Subject | Re: OSX Photos and referenced files |
From | nospam |
Date | 02/19/2015 00:31 (02/18/2015 18:31) |
Message-ID | <180220151831523670%nospam@nospam.invalid> |
Client | |
Newsgroups | rec.photo.digital |
Follows | MC |
complete nonsense.SandmanMC
So I installed the beta of the OSX Photos app, and opened my iPhoto/Aperture library with it, which worked just fine. Then I went into preferences to enable iCloud Photos, which was the entire point of OSX Photos. And this is what I see:
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Yeah, that's right, you can't used referenced photos if you want to sync with iCloud, you have to keep all photos inside the library, totally managed by Photos.
Which of course is a problem, since Photos isn't a professional tool, and most of these photos need to be available to Lightroom. If I consolidate them into the library, my entire Lightroom catalog will crumble and die.
It seems that this Photos thing is always on the edge of a good idea, but then a deal breaker comes along... :/
It is Apple so what do you expect. If you want to be in their gang you must do what Apple wants you to do or else you cannot play anymore.