August 2019 • Macworld 49REVIEWthe images. Picktorial is a photo application – why
would I want to view more folders, or the contents of
just one folder at a time? I can do that in the Finder.
Lest I’m dwelling too much on annoyances, I’ll
counter by pointing out that Picktorial now includes
a Quick Album feature that lets you specify a target
album and add any image to it by selecting the
shot and pressing the B key. I also appreciate that
the application properly treats Raw+JPEG pairs
as a single image, with the option to choose which
version you want to edit.
Picktorial also does a fine job supporting
external drives and NAS (network-attached
storage) devices on your network. If a volume
you’ve added to Picktorial isn’t already connected,
the application will mount it automatically when
you’re on the local network. If you’re working
remotely, you need to mount the volume manually
in the Finder; once you do, Picktorial sees it, but
keep in mind you’ll be at the mercy of your current
Internet connection in terms of performance
working with those images.
And if you’re one of those people who’ve been
hanging onto Aperture since Apple discontinued
it – and now face the reality that it will stop
working altogether starting with the next major
macOS release – Picktorial can browse Aperture
libraries natively, no conversion needed. However,
there are caveats. When All Photos is selected,
Picktorial doesn’t keep that parsed structure in
mind, so you see not only the library images, but
also the low-resolution thumbnails that Aperture