All of us who are OS X users have been waiting for years for Apple to give us the good news of the launch of a new application with which to manage our photos that will replace iPhoto and that many of us considered as software very little typical of Cupertino. Now that the new application has arrived, baptized as Photos, the sadness is still present and this new way of managing our photographs is still just as bad as the previous one.
Perhaps to be fair we should say that there are still many of the problems that we already had, but that some aspects have been improved and solved that however are not enough so that we do not consider looking for an alternative to Photos.
The new Apple application is not integrated into the file system, which is quite a significant problem, but it still does not appear in the list of applications with which we can open an image. It continues to build its own libraries with our images and in general it continues to be an application that hardly convinces any user.
Today and through this article We want to offer you a solution to the problems that Photos is not giving, and we are going to do it by showing you 5 interesting alternatives to the OS X application to manage images.
Picasa
Picasa it is without a doubt one of the great classics that despite having been available on the market for a long time, is still one of the best options. This application offers us the perfect way to browse our photos, with the assurance that any change we make can be seen in the application.
However, it has a somewhat negative aspect and it is that the design of the application and the interface are nothing to write home about, so it will clash a bit with Yosemite, but if that doesn't matter to you at all, Picasa can be a great option.
Also and to finish convincing you Picasa can be downloaded completely free of charge, with the advantage that you will also find some interesting tools to edit your favorite photos.
Adobe Lightroom
Several of the best applications in various fields on the market are signed by Adobe. For this reason we could not fail to point out in this article the application Adobe Lightroom that will allow us to keep all our photographs in order quickly and easily.
Needless to say, it is a very powerful tool that offers us multiple options and extras that will leave Photos far from this software.
Lyn
If you still use Photos it is because you want to and that is Lyn is undoubtedly of the best applications that exist to manage images in OS XAlthough unfortunately maybe I can understand you and it is that it has a price of 16 euros after the 15-day free trial that we can enjoy the first time we download the application.
In Lyn we will have support for all the image files supported in OS X and for those that you have used on some occasion, Windows works exactly the same as the classic image viewer.
If you want a simple, but at the same time efficient and powerful application to replace Photos, this should undoubtedly be your choice, although yes, unfortunately you will have to scratch your pocket a little.
Unbound
Of the application Unbound We could say that It is the closest thing that we are going to find in the market to Photos, but in which all the problems that we find in the native OS X Yosemite application are eliminated. For example, libraries or duplicates of the files will not be created, although the bad side of this software is that we are facing a payment application for which we will have to pay about 10 dollars, approximately 9 euros once we finish the trial period that it is only 10 days.
To try to convince you that this application is worth buying, we can tell you that it also offers us a series of interesting options such as having a version for iOS and that is carried especially with Dropbpx where we can store our images and download them directly .
Capture NX-D
The last application that we are going to review in this, I hope that an interesting article, is the application Capture NX-D geared towards professionals and developed by camera manufacturer Nikon. As you are surely imagining, this application is not the simplest that we will find in the market, but it can be really useful for all those who are looking for something more when it comes to using a computer and managing their photos.
It is possibly the great unknown on this list, but perhaps it would not hurt to try it and let yourself be seduced by it, also taking into account that it can be downloaded completely free of charge.
If Photos has not convinced you since its arrival from the hand of OS X Yosemite, you already have before you 5 alternatives to which more interesting, that yes, we recommend that you try calmly, the values in their right measure, and then decide . Also, if you have any questions about any of the applications or which one to stay with, you can ask us directly through the space reserved for comments or through the social networks in which we are present and we will try to help you as much as possible.
What do you consider to be the best application to replace Photos?.