Comments on: iPhoto without iLife?

Question: iPhoto without iLife?

PenguinBukkake — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:38:37 -0800

I have iPhoto2 on my Mac but after 3.5 years I find it pretty lame, so I decided to buy iPhoto6: but then I found out it comes bundled with iLife 06, ie 7 Gb of other programs I don't really want or need. I have about 11 Gb of free disk space. Is there a way to find a simple copy of iPhoto6 or, say, even iPhoto4? It should be about 600-700 Mb, I suppose. thanks!

By: bcwinters

bcwinters — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:42:08 -0800

You can buy iLife '05 at a pretty deep discount these days. It includes iPhoto 5 and it's going for $27 on Amazon. I don't remember if the installer lets you just install one program separate from the rest, but if it doesn't you can always trash GarageBand et al since Apple's programs are quite self-contained.

By: Yeomans

Yeomans — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:50:16 -0800

Use Pacifist. That's what I did (I didn't want GarageBand, iWeb, etc.).

By: filmgeek

filmgeek — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:51:42 -0800

I can't recall if the installers are seperate for each app...but Pacifist (search versiontracker.com) will allow you to extract bundles - permitting you to grab a key piece from tiger you accidentally deleted (like a utlitiy); and will likely work in this case.

By: neustile

neustile — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:54:22 -0800

You can't just buy iPhoto, no. If you buy iLife you can choose not to install the other things in the installer. If your mac is old check the system requirements for the version of iLife you're buying.

By: PenguinBukkake

PenguinBukkake — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:14:43 -0800

well, I'd mark all answers as best, thanks a bunch!
I just called a friend who told me that the huge file is GarageBand, that I don't really need anyway, so if I get iLife 05 as suggested by bcwinters I'll just need about 250 Mb to install iPhoto and iMovie only
thanks a lot!

By: PenguinBukkake

PenguinBukkake — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:15:08 -0800

and Pacifist sounds very cool!

By: drstein

drstein — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:17:56 -0800

At least with the version I have, you don't have to install everything. (iLife 06)

Just do a custom install and unselect everything you don't want to install. You don't need Pacifist for that. No need to over-complicate everything. ;-)

And by all means, check the system requirements before you buy.

By: kindall

kindall — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:57:08 -0800

You might also want to look at Kodak EasyShare. It's free and it does work fine with other cameras besides Kodak's. I used to use it in lieu of iPhoto. It doesn't do RAW, which is why I eventually went back to iPhoto with version 6, but I still have a lot of my older photos in EasyShare; it's easier to just leave them there than to move them to iPhoto.

By: kindall

kindall — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:00:59 -0800

I neglected to mention that the reason I used EasyShare back in the day was because iPhoto's performance sucked badly, and EasyShare was much faster. If that's your dilemma too, definitely check it out.

(The new iPhoto is much faster and I can recommend it as well, but if you're leery of spending the money, especially if you're not going to use the various other parts of iLife...)

By: smackfu

smackfu — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:21:16 -0800

iDVD is also huge, because of the video templates. To your question, I got iLife '06 and only installed iPhoto and iMovie due to limited disk space and it worked just fine.

Personally, I think iPhoto '06 is way better than '05 and worth the movie. The full screen editing mode is that good.

By: majick

majick — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:24:21 -0800

Both iLife 05 and 06 allow you to pick which applications to install, no Pacifist required.

By: WCityMike

WCityMike — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 18:47:06 -0800

Not directly on point, but if you're looking for a very decent app that beats the pants off of iPhoto and does much of its stuff (and more), give GraphicConverter a try. I've been very happy with it even since my days in Mac OS 9.