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Offline jjoan

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« on: January 29, 2007, 01:38:21 PM »
I liked the old HomePage system for publishing pictures on a web page. Then I could have one URL address I could send someone when I wanted to share the pix. Now, with iPhoto 6, I have to publish web pages that link, and it's so complicated that I don't want to budget my time to learn it. Is there a way to set my time machine backwards and use HomePage like in the good old days?
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« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2007, 03:39:17 PM »
Use iPhoto 5 or earlier.

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« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2007, 03:44:53 PM »
How can I install an older version over my newer version?
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« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2007, 03:53:08 PM »
I have run 2 versions concurrently without problems.... The only issue will be the iPhoto libraries. You may need to start a new library for use with the older version.. it will most likely not be able to read the iPhoto 6 library.

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« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2007, 03:59:44 PM »
OK I'll try that. Do you mind me asking why you run both versions? Also, I have no idea where to find an older version of iPhoto.
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« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2007, 04:07:06 PM »
QUOTE(jjoan @ Jan 29 2007, 03:59 PM) [snapback]117338[/snapback]
OK I'll try that. Do you mind me asking why you run both versions? Also, I have no idea where to find an older version of iPhoto.



I don't anymore... However, I kept iPhoto 5 around for a while after updating to 6 for this very reason. I had a lot of pages already up on the "homepage.mac.com...."  Converting all those pages to iWeb was a lot of work and took some time.

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« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2007, 04:07:08 PM »
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Also, I have no idea where to find an older version of iPhoto.


Try http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/iphoto504.html
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« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2007, 04:11:54 PM »
QUOTE(DaveF @ Jan 29 2007, 04:07 PM) [snapback]117341[/snapback]
Try http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/iphoto504.html




No.. that is an update.  You need to purchase a copy of iPhoto 5 if you don't have it.....  What were you using previously?
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« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2007, 04:37:17 PM »
swhitset,
Thanks for a timely correction to my oversight.  smile.gif
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« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2007, 05:03:28 PM »
My husband's using iPhoto 5. Can I just copy the application and put it in my application folder, or do I need to install it correctlyl, from a disk?
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« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2007, 05:06:19 PM »
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My husband's using iPhoto 5. Can I just copy the application and put it in my application folder, or do I need to install it correctlyl, from a disk?



I' not sure.... you may need to install it.... might work though.
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« Reply #11 on: January 29, 2007, 07:07:20 PM »
jjoan, exactly what part of HomePage are you not able to use? It appears to still be available at .Mac.

However, since you already have iPhoto 6, why not just use the PhotoCast option? It's specially designed for notifying friends and family about additions/changes in the pictures you'd like them to know about.

It's basically a two step process:
1. Create a new "Album" and put the pictures you want to share in it.
2. Select the new "Album" and use the "Share->Photocast" menu item.

When the transfer is complete, iPhoto will present a window giving you the URL for your images. You can then click the "Announce" button and it will open your email program with a message already in place. That message will have the URL and how to view the pictures with iPhoto 6, if they have it or how to use any RSS reader ( many browsers are now capable of that ) if they don't use OS X.

From now on, when you add/edit/delete any images to that iPhoto "Album" you're viewers will get an update by simply opening their RSS reader ( or iPhoto 6 ).
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« Reply #12 on: January 29, 2007, 07:17:39 PM »
I have many many old homepage photo and picture albums also, and when I tried to update or add to them, nothing worked.
So Ive sort of abandoned them, no thats not a good way of saying this, I still have them and all my friends and relatives still have the links.
But they will always remain the same.
Ive some nice photos which I do not want to have go poof and go away, and some pictures of the grandkids when they were much younger.
So my advice is to leave them alone, as you will ruin them if you try to update or do anything to them.

So our only way to do this is to use the new software to make new albums and sites, but link back to them.
I hope this is what you mean, as its been frustrating for me too.
I know I could access them from my husband's old Mac, but havent bothered with doing that.  As I know it would just be a pain in the neck.
I gave up and just left them the way they are.
Jane

I forgot to add, that you can go back and get those photos, copy them to your new iPhoto albums and make new sites from them using iWeb or whatever.
Ive not bothered with this either.
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« Reply #13 on: January 29, 2007, 07:56:15 PM »
June, have you looked at the Help section at .Mac? There are specific pages that discuss how to edit Homepage pages.

Secondly, one should never depend on .Mac or any other web site as the sole repository of ones info/files/images/documents/etc. If you don't have room on your own drives, either buy larger ones and/or burn to optical disk.

That's another reason I think Photocasts might be handier for these kinds of image sharing. You don't even need to have a browser open, much less visit your .Mac site. Most of you know, I'm no fan of iPhoto, at least the earlier versions, but Apple has done a great job improving this app with version 6 and Photocasting is one of the best changes, IMHO. Probably the best change is that you can now leave your images anywhere you want to, instead of being forced to put them inside an iPhoto Library.

Perhaps the changes are less of a problem for me, since I never used earlier versions? dntknw.gif
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« Reply #14 on: January 29, 2007, 07:56:35 PM »
Jane,
Your situation mimicked mine exactly.  I eventually gave in and republished the pages in iWeb.  

ABD... you are correct in the fact that Homepage is still available on .mac.... however, with the introduction of iPhoto 6, it is no longer integrated into iPhoto.  You must use iWeb.  The photocasting feature is not a good replacement for someone who has many pages already published on the Homepage feature of .Mac.  

Personally, I think that iWeb is the most disappointing thing that Apple has done in a long time.  It is a very limited 1.0 version of something that could be and may end up being something great. However, its introduction actually, took away a very handy feature that many of us that have been paying for .Mac from the beginning had come to rely on.  I expect that iLife 07 (whenever it is finally released) will provide some much needed improvement to iWeb.  However, I do not recommend further use of the Hompage feature since it is obviously being phased out.

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