O.k. I know that isn't how I did it before because I have a folder called Contact Sheets and it appears I scanned multiple photos and imported it.
I did however recently get Photoshop Elements- though I haven't used it yet. I opened the editor in PSE and clicked on "import" and according to my google search should see my printer. I don't. I see "Anit-aliased PICT...", "Pict Resourced...", and " Frame from video...". The first two let me open my finder in the macbook but the "Epson Scan" is greyed under "Applications" and won't let me open it. I do see the "divide scanned photos" under "image" in PSE but can't figure out the basics of how to find the scanner! Ugh.
I know I did something easier than this in the past but I'll be darned if I know what that was. I am using a new scanner so perhaps the old scanner software seperated them.