Q: Can you delete an album and the photos it contains in a single operation?
This is a rare occurrence, but I have a hierarchy 3 about 3 levels deep of folders and albums containing pictures that I would like to delete starting at the topmost folder and iterating all the way to the bottom level so that all the folders, albums, and photos are deleted.
Is there I way to delete the top folder, and have Photos delete everything underneath in a single operation? Or do I need to do it the hard way, deleting photos first, then albums, and finally folders.
The hierarchy looks more or less like this
Folder-
Folder
album - photos
album - photos
album - photos
album - photos
Folder
album - photos
album - photos
Folder
album - photos
album - photos
...
thanks in advance.
OS X El Capitan (10.11.2), 512GB SSD 16GB RAM
Posted on Jul 19, 2016 7:39 PM
You have to delete the photos and the albums separately, because deleting an album does not delete the photos in the album, it justeremoves them from the album.
- First select the photos in each of the albums in turn and delete them by entering ⌘D,
- Then select the enclosing folder for the albums in the sidebar, ctrl-click it or right click it, then select "Delete Folder".
Posted on Jul 19, 2016 10:39 PM