How do I add Photos into a Keynote in Yosemite?

Importing from Photos into Keynote could not be simpler; click the Media button in the Tool Bar, select the Photos library from the list and click on the image you want.

You need to set the Photos Library:

1. Quit Photos.
2. Hold down the Option key, then open Photos. One of the photo libraries is already designated as YourLibraryName (System Photo Library).
3. Choose the library you want to designate as the System Photo Library.
4. After Photos opens the library, choose Photos > Preferences from the menu bar.
5. Click the General tab.
6. Click the Use as System Photo Library button.

Thanks but when I do that the " use as system photo library " is greyed and not available

This happens when you do not have a current PHOTOS Library, in other words you don't have any images in PHOTOS and a library has not been created.

HI Gary

thank you for your reply, I seem to have photos in PHOTOS. It asked me what library I wanted to use when I started, and When I click on the program, all my photos are there and I can fiddle with them. Are the photos not actually in PHOTOS even though I am fiddling with them?

Also any tips on how to google questions about this program when it does not have a unique name ?

Many thanks

Deborah

Try resetting POTOS by deleting the preference file:

the preference file will be replace with default settings when you open PHOTOS again

click the desktop to select Finder

hold down the option key on the keyboard, then, in the Go menu, select Library

in the window that appears navigate to: Library > Preferences

delete this file: com.apple.Photos.LSSharedFileList

Also any tips on how to google questions about this program when it does not have a unique name ?

Sorry don't understand this, rephrase?

When I google for example ' how to import from PHOTOS to keynote' , google sees this query as a general photos query as opposed to the program PHOTOS and gives me lots of irrelevant answers

iPhoto had a unique name so it was easy to google questions

thanks for your time

PS

I deleted the file com.apple.Photos.LSSsharedfilelist

but the " use as system photo library " is greyed and still not available

thanks

Deborah

I have this problem exactly. Did you ever fix it? I seem to have "photos" but I cannot select the "make system library" button because it is greyed out. I was not able to delete the file in preferences because I don't have the file.

Gary, I'm at my wit's end here. I have the exact same problem as Deborah. I cannot get "PHOTOS" to show up in the media tab on Keynote. I have done the things you suggested but was unable to selected "use as system photo library" as an option because it was greyed.

I do not have this file "com.apple.Photos.LSSharedFileList" in my preferences

In fact, I have not files about "photos" in my preferences.

And yet, it seems I have images in "photos." Many! Some added just today!

I'm losing it. I have to finish a presentation this week and have lost almost an entire day to this mania. HELP! PLEASE!

As a work around, export the images you want from Photos to a folder

open this folder then drag and drop to place on slides