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Mac Power Users · May 17 · 1 hr 19 min

849: Surviving Your Camera Roll

David and Stephen take on the wide, messy world of Apple photo management, from pruning fifty-thousand-photo libraries to backing up iCloud Photos. They cover Shared Library trade-offs, the cleanup apps worth installing, and more. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: Ecamm: Powerful live streaming platform for Mac. 1Password: Never forget a password again. Links and Show Notes: Credits The Mac Power Users Stephen Robles David Sparks The Editor Jim Metzendorf The Fixer Kerry Provanzano More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback MPU on YouTube David's Oldest Digital Photo Stephen's Moody Trumpet Photo Stephen's Dad - Fujifilm Camera Stephen and Whitney in College Backblaze no longer backing up - MPU Talk Gemini 2: top duplicate file finder PowerPhotos - Merge Mac Photos libraries, find duplicate photos, and more ‎Photo Cleaner: Swipewipe App - App Store ‎AI Cleaner: Clean Up Storage App - App Store How to use iCloud Shared Photo Library Widgetsmith - One app; endless home screens Slideshows Maker for Mac and iPad - FotoMagico Parachute Backup - Backup Utility for iCloud Drive and iCloud Photos Synology Inc. SuperDuper! Carbon Copy Cloner: macOS Backup Software - Bombich Software Mimeo Photos Custom Photo Book Maker ‎PhotoScan by Google Photos App - App Store FastFoto High-Speed Photo Scanning System | Epson US ScanMyPhotos.com The Best Photo, Video, Audio Conversion Company | EverPresent VHS to Digital Converter How to add a Legacy Contact for your Apple Account - Apple Support The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning - Margareta Magnusson ‎MacFamilyTree 11 App - App Store Eve Aqua Simple Scan | Agile Tortoise Travel Photographer - Austin Mann Password Manager for Personal & Family Security | 1Password Legacybox® — Digitize Home Movies, Photos, Slides & More Digital Conversion Services – Photo, Movies, & More | DiJiFi Photomyne: Save & Cherish Family Memories Forever Epson Perfection V600 Photo Scanner | Products | Epson US Request access to a deceased family member’s Apple Account - Apple Support Using HEIF or HEVC media on Apple devices - Apple Support Day One Journal App | Your Journal For Life Photo organizing software for Mac, Windows, Android, iOS Dropbox.com Google Photos: Edit, Organize, Search, and Backup Your Photos Noodlesoft – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software Pixelmator Pro - Apple Osmo Pocket 3 - For Moving Moments - DJI United States Sony Alpha 7C II – Full-frame Interchangeable Lens Hybrid Camera | Black | ILCE-7CM2/B Save Screenshots and Delete Shortcut

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David and Stephen take on the wide, messy world of Apple photo management, from pruning fifty-thousand-photo libraries to backing up iCloud Photos. They cover Shared Library trade-offs, the cleanup apps worth installing, and more.

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

  • Ecamm: Powerful live streaming platform for Mac.
  • 1Password: Never forget a password again.

Links and Show Notes:

Credits

The Mac Power Users
Stephen Robles
David Sparks

The Editor
Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer
Kerry Provanzano

More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments
Submit Feedback
MPU on YouTube
David's Oldest Digital Photo
Stephen's Moody Trumpet Photo
Stephen's Dad - Fujifilm Camera
Stephen and Whitney in College
Backblaze no longer backing up - MPU Talk
Gemini 2: top duplicate file finder
PowerPhotos - Merge Mac Photos libraries, find duplicate photos, and more
‎Photo Cleaner: Swipewipe App - App Store
‎AI Cleaner: Clean Up Storage App - App Store
How to use iCloud Shared Photo Library
Widgetsmith - One app; endless home screens
Slideshows Maker for Mac and iPad - FotoMagico
Parachute Backup - Backup Utility for iCloud Drive and iCloud Photos
Synology Inc.
SuperDuper!
Carbon Copy Cloner: macOS Backup Software - Bombich Software
Mimeo Photos
Custom Photo Book Maker
‎PhotoScan by Google Photos App - App Store
FastFoto High-Speed Photo Scanning System | Epson US
ScanMyPhotos.com
The Best Photo, Video, Audio Conversion Company | EverPresent
VHS to Digital Converter
How to add a Legacy Contact for your Apple Account - Apple Support
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning - Margareta Magnusson
‎MacFamilyTree 11 App - App Store
Eve Aqua
Simple Scan | Agile Tortoise
Travel Photographer - Austin Mann
Password Manager for Personal & Family Security | 1Password
Legacybox® — Digitize Home Movies, Photos, Slides & More
Digital Conversion Services – Photo, Movies, & More | DiJiFi
Photomyne: Save & Cherish Family Memories Forever
Epson Perfection V600 Photo Scanner | Products | Epson US
Request access to a deceased family member’s Apple Account - Apple Support
Using HEIF or HEVC media on Apple devices - Apple Support
Day One Journal App | Your Journal For Life
Photo organizing software for Mac, Windows, Android, iOS
Dropbox.com
Google Photos: Edit, Organize, Search, and Backup Your Photos
Noodlesoft – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software
Pixelmator Pro - Apple
Osmo Pocket 3 - For Moving Moments - DJI United States
Sony Alpha 7C II – Full-frame Interchangeable Lens Hybrid Camera | Black | ILCE-7CM2/B
Save Screenshots and Delete Shortcut
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