ArmandoWyo
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Q: What does Photo do Albums/Folders from iPhoto Library

I’m concerned that by upgrading to El Capitan and getting Photo my existing iPhoto organization will be lost. And as I learned about Photo, and I read all I could on Apple site and a dozen outside articles, it’s benefits, mostly sharing, Cloud storage, and easy editing, are not features I will use.

Will not store in Cloud. I store photos in iPhoto and in backups, both of which are on an external disk, and it is backed up.

Don’t want photos shared to other devices. My 6GB iPhone is already maxed out.

I use PS (old CS3) for editing, not iPhoto. Photos seems to be photo-editing for novices.

Finally don’t want photos organized by time or place. Main concern is to retain my own organization using folders and albums. My iPhoto library organizes over 15,000 images into folders and albums, 100 to 200 categories and subcategories. I don’t use, nor care if I lose Events. I cannot find on Apple site what Albums page in Photos looks like. I read that Smart albums are preserved, but no where says that other albums and folders in iPhoto are retained in Photo.

Finally seems unclear whether my CS3/Bridge will still operate in El Capitan. If upgrade to El Capitan/Photos destroys my organization in iPhoto and I also can’t use CS3, then I am much, much better off sticking with Mavericks.

Am I wrong? Thanks.

OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), iMac (10.9.5) iPhoto (9.5.1)

Posted on Nov 21, 2015 9:45 AM

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Q: What does Photo do Albums/Folders from iPhoto Library

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  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Nov 21, 2015 10:52 AM in response to ArmandoWyo
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    Nov 21, 2015 10:52 AM in response to ArmandoWyo

    See the text in red regarding album and Events in iPhoto and how they get to Photos:

     

    Moments in Photos are the new Events, i.e. groupings of photos sorted by date taken.

     

    When the iPhoto Library was first migrated to Photos there is a folder created in the sidebar titled iPhoto Events and all migrated iPhoto Events (which are now Moments) are represented by an album in that folder. To open the sidebar if it's not already open use the Option+Command+S key combination.

    PsimulatedEvents.jpg

    NOTE: It's been reported by several users that if the Event albums are moved out of the iPhoto Library folder in the sidebar they may disappear.  It's not widespread but several users have reported that issue.  Therefore, if you want to assure that you keep those Event albums don't move them outside the iPhoto Events folder.

     

    There's a way to simulate events in Photos.

    When new photos are imported into the Photos library go to the Last Import smart album, select all the photos and use the File ➙ New Album menu option or use the key combination Command+N.  Name it as desired.  It will appear just above the iPhoto Events folder where you can drag it into the iPhoto Events folder

     

    When you click on the iPhoto Events folder you'll get a simulated iPhoto Events window.

    Albums and smart albums can be sorted by Title, by Date with oldest first and by Date with newest first.

     

    Tell Apple what missing features you'd like restored or new features added in Photos via Apple-Photos Feedback.

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  • by ArmandoWyo,

    ArmandoWyo ArmandoWyo Nov 21, 2015 6:07 PM in response to Old Toad
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    Nov 21, 2015 6:07 PM in response to Old Toad

    Thanks for all this information, but most of it does not answer my question: Will my iPhoto organization of placing images in album I create and then in subject matter folders still be there after migrate library to Photo?

    The page you posted shows albums created by Photos of converted iPhoto events and smart albums. But I didn’t organize by Events and smart albums. So, what will Photos do with my albums and folders?

    Events in iPhoto were chronological. Photo seems to have created a way to convert iPhoto event into albums. That’s nice for folks who keep track of their photo library by events, which in general means by chronological order. I can't imagine doing that with 15,000 photos.

    Also you state that “Albums and smart albums can be sorted by Title, by Date with oldest first and by Date with newest first.” But I have them sorted by subject matter, not by title or date.

    In sum, Old Toad, it sounds like what you indirectly told me is that Photo will ignore my iPhoto organization of subject matter folders and albums and will put all images in iPhoto library into a long list of albums consisting of hundreds of former iPhoto events. That is. impose a chronological order for all photos in my iPhoto library.

    Since I don’t want this, please tell me I’m wrong.

  • by Old Toad,Helpful

    Old Toad Old Toad Nov 26, 2015 1:13 PM in response to ArmandoWyo
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    Nov 26, 2015 1:13 PM in response to ArmandoWyo
    Will my iPhoto organization of placing images in album I create and then in subject matter folders still be there after migrate library to Photo?

    Yes.   This in iPhoto

    iPhoto001.jpg

    will become this in Photos

    Photos001.jpg

    AND all of the events in iPhoto will become albums inside the iPhoto Events folder.

  • by ArmandoWyo,

    ArmandoWyo ArmandoWyo Nov 26, 2015 1:17 PM in response to Old Toad
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    Nov 26, 2015 1:17 PM in response to Old Toad

    Sorry I had not replied. Thanks for last screen. that helped. What I going to do is first upgrade my MBA from Mavericks to El Capitan. MBA doesn't have main iPhoto library. I will see exactly what Photo does with my iPhoto library on MBA, work with it. Then decide w/n to upgrade old iMac and its huge photo library.

    Thanks for help.

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Nov 26, 2015 1:45 PM in response to ArmandoWyo
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    Nov 26, 2015 1:45 PM in response to ArmandoWyo

    How Photos handles content and metadata from iPhoto and Aperture - Apple Support

     

    LN