sukibean
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Q: How does Photo organize my iPhoto albums and nested albums?

I have delayed migrating to Photos from iPhoto for the following reasons:

 

- I have 1 main 200gig iphoto library (no video) on my laptop

- I have 7 iphoto libraries on a T drive. This drive is not always hooked up (1 is all video 500gig, the other 300gigs are by subject). When it is hooked up I backup to a Time Capsule AND offsite Backblaze.

-  ALL libraries are highly organized by albums—with nested albums—that are all labeled (example: Travel > Hawaii > Kauai 2013, example: John > John year 1 > John 0-3 months, etc...)

- I use iPhoto events as a "library" where all images are stored—and create albums with a narrower selection or with images I am OK for others to see. (example: 100 images the day a baby comes home, but only need 4 in the album—and while I want to keep—do not need to store breast feeding images in that folder).

 

I am concerned about a forced migration (actually I am downright angry about it) in the not so distant future due to system updates—and not having the bandwidth timing wise to deal with it. Thus I am finally starting to investigate.

 

QUESTIONS:

1. I cannot find any language that speaks to albums and nested albums (ONLY smart albums which seems like a crap shoot depending on how you set them up). Does anyone have information on albums and their labels?

2. Is there a way to turn the white background to black? I have migraine associated vertigo—and the bright white makes it difficult for me to scan quickly.

3. Is there a way to sync only certain albums from the new photo? I just don't want all images accessible on every single device considering my kid uses my device. Now that iPhoto events become albums—the whole mental model for how I've used iPhoto to date is messed up.

 

Why fix something that isn't broken? Ugh! I loved iPhoto and so upset that I've been using it and all its tools since the launch and now have to find time to deal with hundreds of thousands of images.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, iOS 6.0.2

Posted on Nov 13, 2015 10:42 AM

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  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Nov 13, 2015 11:59 AM in response to sukibean
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    Nov 13, 2015 11:59 AM in response to sukibean

    1 - Albums and folders work exactly the same in Photos as in iPhoto (neither program has "sub albums" - the organization you describe is implemented using folders and albums) and are are transferred as is when you migrate from iPhoto to Photos  --  How Photos handles content and metadata from iPhoto and Aperture - Apple Support

     

    No one will force you to migrate to Photos - unless you upgrade yoru system to a new OS someday which is incompatible with iPhoto you can use it forever - all upgrades are totally your choice - no one has or will force you to do any  upgrade

     

    2 - that is not a feature of pHotos - tell Apple your desires http://www.apple.com/feedback/photos.html

     

    3 - no - If you do not use iCloud Photo Library then nothing will by synced (everything will works as today) - if you use ICPL only the system library will be synced so you will need to have only photos you want to sync across devices in it and other photos in different libraries - much as you already do - and ICPL is only shared with a single Apple ID so logging users you do not want to share with into iCloud with their own Apple ID separates them from your information totally

     

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