tylerhallMay 27
Iris for macOS is available. It's the native photo and video library I always wanted. I hope you like it, too. https://irisphotos.app
Show threadMarvin R
@tylerhall looking forward to checking it out - looks really cool!
From the website it seems this would not work well with iCloud Photo Library (with optimize storage)?
I probably need to find some external drive to download all my photos 🤔
May 27 at 5:39pmIvory for iOS
Show threadtylerhallMay 27
@marv51 Yep. Iris will do its best with cloud-only photos. Will try and find the best available thumbnail. But definitely works better with Apple Photos when everything is downloaded offline.
Show threadAli AlmMay 27
@tylerhall @marv51 what limitations should I expect with an optimized photo library? I’m willing to sacrifice the thumbnails as they’re not critical to me. But will it still read all the metadata and offer stats? Will search still work as expected? Will I have the spreadsheet?
Show threadtylerhallMay 27
@AliAlmo @marv51 Stats and search will still work, but with the caveat: If the original files aren't available on disk, Iris will still import whatever it can read from the Photos database. But metadata that is only in the original files won't be available. If Iris is able to get a cached thumbnail from Apple Photos, it will attempt to scan faces / do ML stuff on that - but the original file would be best.