![]() ![]() We believe we can create a much better experience by focusing on one service that provides more functionality and works across mobile and desktop, rather than divide our efforts across two different products." Picasa: When is Picasa shutting down? After much thought and consideration, we’ve decided to retire Picasa over the coming months in order to focus entirely on a single photo service in Google Photos. "Since the launch of Google Photos, we’ve had a lot of questions around what this means for the future of Picasa. In a blog post, Google gave the following explanation: You can read more about Google Photos via Pocket-lint's in-depth review or this official Help hub for Google Photos. There is also automatic tagging, auto-enhancing, and an animation creator, among other intelligent features. Both versions let you upload photos and videos from your device, then edit them, and share them with friends. Google Photos is a mobile app for Android or iOS smartphones. You can read more about both services from Google's support page. Meanwhile, Picasa Web Albums is a website where you upload and share photos and videos, and you can see the same media in your Google Photos account. ![]() Picasa is an app that you install on your computer to let you edit and organise your photos and videos on Windows and Mac OS X computers- all while preserving your original media. Picasa: What is Picasa and Picasa Web Albums? And we've laid out all that information below and more, with the purpose of making this abrupt transition a little easier on you. Google has outlined what you can do with your photos and videos prior to Picasa shutting down. Install the latest version of Picasa.įor Ultra HD-screens (Windows): right click on the Picasa-icon on desktop and choose Properties > Compatibility: you can switch-on an option for High DPI.If you're a Picasa diehard, have no fear. Under Automatic Updates, change to "Don't check for updates" then click OK. If Picasa fails to install, then uninstall your present version, go to Tools > Options > General tab. Your photos exist on your computer and will not be harmed or lost during an installation The installation process will find the existing Picasa database and photos on your computer. You don't need to first uninstall your present Picasa version exe file (see section above) and run the installer over your previous version If your version is earlier than the final version 3.9.141 build 259, do the following: In the "About Picasa" box under the Picasa logo is the version and build number We have been informed that this does no longer work on the latest Macs.Ĭheck your version of Picasa by going to Help > About Picasa You could also get the setup file, at your own risk, from Filehippo You would use that file whenever you need to install or reinstall Picasa3 to another computer, to install after your computer was reformatted, or for any other reason you need to reinstall.Ī Product Expert has made the final Picasa3 setup file for Windows available at this THIS link (picasa39-setup.exe) or HERE. If you have already downloaded the Picasa installation file, save the file to several different places such as external drives, flash drives (USB), CDs, Google Drive. See below for directions how to find the latest Picasa installation file for Windows and Mac. The latest version for Mac computers is Version 3.9 The latest version for Windows computers is Picasa 3.9.141 Build 259 Google stopped supporting Picasa3 on March 15, 2016, and removed the installation file from the Picasa and Picasa Web Albums Help website. ![]()
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