I've "titled" many, many photos in iPhoto by changing the filename (e.g. "DSC_2254" --> "On vacation in Hawaii"), but there appears to be no option in Photos to show the filename. So none of my "titles" appear. Am I missing something?
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)
If you open your Photos Library in Power Photos as a second browser, you can seethe metadata as column in a nice list view, or you can show the filenames as a subtitle below the thumbnails.
Even the free trial version can do this.
As an added bonus, the grid view can show the thumbnails on a dark background:
For a very large library PowerPhotos needs a long time to launch, so I simply keep it open at all the time.
Time Machine is not a clone. Time machine is a limited archive. It will archive as much information as it can based on capacity.
This is an important distinction from a clone, because Macs without internet restore capability turned on may not be able to recover from a Time Machine backup without their original installer discs. There is a special firmware for the internet restore on Macs that predate Lion's release.
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I have been going crazy trying to find a way to batch copy filenames to the title field in Apple's Photos program. Your app works great. Thank you so much! Is there an easy way to add it to the Services menu? Please keep in mind I definitely am not a programming expert. Thanks again!
Apple's method of naming files has been lousy from the start - you get a photo from something digital and it is labelled as something like D7K_2242 as noted by thedatadude elsewhere in this thread. My first mistake when I uploaded to iphoto my photos was to assume that if I changed the title, it changed the photo name. Reseting my camera by deleting all the photos after upload, a different D7K-2242 would eventually come up, be titled as something else, but when I eventually burnt a DVD of photos for a friend, quite afew went AWOL, because the same file name overwrote the previous one!
Having learnt my lesson, every file is renamed before it goes into iphoto/photo, to something like 20170524 San Francisco A 08 - YearMonthDate (Location or event) (letter if I have lots of photos on that day) number within the sequence. If I want more data attached to the photo, I use faces, keywords, and very occasionally a description. I used to be able to see those photo names as the default title in iPhoto
Transferring from iPhoto to photo, all the names are gone, although the titles are still correct. But you can only see them if you open info, as it displays non-existent titles instead of defaulting a blank title to the file name.
For new uploads, I am wasting my time when I upload and doing faces by highlighting the file name (minus the ".jpg") copying (Command-C) and pasting into title (Command-v). Far from ideal. If someone knows how to do this with an applescript or similar, I'd be greatful, for those who have different titles, you'll need another solution.
And another test with a Canon .CR2 file, migrated from Aperture: The version name also shows:
where is the Info panel?
It's a small floating pane that you bring up with the Command + i key combination.
You can also launch the Info panel from the Window menu in Photos:
Window > Info ⌘I
Exactly, it should, but it doesn't:
Not yet. The next version of Photos will have more sorting options. See the preview of of El Capitan: Apple — OS X El Capitan
Tell Apple what new features you'd like added in Photos via https://www.apple.com/feedback/photos.html.
Which script are you running? My V1.3 script from here Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Where are photo file names? works for me.
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As more folks are using their I phones - even pros- for images that need a file name for exporting, so you do not duplicate when moving to Mac book pro for example, it is really bad design on Apple's part NOT to have a file name under an image! I am using High Sierra, and I photo is a thing of the past. Get with the program apple.. This is absurd !
In my case it seems that JPEG files have been imported from Aperture with the "title" set to the filename, but RAW images have a blank title.
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Feel free to share your modifications 🙂 I've already fixed the error handling a bit on my side so that it doesn't fail.
I also use a referenced library.
Where are photo file names?
