a6k wrote:
I intend only to add to the list, not put anything down. I also use LR as well as other things.
There is an inherent problem with the fact that some editors are a part of a larger application which wants to "manage" or "catalog" your stuff. I resist that. But Photos and LR will fight you on that point.
The Mac comes with Photos and Preview. Both are capable of doing a reasonable amount of "editing".
You did not say what system you use but if you use Sony, take a look at the free Sony Image Data Converter for Mac.
RPP or Raw Photo Processor is only for Mac and the interface is unconventional but the power is impressive. http://www.raw-photo-processor.com/RPP/Overview.html It is contribution ware, optionally.
I tried "RawTherapee" which is open source and probably still in beta. I thought it had a lot of potential but I could not figure out how to use it.
I ran into a minor "feature" on the Mac. I like to work from the Finder where a folder of photos is my point of interest. From there I like to use whatever program I want to on whatever file I want to. So my normal approach is just like in Windows: right click, go to "open with", select the app for this time. I could not get either LR or Photos to appear on the list and had to use "other" and scroll through the resulting list of all apps. I spent about half an hour with Apple on the phone and could not solve it. My workaround is to put those programs on the Dock and then just drag the file to the app. That works well. Let me know if you have a solution.
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