Fwd: Mac users - image software

**U* G* <i*@underwoodgardens.com>**

I sent this to a couple of mac user - photographer friends and here's  
what they answered:
Underwood Gardens
info@underwoodgardens.com

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> I can understand the frustration with iPhoto. It's not obvious that  
> it's really more like a data base for organizing image files. It  
> does not alter the underlying files. Even the editing tools only  
> make changes to a copy of the photo. The original is left  
> untouched. This is usually seen as a good thing. Always having the  
> original to go back to has saved me many times!
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> As a graphics professional I use iPhoto to catalog my digital  
> images. It's not perfect but it's free and very capable and you can  
> add key word searches to images to cut down on the searching.
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> Check out this link for more options.
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> http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/imagedatabasemac/ 
> Image_and_Photo_Databases_and_Cataloging_Software_Macintosh.htm
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> http://www.macworld.com and http://www.maclife.com are both very  
> good resources for reviews and information for getting the most out  
> of iPhoto. There are some great tips and tricks in there.
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> Having a lot of image files on your mac shouldn't slow it down  
> though. As long as you keep about 10 Gigs free the number of files  
> shouldn't matter. If you are experiencing slow down it is probably  
> something else. There is a very good article in MacWorld on this  
> subject. Restarting occasionally really helps, as does restarting  
> your web browser periodically. Leaving it running for a long time  
> gradually uses more and more ram and can lead to a noticable slow  
> down.
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> Richard Cowley
> www.zeddezign.com
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> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: "Doug Green" <deegeeguy@gmail.com>
>> Date: June 17, 2008 10:20:38 AM CDT
>> To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum"  
>> <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
>> Subject: [GWL] Mac users - image software
>> Reply-To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum  
>> <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
>>
>> I ran into an interesting problem with my Mac this week that I'd  
>> appreciate
>> a few notes from more experienced Mac users.
>>
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