This CRUCIAL function used to be super easy in iPhoto, but it seems like they left it out of Photos -- which is incredibly dumb, as I'd like to add a description (e.g. Sophie's Wedding 2016) to about 200 photos... without having to do it one photo at a bloody time.
Or add the geo-tag to all the photos where they're missing.
Anyone got any idea how to make this happen?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4)
Connie, as I said in response to your other comment:
The recent El Capitan upgrade added some improvements to Photos. There is still not a full support for batch changing, but we can at least select multiple photos at once and add the same title or caption to all selected photos at once. Simply open the Info panel after you select the photos and type a new title or caption into the Info panel. It will be changed for all selected photos. You can also change the location for all photos at once this way.
Photos is not a stand-alone application, that is updated separately. It is installed by MacOS X, is a part of the system software, and any update to Photos is only available by updating the system. So, if you want to profit from updates to Photos (better sorting, geocoding, changing multiple titles and captions), you have to upgrade to El Capitan.
Or simply continue to use iPhoto, if you prefer it to Photos. The compatibility update iPhoto 9.6.1 for Yosemite is working very well on Yosemite and Photos.
On Yosemite you can use the AppleScripts we posted to add functionality to Photos.
User Tips: Photos for Mac
Batch Changes in Photos for Mac: Change the titles to a Given String
Photos for Mac: Batch Change the Date and Time to a Fixed Date
Thanks for your answer.
Do you know if iPhoto reverse compatible? i.e. can I go back to iPhoto? (I don't want to be force upgraded to El Capitan, as I have thousands of dollars worth of other programs that will then require paid upgrades.)
This is classic apple: they change a product and don't think like the consumer, so leave out essential functionality...and then use that to drive upgrades. It truly s u c k s. But it's Apple.
You cannot open the Photos Library in iPhoto. It is one-way, from iPhoto to Photos. You would need to start from your last iPhoto Library and export the new photos from Photos and import them into your iPhoto Library.
thanks, again.
and my point exactly 😟
How do I batch change description for multiple photos?
