![]() ![]() Its Timeline view lets you view all uploaded images backwards in time, like iOS 7’s upcoming Moments feature in the Photos app in addition, Loom has support for albums and subalbums built right into the app. Loom’s organizational tools might be the ultimate winner here, though. Unfortunately the iOS apps have no support yet for Open In, though Senderek notes that it’s on the list of to-dos in the meantime, you can download the image to your camera roll, make changes, and then sync. The workflow is blessedly simple, and lets me take editing someplace outside of my default photo manager. So if you want to edit a great photo from your trip overseas last week, you can just download it, make your changes, and re-upload it to Loom (or send it on its journey elsewhere). You can upload from anywhere, view from anywhere, and even download your full high-resolution photos and video from anywhere. In contrast, Loom is a hot-air balloon: It floats to wherever it’s needed. You can view your images from any device they’ll be optimized specifically for that device. (Adding your iPhoto Library to Dropbox can be even worse in this respect, and though Dropbox has developed a prototype import tool inĪn upcoming beta, it still might be dicey.) You can put your library on an external hard drive to use it with multiple computers, but that can occasionally lead to photo corruption and issues with library rebuilding. The big trouble with applications like iPhoto and Aperture is that their libraries are stationary: iPhoto can be associated with only one library at a time, and that library must have enough room to be stored on a single hard drive. Why? Because of Loom’s organizational power. The good news is, if you use Loom as it’s intended to be used-as a cloud-based library-you may never run into duplicate problems after initial import issues, because you’ll likely never need to upload iPhone pictures to your computer again. Senderek and his team are, again, aware of the issue, and are working on a solution, but in the meantime, you’re stuck managing those duplicates yourself. Unfortunately, it currently can’t seem to identify photo duplicates from different sources-that is, if I synced my iPhone to my computer, and then synced both the phone and the computer to Loom, the service would upload both copies of those photographs. And if you delete a photo on Loom that still happens to be on your iPhone, the app recognizes this and doesn’t attempt to re-upload the offending image. ![]() The app also seems to be pretty good about syncing and deletion: Once you sync images to Loom, they’re there until you delete them from the service. (Some people like keeping “Funny Screenshots” albums, okay?) It’s also much better with file formats than fellow competitorĮverpix, which supports only JPG uploads. By default, upload happens only when you have the Loom app open, though there’s also a switch to turn on background processing. Download the Loom app for your iOS device, log in, and your device’s photos will automatically begin uploading. I’m rather glad Loom started simply: The syncing services it offers now work seamlessly with little fiddling or behind-the-scenes meddling. IPhoto, Instagram, Facebook, and Flickr but Loom founder Jan Senderek told me that such a feature is currently in the works and should arrive in the coming months. It’s currently missing sync support for some of the big services and programs, such as If you have the space, however, the photo service can sync with an unlimited number of iOS devices and computers. Loom offers larger storage options if you plan to keep more photos on its service. Also similar to Dropbox is Loom’s storage limit: Users get 5GB free, and can pay $4 a month to upgrade to 50GB or $10 a month for 500GB. ![]() Activate Loom on your computer, and you get another Dropbox-like feature: local copies of all your photographs and video, synced to a designated Loom folder on your hard drive. Currently, the photo service offers three ways to upload (and then view) your images: on an iOS device, via the Web, or on your Mac. It shares the same clean, crisp design that the cloud storage giant is known for, though without some of its more-cartoonish flair. From the start, it’s easy to see why Loom is drawing comparisons toĭropbox. ![]()
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