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How can I made a "Collections" in Photos? (Like an "Event" in iPhoto)

In the menu "Photos" appears all the photos, classified by date. I want to merge many days and put them a name, like I did it in iPhoto, creating an "Event".


I think that in Photos this is a "Collection", but I don´t know how can I do it...


Thank you!

MacBook Pro, iOS 8.3

Posted on May 13, 2015 3:34 PM

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May 13, 2015 3:47 PM in response to Nycita

Collections are created by Photos and the criteria used to create them are not known. If you want a collection of photos in one group create an album and add them to it.


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 was 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.


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.

The downside to the simulation is that the Albums/Events can only be sorted automatically by Title. But they can also be sorted manually, either in the sidebar or in the folder's window at the right.


Ask Apple for more sorting options in Photos via https://www.apple.com/feedback/photos.html.

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May 14, 2015 5:09 AM in response to Old Toad

yes, but in events a image can only be once in there. Not twice. So it is nearly impossible to sort the images no. The only way to sort right is to use smart-albums and keywords. But reorganizing more than 20000 pictures is a mess.

AND for example i take a picture from my son in the garden and 1 minute later i save some pictures out of a email... both are in the same moment? So the moment contains images of my son and email attachments... thats not a moment, thats a mess!

May 14, 2015 8:53 AM in response to meon

AND for example i take a picture from my son in the garden and 1 minute later i save some pictures out of a email... both are in the same moment? So the moment contains images of my son and email attachments... thats not a moment, thats a mess!

That's why I've gone to the Albums to simulate Events. After each import I'll create an album of those photos, name the album and add to my iPhoto Event folder. It's not nearly as convenient as how iPhoto works but until we pester Apple enough to add some of those features back into Photos it'll have to do. Or continue to use iPhoto at least until 10.11 comes around.

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How can I made a "Collections" in Photos? (Like an "Event" in iPhoto)

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