Apple deploys updated Photos iCloud app with Sierra-like album browsing

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Apple on Thursday officially rolled out a new version of its Photos Web app for iCloud, introducing an interface similar to macOS Sierra.

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Image Credit: Mac Generation


Central to the new app is a sidebar that makes it easy to switch between albums, although it can be turned off if necessary. When looking at a single picture, the app will now display a carousel at the bottom with every other photo in the associated album.

Also new are several buttons in the upper-right corner, used for adding, deleting, uploading, downloading, and sharing content.

The app's previous incarnation was more cumbersome, relegating albums to a tab bar at the top of the page.

Apple ran a limited test of the new design earlier in December, but it now appears to be the default for all users.

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  • Reply 1 of 11
    melodyof1974melodyof1974 Posts: 114member
    It's great, now I know I have over 49,000 photos and videos dating back to 2010 in the clouds.
    lostkiwiSpamSandwich
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  • Reply 2 of 11
    mcfrazierivmcfrazieriv Posts: 71member
    *uploads iphotos library from iphone* "SEND ME YOUR NUDES" - apple.
    StrangeDays
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  • Reply 3 of 11
    StrangeDaysstrangedays Posts: 13,214member
    This is a pretty impressive web app.
    dewmelolliver
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  • Reply 4 of 11
    frantisekfrantisek Posts: 761member
    But where are my shared albulms?
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  • Reply 5 of 11
    paxmanpaxman Posts: 4,729member
    This is great. I'd love to be able to edit as well - maybe one day. More importantly would be to fix iCloud Drive so it reflects Sierra Finder. Then soon Apple can start selling thin clients ;)

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  • Reply 6 of 11
    dick applebaumdick applebaum Posts: 12,527member
    paxman said:
    This is great. I'd love to be able to edit as well - maybe one day. More importantly would be to fix iCloud Drive so it reflects Sierra Finder. Then soon Apple can start selling thin clients

    Ooooohhhhhhh... FTFiCD...  I like that a lot!  For thin, svelt and full-figured clients, alike!

    edited December 2016
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  • Reply 7 of 11
    dick applebaumdick applebaum Posts: 12,527member

    Ha!  My daughter just bought this card for a church friend!


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  • Reply 8 of 11
    mattinozmattinoz Posts: 2,680member
    paxman said:
    This is great. I'd love to be able to edit as well - maybe one day. More importantly would be to fix iCloud Drive so it reflects Sierra Finder. Then soon Apple can start selling thin clients ;)

    Don't they need a developer API before they could make a thin client?
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  • Reply 9 of 11
    dick applebaumdick applebaum Posts: 12,527member
    mattinoz said:
    paxman said:
    This is great. I'd love to be able to edit as well - maybe one day. More importantly would be to fix iCloud Drive so it reflects Sierra Finder. Then soon Apple can start selling thin clients

    Don't they need a developer API before they could make a thin client?

    https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/DataManagement/Conceptual/CloudKitQuickStart/Introduction/Introduction.html

    edited December 2016
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  • Reply 10 of 11
    kevin keekevin kee Posts: 1,289member
    It is still missing a search function. Or maybe I missed it.
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  • Reply 11 of 11
    mattinozmattinoz Posts: 2,680member
    dick applebaum said:
    mattinoz said:
    paxman said:
    This is great. I'd love to be able to edit as well - maybe one day. More importantly would be to fix iCloud Drive so it reflects Sierra Finder. Then soon Apple can start selling thin clients

    Don't they need a developer API before they could make a thin client?

    https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/DataManagement/Conceptual/CloudKitQuickStart/Introduction/Introduction.html

    Doesn't cover sproutcore level web interface with all the niceness of being an icon on iCloud customers home screens, just data.
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