Refer to the following FAQ for the operating procedure. NOTE: If the message PlayMemories Home is running is displayed, shut down PlayMemories Home using the Task Manager and then try uninstalling it again. Here’s Your Chance to Help Fix Them.Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the uninstallation.
Playmemories Home Download The FileClick Save to download the file. Navigate the page and click on the Install PlayMemories Home button. Go to the PlayMemories Home main page.Navigate this page and click on the Install PlayMemories Home button. How to download (for Mac) Navigate further down to the bottom of the page and click on Download Mac version here. However, every few months, I pass along bug fixes, feature and lens requests from readers.If you use a Mac desktop computer.![]() Once you get them working they’re awesome – but the journey to get there can be an outright nightmare.Ninety percent of the complaints I receive on this website are PlayMemories related. They are also flat out frustrating to purchase and update. PlayMemories is Badly Broken and Needs a Fixin’Sony PlayMemories Camera Apps are extremely popular. If you’ve dealt with other camera companies you’ll realize that alone is a very rare thing.Why am I writing this? Because, one BIG issue that’s gone well beyond the breaking point. To install, double click on the saved file and follow the on-screen instructions.We would like to inform users that download services for the Windows 32-bit and Mac versions of PlayMemories Home, Action Cam Movie Creator MVR Studio and Sony.While Sony doesn’t always add features I suggest or fix issues as quickly as I’d like, I will say they always listen. Incompatibility with OS Updates and BrowsersSony is REALLY SLOW to update new Operating Systems – particularly MAC OS Updates. The Biggest Issues with PlayMemories Camera Apps 1. Trust me when I say, the message will be delivered to the PlayMemories Team. (Needless to say, I prefer Option A.) 3. Update the Sony PlayMemories website to clearly state which countries Sony is and isn’t able to sell paid camera apps. Update the Sony PlayMemories system so it’s possible to purchase Camera Apps in every country…B. Inability to Purchase Camera Apps in Countries Outside the PlayStation NetworkSony uses the PlayStation Network to sell paid apps so if you’re in a country not served by the PlayStation Network, it doesn’t mean that Sony doesn’t want to sell you camera apps – it means your government hasn’t given the PlayStation Network approval to operate in your country.A. This needs to be fixed yesterday! 2. PlayMemories needs to support EVERY Browser on the planet. PlayMemories Online – Used for downloading and updating Camera Apps What You Can DoIn the Comments section at the end of this post please let us know what issues you’re having with Sony PlayMemories. PlayMemories Home – Image Management Software PlayMemories Mobile – iOS and Android Smartphone and Tablet App The Challenge Sony PlayMemories Group is actually made up of FOUR SEPARATE TEAMS! Either default to Camera Settings or at the very least default to RAW + JPEG. This means even if your camera is set to RAW, you must change the Quality from JPEG to RAW in the App (I actually find that RAW + JPEG is a better choice in several instance so I’d recommend that over RAW alone.)The apps default back to JPEG whenever you update them. Just image how awesome it could be, if Sony would get the apps right □Delighted to have the opportunity to provide feedback on this dark corner of the Sony product offering.I regard the Sony Play Memories apps as a total embarrassment for Sony. Just a pain in the ass, but still somehow great because if you sick through all the pain, they can actually deliver a value.Please Sony, don’t be like Nokia and fuck up what is a great idea, and just hire a couple people who know how to design user interfaces and interactions.I know it’s just a general rant, not specific “bug”, but i’m not even willing to spend enough time trying the things out in the state they are now.And yes, i do use Sony, and enjoy it very much for other reasons. We’re working to fix the problems!Just trash it and start over with a proper concept.The Idea is cool, but the whole concept and execution is just sad – even for Sony standards, which never had the best user interface and experience.Who thought it would be a good idea, that i need to log in with my sony-network account on a camera without keyboard (image how fun it is to enter a proper password with a dial wheel…).Apps are crazy slow and seem to lack any prior thought on how to use them – at least most of them.The most useable one for me, camera remote, still takes me about 20 sec to connect the (also Sony!) phone, and still fails to send the image in probably 20% of the cases.The Sony app environment feels a bit like the last “non-smart-phones” like the Nokia communicator/n-gage. Lots of people know that I have Canon and Sony cameras and come to me for advice. I mention it because I wonder if they share the same solution architects as the Play Memories developers.Real world usability is the Achilles Heel of the A7 product line and is the reason I keep putting my Canon cameras in my bag rather than Sony.When travelling, the PlayMemories are such an ordeal to use that I will often use an image from my iPhone rather than the hassle of trying to get my A7 image onto a wireless device. On a parallel topic, I cannot understand why the menu system on the A7 series does not have a custom menu option to allow me change my frequent settings with ease (eg Format card). They need to be totally re-built in terms of usability and performance. Every 6 months or so I give them another go, just to end up equally frustrated. Totally and utterly frustrating to use. ![]() Apps have revolutionized everything about our world, and Sony has a huge opportunity to take the lead in this. Make an open platform for people to make in-camera apps. If you open up the possibility for anyone to make a remote control app then apps will multiply for every type of work.2. Mac client for never winter nightsI would gladly pay $99 per year and develop apps myself if I could.Hoo boy, where to start. Sony could attract scores of developers and cement their reputation for listening to their customers by creating an open extension/app platform. Magic lantern is helping Canon in spite of their ignoring it. They would sell so many more apps!Build an open system so other app developers can contribute cool apps.I’m hired to shoot an event, I’m standing there with 4 people in my frame, struggling to guess where will be my 4×5 crop because I’m shooting a number of things, but when I encounter groups, the client wants printed 8x10s. But again, Sony could make it dead simple easy: if a user can connect to Wifi, they should be able to FREELY download any app with no sign in or anything. Of course, the shared apps are only good for say, 30 days trial.The password/userid thing on the camera – that won’t improve until such time as Sony has a true touch-screen interface for everything. Me: “Hey Brian, have you tried the ChocolateChipCookie app on your Sony?” You: “No, but YUM!” Me: (pushes a couple buttons, downloads to SD card) “Here, install this right now!” You: “Damn, these cookies are good!” You get the point □ Sony would end up selling a ton more apps. She tilts her head as if I was speaking gibberish. I explain that’s the Golden Ratio, for composition. Before she moves on to her next shot with her phone, she asks me why there’s a “sea-shell” showing on her screen. Nobody wants to fight their own tools.Anyway, kudos to you for starting this, Brian. I don’t need the Golden Ratio, but the AR basics would be really handy to compete with little kids with cheap phones.When you’re made to jump through hoops like register your personal info on the Sony website, “buy” proprietary currency to purchase poorly implemented software that should’ve been properly developed and installed on the camera in the first place, it makes one think hard about looking for simpler, easier options elsewhere.I’ve not even signed up for the free apps because I feel Sony has made the entire process way harder and more convoluted than it needs to be based upon all of the people voicing their problems in this area. I asked how much she paid for her phone under $100.
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