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Photos - how do you tell if you have already moved a photo to an album>

I have 4000 photos to sort in Photos with some albums already created. I am systematically going through them in the Photos View (the one with all the Master copies) and sorting them into albums. So I might move 10 photos to an album and then come back to the master view and go to the next lot to file.

The thing is with so many similar photos, when I come back to the master view to file the next batch, I don't know where I am up to. Because if keeps the masters, is there a simlple way of telling where I am up to? I tried right clicking on a photo to see if it tells you which albums it is in but it doesn't tell me this. I am sending ages going back and forth between screens trying to sort what I have filed and what I haven't filed into albums. Very frustrating!

I must admit, i am a big fan of Mac but I do like the Windows system better where every photo only exists once and you file it in the album it needs to go in.

My second question is : If I delete a photo in an album, does it delete the master or do I have to double handle the photo and delete in both.

BTW I am using OS X Yosemite. Thanks in advance, hopefully it is user error and can be easily sorted!

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Apr 26, 2016 4:57 AM

24 replies

hxharch

Level 1

9 points

Apr 28, 2016 3:07 PM in response to léonie

Hey, can you explain something to me please....

So before I would have a new event when I imported my phone, it was dated or whatever, but I had a bunch of Events named by topic, ie Family, My dog, My farm. (Which I still have) So, I used to take the new events and cut pics of of them and put those pics in my organized events based on topic. I NEVER used albums because 1 picture could exist in multiple albums. So, organizing my 40,000 pic library was easy in events b/c a picture could only be in 1 event at a time. Is there any part of Photo that has this type of protocol anymore? Or do my photos just exists in one massive file and then can exist in 40 different albums?? this is maddening too me.

LarryHN

Level 10

106,142 points

Apr 28, 2016 3:50 PM in response to hxharch

Moments are the new events but you can not control them

albums an folders are the best way to organize - and having a photos in multi[le albums is certainly possible but is not an issue - in fact it is an advantage - a group photo of Grandmother's birthday should be in many albums - birthdays, grandmother, mom, dad, sister, brother, cakes, etc

That is one f the most powerful features of Photos

léonie

Level 10

200,537 points

Apr 28, 2016 11:45 PM in response to hxharch

So, I used to take the new events and cut pics of of them and put those pics in my organized events based on topic.

To organize based on topic use keywords and smart albums. That is what I am doing.

Define a keyword for each topic and assign it to the photos. Then create smart albums looking for photos with the keyword in a date range.

jkbsnet

Level 1

8 points

Jul 21, 2016 1:35 PM in response to léonie

Thank you for this answer! Very helpful!

Old Toad

Level 10

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Jul 21, 2016 1:58 PM in response to hxharch

Read this user tip: Moments in Photos are the New Events.

Here are some additional user tips from Photos for Mac User Tips that will help you in your transition from iPhoto to Photos:

Photos 1.5 vs iPhoto 9.6.1: Features and Capabilities

External Editors in Photos Are Here

Notes on Migrating an iPhoto Library from iPhoto to Photos for Mac

Photo Editing Extensions for Photos for Mac

ukliz

Level 1

4 points

Jul 30, 2016 10:27 AM in response to léonie

This seemed like the perfect solution, but I don't have "any" as an option; I can select "album" and "is not" but "any" does not appear in the last box.

Any other thoughts?

Thanks

léonie

Level 10

200,537 points

Jul 30, 2016 10:30 AM in response to ukliz

Which version of Phots are you using?

I have been seeing "Any" in any version of Photos I have been using:

LarryHN

Level 10

106,142 points

Jul 30, 2016 10:39 AM in response to ukliz

simple

three fields

#1 - "Album"

#2 - "is not"

#3 - "any" - located at the very top of the scrollable list

Dec 17, 2017 9:52 PM in response to léonie

The smart album does not always work and no one knows why.

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