iPhoto vs photos

Treets, yes, I agree and am hopeful the improvements will come before iPhoto is 'ancient'. What I don't understand is why they didn't happen with the launch of photo. Oh well.

This discussion really clarified a lot for me. Many thanks to all who participated.

Tzipora

What I don't understand is why they didn't happen with the launch of photo. Oh well.

We are not supposed to speculate on Apple's policy, but it quite clear, that Apple had to release Photos 1 at that time and could not wait for the improvements that came half a year later with MacOS X El Capitan. When iOS 8.1 was released and iCloud Photo Library, early 2015, we needed a corresponding application on the Mac to be able to access iCloud Photo Library from the Mac. It took Apple long enough to release events basic version, we had to wait for the third Yosemite release anyway, until Photos finally appeared.

Ah, I'm getting the picture slowly, slowly. Again, much appreciated to take the time to explain. Meantime, I'm a fan of iPhoto and will stick with it for now...

As you see, I really don't know the differences and how to sort all this out

This might help: Photos 2.0 vs iPhoto 9.6.1: Features and Capabilities

Also the following might help you if you do upgrade 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.

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.

Can you remove geocodes or dates? There are circumstances when that might be needed.

Libby0493

Yes there is. This free app will strip all EXIF data from files: ImageOptim.

This article describes how it's done: How to Remove EXIF Data from Images on Mac Quickly