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Q: What happened to events in Photos for Mac

What happened to events in Photos for Mac

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on May 25, 2015 9:43 PM

by léonie,Apple recommended
léonie léonie
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The "Moments" have replaced the events. The Moments are now the basic entities of the library, just like the events are in iPhoto.  Each photo and all its versions will appear in one  "Moment";  a photo cannot be in more than one moment. But you do not create the moments on your own. Photos will partition the library automatically into moments, based on similar capture dates and similar locations. There is no way to move photos between moments other than changing the date of the photo.

 

You are seeing a folder "iPhoto Events" in the Album section of the library, because Photos created an album for each event it migrated to Photos. This way the name of your previous events could be saved, and the photos are grouped together in an album. The fake events album are only created, when you migrate a photo library to Photos. For new imports you will have to create albums on your own, if you want them.

Posted on May 25, 2015 9:46 PM

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  • by léonie,Apple recommended

    léonie léonie May 25, 2015 9:46 PM in response to JElizabethB
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    May 25, 2015 9:46 PM in response to JElizabethB

    The "Moments" have replaced the events. The Moments are now the basic entities of the library, just like the events are in iPhoto.  Each photo and all its versions will appear in one  "Moment";  a photo cannot be in more than one moment. But you do not create the moments on your own. Photos will partition the library automatically into moments, based on similar capture dates and similar locations. There is no way to move photos between moments other than changing the date of the photo.

     

    You are seeing a folder "iPhoto Events" in the Album section of the library, because Photos created an album for each event it migrated to Photos. This way the name of your previous events could be saved, and the photos are grouped together in an album. The fake events album are only created, when you migrate a photo library to Photos. For new imports you will have to create albums on your own, if you want them.