HT204570: Get help with your iCloud Photo Library

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bradn1

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Q: Can I add a large amount of very old photos to my iCloud Photos WITHOUT them appearing in line in the "All Photos" view?

I enjoy having a stream of photos going back to when I got my first iPhone. Now that the Photos app is available, I would like to import all of my old family photos into iCloud, but I don't want them to appear in the All Photos view. Is it possible to remove them or trick Photos into believing that they were added before the more recent photos?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Apr 21, 2015 8:52 AM

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by LarryHN,

LarryHN Apr 21, 2015 9:02 AM in response to bradn1
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Apr 21, 2015 9:02 AM in response to bradn1

No - All photos is exactly what it ways - ALL Photos

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by Rysz,

Rysz Apr 21, 2015 9:09 AM in response to bradn1
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Apr 21, 2015 9:09 AM in response to bradn1

bradn1 wrote:

Is it possible to remove them or trick Photos into believing that they were added before the more recent photos?

Right-click on an image and select Get Info, then change the date to something old. This, however, affects only the views that are sorted by Date.
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bradn1 Apr 21, 2015 9:14 AM in response to Rysz
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Apr 21, 2015 9:14 AM in response to Rysz

Most of these photos are old, pre-2007. I would like to trick Photos into thinking they were added to the library before my existing iCloud photos.
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