I had read of this procedure in several places but I don't have a pictures folder in my finder. I'm sure that this can be fixed but I have no idea how to do it. (In the left column in finder I have, under the title "favorites", All my files, AirDrop, Desktop, Applications, Safari, Documents, Google and a house icon with my name). Then there is "Devices" and "Shared".
I found a "pictures" folder under the house icon but it has all photos (Photo Booth, Family Tree Maker, Adobe, etc.) And an "Images" category under "All My Files" but that too has everything (some 29,000 photos).
I have already formatted the drive to Mac OS Extended.
I used the export function in iphoto to move the photos and it did not come with the categories.
Help, please.