On this episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I dig into the wide and messy world of Apple photo management. We talk about pruning enormous libraries, what’s worth keeping, and the cleanup apps we trust to help. We also get into iCloud Shared Photo Library trade-offs and the fact that Apple’s 5 GB free tier is older than the iPad.
There’s a long section on scanning legacy prints with Google PhotoScan and the Epson FastFoto, plus the mail-in services we recommend and the one we’d skip. Set up Apple Digital Legacy Contact and 1Password Families emergency access tonight if you haven’t. The lightning round covers HEIF, Live Photos, and the one Apple setting we both wish we’d flipped years ago.
Episode Links
- Backblaze
- Parachute Backup (Mac App Store)
- Synology DiskStation
- SuperDuper!
- Carbon Copy Cloner
- MPU Talk forum
- PowerPhotos
- Gemini Photos (MacPaw)
- CleanMyMac
- SwipeWipe
- AI Cleaner
- Apple iCloud Shared Photo Library
- Apple Live Text
- Apple Photos HEIF support
- WidgetSmith by Underscore David Smith
- Pedometer++ by Underscore David Smith
- Apple Invites
- Austin Mann photographic style
- Pixelmator Pro
- Photomagico (Boinx Software)
- Day One
- Hazel
- Google Photos
- Amazon Photos
- Dropbox
- Mylio Photos
- Google Lens
- Claude
- ChatGPT
- Gemini (Google)
- DJI Osmo Pocket 3
- Sony A7C II
- Google PhotoScan
- Epson FastFoto FF-680W
- Epson Perfection V600
- Photomyne
- ScanMyPhotos
- EverPresent
- DiJiFi
- Legacybox
- Mimeo Photos
- Artifact Uprising
- Chatbooks
- Apple Digital Legacy Contact
- Apple Digital Legacy access for survivors
- 1Password Families
- Swedish Death Cleaning (Margareta Magnusson)
- MacFamilyTree 10 (Synium Software)
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