Having first been made available to developers back in February, OS X 10.10.3 may be arriving for the rest of us today, according to a new report in the Associated Press.
The article in question concerns the new (free) Photos app for Mac, which serves as a replacement for iPhoto and Aperture. Photos makes it easy to organize and edit your photos using professional grade tools, such as granular color correction and a slew of other functions, previously available only in pro-grade apps like Adobe Lightroom.
The article’s author praises the new cropping option in Photos, which makes it simple to straighten photos based on their horizon line. “My only complaint is it takes a few extra steps to make sure the cropped image retains the original’s dimensions,” the review notes, adding that the author hopes a future update will let this be set as the default.
The article also emphasizes Photo’s approach to storage, with full-res photos stored on iCloud, while lower-res copies are stored locally. While this does free up space and make it much easier to sync your mobile photos to Mac, it may also mean that you need to consider investing in more iCloud storage space.
“[The standard] 5 free gigabytes only translates to roughly 3,000 iPhone photos, not to mention video or larger files from stand-alone cameras,” the article notes.
Previous betas of OS X 10.10.3 have also added a new single sheet of emoji, racially diverse emoji, and two factor authentication for Gmail.
Check out Cult of Mac’s own Photos hands-on video below:
Source: Associated Press
