This app is currently being offered free so you might want to hurry up and grab it now.
The software can be downloaded directly from the Macroplant site but we’ve also included an alternative (CNET) download (Mac) as the direct site seems to be hit or miss. Users must be using iTunes 8 or later and it will work will all versions of the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The Phone Disk software is free (right now) and is exclusively for Macs running OS X 10.5 or higher or PCs running Windows XP, Vista or 7. If your Mac/PC is tight on space it could also be potentially used as an extra storage drive, not a bad idea at all if you have a few extra GBs to spare. The more I use iPhoto as a photo album / database. I simply use iPhoto to organize the plethora of photos taken on my iPhone everyday. I do not use iPhoto for editing, I leave that to Photoshop and Lightroom.
Being designed for professional use, it allows you to easily manage your. I would like to hear the communities input on possible alternatives to iPhoto. This is really easy to set-up, a very simple app that resolves a somewhat bothersome process of grabbing/transferring files. Adobe Lightroom is an excellent replacement for iPhoto. Viewing the device’s apps while in mount-mode can additionally be tweaked but it will manipulate the load times: show only file sharing apps, load app icons for menu or show app’s icon as a disk icon. And nicely, the software doesn’t require a jailbroken device.įor those of us jailbreakers that have already gone rogue, there is an option within the preferences to allow access to “real” root (requires a jailbroken iPhone with AFC2Add installed). The device will then instantly appear mounted in the Finder window enabling users to see the file system, making it super easy to transfer over media files. Phone Disk solves the mounting issue by recognizing the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch when a user plugs the device into the desktop. I’m not saying importing videos and photo into iPhoto is a difficult task, but it can be a pain. If you answered “hell yes!” then the following software called Phone Disk may have just earned itself a home on your desktop. Wouldn’t the process be easier if it just mounted in the finder window like a USB drive? You can now further edit the slide show in iMovie just as you would a movie, then send it to iDVD 7, or Toast, for burning.Unlike mobile devices like an Android, when plugging an iPhone or iPad into a Mac or PC, users are required to use separate apps like iTunes and iPhoto to transfer videos and photos. You can add music in Photo to Movie, but I prefer doing this in iMovie where it is easier to edit. Once you have timed and arranged and manipulated the photos to your liking in Photo to Movie, it exports the file to iMovie 6 as a DV stream. Read about them in detail, then decide which one you feel is best suited to your needs. Neither of these are freeware, but are worth the investment if you are going to do a lot of slide shows. which you may prefer - I have no experience with it.) (Other users here use the alternative FotoMagico: You can read about what it can do on their website:
You don't have to do it my way, but the following may be food for thought!įirstly you need proper software to assemble the photos, decide on the duration of each, the transitions you want to use, and how to pan and zoom individual photos where required, and add proper titles.
If what you want is what I want, namely to be able to use high resolution photos (even 300 dpi tiff files), to pan and zoom individual photos, use a variety of transitions, to add and edit music or commentary, place text exactly where you want it, and to end up with a DVD that looks good on both your Mac and a TV - in other words end up with and end result that does not look like an old fashioned slide show from a projector - you may be interested in how I do it. There are many ways to produce slide shows using iPhoto, iMovie or iDVD and some limit the number of photos you can use (iDVD has a 99 chapter (slide) limitation).