Organizing Photos in Album

Recently upgraded from Tiger to Snow Leopard with Mac Box Set which included Mac OS X Snow Leopard, iLife '09 and iWork '09. Created albums in iLife '09 iPhoto from albums in Tiger iPhoto. No issues until I tried to "organize" photos with each of 8 albums. I can't "Drag" a photo to the correct position within the album.

Events are a basic automatic organization based on dates - some people use only events - some do not use them and use only albums - I use both
I use and recommend leaving events pretty much as iPhoto creates them (sometimes I split one or combine a few but basically my library of events is a bunch of date arranges happenings)
Then I use faces to identify Who is in a photo and places to identify where the photos is taken - albums and folders (folders contain albums and/or other folders) for more detailed organization - like trips - so a vacations folder with folders for Italy, Spain, hawaii etc in it and then albums for different trips to each in those folders for example
Many people also use keywords and smart albums for additional organization
LN

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My photos are organized on my computer alphabetically or numerically, but when they sync to my iPad they become jumbled inside the albums. How can I get them back in order?

On iOS 5+ they are sorted by the 'date modified' field - so you either need to manipulate their date modified fields, or you could consider using a third-party photo management app such as Photo Manager Pro which allows you to sort your photos within it by filename or date (ascending or descending), type, or you can drag them into your own sort order

Organizing Photos Into Albums

I just got an iPhone 4 and its the first iPhone I've owned. I'm wondering if it's possible to organize my photos and downloaded images into different albums. I'm an organizer and it's driving me crazy that everything is lumped together. It may be a really simple process but it I just can't figure it out.

First, you can only have one master sync album on PC's/itunes, so below is how to work around that problem:
For windows pc's Photo albums:
1) Create a master sync folder on your pc with no photo files at the root level of the folder.
2) Create sub-folders within the master sync folder with the subfolders named what you want the ipad's photo albums to be named.
3) Place the photo files you want to sync in the appropriate subfolder within the master sync folder.
4) In itunes on the photos tab, select the master folder as the sync folder.
5) After syncing, each subfolder will be an album on the ipad with the proper photos contained there-in.
Hope this helps...

I was organizing my photos into albums. then deleting them from my Camera roll. Then I went into MY Photo Stream and started deleting the pics I had moved to albums;Come to find out I deleted all pic from everywhere!! Would the iCloud still have them sav

I was organizing my photos into albums. then deleting them from my Camera roll. Then I went into MY Photo Stream and started deleting the pics I had moved to albums;Come to find out I deleted all pic from everywhere!! Would the iCloud still have them saved

First of all, you should always save you photos on computer like any other digital camera.
Backup on iCloud or iTunes only backup your Camera Roll. The other photos should be already on the computer.
Note: Photos are not saved in iTunes, it's only a conduit between your iPhone and your photo managing software on computer.
What computer do you have?

Organizing Photo Albums by NAME? very odd results

I have zero problems with my 5G iPod , but I do have an odd problem:
I can't seem to get the iPod's Photo album section to match the sort order I have in the Folder they are syncing with.
For example: I made a folder with 150 "albums" (not from iPhoto)
I synced to that and everything showed up in alphabetical order like in the album.
then I added some more folders (albums) to the Photo folder I was syncing with and I labeled some of the folders with a "0" (zero) at the beginning of the name, thinking these would sort at the TOP of the list and in the Folder on the computer, they did, but when I updated the iPod, they went straight to the bottom. And so did some other newer Photo Folders I added that had regular names.
So it appears that the iPod or iTunes is sorting by WHEN the photos or albums were added to the Folder that they are syncing with and it puts the newer ones at the Bottom by default.
is there any way to change this?
I'm putting together an iPod with Videos and Photos for a client and I'm doing it on my Mac, but I want to install the Video and Photos folders on his XP computer so that he can add photos later, but if they are automatically going to drop to the bottom of the list when he adds them that going to be a big time drag.
and yes, I have to have that many "albums" and no I can't use iPhoto because this will end up being used on a Windows computer later.
any suggestions?
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

well, I figured out a "workaround" for this.
iTunes makes a new file in the Photo Folder on your computer called "iPod Photo Cache"
It's not easy to see when you have over 150 "albums"
my error in the reply above this was NOT deleting that "iPod Photo Cache" file.
anyways, I trashed that file, then I copied all the "albums" over to a New Folder and went to iTunes an re-imported using THAT new Folder (that doesn't have an iPod photo cache anymore)
Ta da!
Now everyone lines up like little soldiers.
a little clunky for a work-around though.....

Backing up photos by album to external hard drive

I have just spent days organizing my photos into albums and folders on my internal hard drive. I would like to move this organized information to an external hard drive. When I drag the library over to the external hard drive, will the photos remain organized in the same albums and photos? If not, how do I get the albums/folders over separately?

Yes. You can use the paid version of iPhoto Library Manager to copy Events or Albums from Library 1 to Library 2 and preserve the titles, keywords. descriptions, modified files, etc.
If you want to backup slideshows, calendars, books then you'll want to use a backup application like Synk Standard to backup all changes from Library 1 to Library 2. That will preserve your library exactly.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.≤br>
Note: There now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

I put all my photos into album .Then proceeded to erace photos from last 18 months.. Went back to albums, and no pictures in most of the albums.. What happened? Don't know what to do. How can I get pictures back in my albums?

I put all my photos int albums. Then went back to same photos in last 18 months and deleted them. When I went back to albums, most of the pictures were gone. What happened? All of my pictures gone? I need help...

Hi saginrsf,
Deleted them from where? The photos in your albums are not the actual photos in your library. So if you deleted the photos from the Photos section of iPhoto, then you have deleted them period. All of the photos in your Albums are just "pointing" to the original photos. Albums are just a way of organizing your photos, but they are not copies of them.
Did you delete them from the Photos in iPhoto?
GB

Organizing photos between devices in iPhoto

Hi guys,
I am greatly confused and really hope you can help me out! I have searched for hours now and I am still not sure of the answer, so even though it might be answered in other threads I still hope you will help me...
I have and iPhone and a Macbook. Between these two devices I want to share and organize my photos taken with the iPhone. First of all the photos are obviously saved in the camera roll - and since I have enabled photoStream they are saved here as well.
For a while ago I read that to organize the photos I should syncronize with iPhoto, organize into albums and syncronize back to the phone. That kinda works, however now the photos are takin up space 3 times! That is very confusing and a waste of space!
What I really want is actually to have the photos in the camera roll until I have organized them into albums and then I want to be able to delete them from the camera roll. That way I ensure that I have organized all photos.
I really appreciate any tips as this is really frustrating...

And what is the difference between events and albums in iPhoto? I get that one solution is to import all photos to iPhoto and then organize the photos into albums. However they still apear in events - and with all these events ordered by dates how will I ever ensure that I have organized all images into albums?
iPhoto does not store photos. It only references photos in your camera roll, in events synced to your iDevice from your Mac, uploaded using the camera connection kit, or imported by other apps.
See the iPhoto Help: http://help.apple.com/iphoto/iphone/2.0/?handbuch#blnkbc26e276
iPhoto will not use additional space, if a photo is used in an album and also appears in an event or the camera roll.
What I really want is actually to have the photos in the camera roll until I have organized them into albums and then I want to be able to delete them from the camera roll. That way I ensure that I have organized all photos.
What kind of albums are you asking about? The albums that iPhoto creates by tagging, or the abums you create in the Camera Roll? Either way, these albums do not store the photos, they only group them differently for easy access. When you delete the photos from your camera roll, the photos will vanish from the albums as well, because they are one and the same image.
Anyway, it is no good idea to delete the photos from the Camera Roll. The Camera Roll is the central sharing place of your iPhone. Other apps can access your photos in the Camara Roll, the Camera Roll can be downloaded to your computer, the Camera Roll is backed up in your iCloud backup.
Should I rather organize only in events and not use albums?
Use the camera roll and events to store all your photos, and use albums to create selections for special purposes to easily access them and retrieve them.
First of all the photos are obviously saved in the camera roll - and since I have enabled photoStream they are saved here as well.
The camera roll stores the photos, but the Photo Stream is just a temporary buffer to share the photos. Don't rely on Photo Stream to keep the photos for ever. It will only keep the most recently added photos and no more than a thousand photos on your iPhone.
For a while ago I read that to organize the photos I should syncronize with iPhoto, organize into albums and syncronize back to the phone. That kinda works, however now the photos are takin up space 3 times! That is very confusing and a waste of space!
The general idea of that advice is to keep the photos off your phone:
Organize them on your mac, store all photos on your mac, and back them up regularly, so that you have them safe.
Then delete the photos from your phone to free space.
Now create albums on your mac with your most important photos that you want to have on your iPhone as well and regularly sync your current selection of favorite photos to your iPhone.
What may be confusing for you, is that you are trying to achieve something, that the two versions o iPhoto on your mac and your iPhone are not intended for and do not support well - two keep two photolibraries in sync. The apps support sharing of selected photos, but not syncing libraries. So have one well organized library on your mac, and share to your iPhone what you want on the phone as well, for example by setting up shared photostreams or syncing with iTunes.
Leonie

Organizing photos on iphoto

Hi,
I am new to iPhoto. I have few questions on organizing my photos using iPhoto.
1. I would like to sort my photos using the date added (& if possible date modified) instead of date taken. How to do this?
2. When I import images, iPhoto copies them to the iPhoto library folder. Within it, every new set of images are stored in a new folder (named roll 9, roll 10 etc). I dont like the way it organizes them. Can I organize all the snaps in the iPhoto Library myself and then add import them to iPhoto?
Thanks.
Murali

I dont like the way it organizes them. Can I organize all the snaps in the iPhoto Library myself and then add import them to iPhoto?
No. Don't change anything in the iPhoto Library Folder. IF you do then the application will not work. It sorts the photos the way it needs them to be. In truth there is no need to go near the folder anyway because anything you need to do with the pics can be (and should be) done through the iPhoto window.
Important: Do not modify the contents of the iPhoto Library folder from outside the iPhoto application.
Use iPhoto to delete, duplicate, or modify any photos in the iPhoto library. Modifying the contents of the iPhoto library from anywhere but the iPhoto application could result in a library that is unusable and may cause photos and albums to no longer appear in iPhoto.
That's from: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61262
Regards
TD

Problems with organizing photos in IPhoto

I am organizing my Iphoto in preparation to move the albums to an external hard drive to make space on my laptop. I just finished deleting and re-arranging around 90 albums with 11,000 plus photos. I then realized that when I was deleting them out of the albums they were not deleting out of the Iphoto library.
I need to find a way to keep only the photos I want (which are already organized in the albums) without having to go back through the 17,000 photos in my library and re-deleting and re-arranging. I don't think that moving the albums to the external hard drive and then deleting them is an option because I found that there are photos in my library that somehow did not make it into an album. There are also photos in the Iphoto trash that I do not want trashed so I guess I will have to restore those to my library and go back through them.
I was hoping there was a way for Iphoto to automatically recognized which photos were already in albums and leave the rest in the library for me to look through and either delete or place in albums.
Any suggestions to make this process easier would be greatly appreciated. Thank You.

I am organizing my Iphoto in preparation to move the albums to an external hard drive
What does that mean? You can't move "albums" outside of an iPhoto Library.
I was hoping there was a way for Iphoto to automatically recognized which photos were already in albums
New Smart Album
Album -> is not -> Any

Organizing Photos in a Slideshow

I am organizing photos by date within a large slide show that I am setting up in iPhoto 9. When I decide to add another photo it of course goes to the end of the slide show. How do I get each new photo up into the slide show where I want it without having to drag each photo up into it's proper place? There has to be a better way, but I can't figure it out! It's a real drag doing it this way! In iPhoto 8 there were smaller thumbnail sizes that could be 'dragged and dropped' into place, but I can't find that in iPhoto 9 slideshow. Thanks so much in advance for any help!
Sunny

Sunny:
Add your photos to an album that's set to sort by date. Then when you have all the photos you want select that album and click on the Slideshow button. It's either that or doing what you're doing.
Meanwhile send a feature request to Apple via http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphoto.html

Organizing photos on more than one computer

Hello,
I would like suggestions on organizing photos. I am a professor of architecture and have several thousands of photos of buildings and cities that I have visited and designed. I use some of these photos for lectures and other professional work, but many of them go unused. The total amount of space taken is about 100GB and is growing fast. My main computer is a 15" MBPro, but I have begun to use an 11" MBA for lecturing. The problem is that neither drive is able to hold my complete photo library.
My question is: How do I best organize my photo library so that I can keep the same "5 Star" photos on both computers, but still be able to see images on a back-up hard drive when connected? I have both Aperture and iPhoto.
Thank you in advance for any suggestions.
Matthew Jelacic

You are asking two questions in one. You'll get a more successful set-up if you address them separately. The question you stress is file management. Put simply, you want to be able to use an Aperture Library (or a subset of same) on two portable computers with insufficient built-in storage space. Secondarily, you are also asking about image management: how to structure your Library for best use providing source material for a professor of architecture.
The file management questions is more easily answered, esp. as you have specified that your top need to have 5-star (and presumably only 5-star) images on the second computer. First, read the User Manual chapter on Library files. That will almost certainly provide you the information you need to answer your question with more specificity than we can provide here. (Click heading for link.)
Working with Library Files
Aperture exports projects, albums, and folders as a library file. You can transfer the library file from one Aperture system to another and then merge the transferred library file into the library file on that system. All links between versions and their masters are maintained when library items are transferred. This is particularly useful if you use a portable computer when on location or away from your studio, and a workstation at your studio. Any work done in the field can be exported from your portable computer as a library file and then merged with the library file on the workstation at your studio.
When the library file becomes large and requires more disk space than is available in its current location, you can move it to a hard disk with greater storage capacity. To change the location of the library, you move the library file to a new location and then double-click it to open it in Aperture.
I think you'll it easiest to use one of your portable machines only, both in the office and at the lectern, with all of your images having Referenced Masters on an external FW800 drive. Either set you Previews to the size you need in the lecture hall, or if that is insufficient, convert all 5-star images' Referenced Masters to Managed Masters using the "File→Consolidate Masters" command. If you do that, you'll have your Library on your laptop, your 5-star images Masters inside that Library (as Managed Masters) and all you other image's masters on your external drive.
There are many posts on the forum re: Managed and Referenced Masters (search -- good stuff there). Two things to know from the get-go:
Every image has a Master
Image's have Masters. Libraries can contain all of one kind of Master, or may be mixed. Libraries contain images; images are linked to Masters.
Good Luck.
PS: Ditch iPhoto, or ditch Aperture. They are not practicably compatible.
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Can I organise photos into albums within iCloud Photo Library?

i Understand that edits / deletes etc in iCloud Photo Libary will be reflected on all my iOS devices but can I organise my photos into albums using iCloud photo library?
basically I want to take photos on my iPhone, review them on my iPad, delete the ones I don't want and keep the good ones in a relevant album (e.g. "Summer holiday 2014"). Then I want to be able to see identical albums on both my iPad and iPhone. From what I've seen so far, when I create an album and save a photo to it then that album is only local to that device?
please help.

Are you saying it showed 800 photos before turning off iCloud photo library or that the 800 photos disappeared after you enabled iCloud photo library for the first time, the distinction is quite important.

How can I add photos from Camera Roll to the Photo Stream album?

How can I add photos taken during the past month from my Camera Roll to the Photo Stream album?

Hi,
It's easy to do in iPhoto11 (click on a photo in iphoto and select share in the bottom right corner, then select Photo Stream), I'm not sure you can do this on the iphone.
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Is there a way to reorder the Photo Stream Albums on my iOS Device?

I have been searching for a way to change the order of my Photo Stream albums on my iPhone/iPad/MacBook Air to no avail. Is there a way to change the order that they are shown within the Photo Stream in my photos? Thanks

I've been looking for the same thing. It would seem to be a good feature for Apple to add.
I have found one workaround that may be helpful to you, although it's a bit of a pain. The images appear in the order that you add them to the stream. And you can select the images from the stream itself to add them again. So what I did is
1. Add all the pictures I need to the stream.
2. Determine the order I want them in.
3. From the stream, add the pictures again one by one (using "select" within the stream, then the little "send to" icon).
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