iPhoto folders vs albums

No idea what your issue is - folders in iPhoto logically are like the file folders you say are so simple

Folders hold other folders to any depth you choose - at the end are albums (like in your structure the end is files)

What version of iPhoto and of the OS do you have? What exact issue are you having?

LN

You're absolutely right. Just needed to work with it some to get clarity. The confusion comes because in file-land everything is file folder structured. There are no albums. In Apple-photos land the same folder structure exists except the images are dumped into albums and then tied to appropriate folders. Once that became clear, it's the same logical structure.

I take that back - sort of. I thought I had it figured out.

I take many pictures when I travel and need to put them in a logical structure when I return.

So for example I often travel to Budapest; there I visit a lot of places.

In iPhoto I created a folder called Places. Now I want a place to put my Budapest pictures by year and under each year I want to put pictures of the museum, the opera house, the gardens etc. etc. I want all these to be logically structured and indented properly.

I can't seem to do it. Can anyone help me here?

Create a Folder called Budapest

Create a folder called 2010, drag it to the Budapest folder

Budapest -> 2010

Create an Album called 'Museum', add the photos you want to it. Drag that to the 2012 folder

So, Budapest -> 2010 -> Museum

Or another way:

Keyword or use the locations feature to identify all the Budapest photos.

Keyword all the Museum photos

Keyword all the Opera House snaps

Then

File -> New Smart Album

Location ->is -> Budapest

Date Range is 2010

Keyword is museum

The best thing about this is a different (and additional) Smart Album without the date range will get all the Museum snaps and you can see how it changes over the years.