r/flickr

What do you guys think about it, that you can't download your own image in the original size? Imagine you lost your photos for some reason, and you must be a Flickr Pro to get your OWN photos back. I don't know about it, but in my opinion, this isn't right and unfair. Not even Deviantart does that method.

I don't think I'm nearly close to be a good photographer but it's weird some of my ordinary photos get 200+ faves and the one I consider my best ever got only 28 faves.

Is it me or is it people around?

This is my best one http://flic.kr/p/KgB69

What do you think, is it a stupid question? Do I have bad taste in photography? What makes us stop for a photograph, and what makes us stay with it?

Hi all,

A few weeks ago some of you tried my Mac app for managing big Flickr libraries, and a lot of you told me what was wrong with it. Thank you. Version 1.4.3 went live on the Mac App Store today, and most of what changed came from your comments and from one very long email from a user.

Why I made it: I've been on Flickr since 2005, Pro since 2012, and my library is about 138,000 photos. Flickr's website is lovely for looking at photos and painful for keeping that many in order. I wanted bulk edits, tags I can rename everywhere, a real backup, and some idea of what people actually look at.

What's new since 1.3.5:

- Upload no longer gives up when one file fails, shows each file's progress, and won't send a photo twice

- Selection works like the Finder: click, shift-click, double-click to open

- The same tools on every screen: select photos anywhere and you get the same bar (details, privacy, albums, groups, location, delete)

- Library health finds suspicious dates and likely duplicates, and you fix photos straight from the list

- Numbered titles: Paris_### becomes Paris_001, Paris_002...

- One progress notice for bulk changes, and it only says done when it's really done

- A photo's details show its groups and albums, and can add it to several albums at once

- Setup is clearer about which password is the app's and which is Flickr's

Someone here asked me last week how much of this is AI, and it's a fair question, so here it is up front: I build the app with an AI coding assistant (Claude Code). I decide what goes in and test everything on my own library, but the AI writes most of the code. There's no AI inside the app. It only talks to Flickr, and to Apple if you buy Pro, and your photos and keys stay on your Mac.

It's free to try, with a one-time Pro unlock, no subscription. You need your own Flickr API key, and Flickr only gives those to Pro accounts. There's a step-by-step guide on the site.

Honestly, posting here again makes me a bit nervous. The last round was humbling, and it made the app much better. If something annoys you, tell me. That's how half of this got built.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/photo-stream-assistant/id6759663701?mt=12