• Photo Editing Extensions for Photos for Mac

    OS X El Capitan supports third-party tools that are accessible right in the Photos app. If a photo editing application offers Photo Editing extensions, you can use editing tools provided by the application from the Ed...view more
    léonie
    last modified by léonie
  • Notes on Migrating an iPhoto Library from iPhoto to Photos for Mac

    Your migration from iPhoto to Photos will be smoother, if you take a few precautions. Get started with Photos for OS X - Apple Support also see:   Updating from iPhoto to Photos for OS X - Apple Support &n...view more
    léonie
    last modified by léonie
  • Dealing with the Inconsistency of Keywords Case Sensitivity in Photos for Mac

    As noted in this discussion photos keywords case sensitivity by CasaJ, keywords are case sensitive when assigned to a photo, also in Smart Albums, but not, when used from the search field. So we can have duplicate key...view more
    léonie
    last modified by léonie
  • Photos: Available Photo Book Sizes & Themes

    Photos app on Mac allows for creation and printing of Photo Books. This guide summarizes all book sizes and themes available in Photos v. 1.5 (US).   Photo books can be laid out in Classic (rectangular) and Squa...view more
    Rysz
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  • Script:  Batch Change the Descriptions

    Photos 1.1 on Yosemite does not support to change several descriptions at once. In Photos on El Capitan or newer versions you can simply batch change the description  of multiple selected photos at once by openin...view more
    léonie
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  • Script: Shuffle Photos for an Instant Slideshow in Random Order

    Tested in Photos 1.5, OS X 10.11.5, El Capitan.   You can either pass the photos to be shuffled in a top-level album or by selecting them in Photos. Launch Photos. Then launch this script from Script Editor. Th...view more
    léonie
    last modified by léonie
  • Script: Find all Photos for "On This Day" - an AppleScript

    See this discussion "On This Day" Feature for mac Photos, does it exist?  started by Solamanzi.   How to find all photos taken on a certain date through all years, for example, all photos taken on any of yo...view more
    léonie
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  • Script: Changing the Title to the Filename without Extension

    See Ken's (macxo) scripts here:  Batch Changing in Photos, Tweaks to other Scriptsview more
    léonie
    last modified by léonie
  • Script: Extract the Numerical GPS Values Using an Apple Script

    Photos for Mac will display photos on a map, if the photos have been tagged with GPS data, but it does not show the numerical values for the GPS coordinates.   This little script will display latitude, longitude...view more
    léonie
    last modified by léonie
  • Script: Batch Change the Date and Time to a Fixed Date

    iPhoto had the very convenient Batch Change tool to set the date and time of all selected photos to a fixed date, with a time increment added between successive photos.  This was very convenient for older photos,...view more
    léonie
    last modified by léonie
  • Script: Batch Changing the Title to the Capture Date

    If you want to be able to display the date below the thumbnails of your photos, consider to batch change the titles to the capture date using an Apple Script.   This simple script will read the dates from select...view more
    léonie
    last modified by léonie
  • Script: Batch Change the Titles to a Given String

    Currently (April 2015) does Photos not yet support batch changing of titles and descriptions.   I wrote two very simply Apple Scripts, that can be used to add a title and a description to several selected photos...view more
    léonie
    last modified by léonie
  • Script: Batch Changing the Titles to the Filename w/Extension

    In iPhoto the filenames have been as used as default titles and shown below the thumbnails in the browser.  Photos does not show the filenames as titles, and if a photo has no title, there is no identification vi...view more
    léonie
    last modified by léonie
  • Script: How to find photos without any keywords

    Photos 1.5 has no option to search for photos that have not yet have any keywords assigned, like we could in Aperture or iPhoto.  There is no search rule "Keyword is none" for the smart albums. The Apple Script b...view more
    léonie
    last modified by léonie
  • Append Keywords to Title Field - Léonie's Script

    The following Applescript by léonie will append the keywords, separated by commas, assigned to an image to the contents of the Title field for that image.   I made 3 changes to loonie's original script (sho...view more
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    last modified by Old Toad
  • Notes on Merging Photos Libraries

    When merging two photo libraries we usually want a lossless merge: The original photos and the edited versions should be merged into the merged library as master-version pairs, so it will be possible to revert edited...view more
    léonie
    last modified by léonie
  • Bug: Locations not showing in the Year View

    As observed by several forum members, occasionally the locations will not be showing in the Year View of the library. There seems to be a limit of seven countries. If there are more countries or locations outside coun...view more
    léonie
    last modified by léonie
  • Import Folders of Image Files into Library as Albums

    This Applescript was created by user code!z and published at Github: ImportPhotoFolders where you can download an already compiled and saved Applescript file.  With his permission I'm publishing the script here. ...view more
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  • Photo Book Formats and Features

    Photos for Mac has a rich selection of templates for the photo books, but when browsing the templates it it hard to tell, which page layouts will be available.   Here is a list of features for the templates in t...view more
    léonie
    last modified by léonie
  • How to Rebuild Thumbnails in a Photos Library

    Occasionally the thumbnails in the Browser may not correspond to the enlarged image, or the thumbnails may appear to be corrupted, but the enlarged image is fine. While iPhoto and Aperture have a tool to recreate the ...view more
    léonie
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