Apple pulls iPhoto and Aperture from Mac App Store

With Photos for OS X now live, it's inevitable that Apple is pulling two of its photo-related apps. True enough, iPhoto and Aperture have been taken out of the Mac App Store. If you already have Aperture on your Mac, you'll still be able to use it. But that won't be getting any updates.  

What do you get with Photos for OS X then? The app is middle ground for both iPhoto and Aperture. It lets you browse through your photo gallery while offering some editing tools. But if you expect an extensive editing tool suite, sadly, you won't get that here.  

Source: Ubergizmo  

Apple releases OS X 10.10.3 with new Photos App

The latest, greatest version of the Mac OS 10 Yosemite (version 10.10.3) which features the new Photos App that replaces iPhoto and is being pitched as a substiture to the discontinued Aperture application on notebooks and desktops. 

Other improvements in this update are 300 new emoji, among them ones with different skin tones, and the addition of Spotlight suggestions for the Look Up panel. Various bugfixes for Wi-Fi performance and captive network compatibility, Bluetooth devices disconnecting, and the reliability of screen sharing. Safari should have better stability and security, and no longer save website favicon URLs used in Private Browsing mode.

OS X 10.10.3 can be downloaded via the Updates tab in the Mac App Store app. 

The end is near for Apple's Aperture professional photo editing app

Apple's longtime pro photo ediing application Aperture is apparently about to get its curtain call. Sources say that Apple is no longer going to continue development on Aperture, which debuted in 2005 and grew to be a favoured tool of professional and prosumer photographers because it offered intuitive and realtime non-destructive photo editing on a granular level. Apple will focus on the new Photos app for OS X which was revealed on WWDC.

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Review: Adobe Lightroom 3 is the photographer's toolbox

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Adobe Lightroom 3 ($299) is the quintessential digital photographer’s toolbox and this newest version is even easier to use and offers a host of impressive features that novices and pros alike will find useful.

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