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Re: Gerik Parmele’s Hack To Stop Photos App From Loading On Your Macintosh

Gerik Parmele — Sat, 04 Jul 2015 09:08:26 -0000

Here's an interesting twist. The computer that I was struggling with was a brand new computer, out of the box with a fresh install of Yosemite. However, I just updated my Macbook Pro to Yosemite and was expecting the same problem. But I didn't. Photos didn't open automatically. A few other people I've talked to also seem to experience this problem on new computers and not on computers where they are upgrading to Yosemite. So there must be some hidden preference somewhere I think that could solve this.

Re: Gerik Parmele’s Hack To Stop Photos App From Loading On Your Macintosh

Gerik Parmele — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 12:01:31 -0000

Nice! I'll give it a try.

Re: Gerik Parmele’s Hack To Stop Photos App From Loading On Your Macintosh

Gerik Parmele — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 18:01:40 -0000

Another great tip Chris! Thanks. I was able to compress the Photos app. But when I went to delete the original I got a popup message that says: "Photos" can't be modified or deleted because it's required by OS X.

Re: Gerik Parmele’s Hack To Stop Photos App From Loading On Your Macintosh

Gerik Parmele — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 17:19:37 -0000

MacProCT - Yes this is true. But it has its flaws. After every shoot, when I'm done with my images, I reformat my cards in camera. Which erases that setting and when I put the same card back in to my computer it launches Photos app again. That's the first problem. The other thing I contend with is I'm sometimes shooting with multiple cards, sometimes as many as eight. So I'd have to do this for every card, assuming that I would never reformat them. And finally there are times when I'm working with other photographers and video shooters who are handling me their cards as well, so every card I touch I would have to activate this setting via Image Utility, again assuming that no one reformats their cards afterward. This is where I was at when I finally had enough, and came up with the hack I did. I really think Apple failed on this one by not allowing it's users to turn off this feature all together. In the end turning it off via Image Utility is not a sustainable solution for me, personally, and I imagine other professionals.

Re: Untitled by Jongchul Lee

Gerik Parmele — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:43:44 -0000

Judges Comments:
You certainly have a nice collection of images and some real gems in the mix. There are more "emotional toil" photos in this essay than I expected. Capitalize on that because it elevates this above similar essays that have the feel of "My friends are in a band and they let me hang out." This essay definitely doesn't feel finished to me. There's more story to tell. Perhaps that's why you had trouble editing it down. Keep working on it and my feeling is that your story "thread" will come together.

Re: Untitled by Ashley Ross

Gerik Parmele — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:12:58 -0000

Judges Comment:
I really loved how the story opened and closed. Both are really nice images. Jamie had a good point about "an edit that tells Carly's perspective too." I too was kind of hoping for a picture that connected me to Carly outside of her role as a counselor. You have a good eye for capturing moments, keep it up.