Can iPhoto '11 plugins be developed?

Question

Unable to find information on developing iPhoto plugins for iPhoto 11. Has Apple completely abandoned the efforts of the iPhoto SDK?

Answer 1

I can’t answer this officially, but Apple seems to have refused it. The SDK / sample code was used to be easily accessible on the developer's site, but now it's pretty hard to track. The bright side is that this can still be done with the old code sample that they used to suggest that you might find it. The downside is that when it’s hard to find something like this, Apple will probably no longer support it. Of course, maybe they are going to adopt the new plugin architecture, but I will not hold my breath.

I found this link on the example of the iPhoto Exporter plugin code: http://code.google.com/p/slideshowexporter/ I think that whoever published this google code, he changed it to meet their needs, but it looks like which the source code is still in tact and may be a good starting point for you.

I can confirm that the Apple code example works with iPhoto 11. I simply do not have an official link.

Good luck.

Answer 2

One of the good news is that the iPhoto database is SQLite and is available to users who are already familiar with SQL. The layout has changed a lot between iPhoto '09 and '11, but with concepts, my experiments with accessing iPhotoMain.db from the sqlite3 command-line tool are still relevant.

Answer 3

Log in to your developer.apple.com account and paste it into Safari:

https://developer.apple.com/downloads/download.action?path=Developer_Tools/iphoto_08__plugin_sdk/iphoto_08_plugin_sdk.dmg