Google finally decides to shut down Picasa, sort of
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- AnonD-109585
- utH
- 14 Feb 2016
well, t'was bullshit of a service!
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- ruben from armenia
- TmM
- 14 Feb 2016
finally
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- Anonymous
- Tr3
- 14 Feb 2016
Wasnt this supposed to be iPhoto's killer?
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- Anonymous
- n0A
- 13 Feb 2016
apertotes, 13 Feb 2016Things you can do in Picasa that you can't do in Photos: ... morePicasa desktop's face recognition is excellent, but Photos doesn't offer the service here in Spain
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- AnonD-425519
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- 13 Feb 2016
AnonD-8044, 13 Feb 2016This is the scary thing about Google,they have a habit of j... moreI agree. Can't trust Google. They're always "innovating" by removing useful services/applications, and replacing them with feature deprived applications.
Imagine they replace Gmail with Inbox, that would be it for me.
I love Picasa on my PC, and they did update it quite a lot in the past years. I use it and it alone for viewing images (Except for .gif).
Does anyone know of an app similar to Picasa on PC?
On my Android phone I use f-stop gallery and sometimes Piktures.
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- Gibby
- Ixj
- 13 Feb 2016
apertotes, 13 Feb 2016Things you can do in Picasa that you can't do in Photos: ... moreSeems you're unaware of the features gogle photos IS capable of that Picasa is not (& now seems never will be).
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- Gibby
- Ixj
- 13 Feb 2016
People people - put your toys back in your strollers and have a bit of patience.
This IS Google's attempt to consolidate services and softwares. Everything you can do on Picasa you'll be able to do on Google photos. Yeah they take their sweet time but it'll happen. I'm guessing it's taking a little longer as photos is more cloud based. If you don't like your photos going to the cloud - turn off the setting and use any other of the bazillion softwares / apps that handle photo management.
Deary me!
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- spk
- 13 Feb 2016
I don't understand why Google hates Picasa so much. They bought it because it was an awesome solution for photo management and were never able to come up with anything better. This just doesn't make sense.
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- AnonD-463876
- NUh
- 13 Feb 2016
Google has lots of products and services, they're bound to shut some down especially if the software isn't popular or they have a better alternative, which is the case here.
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- AnonD-189020
- fu%
- 13 Feb 2016
In my opinion, Picasa is better than the later
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- Anonymous
- rIA
- 13 Feb 2016
Why Google why?? I love picasa and I'm still using it :(
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- ethereal
- 7jW
- 13 Feb 2016
KNOWtheDIFFERENCE, 13 Feb 2016SUPPORT and UPDATE are 2 different things, and it does not ... moreFor many, SUPPORT means UPDATES which makes your point invalid.
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- KNOWtheDIFFERENCE
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- 13 Feb 2016
AnonD-147, 13 Feb 2016'The Picasa desktop application will no longer be supported... moreSUPPORT and UPDATE are 2 different things, and it does not mean that one company or one developer is not supporting their app because there is/are no update/s
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- Stondec100
- qLL
- 13 Feb 2016
Those in charge of Google softwares are rather scatterbrained. I don't understand things can't be cohesive rather than the cacophonous situation we currently have.
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- Subzz
- w42
- 13 Feb 2016
I still use picasa desktop.. Love it
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- AnonD-147
- bCq
- 13 Feb 2016
'The Picasa desktop application will no longer be supported' when was it supported exactly.. never saw a single update in last 3 years
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- AnonD-8044
- nIH
- 13 Feb 2016
This is the scary thing about Google,they have a habit of just closing stuff down. This is a horrible scenario if you invested lots of time and effort in something Google related and they just close it.
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- sfY
- 13 Feb 2016
Things you can do in Picasa that you can't do in Photos:
1. Rotate photos quickly
2. Search for several tags at the same time
3. Tag all the pictures in a folder in one go
4. Find duplicates
There are probably many more, I was never a hardcore Picasa user, but saying that Photos is plain better than Picasa is bullshit, or ignorance.
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- Azer
- B{7
- 13 Feb 2016
The desktop app is actually very useful. It's been my go-to photo management application for years. Especially for mass-resizing of photos is a great feature, where I can take lots of high-resolution photos at, say, a party or wedding, quickly select all the ones that I would like to make smaller for sending in e-mails, press Export, select the output resolution and it does the rest quickly. Maybe there are other tools that does the same job, but the way Picasa Desktop does it is so quick and convenient. I'll continue to use it for that feature alone. For someone who does not store their photos online, all the cloud features of Google Photos are not of value to me.
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- Gibby
- Ixj
- 13 Feb 2016
Always was a confusing piece of bloat ware that was the first thing to disable in your phone gallery!
Google photos is way better