To preserve this information - and make sure other apps like Preview could access it as well - I installed ExifTool, a package that allows OS X to write and read Exif metadata from a variety of image formats. iPhoto comes with an Export function, but it appears itвЂ™s not capable of correctly exporting image metadata - those bits of data that contain extra information such as location, capturing device, etc.

To migrate from iPhoto to Dropbox, I followed SimplicityBlissвЂ™ suggestion and used Phoshare to export image files from iPhotoвЂ™s library to the Finder. Doing so with Dropbox is easy considering the decent nature of the official app, and the plethora of Dropbox-enabled вЂњfile managersвЂќ currently available on iOS. I want to be able to open my photos in seconds no matter the device IвЂ™m using. iPhoto for iOS is a nightmare of navigation, and Adobe Revel is slow in fetching photos on 3G. Too, besides data preservation, I also give much importance to the instant access and accessibility aspect. I still ended up with a closed database, albeit one that could sync across devices (unlike AppleвЂ™s iPhoto). I tried Adobe Revel, but it was just a fancier faux solution to my problem. jpeg files, a format that should still be around for the foreseeable future.

Just as I do for text files - the words I write - I have chosen to store my photos - the things I experience - as. There wonвЂ™t be anyone able to give me my memories back. If something - anything - happens to my photos, theyвЂ™ll be gone forever. Decades from now, IвЂ™ll probably be able to find a 2Pac record somewhere online or in a record store (will those still exist?). I have come to the conclusion that photos are irreplaceable. Do I want my photos to be stored inside someone elseвЂ™s app? And if not, why not do the same for any other media I store on my computer? Should I also ditch Rdio and go back to neatly organized. This is something I have been thinking about for the past year. I have decided to move all my photos from iPhoto to Dropbox. And at the same time, I need to be able to access them now from any device I have without having to worry about sync, apps, formats, and corrupted entries. jpeg files - to be photos, not a database. However, I realized that I donвЂ™t want to depend on iPhoto to store the photos that, twenty years from now, IвЂ™ll look back to as memories. The appвЂ™s interface sports AppleвЂ™s proverbial attention to polish and details, the Faces feature is nice, and I like the possibility to visualize photos on a map, just as I find Photo Stream very convenient for my blogging workflow.

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