Absolutely. I gave both iPhoto and Aperture a spin, but they're really really horrible when it comes to managing copies and eating drive space.
In the end I settled for using the OS X "Image Capture" to transfer .jpegs and .mp4s into my own directory structure, so I can rsync it to my linux backup server or copy them to an USB drive and _see the images are there_, instead of some magic "photo.library single-file-folder-hidden-contents".
And then I settled for Picasa to browse them. I freed up around 20% of my hard drive just from losing the iPhoto/Aperture thumbnails and 1024x1024 previews.
Unfortunately Picasa still wants to cache thumbnails and it takes up quite some space, but I'm still coming out ahead.
Photo streams are a brilliant idea, but horribly executed. The article hits the nail straight on the head.
I'm on the road, can't verify where it is, but off top of my head, right click the project, disable generate previews. May also be in File menu when a project is selected. Be sure to turn off auto generate previews on import. There are tons of blogs about this, Google for screenshots.
In the end I settled for using the OS X "Image Capture" to transfer .jpegs and .mp4s into my own directory structure, so I can rsync it to my linux backup server or copy them to an USB drive and _see the images are there_, instead of some magic "photo.library single-file-folder-hidden-contents".
And then I settled for Picasa to browse them. I freed up around 20% of my hard drive just from losing the iPhoto/Aperture thumbnails and 1024x1024 previews.
Unfortunately Picasa still wants to cache thumbnails and it takes up quite some space, but I'm still coming out ahead.
Photo streams are a brilliant idea, but horribly executed. The article hits the nail straight on the head.