Mimeo Photos 4+

I'll admit I've only made a handful of these but always thought the built-in photobook utility included with iPhoto yielded some of the best, highest-quality books for the price and ease of use. I was sad to find out that Apple removed it in subsequent versions of Photos and dreaded having to find the perfect replacement.

I did a bit of research in the add-ins presented by Apple and Mimeo won out. It was easy to install / add to Photos and works just as easy as the old functionality in iPhoto. The book layout tool is relatively easy to use however there are a few limitations and UI choices that keep it from being a 5 for me. I had some problems with some auto-snapping / aligning when I was trying to change up the page layouts a bit. The options for text, formatting and text boxes are a bit limited and can be tricky to use because they won't expand to show ALL the text you're trying to put in the box. I also ran into some weird issues where a panorama photo with the same pixel dimensions and file size as one I'd already inserted as a two-page spread elsewhere wasn't going to be high enough quality to use on another pair of pages.

The books I ordered were gifts for some friends that went with me on an epic trip and I can tell you they *feel* special. The papers are high-quality, the printing is beautiful, the binding seems to be good and strong and I'm so excited to give these to the guys. I'll be ordering more of these soon.

Hi imfaust,

Thanks for your feedback! We truly value the support you have given us, and it motivates us to continually improve our products and services. Thanks to recent customer feedback we have improved our shipping service, image quality, and app user experience. Whenever you come across any difficulties, please feel free to reach out to our customer support team who are available 24/7. Simply go to mimeophotos.com and click the blue chat link. Alternatively, you can also use use our feedback tool https://mimeophotos.canny.io/feedback where you can join other Mimeo Photos users to upvote and or suggest new features you'd like to see in our app. If you love our app and think we've earned 5 stars, we'd greatly appreciate an update to your rating.

Thanks,
The Mimeo Photos Team

I was happy with making calendars on the Apple site, thus disappointed when they were discontinuing that service. I continued instead with Mimeo that first year, just transferring my calendar-in-progress to Mimeo as Apple suggested. The printed end product was just fine. For the next two years, I have made calendars and a couple of photo books through Mimeo directly. I have been delighted by the finished product. The paper is great quality and my photos look great - certainly as good, maybe better, than they turned out when Apple was producing them. As for the process of making these projects, there are some annoying things that I’ve experienced. Some of it is just in getting to know a different system; but in some cases, Mimeo needs to find ways to make it easier to choose a particular template, to see the whole layout while working, and to play around with placement while you are working. There’s still an awkwardness about that aspect. I hope they work out these things. As far as service, my experience has been a very good one. When I’ve had questions about these process issues, the response has been fast and helpful. And if it’s something they can’t do to make the process easier, they have said they will work on fixing it for the future. All in all, a good experience!

Hi nbsUWS,

Thank you for your review, we completely understand the frustration with using a new app. These feature are definitely something we are hoping to release in a future update.

If you love our app and think we've earned 5 stars, we'd greatly appreciate an update to your rating.

Thanks,
The Mimeo Photos Team

The first day I clicked and clicked and clicked and couldn’t figure it out. I have made calendars for years now, first in Apple iPhoto which were a snap and then it was moved to Mimeo. I was relieved and pleased that the presentation was exactly the same but instead of the Apple, now we had Mimeo on the cover…same paper and same quality so I suspect they made them before and after.
But every year the set up and manuvering always seemed to change and required refiguring for those of us who do not use it except once a year for calendars. At the end of a full day o total frustration I simply gave up and decided this would be a calendarless year. The folliwing morning, after a good night;s sleep I got up determined to “do it” and “did it”…….Not one but two different calendars and sent them on their way to be made. The final products were great….thanks, Mimeo….you have done it again. I hope I can do it again next year. I tried to get back to the conversation I had started with “Moe” where I complaied and whined to tell him I had actually got it done, but couldn’t get back into the “conversation”…..I hope he can read this. He tried ti help me but at that point I was beyond help. He did try….and I wanted to thank him for that. I felt good knowing that I could actually do it!!!!! See you next year, hopefully.

Hi Smith Fan,

Thank you for the wonderful review and for choosing Mimeo Photos! It means the world to us that you are happy with our products and that you will continue to create your calendars with us. Our support team is always happy to assist when creating your projects.

Thanks,
The Mimeo Photos Team