Re:How Retroactive makes Aperture, iPhoto, and iTunes work a...
by jwr on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @05:16AM
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Everything you wrote is very intriguing and largely aligned with my goals. I'd like to take a closer look at what you are building.
There is still the issue of control: I am worried about the lack of a "Pricing" page, not because I do not want to pay (quite the opposite), but because I am worried about the sustainability of your business. And about what will happen when you sell it to Google, or otherwise abandon it.
File storage (if you opt for PhotoStructure doing automatic organization) is configurable (with a default of $library/yyyy/yyyy-mm-dd/$original-filename).
All metadata extracted or changed is saved in standard-format sidecars next to the original, or in the image itself. The sidecar format and whether to use sidecars for edits are both configurable.
The database is a SQLite DB with a straightforward schema (although as I add features, each version has had db migrations).
If you try PhotoStructure out, and you find or think of anything else I can do to set things up to be more friendly to long-term storage, I'd love to hear your ideas.
(Sharing is coming in a future release, both via any hierarchical tag, or by manually-selected images).