You can get 20GB for £0.79 a month, which may cover you if you’re only using your phone to take pictures with. You will almost definitely want to upgrade that if you take photos on a regular basis, even if just with your iPhone. This means that photos you take with your other Apple devices will be automatically synced with your Mac via the iCloud if you choose to use it.Īpple gives you 5GB free iCloud storage. If you have an iPhone or an iPad, or perhaps another Mac, you’ll already be familiar with iCloud, and you’ll be asked if you want to use your iCloud library when you start up Photos. Once you have installed the new operating system, launch the Photos app for the first time and you’ll be prompted with a few different screens to get you started. If you already have Aperture and iPhoto on your machine, and you still want to use them, you don’t need to worry about these being deleted despite the fact that Apple will no longer be updating them. After it’s done, you’ll find that the new Photos app is automatically installed.

All you need to do is install the latest Yosemite operating system when prompted by your Mac. It’s worth remembering that this is just Photos 1.0, and as such Apple is likely to be adjusting and updating the app over the coming months and years to include different and new features after feedback from consumers. The new Photos app from Apple is available for free for anybody who upgrades to the latest Yosemite 10.10.3 operating system (also free).Īpple is no longer creating new versions of its previous photographic apps, iPhoto and Aperture, although the company is keen to stress that Photos is not meant to be a replacement for Aperture.

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