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  1. pavelatanassov

    Is a complementary, folder-based photo library an improvement to the iOS photo management?

    This may sound like an app promotion at a first glance but it's a real question. In my startup we developed an app called Utiful that is a complementary photo library for mobile devices (available for iOS and Android). It allows for easy and fast organization of photos into folders, and this...
  2. I

    Photos app - some albums showing as grey boxes

    Hi all, I've recently updated my iMac with a new SSD - and to start it fresh, I decided to do a clean install of El Capitan on here. I previously had Mavericks, together with iPhoto - but as I've just noticed, iPhoto has been fazed out, and I'm now equipped with Photos. I keep a Time Machine...
  3. sos47

    How to "bulk" delete non-favorite photos on iPad or Mac

    I take all my photos with iPhone and DSLR. All photos move to my iPad/Mac over iCloud synchronizing or importing (Lightning SD Card). This works very well. As a next step, i tag the best pictures as "favorites". But how to delete all the untagged "non-favorite" photos? In the iOS Photos App...
  4. B

    Memories Discussion

    There has been a little talk here and there about the new Memories feature, and I was curious to hear about other people's experiences with it so far. I think it's a great addition to the Photos app, and the instant content creation is a great tool for the average consumer that either doesn't...
  5. R

    iCloud Photo Library - Major issues

    Been using iCloud Photo Library for awhile now... Upgraded to the 1TB plan a few months ago as I had gone over 200GB. I've been using "Optimize Storage" on all devices for awhile but stopped trusting Apple so much and decided I should have a good local copies well. I set up Photos on another...
  6. M

    People vs. Faces in Photos

    Are these two the same concept but re-branded and resold under a new moniker? And if so, has anyone found that their existing Faces that they've spent so much time categorizing gets carried over to the People part of the new MacOS/iOS systems? I'm sorting out People now on my iPhone and it is an...
  7. Corrode

    OSX Photos - Browse iCloud Library without Downloading

    I'm having a frustrating time organizing my Photos library. I have two Macs. An iMac for work (photo editing) and a MacBook for play. I want the ability to browse my iCloud Photo Library on my iMac without it downloading every single photo in my library. There is the "Optimize Mac Storage"...
  8. B

    So frustrating

    Hi all as a new switcher to mac (macbook pro 13") from my full on gaming pc 4k bells and whistles,i am having real issues with "photos" app . I have a external drive with all my photos on from my pc some 300gb but when i import them to photos i get a file called photo library and its only 172gb...
  9. J

    Opening a photo in PS from 'Photo"

    I have just switched to a Macbook from using Windows all my life and all of that intuitive stuff is no longer of any use to me! The Mac OS is SO different :( All I want to know is how to open a photo in Photoshop directly from the "Photo" app. For the life of me I can't work out how to do it...
  10. J

    How to sync videos to iPad

    I have numerous videos that I have shot with my iPad. I have backed up the videos on my Mac, and have deleted some of them from my iPad. I cannot figure out how to get these videos back onto my iPad. I can view them on my Mac in the Photos app, but cannot sync them to my iPad. Any ideas...
  11. B

    iCloud Photo Library, Photostream, and the saga of deleting photos ONLY in one place...

    I apologize if this has been covered before ad nauseam, but I can't seem to get an accurate answer even from the Apple Store reps. In an alternate life, when Apple still had your Photostream as one album and your Camera Roll as another, you could delete a photo from your Camera Roll after it...
  12. Tallguyinden

    Should I use iCloud Photo Library?

    I have 41,000 photos on my iMac Photos library. I have an iPhone 6s and iPad Air (wifi only). Most photos are transferred when traveling to my iPad which then transmits them to Photostream when I have wifi access, usually in a hotel room. When I get home they are transferred via Photostream to...
  13. B

    iPhone iCloud Photo Library doesn't save changes

    Hello folks:) I've experienced a, in my opinion major, problem with the iCloud Photo Library. I love taking fotos (iPhone & Camera) and then add it to my library and edit them on my iPad/iPhone. Since iOS 9.3 (even in beta) the changes I made with the photos app and Snapseed won't made it to...
  14. K

    Reverting back to Mavericks, iPhoto question

    Hello guys, it would be so nice if you could help me out. The Thing is, that I am sick of El Capitan on my mid 2012 MacBook Air, 4gb. I have the Feeling that my OS got slow ever since I upgraded to Yosemite and El Capitan. In my opinion, Mavs was the fastest OS. After upgrading to Yosemite, I...
  15. D

    iCould photos + Storage

    I got a message on my Mini iPad telling me my storage is low, I saw that my camera and Photos is 1.1GB which was taking up most of the storage. So i went to iCloud> Photos and turned off iCloud Photo Libaray, now I have a message saying the iCloud photos library will be deleted from the iCloud...
  16. F

    how to dismantle iPhoto when iPhone is gone?

    Hi Community, I recently switched away from iPhone to Android, but keep using my Macbook Pro retina. Just found out that almost 200GB on my MacBook are taken by the iPhoto library file, so I am planning to move it away to an external drive to save space. Does anyone have good advice on how to...
  17. Garland Briggs

    Photos Agent constantly uploading, but there's nothing to upload

    I have been noticing that my internet has been kinda sluggish lately, and started troubleshooting. After running Activity Monitor I found out that Photos Agent was, and is, constantly uploading (and downloading) data. The strange thing is that there's no new photos or videos to upload or...
  18. davidhammer

    What happens to iPhone-created photo albums once iCloud Photo Library activated?

    Updated to iCloud Photo Library on my Macbook Air. Used my wife's iCloud account (she's in charge of the photos). Everything uploaded just fine in a couple days. Works great on the computer and on iCloud.com. I'm now ready to activate it on her iPhone so that everything syncs between the...
  19. U

    OSX Photos and Disk Space

    I'm encountering a problem with OSX Photos and disk space. I'm trying to use Photos on my laptop which has a 250gb primary drive, and a 1tb secondary drive. I've configured Photos to use my Photos library on my secondary drive. This works, but if I enable the Photo Stream functionality, OSX...
  20. J

    9.3 Photos automatically changing dates of some photos

    Today I opened up my photos app and noticed it showing around 20 images that were a year or older and showing them as recently taken such as around 1am when at 1am I wasn't even using my phone at all. When I installed 9.3 it was on a fresh install as I haven't even arranged my apps yet. I...