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Q: Photos

Will Apple ever improve Photos for Mac?  Cannot move, rearrange, reorder, etc. as I could with iPhoto. Has anyone changed over to Google photos, and if so were you pleased?  I think Apple has had more than enough time to make simple improvements on the Photo under Maverick.

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)

Posted on Dec 16, 2015 11:49 AM

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  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Dec 16, 2015 1:30 PM in response to lelder2914
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    Dec 16, 2015 1:30 PM in response to lelder2914

    I can do nearly everything in Photos that I could do in iPhoto.  See this user tip for the differences between the two: Photos 1.2 vs iPhoto 9.6.1:  Features and Capabilities.

     

    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.

    Albums and smart albums can be sorted by Title, by Date with oldest first and by Date with newest first.

     

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

     

    If you are interested in keeping your personal info to yourself I would not use Google Photos based on this article: Google Photos may be free — but there's still a cost.

     

    The same goes for Google Chrome.  Just some food for thought.

     

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