ita, doesn't Picasa install some additional software that people didn't like?
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le nubian - May 31, 2011 3:00:57 pm PDT #16839 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
§ ita § - May 31, 2011 3:16:39 pm PDT #16840 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I haven't noticed any additional software on my Mac. What sort of stuff?
le nubian - May 31, 2011 3:32:21 pm PDT #16841 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I don't recall. I thought I had read about this a couple of years ago, but if you haven't noticed anything, this issue might be moot.
Consuela - May 31, 2011 6:41:38 pm PDT #16842 of 25501
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I am very annoyed with Picasa right now. I downloaded the new version onto my Macbook, and for some reason I cannot log into my Google account with it. It keeps rejecting the password.
-t - May 31, 2011 6:45:11 pm PDT #16843 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Argh. My little Iomega portable hard drive stopped working - I plug it into the USB and it's "I'm on" light comes on and it sounds like it's spinning, but it doesn't mount and the light goes out again after about a minute. Disk Utility can't see it to run diagnostics. Tried another cable and another computer to plug into. I just tidied all my firewire cables away, but I'll dig one up tomorrow and try that on the Mini, but i don't have high hopes that that will do any good.
Any ideas?
§ ita § - May 31, 2011 6:47:31 pm PDT #16844 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What advantages do you get by logging into your Google account? Does it have web album space? I've never even considered that.
Man, if something this powerful were connected to flickr, I'd plotz.
Consuela - May 31, 2011 6:51:07 pm PDT #16845 of 25501
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Does it have web album space? I've never even considered that.
Yes, Google photos. So with Picasa on the Macbook I should be able to upload directly into my Google Photos account. That's what I used to be able to do; I don't understand why it's having so much trouble with the account information now. I've restarted Picasa three times, and it cannot make the connection properly.
Maybe if I restart the computer...
§ ita § - May 31, 2011 6:52:26 pm PDT #16846 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Unrelatedly, I want to beef up my backup procedures. So far, it's ad hoc.
But I figure I might as well use Time Machine, since it's there, right? So I have a long list of network attached storage I can choose from for that. I also have a Linux box and an XP machine to back up--how should that inform my choice of storage device, and what are my automated backup choices (hopefully free!) for those? eta: As well as trying to automate/background backup of three OSes, I'm seeing that some of them provide DLNA streaming and remote access, which would be RAD.
Time to hit up bestbuy.com and read product descriptions. But I value Buffista quality recommendations.
§ ita § - May 31, 2011 6:56:19 pm PDT #16847 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So with Picasa on the Macbook I should be able to upload directly into my Google Photos account.
Huh. Nifty. I just tried it, and it worked just fine. I hadn't realised Google gave me photo storage space. I need to check their terms of use.
Consuela - May 31, 2011 7:27:32 pm PDT #16848 of 25501
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I just tried it, and it worked just fine.
::heavy sigh::