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Q: I am trying to sort all my photos into Albums on my MacBook Pro. Is there a  tutorial programme/website on the internet that can help me? thanks guys

I am trying to sort all my photos into albums on my macbook pro.  Is there a tutorial programme/website on the internet that can help me? thanks guys

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Sep 15, 2015 7:04 AM

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  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Sep 15, 2015 9:37 AM in response to aadlance2
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    Sep 15, 2015 9:37 AM in response to aadlance2
    I am trying to sort all my photos into albums on my macbook pro.

    What do you mean by that?  Where are the photos located on your Mac?  By albums do you mean albums in a Photos library or a folder on the hard drive?  Note the text in red and the text in the quoted section below:

     

    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 is 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.

     

    NOTE: It's been reported by several users that if the Event albums are moved out of the iPhoto Library folder in the sidebar they may disappear.  It's not widespread but several users have reported that issue.  Therefore, if you want to assure that you keep those Event albums don't move them outside the iPhoto Events folder.

     

    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.  This will change with the release of Photos 2 with El Capitan this fall.  That will allow the sorting by date or title, ascending or descending.

     

    Tell Apple what missing features you'd like restored or new features added in Photos via Apple-Photos Feedback.

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  • by LarryHN,Helpful

    LarryHN LarryHN Sep 15, 2015 9:45 AM in response to aadlance2
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    Sep 15, 2015 9:45 AM in response to aadlance2

    Not really that I've seen - the Photos help menu Photos overview and  help file are a start

     

    And for me the easiest way is to show sidebar (view Menu ==> show sidebar) and drag photos from the photos display on the right to the desired albums -  you can see all photos not in any album with a smart album (file menu ==> new smart album) with the criteria "Album is not any"

     

    And for additional organization you can make new folders and put albums or other folder in them so you can build a tree structure

     

    LN

  • by aadlance2,

    aadlance2 aadlance2 Sep 15, 2015 9:46 AM in response to LarryHN
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    Sep 15, 2015 9:46 AM in response to LarryHN

    Thanks Larry this really helped! Cheers

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Sep 15, 2015 9:48 AM in response to aadlance2
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    Sep 15, 2015 9:48 AM in response to aadlance2

    Cheers (wait I need a beer for that )

     

    LN