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Notechy

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Apr 11, 2015
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I have reasonable experience using iPad (linked to Windoes device) but I am new to an iMac. In the past I have been accustomed to successfully syncing my photos from the Windows device on to our iPads, retaining the folders/albums with their descriptive names.

My most recent syncing, from the folders now on iMac, lost the folders. Also I am trying to get the photos, in their folders, into Photo on the iMac.

Can I readily achieve what I am trying to do? We have about 75000 photos, of which about 25000 in 200 folders are the ones which we really want to handle in this way.
 

chabig

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I don't think there is a way to automatically do what you ask short of a specialty app, which you might find in the App Store (but I could not). A workaround would be to open Photos on the Mac, show the Sidebar, and create the 200 descriptively named albums you want. Then, one at a time, drag each of your 200 album folders onto it's associated album folder in the sidebar. This imports the pictures into Photos and adds them to that particular album.
 

Notechy

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Original poster
Apr 11, 2015
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Surrey
Thanks to Chabig for response. I hope that a better solution emerges, or I may just not use Photios.

In the meantime, my son has sorted my iPad syncing problem, so at least I once again have my proper albums on the iPad.
 
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