Newsletter Archives

• Windows Live Photo Gallery

  Posted on June 24, 2024 at 02:43 CDT by Mary Branscombe

  SOFTWARE

  

  By Mary Branscombe

  It’s tempting to remember older software as being better and more reliable than newer tools, with their constant redesigns and updates. Do the Live Essentials tools still hold up?

  Microsoft keeps resetting its photo-editing tools. Every new version seems to drop useful features and become less reliable.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.26.0, 2024-06-24).

  Software Facial recognition, Newsletters, OneDrive, Photos App, Photos Legacy, Windows Live Essentials, Windows Live Photo Gallery

• How to get photos and videos from your phone to your PC

  Posted on March 11, 2024 at 02:44 CDT by Lance Whitney • Comment in the Forums

  WINDOWS 11

  

  By Lance Whitney

  Your mobile phone may be home to thousands of photos and videos. Now’s the time to back up and sync them to your Windows computer.

  I have some 12,250 photos and videos stored on my iPhone. And if something dire happened to my phone, all those photos and videos could be lost. That’s why I copy and sync them all between my phone and my Windows PC. If you’re in the same boat, there is a host of ways you can transfer and back up your precious photographic memories to your computer.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.11.0, 2024-03-11).

  Windows 11 Android, iCloud, iCloud Photos, iPhone, Newsletters, OneDrive, Personal Media, Phone Link, Photos, Photos App, Photos Legacy, Videos

• Microsoft Photos, Photos Legacy, and Windows 10

  Posted on December 4, 2023 at 02:42 CST by Ed Tittel • Comment in the Forums

  WINDOWS 11

  

  By Ed Tittel

  An investigation into the backport of the new Microsoft Photos app into Windows 10 raises some interesting questions. Not all have answers.

  A funny thing happened to Windows 10 late this summer. Microsoft proclaimed in April that no new feature upgrades would happen for this older but still vigorous Windows OS, an unexpected feature release for Windows 10 silently upgraded the Photos app. This “new” version turns out to be the same as the Photos app in Windows 11. At the end of October, yet another Photos app, called Photos Legacy, appeared in the Microsoft Store; it supposedly matches the original version bundled with Windows 10.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.49.0, 2023-12-04).

  Windows 11 Newsletters, Photos App, Photos Legacy, Windows 10, Windows 11