bursts in photos

Hi planetm,

I found if I deleted the version that was the original filename and kept the version I uploaded to iCloud Photo Library that had been renamed, I could permanently delete the excess "bursts".

Cheers.

Then you either are not following direction or you have a problem and need to give us details as that is exactly how it works

In the Photos app, look at the sidebar (if not there, click View/Show Sidebar). Click on the group "Bursts". Right click on a set of photos and choose "Delete 1 Burst". A dialog box will appear and it says, "Delete From All Devices. Keep x favorites and delete y photos from one burst?". If you click the delete button then the "extras" will be deleted and the favorites saved.

LN

Sorry you missed it 😕

the answers to the OP are clear - plus there are suggestions for using what is available and additional suggestion to send suggestions to Apple

the clear answers to the OP's questions are

When i synced my pictures from my iphone that once were part of a burst with photos (the new 10.10.3 mac app), photos automatically put them back in a burst. Is there a way to change this?

NO

Is there perhaps a setting so photos doesn’t show the previous burst pictures in a burst anymore?

No

Because now, photos makes it seem like i have to select them again manually within the mac photos app while on my phone, they are all loose photo's.

That is correct

Is this clear to you now!

LN

Hi All,

I too have this issue.

It seems that if you have previously uploaded burst photos to a shared iCloud Album, after switching to Photos & uploading all your old files to iCloud Photo Library, there is some duplication. I used to save my Camera Roll to dropbox before switching to iCloud Photo Library, when my photos uploaded to dropbox, the file was renamed something like 2014-08-06 07.43.08.jpg but when I uploaded the same photo to a shared iCloud Photo Steam the file name was the default iPhone name (IMG_0220.JPG). After switching to photos, I imported my Dropbox backups into Photos and this has resulted in all my burst shots becoming multiple frames again. One for each filename. When I try and delete the bursts I don't want, they always reappear.

I think there is an issue with Photos syncing photo stream versions with your photo library versions depending on if you delete the Photos version or the iCloud Photo Steam one.

One more feature of this:

If you only select one or two from the burst, Photos will ask if you want to keep the remaining or not, so you may choose at this point to delete them or not.

It also seems to me that Photos initially selects the best quality photo in the group when displaying the Make a Selection screen.

Actually this is a very cool feature, giving you the opportunity to make your selections on the larger screen.

Ok

exactly why are you telling the users here that? If you want something done you need to tell Apple not us - https://www.apple.com/feedback/photos.html

LN

On a similar subject, please could you explain how to delete all but a few selected photos from Burst. I make my selection, press done and all of the originals remain. I can, however, delete the entire burst packet. Thank you

Sorry Malcom, where are you deleting the original from? I have not yet managed to upload all my photos to eh cloud, I have very poor internet connection.

This seems a very long winded way to delete photos. I have accidentally taken loads of bursts and now have them in my albums and want to just keep one of each batch.

Well I'm afraid you're wrong, its really not a complex set of instructions so there aren't many ways to mis-follow them.

Go to bursts > select burst > delete 1 burst and the entire burst is deleted, there is not "delete from all devices" dialogue box.

That's not really helpful, as the original poster said we've already made our selections on the iPhone, going through hundreds of bursts one by one to then individually selecting every photo to "keep all" is impractical

Actually the idea behind telling the users here is hoping one of them might know a solution - as opposed to ignoring the original posters actual problem and offering a solution to a different one, as you did.

Sorry that you simply do not understand - the answers are the answers - just because you want different answers does not make the correct answers wrong - they are the correct answers and if you do not like them then you should be using different software since that is the way Photos works - and only Apple can change that and in addition to the correct answers, suggested work arounds and a way to contact Apple have been provided - that is all that can be done no matter how snide, insulting and aggressive you get

Good Bye

LN

SEPARATE QUESTION - EXPORTING BURSTS:

Furthermore, has anyone looked at getting burst photos OUT of the PC or phone Photos app, without selecting ones favorites? I've noticed that when sending a burst photo (before selecting favorites) from the phone over iMessage, only the key frame is sent.

Likewise, when dragging a burst photo out of Photos app on PC to a folder, again, only the key frame is exported.

Seems the only way to export multiple frames is AFTER choosing favorites... Anyone know? This means if you're lazy and don't want to choose favorites, and need to free up some space on one of your devices, you will lose all your bursts after exporting. A shame.