still be different. It's what that "thing" was like when we were there, which will most likely be slightly different from everyone elses photo.
Agraillo 1y ago
Showing a random photo from the past is a nice feature. Used to have it on an Android tablet where an idle lock screen slideshow allowed this. There are also windows in different programs where I don't mind having a random picture as a background. Looks like a "New tab" page in the browser is ok for this. Anyone know how to set this up in Firefox?
theoreticalmal 1y ago
I would be slight more opposed to taking pictures on vacations if Apple didn’t have fantastic tools for capturing, sorting, and re-surfacing the photos to my attention. My phone and watch backgrounds cycle though Apple-chosen photos, which are usually spectacular. I frequently pause through the day after noticing a particularly fun picture and have a nice little 10s reminisce of the memory surrounding it
- FredPret 1y ago
  Very true. I don't even use that feature - I just have my TV cycle through all my Favourite'd photos. It then selects a new subset of those photos to cycle through every day or so. It's perfect, and I get to control which photos don't pop up.
  - kridsdale1 1y ago
    I wish we had more control over the refresh period. It really seems to stick on some that keep coming up for years. I would like to allocate more ram or disk to the screen saver cache.

doix 1y ago

Yeah, I was one of those "live in the moment" type people, still kind of am. But my girlfriend meticulously photographs everything. Google photos will every now and then give me a notification along the lines of "Merzouga 3 years ago". I don't remember the exact wording, every time it's different and about a different location/topic. I get to relive all those moments and keep them "fresh" in my memory. If she didn't take those photos, it's very likely those moments would fade and eventually I would forget everything apart from "Oh yeah, I was there one time". I do hate the trend of AI editing photographs. If we took a selfie and I closed my eyes, or if there a whole bunch of people in the background, I want that to be captured. Removing the imperfections will change the memory. It's why I don't mind her recreating the same photograph that hundreds of other people have done, because it will still be different. It's what that "thing" was like when we were there, which will most likely be slightly different from everyone elses photo.

Agraillo 1y ago

Showing a random photo from the past is a nice feature. Used to have it on an Android tablet where an idle lock screen slideshow allowed this. There are also windows in different programs where I don't mind having a random picture as a background. Looks like a "New tab" page in the browser is ok for this. Anyone know how to set this up in Firefox?

theoreticalmal 1y ago

I would be slight more opposed to taking pictures on vacations if Apple didn’t have fantastic tools for capturing, sorting, and re-surfacing the photos to my attention. My phone and watch backgrounds cycle though Apple-chosen photos, which are usually spectacular. I frequently pause through the day after noticing a particularly fun picture and have a nice little 10s reminisce of the memory surrounding it

FredPret 1y ago
Very true. I don't even use that feature - I just have my TV cycle through all my Favourite'd photos. It then selects a new subset of those photos to cycle through every day or so. It's perfect, and I get to control which photos don't pop up.
- kridsdale1 1y ago
  I wish we had more control over the refresh period. It really seems to stick on some that keep coming up for years. I would like to allocate more ram or disk to the screen saver cache.