Apple Releases iPhoto 9.5 for Mac With iCloud Photo Sharing

Apple has released iPhoto 9.5 for Mac which features 64-bit support, iCloud Photo Sharing, a new interface for printing, and more.

iPhoto ’11 gets a new look with stunning full-screen views for Events, Faces, Places, and Albums that let you take advantage of every inch of your Mac display. iPhoto also offers new ways to share and showcase your photos. You can upload your photos to your Facebook Timeline and even view friends' comments right in iPhoto. Turn your email into something really special with ten Apple-designed photo mail templates. iPhoto '11 works with iCloud Photos, so the photos you take on your iOS devices automatically appear in iPhoto, and you can share selected photos with other people. Add movement and music to your photos with one of 12 dynamic slideshow themes. iPhoto ’11 introduces a new way to create professional-quality photo books quickly and easily. And new letterpress cards let you combine your photos and text with elegant imprinted designs.




iCloud Photos
•View and automatically import recent photos taken on your iOS devices
•Automatically send newly-imported photos to all your iOS devices
•Post photos and videos to other people’s shared photo streams, or create your own streams to share with friends and family
•View and add comments and “likes” to photos and videos in any shared stream

New full-screen modes
• Events automatically organizes photos based on when you took them
• Faces uses face detection and recognition to organize photos by people
• Places displays your photos on an interactive map
• Albums organizes your favorite pictures in iPad-style photo stacks
• Bookshelf displays all your book, card, and calendar projects

Facebook enhancements
• Albums view displays all your Facebook photo albums
• View friends‘ photo comments right in iPhoto and post a comment back
• Post to existing Facebook photo albums and to your Timeline with a comment
• Facebook sharing history
• Support for multiple accounts

Emailing photos
• Ten Apple-designed themes, including Announcement, Cardstock, and Postcard
• Support for all popular mail services
• Attach photos with one click
• Email sharing history


New slideshows
• Six new themes (12 total), including Holiday Mobile, Reflections, and Places
• Places slideshow theme uses location data in your photos
• Themes include instantly recognizable music
• Export directly to iTunes for syncing

Big leap in photo books
• Dynamic, carousel-based theme browser
• Theme preview with your photos
• Change book type, size and color with a click
• “Bird‘s-eye” All Pages view
• Smarter Autoflow with date/time, ratings, and face detection
• Two-page, full-bleed spreads

Letterpress cards
• Beautiful, debossed designs imprinted on premium paper
• 31 themes complete with matching envelopes
• Personalize with your photos and text
• Available for a variety of occasions including births, weddings, and the holidays

Aperture compatibility
• New unified photo library for both iPhoto and Aperture (v 3.3 or later ) with no import/export required
• Events, Faces, Places, albums and web sharing work across both applications

iPhoto print products are available in the U.S., Canada, Japan, and select countries in Europe and Asia Pacific.

What's New In This Version:
• 64-bit support
• The Places feature now uses Apple maps to display photo locations
• Adds support for iCloud Photo Sharing, including the ability to post videos to shared photo streams and the ability to have multiple subscribers contribute to a shared stream
• Adds support for iOS 7 camera filters applied to photos imported from iOS devices
• Includes a new, streamlined interface for printing
• Replaces the Create menu with an updated Share menu providing access to all sharing options, including print products such as books, cards and calendars
• Fixes an issue that could cause iPhoto to quit unexpectedly when sharing an edited photo from a MacBook Pro with Retina display
• Addresses an issue that could cause iPhoto to show incorrect file type and size information for imported TIFF and PSD files
• Comment sheet now appears correctly when sharing multiple photos to a new or existing photo stream
• Fixes an issue that caused photos with specific color profiles to display incorrectly on iOS devices after being shared via iCloud
• Captions instead of version names are now synced between iPhoto and Facebook for newly-created albums
• Privacy settings can now be managed when sharing photos from iPhoto to a Facebook Timeline
• Videos up to three minutes long can now be shared to Flickr
• Addresses an issue that could cause photos synced to iPhoto from Flickr to appear rotated incorrectly
• Fixes an issue that could cause photos synced to iPhoto from Facebook or Flickr to be duplicated and reposted
• URLs in the photo comments field can now be clicked to open the corresponding links
• Improves reliability when working with custom locations in the Places feature 
• Improves reliability when copying and pasting photos to a new event
• When a single photo is selected in an album, clicking the Trash button in the contextual menu now removes the photo from the album rather than from the library
• Includes stability and performance improvements

You can purchase iPhoto from the App Store for $14.99.

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