When you click on one of the folders, all the pictures load up on the right side as thumbnails. Step 4) Give it some time to find all the pictures and you’ll see the folders load on the left-hand side.
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So even if your pics are not in those folders, just choose it anyway and I’ll show you how to add the folders later. I usually choose the latter option (My Pics, My Docs, Desktop) because otherwise when the whole computer is scanned, it will pick up a lot of junk images that you probably don’t want (Office icons, etc). Once it loads, a dialog comes up asking to either scan your whole computer or just My Pictures, My Docs, and the desktop. Now if you have a ton of pictures and it’ll take too long to move them or you just don’t want to, then just go ahead and open Picasa and you can tell it to look in other folders for your pictures.
That’s where Picasa looks first for your pictures. Step 2) Next, before you start Picasa, you can move all your pictures to the My Pictures folder under My Documents. As mentioned before, it’s available for both Mac and Windows, which is really nice. You can just click Run, so that after it downloads, it’ll automatically start the installation. A dialog box should pop up asking to save the file or run it. Go to and click the Download Picasa link. However, due to Flickr's overwhelming popularity (especially among Mac users) and a seeming lack of integration with other Google tools (where are my GmailThis! and BlogThis! buttons?), I think Picasa Web Albums has a little ways to go before it gains any significant interest among Mac users.Ok, so here’s how you would go about setting up Google+ Photos with Picasa (and in turn setting up Picasa itself)…STEPWISE!
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On the downside, however, Picasa Web Albums only offers a measly 250MB of storage space for free, with a $25 upgrade option for an extra 6GB of space.Īll in all this is a handy service and the new tools are a great gesture on Google's part towards the Mac community. Users can chose whether to make uploaded albums public or private, which is where one of Picasa Web Albums' social features comes into play: users do have the ability to set other users as favorites in order to more easily view images and albums they upload (though, strangely, I can't seem to find any kind of public area where I can go hunting for other users). Most of the social aspects of Flickr, such as tagging, groups, etc., don't exist in Picasa Web Albums - it seems much more geared to those who mainly want a place to upload their photos online, with a simple gallery that is easy to link family and friends to (it's also obviously geared towards Picasa users on Windows too). I just took the iPhoto plugin for a spin and it works well, though I don't think Picasa Web Albums is aimed at your typical Flickr user (its largest and most obvious potential competitor).
I've never used the service before myself, though I signed up when Google first opened it up (I like to make myself available, when possible).
The second tool is a good ol' fashioned stand-alone uploader for those who want to fly solo. The first app (honesty a bit of a surprise) is a full-on plugin for iPhoto to let users upload their images right from within Apple's popular photo-management app.
GOOGLE PICASA MAC OS
No, Google hasn't brought Picasa to Mac OS X, but they did release two tools to let Mac users upload photos to their Picasa Web Albums service (think: 'Google does Flickr').
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