Seems like Apple has gotten rid of the "batch change" feature from iPhoto when moving to Photos. I liked using the "batch change" feature to change the "description" for several photos at once. Does anyone know how this can be accomplished in the new Photos app (which doesn't include pasting a sentence 200 times)...
Thanks for your response!
Howdy (again) whitesalmon
keyword = 'definitely'
definitely send feedback - assertive, civil & clearly written feedback is the only way that the Photos development team can make a prioritized "punch list" of things to be fixed & added to what is really "New software" - Photos is not a version upgrade from iPhoto
Certainly have at it as often as you see fit. It will do more good providing feedback than posting here - doesn't feel as good though, does it?
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PS: at least it is not a mystery like your Mail window tint 🙂
Hello, and I apologize up front if I'm going about this post incorrectly. Today I sent Apple feedback re Photos and what I think is a common user issue. What I am dealing with is this:
After a trip I often have photos from my Nikon, Canon, my and my wife's iPhone 6s, etc. Once downloaded on to my iMac (OS 10.10.5) I create groups of photos in folders, e.g. a moment called Istanbul or Zagreb, etc. In iPhoto I used to be able to place the pictures in the desired order and then by changing date and time and finally rename/renumbering them --- they stayed in the new order. With the batch change feature gone I can't do that anymore.
Anyway, perhaps you can point me in the right direction to accomplish the following:
1 - import pictures from more than one camera/device
2 - create a moment and fill with related pictures
3 - order those pictures so they tell a story (typically one or more of the cameras are set to the wrong time zone so the metadata does not match to sort by date and time)
4 - keep the new order so that when the group is moved to a thumb drive to share with friends it can be presented properly
Thanks!
1 - import pictures from more than one camera/device
Connect each device to the Mac via its USB cable and import into Photos.
2 - create a moment and fill with related pictures
You can't. Moments are based on date taken. However, you can create an album with selected 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.
3 - order those pictures so they tell a story (typically one or more of the cameras are set to the wrong time zone so the metadata does not match to sort by date and time)
In an album you can sort them manually to fit the order you need. You could try resetting the time zone for the photos to the zone you want so all would be the same via the Image ➙ Adjust Date & Time menu option:
4 - keep the new order so that when the group is moved to a thumb drive to share with friends it can be presented properly
The Finder only sorts them by file name so what you can do is: 1 - give the album a short name to identify the images like Vacation-2015; 2 - export the photos to a folder on the Desktop the the option File Name is Album with Number:
This will give you files names Vacation-2015-001, Vacation-2015-002, etc. These files will remain in that order on the thumb drive.
Found this post because I was upset I couldn't find the batch change option as well. And I'm not running a script to do it. But I think I just figured something out, but it seems kind of obvious so maybe it's not what everyone else is talking about. If you select a bunch of photos and right click and go to Get Info you can add a title and descriptions there. Seems to work for what I need.
tepperleen wrote:
Found this post because I was upset I couldn't find the batch change option as well. And I'm not running a script to do it. But I think I just figured something out, but it seems kind of obvious so maybe it's not what everyone else is talking about. If you select a bunch of photos and right click and go to Get Info you can add a title and descriptions there. Seems to work for what I need.
You are right, batch changing is now possible. This discussion started in April, and the first version of Photos in Yosemite did not support batch changing at all, so we had to resort to desperate measures and write Apple Scripts. But now, in Photos in El Capitan, we can replace the titles and descriptions of multiple selected photos in the Info panel, finally.
It is still not possible to append a running number to the changed title or replace the title by the filename. Batch changing has a long way to go.
I can't keep up with the new versions! Does El Cap allow batch change for location, or even for inputting location?
Does El Cap allow batch change for location, or even for inputting location?
Yes, you can assign locations to photos. You can select multiple photos or a complete moment and enter the name of a location or the GPS coordinates in the Info panel, then adjust the location by dragging the pin on the tiny map in the info panel.
Can I use this workaround for editing several image processing, like adjusting the color of several images taken in the same session with the same amounts of expositionn etc......
You can copy and paste adjustments between photo, but only in Edit modes.
By stepping the photos in Edit mode with the arrow keys you can paste the adjustment quickly, but it is not possible to select more than one photo at once, because we have to be in edit mode.
Ok thanks . Is how I was doing it, I guess need to get use to it.....one by one....
Have you sent feedback to Apple, to make the ⇧⌘V available in the browser? It is really a nuisance that ⇧⌘V only works in the Edit panel.
You can submit a feature request with this form: Apple - Feedback
OK leonie, I did so. Let´s if it works !
Thanks a lot, I just discovered the original script and am grateful. I'm still in Yosemite and not ready to switch this week.
I tried to add a feature to your original workaround AppleScript but don't know enough syntax or commands to succeed:
How could one express this in AppleScript language:
insert newDescription after the existing text in the description?
I imagine the adjustment would go in this part of the script, but I don't know the syntax (copy? get?).
tell im
set the description to newDescription
end tell
This truly stinks. It's a crucial function. Oy.
Another example of Apple engineers not using their own products as... consumers... not engineers.
I had the problem, that I needed to APPEND and NOT REPLACE the description of the photos. This is possible with a slight modification of the AppleScript:
on run {input, parameters}
-- batch change, append the description to the input
tell application "Photos"
activate
set imageSel to (get selection)
if imageSel is {} then
error "Please select some images."
else
repeat with im in imageSel
set desc to the description of im
tell im
if not (exists (desc)) then
set the description to input
else
set the description to the description & " " & input
end if
end tell
end repeat
end if
end tell
end run
Hope this helps everyone missing the iPhoto Batch Append functionality for changing/appending to the description.
Batch change in Photos?
