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PictureSync for Mac in its current form is now officially end-of-life. What this means: service provider plug-ins will be maintained where reasonable all functionality is free no further support is available You can download the latest release (1... → Read more

Deck the halls with boughs of holly, tra-la-la la, 'tis the season to be jolly…and in the sprit of well-wishing and gift-giving (it's the thought that counts*), PictureSync licences will be free for all on Christmas day!... → Read more

Want to check out and help test what is best described as PictureSync-in-a-cloud? Got an iPhone or Nokia N-series? Want to upload to services PictureSync doesn't support yet like Blogger, Picasa, Pikeo, Phanfare, Tumblr, TypePad, Wordpress or YouTube?... → Read more

Now that Zooomr's made it out with a fully fledged API in their latest release, I've restored the Zooomr plugin to the services list in PictureSync for Mac [Download]. Just click WindowAccounts+ and it'll appear (or choose HelpCheck for updates if you already have a Zooomr account in your list)... → Read more

Regrettably this has been sitting partially on the backburner for the past few months, but I'm pleased to make a public alpha of PictureSync for Windows available. I must stress the alpha. This release can be used to annotate and upload JPEGs... → Read more

Just a quick note to those of you using or considering upgrading to Aperture 2. PictureSync support for grabbing your selection is broken, I will investigate and fix but this may be a good few weeks away I'm afraid. In the mean time you can use drag and drop... → Read more

[Update] Additional issues with r13 have been fixed, the latest version is r14. See below. I've just released an update (v1.8r13) that fixes the Can't get item 1 of "" bug on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard which was launched yesterday... → Read more

[Update 15th Sept.] The Alpha release is now out for testing with small number of willing participants, you're still welcome to join in! Nope this isn't the actual announcement of the PictureSync Windows Alpha test, but if you'd like to be in on it please drop me a message to feedback [at] picturesync [dot] net... → Read more

Support for Gallery, the open-source self-hosted web application, is by the most frequently requested plugin for PictureSync. Well I'm glad to say I've just released a plugin for Gallery 2, or more specifically version 2... → Read more

Joining the likes of Yahoo! Photos and ClubPhoto, Sony ImageStation is itself closing on 1st February 2008, whilst uploads will be stopped on November the 12th. More information about the shutdown is at their site. They've partnered with Shutterfly (only) for keeping your photos online, but you can also order a CD... → Read more

Just a quick update on v1.8 release 4… For the most part this is something that takes place transparently, but if you're interested or are attempting integration with a more complex workflow, you should read the updated documentation that explains how PictureSync records upload states and IDs... → Read more

If you're a Yahoo! Photos user you're no doubt no resigned to the fact that they're closing down on the 20th September (if you have a country-specific account the details vary). Yahoo! have very kindly provided a number of options for moving your photos to other providers, including their own sparkly Flickr service... → Read more

PictureSync version 1.8 is now available, grab it here. Read on for news and more. Install You may now double-click PictureSync on the disk image and it'll copy itself to your Applications folder, replace any prior version there, then eject the disk image and delete it (if on your desktop)... → Read more

Facebook: there's a new plugin available. (Open the Window menu, choose Accounts, then click [+] and wait a second for the list to update.) Vimeo: I really love Vimeo, but until they add an upload API I'm dropping support, unless a significant number of you request otherwise... → Read more

iView MediaPro is becoming Microsoft Expression Media, and with this change its price will also increase to $299. iView will stop selling MediaPro on May 16th. All registered MediaPro v3 licences will be upgraded for free to an Expression Media licence... → Read more

Some users reported 'service returned an unexpected response' errors trying to add their Flickr account. This type of error generally means something went wrong on the service provider's side, and indeed in this case Flickr were having a problem authenticating accounts... → Read more

To whet your appetite this is a glimpse of the new main window in PictureSync version 2. It's effectively identical on both Mac and Windows (save for the drop shadow and window controls). I won't go into the functionality and workflow in this post, but you should be able to guess the basics!... → Read more

Version 1.7 is mainly a maintenance update and has no new functionality. It is required to use the latest plugins. All nags have been removed when unlicenced. Previously uploaded photos are again recognised as such so you can update your photos on Flickr, SmugMug, 23 and VOX... → Read more

Version Two is now on the drawing board for release in a couple of months. This will not be a major upgrade, but will include a brand new interface—bringing a new way to use PictureSync. This will open the way to new functionality later, but will no longer be supported on OS X 10... → Read more

Yes indeed, some eight months after 1.5 was released, now just after its second birthday, and with two million uploads in sight, it's now in the wild. Thanks you all for your feedback and bearing with me during this time. v1... → Read more

Apple released Aperture v1.5 at the Photokina trade show last week, this release is a free update and is available now (use Software Update). The latest PictureSync beta (release 25) adds support for Aperture v1.5 (prior versions are no longer supported) and will now import your selection just as it does with MediaPro and iPhoto... → Read more

When I first introduced album/photoset (or taxanomic containers) support in PictureSync I'd never envisaged the extent to which some of you use them. Because PictureSync downloads details or your albums when it starts up (or after you leave it alone for a while), and because it uses a rather lousy parsing mechanism that is compounded by some of the services overly verbose formats... → Read more