IPhoto seems to be missing few Photos features

I was hoping iPhoto can fully replace built-in Photos app, but alas, that doesn't seem to be the case.
Some of the most glaring omissions seems to be:
Cannot delete photos (what is the point of hiding photos if I cannot delete them all later?)
Cannot send photo to Messages (MMS), assign to contact, nor set as wallpaper
Create an album
Move photos to an album
Delete an album
Import photos from Camera Connection Kit
Faces and Places view
Am I wrong or do these features exist?
All in all, the app feels more like photo editor and social sharing tool, which is still fine, but a bit of a let down.

Wendy
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Not being there I can’t comment on what happened to it, but it would seem that it has been deleted inadvertently.
You can reinstall it:
To re-install iPhoto
1. Put the iPhoto.app in the trash (Drag it from your Applcations Folder to the trash)
2. Go to HD/Library/Receipts and remove any pkg file there with iPhoto in the name
3. Re-install.
If you purchased an iLife Disk, then iPhoto is on it.
If iPhoto was installed on your Mac when you go it then it’s on the System Restore disks that came with your Mac. Insert the first one and opt to ‘Install Bundled Applications Only...’
Regards
TD

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