{"id":28474,"date":"2015-02-05T16:30:50","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T22:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=28474"},"modified":"2015-02-06T09:43:23","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T15:43:23","slug":"the-verge-posts-first-impressions-of-new-photos-app-for-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/28474-the-verge-posts-first-impressions-of-new-photos-app-for-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"The Verge Posts First Impressions of the New Photos App for Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-27032\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/YosemiteLogo-284x3071.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/YosemiteLogo-284x3071.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/YosemiteLogo-284x3071-111x120.jpg 111w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/YosemiteLogo-284x3071-176x190.jpg 176w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/YosemiteLogo-284x3071-111x120@2x.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/>After first announcing its new Photos app for Mac OS X Yosemite way back at <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/24894-highlights-from-apples-2014-wwdc\">WWDC<\/a> in June of last year, the new app is finally beginning to make its debut.<\/p>\n<p>A developer seed version of Photos is being distributed to developers today, and The Verge has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2015\/2\/5\/7982735\/apple-new-iphoto-announced-photos-app-for-mac\">shared its first impressions<\/a> of the new app calling it \u201can improvement for most iPhoto users\u201d but adding users of Aperture\u2019s more advanced features may be disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>Apple <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/25375-apple-to-cease-development-of-aperture-iphoto\">announced in late June<\/a> of last year that it would no longer be developing its professional-grade photo editing app Aperture or consumer-grade app iPhoto, and it would instead replace them with Photos.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to head over to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2015\/2\/5\/7982735\/apple-new-iphoto-announced-photos-app-for-mac\">The Verge<\/a> for a closer look at the new Photos app for Mac. 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