Macintosh users: There was a bug in the original release that prevented you from uploading your pictures. I've since made an attempt to fix it, but don't have an reliable way to test it since I don't have a Mac. If you can, I'd really appreciate it if you can let me know if it works for you. Please use the "Albums" menu for any right-click functions instead of the context menu.
Tired of the way the Lomographic Society makes you upload your pictures to your Lomohome? 5 pictures at a time? No, thanks. Now there's a way to upload all of them at the same time with Macchiato!
Macchiato lets you drag-and-drop your pictures into its window, sort them out into different ablums and preview your pictures before they are uploaded. It also generates a Profile Wall with your pictures so you can see how they will look on your Lomohome before you upload them. Instead of spending your time uploading 5 pictures at a time, you can now do it all at once and have them all sorted the way you want.
How much does Macchiato cost? It's absolutely free-of-charge! So download it now and start posting those pictures! You don't even have to install it, just double-click on it after downloading and you're all set to go!
What do I need to use Macchiato?
Macchiato was written in Java so that it can used on Windows, Macintosh, Solaris and Linux. If you don't already have a Java Runtime Environment installed, you can download one from Sun Microsystems. I wrote Macchiato with the J2SE v1.4.2_04 SDK, but I suspect anything from v1.4.0 will work. Unfortunately, v1.3.x will not work.
How do you use it?
Log in using your Lomohome username and password. your password is not saved anywhere, so you don't have to worry about you Lomohome being hacked.
After logging in, the left portion of the window will show all the albums you have in your Lomohome. You can drag-and-drop picture into these existing albums, or create new ones to upload picture to. Note that pictures already in your Lomohome will not show up in this window.
You can preview pictures by clicking on it, or if you want to see a preview of a Profile Wall, right-click on the album and select Show As Profile Wall. Note that only the first 17 pictures will be part of the Profile Wall.
When you're ready to upload your albums, just right-click on the top-most node and select Upload All Albums, sit back and wait for the upload to complete Note that empty ablums will not be uploaded, and nothing already in your Lomohome will be deleted or overwritten.
Still have more questions?
Feel free to email me at spacenuke(AT)yahoo(DOT)com if you have any questions, or if you find a bug.
Known problem
There's one known problem that I have yet to fix with this version of the software. If you try to preview a Profile Wall of big pictures, the software will hang and look like it's still working but when in fact it's not. It should not affect how you use it though since the Lomographic Society only allows pictures of maximum size 768x512 pixels.