Apple wasn't content just to introduce the astounding new iPad Air, cylindrical Mac Pro, and OS X Mavericks on the same day, but the tech titan also released new versions of its home media and office software, too—for both iOS and Mac OS. That's 12 updated apps in addition to all the big stuff the company announced in San Francisco. The Mac version of iPhoto has not only been updated to support Mavericks (which it requires to run) with full 64-bit performance and iOS 7 features, but also adds new possibilities for sharing, printing, and new maps to locate your photos.

A lot of what's good about iPhoto remains the same—an excellent full-screen mode, tight integration with Facebook and Flickr, and excellent output options such as cards and books. The software comes with all new Macs, and as part of the bargain-priced $49 iLife suite, or is available standalone for $14.99 from the Mac App Store. Though Picasa is free, it can't match iPhoto in interface design and support for online services. Those looking for even more photo-editing power might consider moving up to Adobe Photoshop Elements or even Lightroom. I tested the new iPhoto on a 15-inch MacBook ProSEE IT with Retina display and a 2.3GHz Core i7 CPU running OS X 10.9 Mavericks.

What's New in iPhoto? Maps.

iPhoto's new maps look beautiful, and allow for fluid pinch and unpinch zooming on a trackpad. GPS-tagged photos appear on the spot they were shot in the map with pushpins, that, as you zoom in, separate into multiple pushpins. Clicking on one of the pushpins opens a gallery view of the photos shot at the map location. I only wish that smaller thumbnail views of the photos on the map would appear right on the map, as they do in Photoshop Elements.

If a photo doesn't have GPS data, you'll have to assign a location in its Info panel—there's no ability to drag its thumbnail onto the main map. But the search bar in the Info panel map makes finding locations easy, and I do like how a mini map of the photo's location appears in the Info panel.