Show file name as the title for a photo in Photos app

But there have been major improvements and additions to Photos.

As for the metadata one should go to the View ➙ Metadata menu and check all of the metadata they want to observe about a photo.

Most are only viewable in the Info pane for each photo but the Title field can be viewed beneath the thumbnail images in each view:

However, to get the file name to appear below the thumbnail one will need to use one of these user provided AppleScripts: Script: Batch Changing the Titles to the Filename w/Extension or Script: Changing the Title to the Filename without Extension

It and other scripts are available in the Photos for Mac User Tips. These will help you in transitioning from iPhotos to Photos and understand the new Photos:

will help you in your transition from iPhoto to Photos:

Photos 3.0 vs iPhoto 9.6.1: Features and Capabilities

Moments in Photos are the New Events.

External Editors in Photos Are Here

Notes on Migrating an iPhoto Library from iPhoto to Photos for Mac

Photo Editing Extensions for Photos for Mac

You can download a compiled version of the scripts as an application from this tutorial site: P01 - Applescripts from Photos’ User Tips Compiled as Applications

You could get yourself PowerPhotos (https://www.fatcatsoftware.com/powerphotos/) as a second browser for your Photos Library. Even the free trial version can show you the filenames below the thumbnails or in a nice convenient view of your photos, so you can sort them by the filenames, the titles, the file size and more.

See this discussion: Re: Where are photo file names?

Photos does show the filenames only in the Info panel, and if you wrote the filename into the title field as a title, Photos will suppress it. in some cases

I am with you Jim. I have the same problem. Please, don't ask me why Apple in its so too often wrong wisdom always tweaks something that is so simple and works for many of us (those who believe in the KISS principle - Keep It Short and Simple) but THEY have to screw it up again for the sake of what?? Changes? Updates? Better?. Yea right!!! Anyway, now I have to right mouse click on each photo, click info, and write down the name for each photos I want to import or copy. BRAVO, Apple you did it again. 😠

I was an Aperture user, had over 27000 photos in Aperture vault. Now I'm testing before moving my best images to Photos in order to synch them between all my Apple devices. So far, really disappointed. Title is one of many issues.

Anyway, now I have to right mouse click on each photo, click info, and write down the name for each photos I want to import or copy.

Not heard of flagging, no?

This surely cannot be true. I have 41,461 photos in my "Pictures" folder. Are you telling me if I import them into Photos that I would have to re-name all those photos? Is this a joke?

The file name of a photo will show in the Info panel for the photo, but not below the thumbnail when browsing an album or an moment. If you want to see it below the thumbnails you'll have to copy it to the title field.

Sigh. It's 2017, two years and still no improvement on this. Had I know this I would have stuck to the old system with iphoto.

This is a major drawback.

There are other apps you can use, though I would avoid iPhoto as it's a dead end. Which app to use depends on your requirements and budget.

has there been a change, I am doing the same thing!