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So, I used iPhoto this morning. I wanted to upload two photo albums to Facebook. I first tried from Picasa, I downloaded a plugin that was supposed to do it, but it did not work. I used iPhoto and it was just click-click-done. The next album I wanted to try Picasa again.  The only way I could get it to work was to export the album, and then use Facebook web interface to upload it. iPhoto does include buttons to go straight to Facebook, and straight to Flickr, so it does have advantages, but I am sure better integration will come soon.

I am trying to let go of Apple. I don't mean completely, my main home computer is a MacBook, and I don't want to, not do I need to get a new computer for home. The main problem is with the two applications I use most on the Mac are just starting to annoy me. The first is iPhoto.  I don't use it every day, but it doesn't seem to be going anywhere.  I think Google Picasa is just as good, and some things that I might even prefer about it (firstly it is cross platform).  iPhoto hasn't been updated since early 2009, and if a new version of iLife came out if would have to have some super features I can't even think of to make me want to upgrade, and it probably wouldn't be long for Google to catch up anyway. The next application is iTunes. It has actually always been a program I have liked, but it really does seem to just be getting slower every time it is updated. I have also realized that iTunes is music prison.  Once you are in, it is very difficult to get o...