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Q: how do i add photos to albums or events already created in iphoto

I have over 25000 photos in my library and I used to sort them according to events, as well as add screen shots I'd taken and photos added to albums I created. Events no longer exists in the new app and I have no idea how to sort my photos into albums. Also with this many photos I do not want to put them all in icloud as it will cost me a fortune each month.

iMac, iOS 7.1.1

Posted on May 21, 2015 12:23 AM

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Q: how do i add photos to albums or events already created in iphoto

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  • by R C-R,Apple recommended

    R C-R R C-R May 21, 2015 2:10 AM in response to Leita
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    May 21, 2015 2:10 AM in response to Leita

    Photos converts iPhoto Events to albums automatically during the migration process when you first run it. Each of these albums is named the same as the iPhoto Event & placed in a folder named "iPhoto Events." You can see this most easily by enabling the Photos Sidebar (on the View menu or with the command+option+S keyboard shortcut).

     

    Unlike with iPhotos Events, Photos can be in any number of albums. You can drag a photo into any album on the Sidebar to add it to that album, or use the + button in the toolbar at the top of the window to do that.

  • by Leita,

    Leita Leita May 30, 2015 3:46 AM in response to R C-R
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    May 30, 2015 3:46 AM in response to R C-R

    Yes that is true and I have found all the events I had previously created. I have discovered for anybody else wondering that I can drag and drop new photos into already created events however I cannot create new events only new albums. I have to say I hate the new "photo" app.

  • by Leita,

    Leita Leita May 30, 2015 3:50 AM in response to R C-R
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    May 30, 2015 3:50 AM in response to R C-R

    Also I have to apologise for the delay in answering your post. I have been playing with this app for a couple of weeks, still cannot get my head around it. Really dislike it. Also I am in Australia. I have seen posts where you can revert back to iphoto in the US. This is not an option here.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie May 30, 2015 4:09 AM in response to Leita
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    May 30, 2015 4:09 AM in response to Leita
    I have discovered for anybody else wondering that I can drag and drop new photos into already created events however I cannot create new events only new albums.

    There are no events in Photos.  What you are seeing in  the folder "iPhoto Events" are also albums - a complete fake.

    The "Moments" have replaced the events. The Moments are now the basic entities of the library, just like the events are in iPhoto.  Each photo and all its versions will appear in one  "Moment";  a photo cannot be in more than one moment. But you do not create or manage the moments on your own. Photos will partition the library automatically into moments, based on similar capture dates and similar locations. There is no way to move photos between moments other than changing the date of the photo. And you cannot name the moments, even the names are created automatically.  To have more descriptive moments it will help to ensure, that all photos have GPS tags, so Photos can use the location information to name the moments. You have to add the GPS before importing into Photos, because Photos does not (yet) support the editing of GPS tags.

     

    You are seeing a folder "iPhoto Events" in the Album section of the library, because Photos created an album for each event it migrated to Photos. This way the name of your previous events could be saved, and the photos are grouped together in an album. The fake events album are only created, when you migrate a photo library to Photos. For new imports you will have to create albums on your own, if you want them.

     

    I have to say I hate the new "photo" app.

    Then why use Photos? It is not compulsory.

    You could continue to use iPhoto for the time being, until Apple has released the first updates with hopefully more features.  iPhoto 9.6.1 is fully compatible with MacOS X 10.10.3.

    The Yosemite update let iPhoto installed, you just need to drag iPhoto back to the Dock from your Applications folder. When you launch it you will see a warning, that the library has been migrated to Photos - confirm that you want to open iPhoto and not Photos.

     

    If you not yet did update to version 9.6.1, see this user tip:  Get iPhoto 9.6.1 if you didn't update before OS... | Apple Support Communities

  • by R C-R,

    R C-R R C-R May 30, 2015 4:35 AM in response to Leita
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    May 30, 2015 4:35 AM in response to Leita

    Leita wrote:

    Also I am in Australia. I have seen posts where you can revert back to iphoto in the US. This is not an option here.

    As mentioned in Get started with Photos for OS X - Apple Support you can still use iPhoto (or Aperture) after applying the 10.10.3 update, subject to the editing limitations it mentions. And as léonie mentioned, if your copy of iPhoto is too old to work with 10.10.3, there is a way to update it which should work anywhere, not just in the U.S.