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I have a few questions about the Collections feature in iPhone.
1. How do you turn off this feature?
2. I have the photos from my iPhone backed up into iPhoto on my iMac. But those same ones I see in Collections on my iPhone, are these the original ones that still reside on my iPhone or just small thumbnails?
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
To turn off collections, try using iCloud Photo Library. Turn it on at Settings > Photos & Camera (or at Settings > iCloud > Photos).
Collections do reside on the iPhone. But you can switch to iCloud Photo Library if you wish.
UPDATE: I just noticed you say you are using a dated version of OS X. The current version (10.10.3) is the one that introduces the Photos app and begins to support iCloud Photo Library.
I actually was doing this within the Camera app. When you edit a certain Collection, you can select all the photos within that location and select delete (trash can icon).
Also, I just found a button on iPhoto that will also remove all the photos from the iPhone that have been copied already.
Sorry for the confusion.
Thanks for responding. If I delete the Collections on my iPhone, it should not touch the same photos that are stored in iPhoto on my iMac, correct?
"Delete the collections"?
I don't believe that is possible.
You can remove (not delete) the collections by choosing iCloud Photo Library.
Collections Feature on iPhone
