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iPhoto has been the photo editor of OS X for the last 13 years, and Apple's finally decided
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it's time for a change. That change is Photos, replacing both iPhoto and Aperture
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Photos is easier to use and more streamlined, to help keep your precious photos organised
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and to edit them into masterpieces. So here's everything you need to know about the new Photos app
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The first thing you'll notice is the design. It's a lot flatter than iPhoto and very similar to Photos on iOS, with a lot more visual space
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for your photos and navigation has been moved to the top with tools and options hidden away
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until needed. And as it's been designed from the ground up, they've built in iCloud support, unlike
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the way it was added onto iPhoto afterwards, which felt buggy and slow
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In the last few years, Instagram has completely changed how we see photos, and the main thing
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that people love? The filters. Well, built right into Photos are better filters, which was much needed after the very amateur
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looking presets within iPhoto. There is still the ability to fine tune your photos too, so don't worry if you'd like
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to tweak them yourself. Now, you may not be the best photographer, and trying to figure out if your photo is
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level can be time consuming. Well, no problem. Photos can automatically crop and straighten your image to ensure it's in perfect harmony
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with the rule of thirds. One of the worst things about iPhoto is when you start to gather too many images
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It would start to slow down and if not managed correctly, would start to look messy
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Well, Photos changes all of that as it's built to manage large libraries
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And scrolling through all of my pictures is a breeze. If you're an avid Facebook or Twitter user, you can still share them along with any app
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or service that adds support via an extension. If you've ever ordered any printed books from Apple, you'll know how beautiful and crispy
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images look once they arrive. Well, now new themes have been added to the Projects tab
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Everything from panoramas to square albums or even huge canvases. So there you have it, a quick look at the Photos app in action
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But a lot of you will be wondering if it's better than iPhoto and Aperture
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Well, it depends. If you're a major Aperture user, a lot of the settings and tools are completely gone
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So you'll probably want to stick to Aperture. If you mainly use iPhoto though, Photos will be great as it's basically the iOS editor
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on your Mac. It's a lot more lightweight and a lot easier to use
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But what do you think? Let me know your opinion in the comments down below
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