Jerry Dammers

Q: How are "Moments" defined in Photos for Mac?

Having used the "Photos" album view (top left) to label descriptions and locations, I can see the benefits of this view.

 

Is this the same as "Moments" in iOS? It certainly seems to have the same purpose.

 

Also, what are the parameters to define the "moments" on my Mac? It seems to group photos by time and/or location but I can't work out exactly what rules it is applying (and this becomes relevant where I might want to group photos together)

 

Thank you

MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS Sierra (10.12), + iPhone 6 Plus & iPad Air 2

Posted on Oct 6, 2016 1:20 AM

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  • by Jerry Dammers,

    Jerry Dammers Jerry Dammers Oct 7, 2016 5:06 AM in response to léonie
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    Oct 7, 2016 5:06 AM in response to léonie

    Yes they all have GPS and I've just been through the painstaking process of adding GPS to photos where there was no location.

     

    I even have this issue with photos taken on the same phone. For example, I have a number of shots in the day in London, and then a single shot from 120 miles away that evening. All photos are grouped together in the same moment with two locations listed.

     

    I actually think Moments is a good addition to Photos but, as with much of Photos, it doesn't quite work 100% how one would expect it to.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Oct 7, 2016 5:18 AM in response to Jerry Dammers
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    Oct 7, 2016 5:18 AM in response to Jerry Dammers

    Do you have "Summarize Photos" enabled in the Photos Preferences > General?

    This will display less photos in the Moments, and the gps may appear larger.

  • by Jerry Dammers,

    Jerry Dammers Jerry Dammers Oct 7, 2016 5:58 AM in response to léonie
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    Oct 7, 2016 5:58 AM in response to léonie

    I didn't so have now selected it and thought that would break up the moments but sadly not

     

    I can only conclude the rule which defines the distance between photo locations before a new Moment is created is higher than 120 miles!

     

    What did you mean by "gps may appear larger"?

     

    Thanks

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Oct 7, 2016 6:36 AM in response to Jerry Dammers
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    Oct 7, 2016 6:36 AM in response to Jerry Dammers
    and the gps may appear larger.

    I meant to write "the gaps may appear larger.", sorry.

    I am continually loosing the battle against the spell checker on my iPad.

  • by Jerry Dammers,

    Jerry Dammers Jerry Dammers Oct 16, 2016 2:22 AM in response to Jerry Dammers
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    Oct 16, 2016 2:22 AM in response to Jerry Dammers

    Having played around with amending the time of photos, it looks like a new moment is created if there is a time gap of more than 5 hours

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