Group change photo description??

Maybe the editing tools improved in this App but the Photo organization certainly did not. I like to add a description to a group of photos i.e. "Yellowstone Park" It only lets you add description to one photo at a time. Without "Events" I have hundreds of Albums. Being able to search descriptions would let me combine some albums. Obviously something that will be added in the future. Just an observation... Apple is spending huge effort to trim down their OS X applications to match the IOS format. Why not upgrade the IOS apps to work like the OS X???

I like to add a description to a group of photos i.e. "Yellowstone Park" It only lets you add description to one photo at a time.
You could try several things:
You can add keywords to several selected photos at once, perhaps in some cases a keyword will suffice instead of a batch assigned description.
If your photos have GPS assigned, all your Yellowstone photos should be in a Moment or Collection of photos taken in Yellowstone National park. Then you can select the photos in he moments.
You could search for the date range, when you have been in Yellowstone with a smart rule.
Or try to batch change using an Apple Script or Automator workflow. I posted a few simple scripts as a user tip:
Photos for Mac: Batch Change the Descriptions
Batch Changes in Photos for Mac: Change the titles to a Given String
Try the scripts first on a small selection of test images, if you want to give it a try. And not without having a backup of your Photos library.

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