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Forget about Picasa and Learn Files and Folders

Forget about Picasa and Learn Files and Folders

In Windows it’s called ‘Explorer’, in Macintosh it’s called ‘Finder.’  It’s the computer’s way of storing and organizing files and folders.  Picasa is software that sits on top of the files and folders. “Picasa does not store your pictures, it is a tool for working with the pictures that exist in your computer’s folders.” We’ve Read More

Upgrading to Picasa 3.9

Upgrading to Picasa 3.9

To upgrade, or not to upgrade, is that your question?  There are definitely some features worth upgrading for!  And that is what I’ll talk about in this article.  However, your pictures are precious, and any upgrade can have it’s problems on some people’s computers so what do you do first?  You better know the answer Read More

Backup your Picasa Web Albums with Takeout

Backup your Picasa Web Albums with Takeout

Several articles in this website preach about backing up your pictures from your computer. (Picasa Tip: Why I Backup to CD/DVD, Have you Backed up your Pictures Lately?, Backp! Backup! Backup!, Don’t Delete your Original Photos)  This article is about how you can bacukup the pictures on your Picasa Web Albums. Even if you don’t Read More

Picasa Releases version 3.9

Picasa Releases version 3.9

Last week, Google came out with a new version of Picasa – version 3.9.  There are some major differences between this version and its predecessor, version 3.8.  Here’s the official list: Added ability to upload to Google+: share with circles, post pictures to your stream, and upload images at original size. Social Tagging: name tag Read More

The Easy Way to Scan Slides

The Easy Way to Scan Slides

There are slide scanners that you can buy that do a pretty good job.  But, how are you going to decide which of your old slides to scan?  You’ll probably need to project them and take a look before you can decide right?  Well, why not just snap a digital picture of the ones you Read More

Forget about Picasa and Learn Files and Folders

Forget about Picasa and Learn Files and Folders

In Windows it’s called ‘Explorer’, in Macintosh it’s called ‘Finder.’  It’s the computer’s way of storing and organizing files and folders.  Picasa is software that sits on top of the files and folders. “Picasa does not store your pictures, it is a tool for working with the pictures that exist in your computer’s folders.” We’ve Read More

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