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Take Control of Your Digital Photos on a Mac, 2nd Edition
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Take Control of Your Digital Photos on a Mac, 2nd Edition

by Jeff Carlson
April 2017
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
159 pages
3h 30m
English
Take Control Books
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Migrate to Lightroom

If you’ve used a Mac for a while, your photo library may be in iPhoto or Aperture—both of which have been discontinued by Apple. The easiest path to bring your photos into the present is to upgrade to Photos for Mac, but as I’ve discussed elsewhere, I prefer Lightroom for many rea­sons. (For a discussion of the migration process to Photos, read Jason Snell’s Photos: A Take Control Crash Course.)

Moving to Lightroom isn’t a straightforward process, however. Granted, if you want to move from iPhoto or Aperture (but not Photos), it’s easier now that Adobe includes a migration tool in Lightroom—as a direct response to Apple tossing aside iPhoto and Aperture—but there are still details you need to be aware of. (Believe me, it’s ...

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