Photos tutorial
Is there a "Photos" tutorial available?
Using iMac with El Capitan.
Thank you.
Angela
iMac
Open Photos. Click on the Help option in the menu bar.
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You also may find thistutorial on YouTube helpful. It's old now but it will give you a good general overview.
There are hundreds on youtube if you do a search one example: DACOX
Thank you. That's a good start but not as complete as I would like. What are "moments" for example. Didn't see that in any heading!
That's a good start but not as complete as I would like.
If you want complete & then some:
Photos for Mac and iOS: The Missing Manual
The Moments view groups photos and videos taken around the same time and place, like an afternoon hike (from http://www.apple.com/osx/photos/).
If you have two groups of photos taken on the same day but in different locations they will be in different Moments due to the different locations.
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.
Photos tutorial