Is Photos for mac going to be improved?

I like them too!

But the help page for Photos needs updating and more content. Apple used to write good user guides.

If I understand you, I have to go into every single file and add a description with the full address such a 100 Via Veneto, Rome, Italy.

Maybe your problem is that you understand things that have never been said

NO one sad a word about changing anything

here is what was said - have you tried it?

2 - You can find photos by location, date, etc using the search command or smart albums (file menu ==> new smart album)

To find the one of Italy search on "italy" or make a smart album for text contains "italy"

Nothing at all about making any changes inanything

LN

The search field is very versatile. As an example of what Larry recommended:

Typing the name of a place into the search field will show several search results: County, City, Neighborhood,...

Pick the result from the list you have been looking for. This will work, if the photos have GPS coordinates or you assigned a location from the Info panel.

Searching for text using a smart album will find the country name or city name, if GPS coordinates are available.

Does Photos allow you to delete the master from the hard drive yet. It did not at first, and I am wondering if one can do this now.

Of course not - the masters are critical to the operation of photos and ot the non destructive editing

LN

Does Photos allow you to delete the master from the hard drive yet

Yes, but only if you want to delete the photo completely from your library and are running a "managed" library.

Thanks OT...I use referenced.

Thanks OT...I use referenced.

Then you are responsible for keeping the referenced, source files up to date with deletions. As you've probably noticed in these forums referenced libraries are not recommended.

Yes. Old habits are hard to break. I used reference files with Aperture and I know to get the most out of the photos app is to have it managed.

Thanks

I am thinking of going to Photos from Elements 13. I have was using Aperture for years and when it ended I went to Elements.

I have all of my photos on an external organized by year. I understand that I can import these into Photos...but how do I get them all into Photos as "masters". In other words--I can take a photo with my iphone and it will auto import the photo into "photos". I can actually see the photo after import in the Masters folder of "photos". How would I get all of my photos off the external into that masters folder within "photos"?

I imported my 2016 photos into "photos" from my external...and they imported without a problem. Are they being read as "referenced" becuase they were imported from another source?

How would I manage them so that these photos on the external will import into "photos" and now appear under the masters folder within "photos" like the photo I took with the iphone?

Thanks

they are referenced if you imported them as referenced - See Old Toad's post above)

You can see what photos are referenced - make a new smart album (file menu ==> new smart album) for Photos is referenced

You can change those to managed (copy the original to the Photos library) by selecting all in that smart album and using the Consolidate command (file menu ==> consolidate)

It is best to always keep the preference to copy imported items to the Photos library checked and not use a referenced library

LN

OK thanks.

Also: I just started using mail and moving away from Outlook.

How do I email a photo using "photos" when using mac mail?

In the share- there is no spot to check for "mail". (mail is listed as my default email)

In the mail preferences verify that Mail is set as the default mail reader and in the Photos share menu it should be there - if not click on more and add it

If that does not work see this article -- If Share options or Markup is missing after upgrading to OS X Yosemite or El Capitan - Apple Support

LN

They expect you to learn how to organize your photos they way THEY want you do so. iPhotos allowed me to sort them in a manner that made sense to ME! Please, for the love of God, put some of the functionality that existed in iPhoto back into the PHOTOS app and quit "improving" things all the time.