AOL Pictures for Mac
Posted Nov 23rd 2007 1:09PM by Scott Basham
Filed under: Member Education, AOL Pictures for Mac
My name is Scott and I'm a QA engineer on the Mac Team at AOL. The first Mac I owned was an early 400 MHz PowerMac G4. As a hobbyist photographer I get a lot of use from the AOL Pictures for Mac client. The AOL Pictures website's support for Mac browsers has improved dramatically over the last year but the experience is still optimized for Internet Explorer due to its extensive use of Active X plugins. This is where AOL Pictures for Mac helps to level the playing field. Among other things, AOL Pictures for Mac gives you the power to select multiple photos at once to upload, take your favorite photos and set them as your desktop, or make them into a screensaver with the click of a toolbar button.
One of the first things I do after loading photos into iPhoto from my camera is use the AOL Pictures Uploader for iPhoto to get my pictures online (accessed through iPhoto's Export function, this doesn't work yet in iPhoto '08, but a future update should remedy that).
Using the iPhoto plugin, I have uploaded photos taken during a visit to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles with my point and shoot camera. It was a great day to visit as the sky was clear and the temperature mild. Enjoy: http://pictures.aol.com/galleries/sabasham
What do you think of the AOL Pictures for Mac client?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1. I'm patiently waiting for an update for AOL Pictures for Mac that is compatible with iPhoto 08. Any idea when we might see it?
Posted at 9:59PM on Feb 6th 2008 by Bob
2. How do you start a new group in the address book? And how do you forward multiple contacts on an email you wish to forward? Janice T
Posted at 2:35PM on May 5th 2008 by Janice
3. I find that AOL's AIM for mac, Sucks. I have to use ADIUM. AOL update it. Stop spending time on a box in the closet. Just Update the AIM for Mac. You have to many updates for the other OS'es [Windows]. You can do so much more and what are you doing. Adding on to iPhoto. I have a blog about this go to http://pointofathoughtofaday.blogspot.com/ to see it. I no one does anyway.
Posted at 9:34AM on Nov 25th 2007 by kohlmalo1
4. I agree. Just update AIM for the Mac. That's really all anyone uses. I bet 99.9% of people only use AIM... not photos, or desktop, or radio. Please give us a new client version. There are still a lot of features that 4.7 has that other clients don't. Either update, or at least stop avoiding the issue and post a blog entry saying "Listen, there will never be a new AIM client for the Mac"... although $10.00 says AOL avoids this comment also
Posted at 6:36PM on Nov 25th 2007 by Steve Kudelko
5. I, for one, appreciate this little app. Makes managing my photos for online viewing a little easier. I've waited and waited for a free plugin like this for Flickr, and there just ain't one out there yet. Hope you guys don't let the negative comments put you off further development.
Posted at 11:37PM on Dec 6th 2007 by John
6. PLEASE update AOL for MAC. I'm tired of getting kicked off all the time. When I have something other than e-mail, I have to use Safari or something else.
Posted at 11:28AM on Jan 15th 2008 by Karen