AiBrowser

iOS App for browsing iPhoto/Aperture photo library on Mac. There is free Lite version, too.

Required environment

Mac

OS X 10.9 and later
iPhoto or Aperture

iPhone/iPad

iOS 7 and later

Setup on Mac

Download AiPhotoServer and move into Application folder.

At the first launch, AiPhotoServer select your current photo library.

Setup AiPhotoServer

Click [Setup…] button.

Name: Name for the photo server.

Port: Network port number. The default number is 500000. You don’t have to change it.

Login ID & Password: If you want to restrict to access this server, fill the login ID and password.

You can open multiple photo libraries. Click [Add…] button, and select iPhoto/Aperture.

To remove photo library, click the library name and click [-] button.

AiPhotoServer detects the modification of photo library and reload it automatically. Click [Reload libraries] to force reload the libraries right away.

That’s all for Mac.

iPhone/iPad uses preview images. To get more hi-quarity image, check the Aperture‘s Preview settings.

Setup on iPhone

Install AiBrowser. Lite version is here.

First launch, add the server.

Name: Any name

IP Address: IP Addres of Mac which running AiPhotoServer. You See ‘192.168.5.9’ or ‘macbook-pro.local’ on AiPhotoServer‘s window. Enter 192.168.5.9 or macbook-pro.local whichever you like. If you want to access AiPhotoServer from internet, enter the domain here.

Port: Port number as AiPhotoServer. Default value is 50000.

Max image size: If you set the pixel size, the image is resized to fit the size at server side. 0 is orignal image.

USER ID&Password: Same as AiPhotoServer.

Tap [Connection test] to test the setting is right. If you got error, check IP Address, Port number, ID, Password.

If you want to access from internet, you need fixed global ip address or domain name. And setup the router to forward the packet for port 50000 to Mac which running AiPhotoServer.

Tap [Save] button to save the settings.