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  1. K

    Advice about data transfer to new Mac Studio from 2017 iMac

    Info: I have a 2017 iMac running High Sierra 10.13.6 Because I have a work laptop that is using Monterey, I never upgraded the iMac OS (partly due to not enough memory available on the internal SSD hard drive!). We use the iMac mainly for internet, mail and Photo/movie management. A long time...
  2. Mostly Adequate

    iPhoto/Photos transfer between iMacs

    I have an old 2011 iMac which I need to pass on, but there’s an issue with iPhoto/Photos. The iPhoto library on that old Mac goes back to my original G4 Mac, being transferred to subsequent Macs as I upgraded. However, there was a spanner in the works when Apple replaced iPhoto with Photos. I...
  3. Rebani

    Drag Photos from "Photos" on Mac, to a folder - is it safe?

    Hi I have all my photos in "Photos" on my Mac, and on my Phone. But I also have my photos stored in folders on my Mac, "the old" way from the pas 25 years. Therefore I have folders on my Mac, named by year and events. Ex. "20212 -> "Christmas". Every month I would like to get all my photos...
    • Rebani
    • Thread
    • photos
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
  4. ghulst

    Photos storage is getting too large - Alternatives?

    I would like to pick your collective brains on photo storage. I have been using Apple Photos since iPhoto and my first mac in 2009. At the moment my Photos archive takes up almost 700Gb on my MacBook. That is pretty expensive storage if you see the cost of a 2Tb drive upgrade. As I am...
  5. L

    HDR pictures on MacBook pro 2021?

    when looking at a picture taken with an iphone in photos.app,the highlights look extremely bright ,which make me thing that it maybe is kicking XDR ,thus allowing the display to go over 500nits (and reaching peak of 1600) 1) can anybody confirm that 2)is there anything similar for my Android...
  6. Z

    iCloud from the Cloud to Photos

    How can i transfer the photos/videos from the Cloud to Photos keeping the date and time, so the new footage will sort with the rest of my contents in Photos?
  7. SheSingsSongs

    Annoying backup issue!

    So, for the entire time I've owned an iPhone (10+ years), my backups have been between 5 GB and 7 GB. In the summer, I backed up my iPhone 11 Pro before I bought a new phone (12 pro). The backup was 6.8 Gig. Perfect. I uploaded that to my new phone and got on with my life. Sometime after...
  8. torbjornhb

    Smart Albums gir sorting images

    With 80 000 photos on my external hard drive, and about 9000 photos in iCloud, I have kids of given up to find a way to access all of them on my Mac. But, I began thinking about Smart Albums. I'd it possible to set it up so it automatically sorts all photos between two specific dates? For...
  9. Z

    migrating Photos but not with the Apple way

    I have a huge collection of photos and videos in Photos in HighSierra. How can i move those to a diff computer that will be running the latest OSX but without the use of migration assistant? Its a different machine the one i wish only Photos to be transported there... is it possible?
    • zoran
    • Thread
    • mingrate photos
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: macOS
  10. il_teo77

    Background activities when on battery power

    Since Apple introduced the Apple Silicon powered Macs with their long battery life I can't help but wonder how to manage them. On the weekend I bring my Mac home without the need to bring the charger which stays neatly at the office. When in the office I am still on the fences whether or not to...
  11. KettyKrueger

    Photo tags/metadata. Lossless rotation/crop

    Hi all I currently keep all my photos (~13k) on a Synology NAS in a folder structure based on dates. I don't edit them in any way but I do want to make it easier to find specific photos. I'm looking for an app that allows me to add tags to photos that: a) will be embedded into the photos; b)...
  12. djsound

    How to make a photo book from photos app on Mac

    about 5 years ago I made a photo book very easily from my photos app on my iMac......but it seems that it can not longer do that. It was perfect and my family loved it......anyone know of another way to do this easily? I turned out very classy when apple did it...... thanks you
  13. R

    iCloud way to manage icloud photos on two devices when one for a child

    Hi, We have one iphone (mine) and two ipads (used by my children) all connected to the same icloud account. Originally I had icloud turned off for the ipad photos, but my son likes to make videos and was filling up his memory really quickly, so I have had to turn on icloud photos for his ipad...
  14. C

    iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone 13 Pro Max photos - First experiments

    Hi, I wanted to share my experiments in photography with the iPhone 13 Pro Max, I'm new in the Apple world, coming from Android. In a few words, I changed because of the photo quality of the iPhone 13 Pro and I'm not disappointed at all. I did a few tests in interiors, and here are the results...
    • cyMax
    • Thread
    • iphone 13 pro max photos
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: iPhone
  15. T

    macOS Applescript to set Photos "Places" from a GPS data exchange (GPX) file

    Here is a script I put together that will allow you load GPS locations into the the Mac Photos app from a GPS data exchange (GPX) file. (GPX is a standard XML format that contains longitude and latitude location data.) I wrote this in order to apply GPS data tracks generated on my iPhone using...
  16. U

    Photos Sent Out of Order - Issue

    Does anyone know why photos are sent out of order when selecting and sending from the photos app? (To be sent via iMessage) I purposely select specific photos in a particular order so the recipient looks at them in the same order. But 98% of the time they get jumbled. This has been happening...
    • upandown
    • Thread
    • imessage issue out of order photo photos random recipient selecting sending sent
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: iOS 15
  17. purdnost

    Refreshed Messages Groups, Group Photos Won’t Update

    I deleted a few text message groups from my iPhone to quickly purge photos, attachments, links, etc. When someone texts within one of the groups, the group returns to my message list, but not the group photo. Any idea how to get those back?
    • purdnost
    • Thread
    • group imessage photo photos text
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iOS 15
  18. mnc042

    MP 7,1 Weird graphics rendering/glitch in Photos

    Hello all, New 2019 Mac Pro owner, having a very bizarre graphics issue with my otherwise-wonderful machine. In Photos, occasionally zooming a picture (i.e., select it and press space bar) out to its full size results in this: Sometimes, it shows most of the picture but the blue "glitch"...
    • mnc042
    • Thread
    • glitching mac pro (2019) panic kernel photos photos app
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  19. R

    Will my Photo Albums be preserved when I start iCloud Photos?

    I have a large Photos library on the hard disk on my iMac, sorted into about 200 albums under "My Albums". When I turn on iCloud Photos to upload the photos, will they show up on my devices and the web version of Photos in those same albums or will all the photos be placed in one library without...
  20. S

    Apple Photos and People Album (Face scans)

    Hi folks! I'm here to ask for some help with Apple Photos on the Mac. I have slowly and steadily bought 23,000 photos onto the photo library of my Mac. Every day, around 1000 photos were imported. The photo library resides on an external Samsung T7. Issue: Apple Photos doesn't scan the...
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