Managing iPhoto Library

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Managing iPhoto Library

Partner and I have just come back from OS trip and want to organise a whole bunch of photos on two iPhones, both now iOS 12. I have noticed that if I connect them to my iMac, I can't mass-select and delete photos off the iPhones. It appears I have to open the iPhoto app and then select each photo I want to delete individually.

Do I really have to do this 1,234 times to tidy up the library? Is there any kind of mass delete or file management utility in iPhoto?

iMac, macOS Sierra (10.12.3), Upgraded to Sierra

Posted on Oct 5, 2018 9:43 PM

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Yer_Man

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Oct 6, 2018 1:41 PM in response to jonathanshearman

Connect the phone and launch IC.

Does it list all the images on the phone? If so, select the ones you want to delete and delete them.

If it doesn't allow this, then the iCloud Photo Library is enabled somewhere.

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Answer 2

Oct 5, 2018 10:47 PM in response to Yer_Man

Well - if I connect the iPhone to my PowerBook, and view the photos on the device, there is no control there to delete photos either singly or en masse - unless I'm not seeing it. (iPhoto 9.6.1 on the Mac.)

So, I went back to the Photo app on the iPhone and started there. That's when I realised that I have to delete photos one-at-a-time - again, unless there's something I'm not seeing.

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Oct 5, 2018 10:54 PM in response to Yer_Man

Yes, I'm trying to delete many images that I don't want to download. I can't do this from the Mac, so am trying to do it on the iPhones.

I haven't had reason to start using iCloud for photos, although if it offers bulk-edit functionality, I would consider it.

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Yer_Man

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Oct 5, 2018 10:42 PM in response to jonathanshearman

What version of iPhoto?

Have you got the iCloud Photo Library running?

Do I really have to do this 1,234 times to tidy up the library?

The iPhoto Library? Or on the Phone?

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Yer_Man

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Oct 5, 2018 10:51 PM in response to jonathanshearman

So you're trying to delete the images from the phone?

Have you the iCloud Photo Library running?

Have you tried with Image Capture?

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Yer_Man

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Oct 5, 2018 10:58 PM in response to jonathanshearman

You're great an answering two out of three questions 😉

Have you tried with Image Capture? What happens when you do?

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Oct 5, 2018 11:00 PM in response to Yer_Man

I have never heard of Image Capture up until this thread. Up until now, I've only ever used iTunes and iPhoto.

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Oct 6, 2018 1:42 PM in response to Yer_Man

Thanks! That did the trick. 'Image Capture' is just the kind of utility what I was looking for, but I hadn't even been aware of its existence before opening this thread.

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