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I recently updated my iMac OS to El Captian and am now forced to use Photos instead of iPhoto.
I had created a ton of photo albums within iPhoto to keep my photos organized. I am also new to
using and paying for iCloud.
Anyone have any idea how I can get my organized photo albums now in Photos back onto my
iPhone and iPad?
iMac
If your iMac , your iPhone, and your iPad are using iCloud Photo Library, any standard album you are creating on your Mac will show in the album section of the other devices. Only smart albums will not sync to your mobile devices. Are the smart albums missing, or do your albums not show at all?
See this help page, on what should have been migrated from your iPhoto LIbrary to Photos.
If your iMac , your iPhone, and your iPad are using iCloud Photo Library, any standard album you are creating on your Mac will show in the album section of the other devices. Only smart albums will not sync to your mobile devices. Are the smart albums missing, or do your albums not show at all?
See this help page, on what should have been migrated from your iPhoto LIbrary to Photos.
Well, all of my photos are still copying over to the iCloud, it might take a few days,
there are a lot to transfer so maybe I need to wait until the process is complete to
see my albums back on my iPhone.
What are smart albums?
where can I find what you wrote in your post?
See this help page, on what should have been migrated from your iPhoto LIbrary to Photos.
jmhicloud wrote:
where can I find what you wrote in your post?
See this help page, on what should have been migrated from your iPhoto LIbrary to Photos.
Sorry, the link did not post, I'll try again:
How Photos handles content and metadata from iPhoto and Aperture - Apple Support
thank you
You're welcome 🙂
It looks like my photos are going to take a long time to copy over and I can now see
the albums partially loaded in iCloud now but they aren't showing up yet on my iPhone -
at what point will the customized photo albums show up on my iPhone and/or what
do I need to do to get them there?
I read the link you attached but it doesn't say how to get them back onto the iPhone
or iPad?
If you are using iCLoud Photo Library on all devices then once all uploads are complete then all photos will be downloaded and all libraries on all systems will be the same and all changes made on any system will be made on all systems
The initial upload can be very slow and long but you have to let it finish without interruption
LN
thank you - was getting very nervous that I lost all my years of organization of photo albums created in iPhoto.
You are welcome
LN
iPhoto Albums aren't showing up now in Photos with iCloud
