Separate Photo Albums?

[thomamon]

We are up to iOS 18 and there is still no way to have tow separate photo albums. Say one for personal and one for work. Or anything like that.

Is there any kind of a work around? Is anyone able to do this?

 

[AZFalconi]

I’m sorry but this makes zero sense and will never happen

 

[thomamon]

I’m sorry but this makes zero sense and will never happen

It makes perfect sense and needs to happen.

 

[AZFalconi]

It makes perfect sense and needs to happen.

To you it does. No one else

 

[thomamon]

To you it does. No one else

To you it does. No one else

🙄

Cause you dont want it doesn't mean nobody else does.

It is a feature that needs to be implemented at some time in some form.

 

[BBDDVV]

in case you are using iCloud Photos and are not using Shared library, it sounds as if that's what you could use? A shared library is a separate library, in the Camera app you can select what library the next photos are going to be stored in, and after the fact you can also move photos/videos from one to the other?
Not as clean as what you're hoping for, but could do the trick?

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Hmm… I’m struggling with the use case here. What problem are you trying to solve, that isn’t handled by albums?

Presumably both (all) libraries would still sync via iCloud - so it’s not going to help with storage space.

Shared albums are already a thing, so it’s not going to help with sharing/access.

Every feature doesn’t need to be useful to every user. But there should be SOME clear usefulness, otherwise it’s feature bloat for no reason. What’s the usefulness of this?

 

[thomamon]

Hmm… I’m struggling with the use case here. What problem are you trying to solve, that isn’t handled by albums?

Presumably both (all) libraries would still sync via iCloud - so it’s not going to help with storage space.

Shared albums are already a thing, so it’s not going to help with sharing/access.

Every feature doesn’t need to be useful to every user. But there should be SOME clear usefulness, otherwise it’s feature bloat for no reason. What’s the usefulness of this?

So I can easily separate photos I take for my personal life with photos I take for my work life. And not have to go through everything when looking for a specific photo. If it is a work photo, I know to look in the work album.

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Yes, that's how it works. If it's a work photo, put it in the work album.

Why do you need a separate library?

 

[AZFalconi]

Yes, that's how it works. If it's a work photo, put it in the work album.

Why do you need a separate library?

EXACTLY

 

[FreakinEurekan]

If it is a work photo, I know to look in the work album.

One feature I COULD understand is the ability to set the “Default album” in Camera, so that each picture taken will go to a specific album right out of the gate. I can see setting up an album for a party or event, or vacation, or project and automatically slotting photos taken into that album. Make it a toggle-able dropdown right on the Camera screen so if it’s toggled off - no change at all, it just saves to the Library like now. If it’s on, you can select the Album right from the Camera preview, and it stays selected until you change it.

I would probably not personally use such a feature; since I have a Mac I just select a range & drag so sorting is pretty simple (plus I have to do the same anyway with imported photos from my Nikon). But if you only have iPhone, it might be beneficial.

 

[drober30]

One feature I COULD understand is the ability to set the “Default album” in Camera, so that each picture taken will go to a specific album right out of the gate. I can see setting up an album for a party or event, or vacation, or project and automatically slotting photos taken into that album. Make it a toggle-able dropdown right on the Camera screen so if it’s toggled off - no change at all, it just saves to the Library like now. If it’s on, you can select the Album right from the Camera preview, and it stays selected until you change it.

I would probably not personally use such a feature; since I have a Mac I just select a range & drag so sorting is pretty simple (plus I have to do the same anyway with imported photos from my Nikon). But if you only have iPhone, it might be beneficial.

This is a pretty good idea, you could create an album on vacation, then every picture you take goes into that vacation album. Thats seems better than having to move them later. I'm sure Apple intelligence will have a big impact on photos, they already demoed how you can just ask Siri for specific photos.