New to Mac - need help with iphoto

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New to Mac - need help with iphoto

Just bought a Mac in May, which has OS X El Capitan. Trying to utilize the full benefits of iPhoto (hope I have that name correct). I want to be able to organize and edit photos mostly. Came from PC world and am admittedly still figuring out my Mac. I have had an iPhone for years so I understand a little bit of it, but still confused. Here are my questions:

1. How do I organize my photos into specific folders? I can see where they were imported to, but not sure how to get them into folders for organizing based on categories of events, clients, etc.

2. If I want to be able to back them up in iCloud, how do I verify my settings to make sure I'm doing this correctly? I'd like to be able to access them across all my devices if possible (iPhone, Mac, iPad)

3. If I delete them in one place, does that mean they are deleted everywhere? (May be a dumb question, but again, I'm still learning.) 😉

Any help is appreciated. Thanks so much,

EGerdes

iMac

Posted on Jul 30, 2016 11:59 AM

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Answer 1

léonie

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Jul 30, 2016 12:22 PM in response to egerdes

As I showed you prior, www.icloud says it has nothing for me to delete. Someone is not being honest. PLus there's the fact my address book was consumed.

El Capitan comes with the Photos for Mac application. iPhoto has been provided with older Macs.

1. How do I organize my photos into specific folders? I can see where they were imported to, but not sure how to get them into folders for organizing based on categories of events, clients, etc.

Photos for Mac is organizing everything automatically into Moments, Collections, Years.

Moments are grouping photos taken at the same time at the same place.
Collections are grouping related moments
And the years view is showing all photos taken in the same year.

You can add albums by selecting photos and creating an album from them.

And you can group releted albums by moving them to folder. Folders can be nested.

See this help page: Photos Help

i.e. https://help.apple.com/photos/mac/1.0/?lang=en#/phtf677b8f5

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egerdes Author

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Jul 30, 2016 12:32 PM in response to léonie

I'm not sure what your first quote/comment means or where it comes from, as it is not mine?? This was the first question I ever posted. 😉

Ok, so I must have "Photos" then? Sorry, I'm not so sure about the names of things... still learning it and have probably been reading about too many things in this category.

Thank you for your help. I will try that.

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Old Toad

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Jul 30, 2016 2:06 PM in response to egerdes

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

Photos 1.5 vs iPhoto 9.6.1: Features and Capabilities

Moments in Photos are the New Events.

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

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egerdes Author

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Jul 30, 2016 1:13 PM in response to Old Toad

Thank you.

Another question, is there a way to import photos to the photos app if they were previously in another folder I transferred from my PC and not imported through photos?

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Answer 5

Old Toad

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Jul 30, 2016 2:05 PM in response to egerdes

Just drag the folder containing the photos onto the Photos icon in the Dock to import them.

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egerdes Author

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Jul 30, 2016 2:05 PM in response to Old Toad

Yay! This just solved a lot of issues for me. Thanks tons!

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