#Pixave library backup how to#
#Pixave library backup archive#
#Pixave library backup full#
#Pixave library backup trial#

IвЂ™ve created this page to compile everything you need to know (and probably more), in one place. And thatвЂ™s not surprising because it is a super confusing and somewhat fluid topic.

#Pixave library backup how to#

Honestly, if someone wrote a simple open source JS app that ran locally and displayed images and had basic tags/collections, that would be perfect.I hear a lot of confusion about how to backup your Silhouette Studio library to prepare for an update, a random library corruption, the inevitable hard drive crash, or to move it to a new computer.

#Pixave library backup trial#

I had a look at Pixave that Tim posted above and honestly, it looks better than Inboard and cheaper by about $10! It doesn't appear to have a trial version though so I haven't tried it out yet. With Inboard, my only complain is that the capture screenshot from a browser is often quite bad and I end up using a Chrome screenshot extension. I hope they don't try and be Ember and add a million neat but probably not terribly useful features. Inboard is dead simple and does all I need.

#Pixave library backup archive#

You can export as archive and screenshot as well if that's useful to you. Stache is more polished and has an iOS app (which admittedly I have but never really used). Also, I don't like loading webpages when I just want to look through static screenshots. What this means for me is that often sites change so what I originally wanted to save is now gone. In Stache it doesn't save screenshots but rather it shows live previews of the URLs you've saved. I used Stache for a while but I stopped using it once came out of beta.

#Pixave library backup full#

It's very helpful when I viewing a folder with full page screenshots.ДЄs its Twitter said, we maybe have to wait for a long time for the next version.ДЄww, I didn't know Octobox was closing down! Availabitily to save 1:1 ratio when viewing images.

simle edit functions like crop, filters, rotation.

Other features in my wishlist for version 2.0:

We can asign most of regular actions to a keyboard shortcut. It's a pity that I can't drag an image when viewing it to projects in the sidebar. It's also a bit delay when scrolling on a long list of folders. Pixa can do better with Live Folder by making it auto collapse and expand when user click it to keep the sidebar neater and easier for user to navigate. This feature works fast and auto-update within few seconds after changes in Finder. After realise it doesn't have that, I remove it. I've bought the new cool kid Pixave on App Store. I wish they did a bit of a visual refresh tho.ДЄnd if you're wondering I don't work at Pixa/Shiny Frog. Its great for times when you want to jump around your library but keep certain things open at the same time.ДЄll of these features keep me using Pixa. It's like a meta folder that references anything in your library in any place, that allows you to create a mood board without having to duplicate files or create a new folder in your source folder structure - trust me its sweet.Д¬: Tabs You can have multiple tabs open that display different folders or projects. your all looking at the same stuff and adding to the same library.Д«: Projects So your working on a new project and you want to collect some samples from your library to keep you focused and inspired. This is also sweet for teams, you can have a shared source library on dropbox and everyone runs pixa. This is great as you can organise things the way you like drop in images directly into Pixa or into the folder structure, and pow it's all good homies. Pixa allows you to create your own folder structure in dropbox or whatever and it simply references the contents in that folder. If that developer stops supporting the app or if the library gets corrupted your pretty screwed - back in the day i used iPhoto and that burnt me several times. Apps that create their own little library piss me off. I'll admit the UI and the feature set hasn't changed in a pretty long time but it has a few features that make it win over every thing else for me.ДЄ: Live Folders. I've been using Pixa for a couple of years.