Comments on: Picasa Release Mac Version

By: Ben Hammond

Ben Hammond — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:50:27 +0000

I definitely love picasa way more than iphoto. I was very disappointed when I switched from PC and had to use iPhoto. So glad this is here… thought I hope this doesn’t give any indication as to how long it will take Chrome to land on Mac (took Picasa more than 3 years).

By: Flagman

Flagman — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:54:18 +0000

Hmm however the “fix” released today does not run on my Mac… after I installed it, Picasa wont start… it doesnt show any error message, just doesnt start at all… anybody having the same problem?

By: Kai

Kai — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:05:03 +0000

In related news, there was an update released earlier today that is meant to fix the problem with it crashing with certain TIFF images, notably Photomatix images.

By: Kai

Kai — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:03:46 +0000

Yes, that’s right. Picasa will not run on any G5 – it is Intel only…

By: Rheta Schoeneman

Rheta Schoeneman — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:44:49 +0000

I just downloaded Picassa. I have a G5 Power Mac single processor running Leopard. I read in lots of comments that Picassa for Mac does not support Power PC macs. Does that mean I can’t use Picassa on this Mac? Is it made for only Intel Macs? Should I delete it?

By: Marcin Petruszka

Marcin Petruszka — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:16:20 +0000

I wonder if I could export my photos from Aperture to Picasa Web Albums the way I can export form Aperture to Flickr? Any news on that? I know that there’s an export option from iPhoto to PWA and that I can access my Aperture Library from within iPhoto but it’s so un-mac a sollution ;)
So unless there’s a true Aperture to Picasa Web Albums export I’m not switching from Flickr. And the only reason for me to switch would be the unlimited albums one can have in Google’s sollution vs. Flickr’s only 3 in the free account.
Could someone help me on this please,

By: Arthur

Arthur — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:55:21 +0000

I agree with Jason, if you are serious get Aperture 2 and plug- ins as needed. Ditto concerning iPhoto.

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:58:29 +0000

I love my Mac and I would love to use Picasa on it… unfortunately there’s no PowerPC support… great:(

By: Kai

Kai — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:25:49 +0000

There seems to be a problem with Picasa for Mac and TIFF images created with Photomatix – check out the following thread and post a comment if this is the cause of your crashes – the more people post then hopefully the quicker this will be fixed!

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Picasa/thread?tid=43cace71df6d6150&hl=en

By: Tibian

Tibian — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:41:32 +0000

Picasa for mac is not for Power PC. It’s for Intel Macs.