I found that the Run process took an abnormally long time and it had no progress bar showing – so, just be patient, it will finally pop up with the license agreement and, after you click ‘I agree’ and Ok the folder location, you’re almost done. Be prepared to wait a bit, this is a bigger file than past versions. Follow the instructions to download, then install or Run. If it reports that ‘This application is up to date’ you can still update to version 3.9 by going to the website at and click the big “Download Picasa” button. You might be able to upgrade by clicking on Help and Check for Updates but more often than not, this won’t inform you about new versions. You better know the answer to this question!Īlready have a good backup of all your pictures? Ok, let’s go.

However, your pictures are precious, and any upgrade can have it’s problems on some people’s computers so what do you do first? To upgrade, or not to upgrade, is that your question? There are definitely some features worth upgrading for! And that is what I’ll talk about in this article.

Picasa for mac os x lion