Daniel KennettJan 19

I wrote a blog post about why we in the photography space *still* complain about Apple's Aperture going away over a decade later.

It was a *really* good app.

New blog post: A Lament For Aperture, The App We'll Never Get Over Losing

https://ikennd.ac/blog/2026/01/old-man-yells-at-modern-software-design/

Daniel Kennett - A Lament For Aperture, The App We'll Never Get Over Losing

I'm an old Mac-head at heart, and I've been using Macs since the mid 1990s (the first Mac I used was an LC II with System 7.1 installed on it). I don't tend to think that the computing experience was better in the olden days — sure, there's a thing to be said about the simplicity of older software, but most of my fondness for those days is nostalgia. An exception to that, however, is Apple's Aperture.

Show threadRaven667Jan 20
@ikenndac I think Apple as a company doesn't have the culture to create something like Aperture anymore, all the little details and affordances you describe is something they don't have the attention or focus to prioritize, which is why the replacements are basic shit.
Show threadDaniel Kennett
@raven667 I think Final Cut and Logic are good apps (although I don’t have the expertise in audio production to really evaluate Logic deeply), but I think they could if they *really* wanted to. Whether they want to, though, I think you might be right.
Jan 20 at 7:31amIvory for iOS
Show threadmathewJan 20
@ikenndac @raven667 Apple didn’t develop Final Cut Pro or Logic, though. They acquired them.