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JECH77 Author

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Placing photos in folders

Is there a way to organize photos into separate folders?

I use albums but this also show photos in global view of photos. I'm looking to actually move certain photos into new folders (not albums).

iPhone 13 Pro

Posted on Nov 5, 2022 10:54 AM

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Ralf-F

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Posted on Nov 13, 2022 10:41 PM

An album can only contain photos and videos.

You can not create a folder in an album!

A folder can only contain other folders and albums.

You can not store any photos / videos directly in a folder!

I have folders for each year: 2022, 2021, ...

Each of these folders contains albums for the different events: 2022-10-25-Family Party ...

For vacations I create a sub-folder in the folder 2022: 2022-06-USA Vacation

This folder will then contain albums for each day: 2022-06-05-Page, Arizona

You can never move photos out of the global view!!

Global view will always contain all your photos and videos.

Folders and albums are optional ways to organise your data.

Ralf

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Ralf-F

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Nov 13, 2022 10:41 PM in response to JECH77

An album can only contain photos and videos.

You can not create a folder in an album!

A folder can only contain other folders and albums.

You can not store any photos / videos directly in a folder!

I have folders for each year: 2022, 2021, ...

Each of these folders contains albums for the different events: 2022-10-25-Family Party ...

For vacations I create a sub-folder in the folder 2022: 2022-06-USA Vacation

This folder will then contain albums for each day: 2022-06-05-Page, Arizona

You can never move photos out of the global view!!

Global view will always contain all your photos and videos.

Folders and albums are optional ways to organise your data.

Ralf

Ralf-F

Level 4

2,603 points

Nov 6, 2022 12:26 AM in response to JECH77

You can create new folders and sub-folders.

Each folder can contain multiple albums.

Each album can contain multiple photos and videos.

The same photo / video can be in multiple albums.

But all photos and videos that you have will always be shown in the global view, there is no way to have them only in an album!

Organize and find your photos on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

Ralf

JECH77 Author

Level 1

4 points

Nov 13, 2022 4:41 PM in response to Ralf-F

Thanks for the reply.

What is the difference between an album and a folder? Can I create a folder and move photos out of global view into mulitple folders?

Placing photos in folders