Google releases Picasa for Mac software

Google has released a public beta of its Picasa for Mac desktop software. Users can organize, edit and upload photos. The software, which runs on Intel Macs with OS X 10.4 or later. This is first time when Picasa has been offered for the Mac.

The free Picasa software is designed to help you organize your photos, regardless of where they reside on your computer. It imports photos from iPhoto library and other folders on your Mac, including external hard drives.

It also includes many editing tools, such as those for straightening, text generation, create collages, and removing red eye, as well as Photoshop-like effects and adjustments.

According to Jason Cook, product marketing manager for Picasa, it is an effort so that people can make their photos look better.

Picasa for Mac integrates with Google's Picasa Web Albums online photo-sharing service, which Mac users have had access to previously using Google's iPhoto plug-in or the standalone uploader application. Using Picasa, one can keep local and online photos in sync and share photos easily with those in a Gmail address book.

Picasa includes many other features too. For example, a slideshow movie maker with one-click YouTube uploading.

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