Photos apparently only renames ratings that come from an existing Aperture library so a Photo Mechanic user would have to select rated images and append stars, colors, or other keywords to the previously applied metadata. So where could this fit into a Photos workflow? It's a little kludgy but a Photos user would move all renaming, metadata, and rating operations into Photo Mechanic as the first step. It does all of this with stability and speed. Once done, Photo Mechanic makes quick work of viewing your intake, attaching your GPS data, and allowing you to rate your images. Much of that metadata can be automatically generated from a huge collection of variables that Photo Mechanic makes available. What Photo Mechanic does really well is that it can “ingest” a folder or camera card of images, rename and back up the files as it goes, and apply any metadata you may need. That said, it is my go-to photography appliance. I don't find it to be a glamorous app but I don't spend enough time in it view it as anything other than a practical appliance. By doing this you're essentially future-proofing your workflow, so if/when Photos does allow you to add and view this metadata natively, your perviously imported images will already have it in place. Even after studying the cool automation in Joseph's Live Training: Importing Your Photos video, I never had the desire to shift my workflow to an Aperture-only import.Įditor's note: Keep in mind that while you can add metadata to your images with Photo Mechanic, you won't be able to view all of it in Photos. Every image I shoot goes through Photo Mechanic before importing into Aperture. Long before Aperture became my go-to tool, I developed a workflow that incorporated Photo Mechanic from Camera Bits. Ratings imported from an Aperture library are imported into Photos and converted to keywords, and it's unknown when or even if additional metadata features will appear.īut there are options for the user who is attracted to the accessibility and speed of Photos but can't live without their metadata. Metadata is simply nowhere near as available as it was in Aperture. A user can mark favorites and add keywords, but not much else.
#Quick photo mechanic tutorial for mac os x
The word is now out that Apple Photos.app for Mac OS X offers no ratings, color labels or flags, and only limited metadata editing.
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